Ketchup Clouds

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From the moment Katy sees Genevieve's beautiful face staring at her from a window, her life will never be the same.

Besides, the way Pitcher unfurls the plot is as interesting as the plot itself (which creaks a tiny bit, to be honest). It was hard to read at times and more than a little bit frustrating, but I loved that it didn’t sugar coat anything or make everything easy. Fifteen-year-old Zoe has a secret—a dark and terrible secret that she can't confess to anyone she knows. As above with not really staying long enough on one issue to really get a feel for it, it was the same with the relationships between Zoe and The Brothers (capital letters, I feel, are necessary). Unable to confess to a priest, who might just possibly be without sin, she tells all to Harris, who has been found guilty of the crime she's got away with.This was an awesome book, it was really sad in the end and you can see how she blames herself for what happened. Stuart Harris is an inmate on death row in Texas, who Zoe begins sending letters to because she needs someone to relate to, someone who has already been what she has been through.

I also enjoyed it when Zoe clearly directed her thoughts and feelings towards the reader of her letters - with a somewhat childish naiveté but also with great sincerity.

It's got elements of a coming-of-age story, a mystery, romance and a dose of strangeness pervading the pages. As a reader, you have to connect the dots to create the image of the whole story though I was a little disappointed on how the story ended. During one flashback, Zoe describes finding a puzzlehidden under his bed and they finish it together and talk about being "secret nerds". I won't tell you how much I love you, or how scared I am of being without you, or how I need to hide away from everyone because no one will ever compare to you. I really did have a soft spot for them and all of the messed up things they did and the ways they kept hurting each other.