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Fans of romance and mystery listen up! This week's Pick is for you.
Zoe is a murderer. At least, that's what she tells the death row inmate in a series of
letters that form the arc of this epistolary novel. Unlike Mr. Harris, the inmate, Zoe
hasn't been caught. But like Mr. Harris, or so she imagines, Zoe is absolutely sick with
guilt.
There's nothing slow about Zoe's story, although her letters are tentative about revealing
the details of what actually happened. And the mystery of the murdered boy isn't the
only one in this book. There's a lot going on with Zoe's family, too.
I didn't find Zoe particularly relatable. She makes a lot of choices that are more than
just immature—some of them seemed inexplicable. She is, however, sympathetic. Her grief and
guilt feel real, and even though I didn't love her as a character, I did get sucked
into the tightening coil of her painful choices.
Mostly what this book is, is a fun romance with the PERFECT heartthrob love interest.
I enjoyed it for that—and for the measured, suspenseful reveal of what really happened
to one of the two boys that Zoe loved.