Double Cross: Book 4 (Noughts And Crosses)

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In this one we still have that but it's all at the background, giving the story a twist about gangs and drugs. I will say that this book is particularly action packed with some interesting events which add to the very dramatic story. Despite the eventual happy ending, there is still the unintended consequence that thanks to his efforts, the crime empire is now united under the control of one man.

Double Cross retains the themes of racism in its newly post-apartheid world of Noughts and Crosses but it also brings in a new edge. She has been awarded numerous prizes for her work, including the Red House Children’s Book Award and the Fantastic Fiction Award. I think many people don’t realise that this book does have four instalments and that’s because Checkmate seemingly wraps up the story.Although the last 2 books to this series probably aren't my favourites, I feel that the conclusion to them was everything I wanted and definitely made me realise I was more connected to the characters than I thought. She also fears that he escaped the blast given that the person killed with Jasmine is finally identified as someone she has never heard of and she blames herself for killing an innocent man. Adrian Harrington Rare Books deal in a wide selection of literature, modern first editions, leather bound library sets, children's and illustrated books and fine and rare antiquarian and old books in all fields. Most of the story is concentrated on Tobey and his poor judgment, which often made me want to climb into the pages just to smack him. I will add a warning - it is written on the back of the book 'Not suitable for younger readers', this book contains drug usage, violence and sex.

As much as he wants us to think that his actions are purely driven by events that happen to those around him, it’s a very selfish reason that means events snowball out of control in the first place. I can get why it was a good idea to market this as part of the series but for me it doesn’t work like that and that makes me sad. Last in the dystopian series set in an alternative Britain in which a 360 degree turnaround focuses light from a different angle on racism, with the setting an alternative history in which Crosses, black people, have always been the dominant civilising force, with white people as former slaves only emancipated fifty years before the timeline of the story. But for those interested in near future dystopias with a kitchen sink feel about them, The Witness by James Jauncey is an excellent read. It is directly related to the prior books and is definitely worth a little extra effort to track down.At the same time he is dealing with his sister's drug addiction, his mum's late shifts at the hospital and discovering who his true friends are. Highly recommend the whole series to anyone, teens and adults alike, as I think there is a lot that can be learned from them. Obviously Sephy and Meggie are featured, mentioned etc, but they do not head any of the chapters and i must admit part of me missed them, they are such well rounded and developed characters that not having them felt a bit like missing a friend. As you may have guessed my favourite character, actually one of my all time favourite characters from fiction was Jude McGregor (not Robert Powers, that was a terrible pseudonym Jude) who took his final bow, grudgingly, at the end of Checkmate. Don't get me wrong this series is amazing and Malorie Blackman is/ was without a doubt one of my all time favourite authors.

It takes the now familiar alternate first person narrator structure that has proved so compelling over the series and it's equally compelling here. The story is also quite a page turner with tension rising as Tobey becomes more and more enveloped in danger from all sides and it is unclear how he can ever prevail. However I don’t think it adds anything significant to the overall story as a result it feels quite removed from the original book in the series.Blackman is very strong when talking about teen emotions with their wild ups and downs, and she marches through adult objections to graphic sex scenes with utter confidence and aplomb. Whilst ‘Double Cross’ is well-written and ostensibly does add value to the series, it does feel ultimately a little superfluous and does not provide the same impact as the preceding three novels. I’m just struggling to see how we went from Noughts and Crosses to this book - they kind of feel like three very separate books connected loosely by the original world. Still makes you stop and think about things as the previous books have done without stopping it from being a great read. If you've ever been in love, faced racism, bullying, domestic trouble, fights, then you'll love this book.