Double Cross: Book 4 (Noughts And Crosses)

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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. In fact, I finished reading this book about 5 hours ago but I still can't stop thinking about it and wishing for more, remembering moments still makes me catch my breath. Double Cross by Malorie Blackman is the fourth and final book in the series, I recommend reading the others before you read this one as otherwise it will be difficult to grasp the plot. But back to this book, in all seriousness it probably is a lot better than the rating I've given it, and as part of an overall series it is worthwhile piece of the narrative. Partly because I feel that this book is good and partly because I feel that being part of the ‘Noughts and Crosses’ series ruins it.

She suffers from a horrible disease which has symptoms of bitchiness, moodiness and erratic behavior. That book (Checkmate) wraps up the story that began in Noughts and Crosses and this books is just another random character's story. But when he's offered the chance to earn some money just for making a few 'deliveries', just this once, would it hurt to say 'yes'?Also if you're reading this review after having already read the previous three books in this series and you want to read this as it seems a few things from there may be resolved in this one, they aren't. 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.

Highly recommend the whole series to anyone, teens and adults alike, as I think there is a lot that can be learned from them. 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. Would-be censors should read and take note - you can describe teen sex without either glorifying it or presaging personal ruin. won the Young Telegraph/Gimme 5 Award - Malorie is the only author to have won this award twice - while Hacker also won the WH Smith Mind-Boggling Books Award in 1994. 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.It did take me a long while to read as up until 3/4 of the way through, I wasn't really feeling the urge to read it, and it then ended up bottling into a very long time. In 2005, Malorie was honoured with the Eleanor Farjeon Award in recognition of her distinguished contribution to the world of children's books. Or was that supposed to be a cutesy angle: best friends in love with each other, who go straight from kissing to doing the down and dirty. I was also disappointed that Sephy was in this novel so infrequently as I enjoyed her character much more as she aged.

It didn’t need to be tagged on to a series, it’s so relevant to the youth of today and it hits hard.

Adrian Harrington began trading in 1971, as part of Harrington Brothers in the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's fashionable King's Road. Purely because it doesn’t feel like it belongs, it doesn’t feel like it’s meant to be in that world. To give it credit, it did keep me entertained and the pacing was good and there were some scenes where I was kept in genuine suspense, but overall just poor. This is an original, intelligent, perceptive and though-provoking series of books – and whilst squarely aimed at the Young Adult market, it clearly transcends the restrictive boundaries of that genre.