Double Cross: Book 4 (Noughts And Crosses)

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Cameron desperately needs a new heart when he is offered the opportunity to take part in a radical and controversial experiment involving the transplant of a pig's heart.

Blackman has a habit it seems of killing the best characters, like Cara from Knife Edge and Rebecca.

Of course I was wrong and the original ending still stands, but it was a reminder of how empty the series was for me. I give it a full 5 stars for the happy ending at the end, making all our tears throughout the series change into smiles. 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. 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.

Little does he know what a chain reaction of violence and recrimination making those deliveries will cause. Double Cross is the final book in the Naughts and Crosses series and it is an amazing way to end it. The danger of being sucked into and destroyed by this violent world is brilliantly handled by Blackman .She was the only character that didn’t feel like she had a dark secret or hidden intentions and I liked that. I hear this book was an afterthought anyway and this series was originally going to be the first three books which is how I choose to view them having read this. It’s such a shame because the original premise so was stellar, I think as a standalone Noughts and Crosses with a bit more work could’ve been amazing. In 2005 Malorie was honoured with the Eleanor Farjeon Award in recognition of her distinguished contribution to the world of children's books.

I still found this book gripping but feel it lacked the whole theme running through the other books. He was incredibly realistic though, just the sort of person you can see getting caught up in the events of ‘Double Cross’. Although Malorie is an incredible writing I couldn’t seem to get into this book and found it harder to read compared to the first 3. In 2005 she was honoured with the Eleanor Farjeon Award in recognition of her contribution to children’s books, and in 2008 she received an OBE for her services to children’s literature. She knows about terrible mistakes, and violence and revenge, and the fierce divide between Noughts and Crosses.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. I waited months for it to come out, and read it in two days (which involved my English teacher threatening to convincate it because I stayed up to midnight reading XD). So I think his death at the end of the last book was perfect, devastating but perfect for the character and clearly the end he was always running towards. This is a highly intelligent thriller with important things to say, and once again the distance between Blackman's imagined world and present-day inner city is beautifully judged.