Malorie Blackman

"Sephy is a Cross, one of the privileged in a society where the ruling Crosses treat the pale-skinned noughts as inferiors. But her baby daughter has a nought father - Callum. Eaten up with bitterness, Callum's brother Jude, blames Sephy for the terrible losses his family has suffered. Now Jude's life rests on a knife edge. Will Sephy be forced, once again, to take sides?"

Knife Edge

Natalie Mower

Maybe it’s just an ‘eye of the storm’ calm 

Sepia

An emotional and powerful story with a great message. 

Julie Viravaux

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Honestly, I don't know what to feel. I read Noughts and Crosses in middle school for class and it was amazing and heartbreaking but you could feel all the hope that Callum and Sephy had for their love and for the future, for their daughter.
But this sequel (Knife Edge) is just heartbreaking, there's no hope, it's just sad. 

 

Which doesn't mean it wasn't incredibly well written and an amazing read. I couldn't put it down, I fell asleep on top of it cause I was reading until 4 am to know what happens next. It's wonderfully paced and switching between narrators (just like Noughts and Crosses did if I remember correctly). 
Honestly, I just hated Jude's parts, I kept hoping for redemption for him and some proof that he isn't just this angry, violence-obsessed guy, but it just didn't come. I'm not sure if we're meant to feel sorry for him or to hate him. But it was just painful to read his parts (omg I loved Cara with all my heart).

 

I'm fine... I'm totally fine ... I'm not gonna wash dishes while crying.... nope, not at all.

 

I definitely recommend (but still some trigger warnings for depression, mention of rape, racism (duh it's the theme of the book), abuse, violence (I'm looking at you Jude and I hate it), themes of suicide, infantile death (or honestly we don't know but that hurt me a lot).

WHEN TRUTH AND JUSTICE ARE NO LONGER BLACK AND WHITE ISSUES . . . Sephy is a Cross, one of the privileged in a society where the ruling Crosses treat the pale-skinned noughts as inferiors. But her baby daughter has a nought father . . . Jude is a Nought. Eaten up with bitterness, he blames Sephy for the terrible losses his family has suffered . . . Now Jude's life rests on a knife edge. Will Sephy be forced, once again, to take sides? A razor-sharp and intensely moving novel, the second in the Noughts & Crosses sequence.

Joy KBA

This is only the second book in the series but I can say that this is my FAVOURITE so far. In my opinion, Malorie Blackman’s writing is unpredictable, which I absolutely adore. Her books are easy & fast to read which is perfect for a university student who has a lot of uni reading to do already. All in all, I am super excited to read the next book!!

Inês Parada

Malorie Blackman did it again! 🤯

What I liked: I enjoyed reading from the pov of Jude, we really get to understand him at what's wrong with him.

What I did not like: Shepy was kinda irritating in this one (however it’s totally understandable due to what happens in the first book )

General thoughts: With Noughts and crosses being such an incredible bok I was afraid this one was going to disappoint me but no, Malorie promised a book about hate, and that's exactly what it was and it still was amazing.Can’t wait to read the rest 🤩

'Devastatingly powerful' Guardian No one could begin to guess at the depth of the hatred I held for Sephy Hadley. Everything began with her and my brother. And that’s how it would end. Where there has been love, now there is hate. Two families have been shattered by the divided and violent society they live in. Sephy Hadley – a Cross, supposedly powerful and privileged – has bound herself forever to her nought lover Callum McGregor’s family. But Jude McGregor blames Sephy for all the tragedies his family has suffered. And he is determined to force her to take sides, and destroy her life . . . just like she destroyed his. . . Voted as one of the UK's best-loved books, Malorie Blackman's Noughts & Crosses series is a seminal piece of YA fiction; a true modern classic. 'Moving and thought-provoking' Observer

Book 2

Carolina Lopes

A bit more slow-paced than the first one, but still interesting enough to keep me going through the series

Knife Edge

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