Endgame - Malorie Blackman

Genre: Young Adult Fiction

Release Date: 16th September 2021

Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK

It's been decades since Sephy and Callums' tragic love story shifted the entire world - but there's still a long way to go. Noughts and Crosses have made strides in the ways of equality and love, but changing the world is never simple.

Now, Tobey, the first ever Nought prime minister, is on trial for the murder of an old friend and being blackmailed by kidnappers and Callie-Rose finds herself back by his side again defending him. With the life of Tobeys long-lost daughter and Callies brother on the line, this is one game they can't afford to lose.

Can they find out who is framing Tobey? And will he ever get to meet his daughter?

... and will he and Callie ever be able to fix the cracks that divided them?

"I am a Cross woman. More than the cliché of a woman who is always indomitable, never vulnerable. So much more than the stereotype of a woman is fearless, never afraid. I just try to make sure I don't live my life in fear; that would be no life at all."

The Noughts and Crosses series has always held a very special place in my heart and my bookshelf - it was one of the first novels I read as a child that made me question the world I lived in - it made me face deeply uncomfortable truths about the world we live in, it made me question the differences between good and bad, made me reflect my own internal biases and the biases projected on me by others. I cannot understate the importance of the impact this series has had on me and many others.

Bringing striking speculation once again about race, class, love and society that never fails t to leave the reader in deep thought, this instalment in the series packs as much of a punch as it's predecessors.

Told from multiple point of views and multiple times, we slowly piece together the final parts of the puzzle and makes the reader step back to watch the action unfolding in front of their eyes. Malorie Blackman is a master of complex, rich storytelling that's somehow still so easy to follow. Each storyline weaved together expertly, bringing characters who feel so familiar now but also revealing something new about themselves.

Endgame is the epic, earth-shattering conclusion to a series that spanned decades, generations, revolutions and recoveries to create something so uniquely compelling and stunning.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

I was gifted an advanced reviewers copy of this title in return for an honest review.

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