Although, the government are under pressure from a rebel group the Liberation Militia. He is pushing the agenda to help Crosses and doing everything possible to make Noughts seem dangerous and violent. Sephy’s father is a powerful politician and is pushing anti-nought rhetoric. The pair quickly come to see just how many people would be dead against their relationship. But, unfortunately, that’s only the start of their troubles.
So, it was always going to be difficult when teenagers Sephy, a Cross, and Callum, a Nought, started to fall in love. Fraternisation between Noughts and Crosses is not encouraged and everybody is expected to keep to themselves. Referred to as Crosses, black people hold all of the seats of power and have clear superiority over white people, or Noughts. Instead of living in a world where white people once claimed dominance over black people, society is being controlled by black people. Noughts and Crosses is a dystopian YA novel set in a world where the balance of power has switched. But this is one of those books that everyone loves. A lot of the time, they can be a bit cringe and heavy-handed. As anyone who has ever read my review of The Power will know, I’m not always a fan of role reversal narratives. I figured this would be a relevant and quick read. Of course, it got pushed back thanks to my ever-increasing TBR but the recent Black Lives Matters protests have pushed all books about race to the top. It also helped that the BBC adaptation was coming out and I didn’t want to watch it until I’d reread it. It’s a book that I always wanted to read again and give a better go. So, I never really had that great awakening thanks to Malorie Blackman. I think I was just reading for the sake of it. There are plenty of books series that I started but didn’t really take in. I don’t think I really paid attention to it. I must have first read this book just after it was published but, honestly, I don’t remember much about it.
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