Callum’s first day at school begins with a riot as Cross parents try to stop the nought children from joining the school. The pupils and teachers at the school also react violently . Sephy is told off for trying to sit next to Callum in class and beaten up for being a "blanker-lover" – an offensive term for Crosses who are friendly towards noughts. Six months after Lynette dies, Callum and Sephy decide to meet at the mall—but Jude tells Callum very seriously not to go. Suspecting the worst, Callum races for the mall and drags Sephy out—just before a bomb explodes, killing seven people. Enraged when she realizes that Dad and Jude were involved, Mum slaps Dad so hard she breaks her finger. At the hospital, so she can receive treatment, Mum allows the nurse to scan Callum and Jude’s ID cards, which are linked to their fingerprints. That night, to help herself sleep, Sephy tries wine for the first time.

For Victoria Foyt, trying to show prejudice in "Revealing Eden" was a cluster you-know-what from the very beginning. It was all about Eden, it was never about anyone else but Eden, and she made it about her "Help! Help! I'm being oppressed, and I'm not going to even try to come to any kind of understanding of the other party other than through TRU LUV!" almost from the very get go. It was hard to sympathize with her, let alone the messages that were beaten over the head about her skin color, about her villainizing everybody else who was different from her, the implausible way that functioned in her not-so-scientifically sound society, among other aspects.I do not plan on continuing with this series. I'm just not engrossed enough. I was expecting something more original, or at least more exciting. So yeah, that pretty much sums it up. That's all I guess. The book Noughts and Crosses is an alternate reality fiction based in a 22nd-century parallel universe. Their world is similar to the reality of the 21st century, with equivalent types of jobs, of government, and so on. Racial inequality is the driving force of the storyline, and there are few laws or constitutional protections to prevent discrimination. There are two races in the book: the Crosses (darker-skinned people) are the dominant race with the individuals owning most of the wealth, good jobs, different and better schools etc. The second race, the Noughts (lighter-skinned people) are at the poorer end of society usually doing manual labour or being servants to Crosses, with poor schools – if any at all.

The romance is just, no. Racism is terrible but once one character has harmed another, it's best to no longer run with the romance angle. Storyline dangerously normalizes troubling relationship behaviors. Can anyone please answer this question: How do you even go about reviewing this book? How do you even - The romance felt very rushed, and like it formed from nothing. I did like Callum and Sephy's friendship at the beginning, but as the story progressed they were constantly arguing, becoming angry at each other and then mending their relationship again. I felt as this was just constantly repeating. Then they are separated for a significant amount of time and straight afterwards their romance begins, with absolutely no development or lead in. They've been friends since they were children, and they both know that's as far as it can ever go. Noughts and Crosses are fated to be bitter enemies - love is out of the question. The two are then surprised by the rest of the gang, and Jude and Callum point their guns at each other; Sephy takes advantage of the confusion to flee. The story ends with Callum and Jude shooting at each other.

Then - in spite of a world that is fiercely against them - these star-crossed lovers choose each other.

One hot afternoon, Mother makes Sephy put on an expensive dress to go to some undisclosed location. Sephy enters Hewmett Prison extremely confused and doesn’t realize she’s at Dad’s execution until guards bring him out to the scaffold. However, just before Dad is killed, the prison governor stays the execution. When Mum and Callum get to see Dad hours later, Dad says he’s done fighting. Sephy is extremely disturbed by the day’s events—and is then confused when she learns Mother paid the McGregors’ legal fees. She goes to bed and cries herself to sleep. Kamal Hadley: the main antagonist of Noughts & Crosses and a secondary antagonist in Knife Edge. A powerful, avaricious Cross Home Office Minister who will do anything to gain more power and influence. He is the father of Sephy and Minerva and the grandfather of Callie Rose, but disowns Sephy and Callie Rose. He divorces Jasmine after an unhappy marriage and remarries. A letter sent by Jasmine sent to the media ends his stint in power.Callum and Sephie are also established to have had a relationship for a long time - not an instalove measure. They endured a significant deal of challenges to that relationship from family and external measures. For example, I think the story of what happened on the train was worth noting. Their different viewpoints and coming to terms with the incident was a great illustration of how they recognized the prejudices surrounding them, but weren't aware of how to speak of them to each other because of their respective ages and coming to terms with how society viewed their interactions. It felt realistic. Masali continued: “Sephy is a very privileged character and person. Playing her helped me recognise my own privileges that I have, whether that’s within the world or within South Africa. I think she made me question a lot of things I was doing out of ignorance and things I needed to unlearn and change and grow within myself. During the party, Tobey has sex with a woman named Misty, who becomes pregnant and gives birth to Tobey's daughter Libby. He attempts to have a relationship with her for their child's sake, but it falls apart.