Double Cross

Double Cross is the fourth book of the Noughts and Crosses sequence. You wouldn't really understand the book unless you read the first, second and third book in order, but I didn't read the third book (Checkmate) and I understood it. This is a brilliant book about two people called Callie and Toby, who have both lived in the same neighbourhood and in the same street all their lives. The area they live in is called Meadowview and is a very dangerous place to live in, but both Callie and Tobys' parents cannot afford to live anywhere else. Callies' dad was hanged for kidnapping Callies' mum Sephy before she was born, so Callie lives with her mum and grandmother. In Meadowview there are two gangs or sides, one of the gangs is called the Dowds and the other gang is called McAuleys. The two sides do not get along at all.

When Toby is asked to work for The McAuleys he says no, becasue he knows it would be a very bad idea to work for either the McAusleys or the Dowds. When Callie gets shot by one of the McAuleys he changes his mind and takes the offer of delivering packages for Mr McAuley. He knows this is the biggest mistake of his life but he wants to kill McAuley, so he must work for him and step by step get closer to McAuley. On top of all this Tobys sister is taking drugs, so he has troubles at home as well as with all the bad gangs that rule the world he lives in. Callie also has troubles, she does not know if her uncle Jude is alive or not, her uncle Jude was responsible for her grandmothers death and she hates him but is also terrified of him.
This was an amazing book, I really enjoyed it. I would give it a  8/10

Otty