A review by redheadreading
Knife Edge by Malorie Blackman

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

I liked that the timeframe of this is shorter than Noughts and Crosses so it's quite punchy and means I didn't feel like we skipped character development as we sometimes did in the first. Malorie Blackman does such a good job tackling all the political topics in a thought provoking way that's still very accessible for younger readers and that continues to be one of the strongest aspects of this series. Sometimes things are spelled out a little tooooo explicitly, I feel the points were made fine without spelling it out, and some plotpoints were a bit predictable, but I am reading this as an adult in fairness! It was interesting reading this as both perspective characters are not my fave, but I appreciate the story that Blackman is telling and I'm interested in what the next one has in store.