A Tangle of Gold (The Colours of Madeline #3)
And just like that, almost three years since I started this series, I finished it.
"Startingly original fantasy" it reads on the front, and I'm not really sure you can say much else. Those three words perfectly epitomise the entire Colours of Madeline series. Moriarty's writing is so completely unique and exquisite that in trying to write this review, I feel as though I am using a kindergartener's vocabulary, and that I'm writing at the level of one of my year two students... The true telling of a talented author is to outshine everyone else and make them feel truly inadequate. Thanks for that love. ;) Anyway, I think you get that I really, really was impressed with this novel. It's a bit hard to talk about the storyline when it comes to the final book in a trilogy, but I'll say this... Madeline, Keira, the Princess and the stable boy are all back, on seperate and ensemble adventures, both in and out of the World. Everything, and I mean everything is revealed. All the loose little ribbons get tied up, even the wispy ones you couldn't see. Twists, revelations and "hory clap, no way, I need ten minutes to digest this" moments happened all through out. There were new characters and romances, new themes and adversity, and of course; new colours. All round, a deeply satisfying conclusion to a irrevocably memorable series. Rate: 8/10 Pages: 480 Format: Paperback Genre: YA Fantasy Published: 26th March 2016 Acquired from: Pan Macmillan Publishing *I received this book in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are entirely my own* |
Cracks in the Kingdom (The Colours of Madeline #2)
“Getting lost is just another way of saying 'going exploring.” ― Justina Chen, North of Beautiful
I got very lost in this book. I got lost in the way that everything fell away, I was immersed, engulfed, completely and truly submerged in the story of Cello. Moriarty's writing is so incredibly intoxicating that it seemed at times, I too had slipped through a crack and was in the kingdom. However, I sometimes found myself lost in the way that your senior science HSC band 5 fails you, and the quantum physics being explored goes far over your head. It was at this place that I found myself skipping words, sentences and even paragraphs, ceasing to want to even try to understand the science of a crack. Two completely seperate experiences of being lost that made for quite a unique reading journey. In the second book of The Colours of Madeline trilogy, we again follow conversations between a boy from the Farms, Cello and a girl from Cambridge, the World. Elliot is now a part of the Royal Youth Alliance and working with Madeline and the team to figure out the magic/science of the cracks in order to return the missing royals to Cello. They, like me become all kinds of lost throughout the book, and must navigate relationships, adversity, change and literal colour attacks. I read the first half of the book slowly and sporadicly, around my work schedule. The second half I swallowed in one leaping bound, and sat tingling on a weekend away, wishing I'd had the sense to bring A Tangle of Gold with me. Rate: 7.5/10 Pages: 468 Format: Paperback Genre: YA Fiction Acquired from: Pan Macmillan Publishing *I received this book in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are entirely my own* |
A Corner of White (The Colours of Madeline #1)
It's 9:30pm, and officially my bed time. But I just finished this awesome novel and wanted to write my review asap... so here I am. This is the second time I have read A Corner of White. My first time was way back in 2013 or was it 2012?! Anyway, I loved it then, and I love it now.
I don't think that I can explain the wonder of the world at this time of night... so here is the blurb. "Madeleine Tully lives in Cambridge, England, the World – a city of spires, Isaac Newton and Auntie’s Tea Shop. Elliot Baranski lives in Bonfire, the Farms, the Kingdom of Cello – where seasons roam, the Butterfly Child sleeps in a glass jar, and bells warn of attacks from dangerous Colours. They are worlds apart – until a crack opens up between them; a corner of white – the slim seam of a letter. A mesmerising story of two worlds; the cracks between them, the science that binds them and the colours that infuse them." It is literal magic, and Moriarty's writing is like nothing I've ever encountered before. Its fresh, bold and so uniquely exquisite! Her world building of both Cello and Cambridge is cutting edge, and I often wonder which place is most real. I am part of the book tour for the final book in the series, and cannot wait to delve further into the colours of Madeline. Stay tuned for my reviews of the next two books, and something exciting for my blog tour date, the 1st of March!! :D XO Rate: 8/10 Pages: 400 Format: Paperback Genre: YA Fiction Acquired from: Pan Macmillan Publishing *I received this book in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are entirely my own* |