Callie Rose goes through this after she is told what happened to her father.

Lynette and Jude also go through this before the book even starts.

Break the Cutie: The whole book is basically this for Callum and Sephy, who start off as relatively optimistic and hopeful about their futures (Sephy moreso than Callum) and become much more cynical and broken.

Black Gal on White Guy Drama: Sephy and Callum, but due to the alternate universe Persecution Flip, he's viewed as her inferior rather than vice versa, making it more of a case of Where da White Women At?.

Bigot with a Crush: In Knife Edge, Jude falls in love with the rich Cross Cara, which does not end well, with Jude attempting to reconcile his feelings by beating her to death after stealing her money.

Sephy and Callie reconcile and realize Callum loved both of them all along, but will never really get over his death. Jasmine kills Jude, preventing him from harming Sephy or Callie anymore but dies as a result and Meggie loses her last child.

Anyone Can Die: Lynette, Ryan and Callum himself in the first book.

Alternate History: The reason why there is so much prejudice against noughts is because they were enslaved by people from Africa, rather than the other way round.

Averted with Cara Imega, who cares for Jude regardless of race until she is killed off by Jude.

Bliss, one of Callie Rose's classmates, to the point of speaking in a valley girl manner.Sephy for a while but she works through it. The title is a reference to the game Noughts and Crosses (tic-tac-toe).Ī TV adaptation of the first book began airing on BBC One in the UK during March 2020. Noughts & Crosses series is set in a world where the people with dark skin (Crosses) are dominant over the white people (noughts), written by Malorie Blackman.

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