Well, if this isn't a pretty deus ex machina. Thanks to Jaclyn Moriarty for gifting me with one of the literary highlights of (not just the last few years) my reading life with The Colours of Madeleine x This book was brilliant, it whisked me away and a tiny piece of my heart kind of believes Cello is real - I just need some smoke and mirrors. I felt so nostalgic, going back to Cambridge and Cello. There are twisty-twists I did not see coming, suspicions and heartbreak, and reveals that take the series as a whole and raised it, to, like, the next 100 levels of plotting-artistry and flair. What you may not know is that the final book reveals a whole new level of genius-like revelations that will leave you in suspense and awe.

This who have read A Corner of White and The Cracks in the Kingdom and have fallen in love with Madeleine and Elliot and Cello know just how brilliant this series is. Look, this series is stunning and creative and wild and heart-felt and deliciously winsome. Stunning cover for my most anticipated book of my entire reading future.Ī Tangle of Gold found it's way into my greedy hands and, as to a hot buttered bun in a spinning tea-cup, it was beyond amazing. What will it take to put these two on a collision course to save the Kingdom of Cello, and maybe to save each other?įor fans of Lev Grossman and Deborah Harkness, this funny, suspenseful, and totally original fantasy comes to its brilliantly colorful conclusion. She also can’t let go of Elliot, who, unbeknownst to her, is being held captive by a dangerous branch of Hostiles. It gave her a tantalizing glimpse of the magic she’s always wanted-and maybe it’s the key to the person she is meant to become. And nobody has heard the Cello Wind blowing in months.īut Madeleine can’t let go of Cello. Color storms are rampant, more violent than ever. Authorities have placed the Princess under arrest and ordered her execution. Princess Ko’s deception of her people has emerged and the Kingdom is outraged. Now she’s mortified, heartbroken, lost-and completely cut off from Cello.Ĭello, meanwhile, is in crisis. And Madeleine’s nose bled-again!-just as she tried to say good-bye.

On the train platform, Elliot didn’t snap out of the distant fog he seemed to be in. Madeleine and Elliot barely talked before word came that he and his father would be bundled back to Cello. His visit turned out to be ridiculously brief.

A Tangle of Gold by Jaclyn Moriarty