SuitabookHope amid political and environmental crisis
Cello faces violent colour storms, public outrage, political crisis and anti-government groups, while Madeleine, Elliot, Keira and others work to save the kingdom.
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Jaclyn Moriarty - Author
A colourful, imaginative fantasy finale about connection, courage and upheaval. It offers an intricate alternate world, escalating danger and emotional relationships, while its unusual language and many plot developments may reward close, patient reading.
**HIS VISIT TURNED OUT TO BE RIDICULOUSLY BRIEF.** Madeleine and Elliot barely talked before word came that he and his father would be bundled back to Cello. On the train platform, Elliot didn't snap out of the distant fog he seemed to be in. And Madeleine's nose bled -- again! -- just as she tried to say good-bye. Now she's mortified, heartbroken, lost -- and completely cut off from Cello. Cello, meanwhile, is in crisis. Princess Ko's deception of her people has emerged and the Kingdom is outraged. Authorities have placed the Princess under arrest and ordered her execution. Color storms are rampant, more violent than ever. And nobody has heard the Cello Wind blowing in months. But Madeleine can't let go of Cello. 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. She also can't let go of Elliot, who, unbeknownst to her, is being held captive by a dangerous branch of Hostiles. What will it take to put these two on a collision course to save the Kingdom of Cello, and maybe to save each other? For fans of Lev Grossman and Deborah Harkness, this funny, suspenseful, and totally original fantasy comes to its brilliantly colorful conclusion. *A Tangle of Gold* is the third book in the Colors of Madeleine trilogy, the first of which is *A Corner of White*.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceA colourful, imaginative fantasy finale about connection, courage and upheaval. It offers an intricate alternate world, escalating danger and emotional relationships, while its unusual language and many plot developments may reward close, patient reading.
Cello faces violent colour storms, public outrage, political crisis and anti-government groups, while Madeleine, Elliot, Keira and others work to save the kingdom.
Madeleine and Elliot are separated between worlds, while unusual dialogue and misunderstandings affect characters from different provinces.
Pay attention to emotional distress, captivity, illness, grief, threatened execution, political unrest and dangerous storms. Romantic kissing and relationships also form part of the story, though their development is not fully clear.
This is a grounded book brief while Suitabook strengthens the analysis: some draft conclusions still depend on unresolved evidence.
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