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The Colour of Hope by Ross MacKenzie

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myaaaaaa's review

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adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Reading books I bought ages ago and never read 😂

miss_pontmercy's review

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adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

Just Wow! What a story. Magic and mythical creatures and colour and grey and family and love and danger and adventure. Beautiful descriptions too -especially the way the older people describe colours to those who have never seen them. I wanted to read more to find out the next part but didn't want it to end.

bookwitch_92's review

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adventurous hopeful inspiring mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

frankie89's review

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adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

georgia_pogson's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

hweezbooks's review

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adventurous emotional inspiring medium-paced

5.0

The Emperor and his Aunt, the powerful Necromancer, have robbed the Dominion of its colour. Born in hues of black, white and grey himself — he would not allow his land to have colour either.

On the night of a shooting star, young Darroch makes a wish that colour will come back. Far in the hills, a baby is born. With colour. When her parents flee to try to hide her, they’re hunted and killed by ghostly Black Coats riding on Ripper Dogs.

This beautiful book follows through the twelve years as the child, Hope, grows up in the care of Sandy, a traveling mage who had rescued her the night of the attack. They live in a caravan made of enchanted wood, with a spiral staircase below where the potions are stored and up to a mezzanine where Hope’s bed is.

Even as a resistance called the Rainbow League builds up, Hope herself finds her power growing. She encounters a moon wyvern, a patchwork boy, and Baba the witch on her travels.

And author Ross Mackenzie tells a lyrical, heartwarming tale which got me involved with every twist, tug and turn. I highly recommend this to my young readers who love a well-spun tale and adventure.

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