These Violent Delights

by: Chloe Gong

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These Violent Delights

By: Chloe Gong

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Category - Fiction / Young Adult

Format - Hardcover

Condition - Good

Listed - 9 months ago

Ships From - Michigan

Est. Publication Date - Nov 2020

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These Violent Delights

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In 1926 Shanghai, eighteen-year-old Juliette Cai, heir of the Scarlet Gang, and her first love-turned-rival Roma Montagov, leader of the White Flowers, must work together when mysterious deaths threat...

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PangoBooks readers strongly appreciate the book's unique retelling of the Romeo and Juliet story set in 1920s Shanghai, with a blend of fantasy elements like monsters and gang rivalries. Many praise Chloe Gong's captivating writing style and well-developed, diverse characters. However, some readers ...

Brooklynreadsalot

14 book reviews

Jul 20, 2023

I really enjoyed this book! The imagery was amazing! I felt like i was really there! The ending was incredible! I loved all the characters too! They were all complex and well written in my opinion!

Maya

2 book reviews

Jul 31, 2023

This beautifully written novel follows Roma and Juliette, the heirs of two rival gangs, through 1920's Shanghai, a bright and bustling city torn apart by colonialism. When the arrival of a monster results in a high death toll amongst both gangs, Roma and Juliette must put aside their grudges and wor...

Beck

33 book reviews

Jul 20, 2023

One of my top all time favorite books. Chloe Gong crafts an immaculate Romeo and Juliet rerelling set in 1920’s Shanghai, China. It has all of the pining of enemies to lovers plus a mystery to solve. It focuses on retelling a sci-fi event based in historical China focusing on immigrants and migratio...