Chloe GongFantasy · Young Adult·b. 1998
These Violent Delights
Synopsis
In 1926 Shanghai, two rival gangs, the Scarlet Gang and the White Flowers, are locked in a bloody feud. Juliette Cai, heir to the Scarlets, and Roma Montagov, heir to the White Flowers, find their old romance reignited when a mysterious madness begins to infect their people. To save their city from destruction, they must put aside their deep-seated hatred and work together, but can they stop the chaos before it consumes everything?
A reimagining of Romeo and Juliet set against the gang warfare and foreign concessions of 1920s Shanghai, These Violent Delights opens Chloe Gong's duology and the wider "Secret Shanghai" universe, blending historical intrigue, body horror, and star-crossed romance.
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How it reads
Prose complexity 4/10
Content warnings (1)
Violence
- HOLY FUC*ING HELL!!!!!! THAT WAS BRILLIANT WTH!!!! <br><br>This was the January book for my 12 friends 12 reads challenge, and all i can think about it WHY THE HELL DIDN'T I PICK THIS UP EARLIER? Honestly, i was already ordering part 2 before finishing it, like, i still had 50 pages to go and I knew it was going to be brutal. And i was right. <br><br>I love retellings of great stories and I love the enemies to lovers trope a lot, which made this book a whole new level of awesomeness because it was the perfect blend of those two things. Really, do yourselves the favour and read this, you won't regret it. I can't wait to read the second part, that was quite the chaos at the end.
- Didn't liked it at first but then I got sucked in the story. The rest is history
- 4.5!!