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These Violent Delights

These Violent Delights

FantasyYoung Adult
Pages
464
Published
2020
Language
English

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.

Prose complexity
4/10

Collected in

Book cover of These Violent Delights Duet
These Violent Delights Duet

Vibe

DarkTenseRomanticAtmospheric
Enemies to LoversSecond ChanceForbidden Love

Genres

Fantasy Young Adult Historical Fiction Thriller YA Fantasy Romance

About the author

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Chloe Gong

Chloe Gong is a #1 New York Times bestselling novelist born in Shanghai in 1998 and raised in New Zealand from early childhood. A University of Pennsylvania graduate in English and international relations, she is best known for the These Violent Delights duology, a Romeo-and-Juliet-inspired reimagining set in 1920s Shanghai, and its sequel series. She was named to Forbes' 30 Under 30 in 2024.

Characters

Juliette CaiProtagonist

Heir to the Scarlet Gang, recently returned from years abroad in America.

Roma MontagovProtagonist

Heir to the rival White Flowers gang and Juliette's former lover.

Benedikt MontagovSupporting

Roma's cousin and a fellow member of the White Flowers.

Alisa MontagovSupporting

Roma's younger sister.

Tyler CaiSupporting

Juliette's cousin and a rival for Scarlet Gang leadership.

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