These Violent Delights Duet

The first book in the duet concludes with significant unresolved plot points and character fates, directly leading into the sequel, Our Violent Ends.

This book is the first part of a duology and should be read before its direct sequel, Our Violent Ends, to follow the complete narrative arc.

The story is a reimagining of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, transplanting the feuding families and star-crossed lovers into 1920s Shanghai amidst gang warfare and a mysterious epidemic.