Vilest Things
In the treacherous world of 1920s Shanghai, two rival gangs, the Scarlet Gang and the White Flowers, are locked in a bloody feud. Juliette Cai, the heir to the Scarlet Gang, and Roma Montagov, the heir to the White Flowers, must navigate their dangerous past and present as a mysterious contagion threatens to consume the city. They are forced to confront their complicated history and work together to save their people from an unseen enemy.
Vilest Things is the third book in the These Violent Delights series and continues the story of Roma and Juliette. Readers will have a much richer understanding of the characters and plot by starting with These Violent Delights and then reading Our Violent Ends before this installment.
This book is part of a larger series and directly follows the events of Our Violent Ends. While it focuses on a new threat, the overarching narrative and character arcs build upon the previous two novels.
Vilest Things is set in the same universe as Chloe Gong's other works, specifically continuing the narrative established in the These Violent Delights duology. It also features characters and elements that lay groundwork for the Foul Lady Fortune duology, which is set later in the same timeline.