Everyone tiptoed around him, happy to throw choreographed punches and let him think himself powerful when each hit bounced off, but give him one sudden kick down his middle and he would shatter. Her cousin was a boy with steel skin and a heart of glass. Have a love/hate relationship with Shakespeare? This is a perfect retelling where it’s completely unique and a new story but there are still recognizable elements like the family feud, the masquerade ball, and the balcony scene as well as characters. I’d watched some interviews and promo content prior to reading the book so I wasn’t surprised by the genre-bending but the way it was executed was just *chef’s kiss* and it makes it even easier to recommend this book to everyone who will listen because the blend of genres and tropes make me feel like there is something in this story for everyone. This was her life, this was her city, these were her people, and because she loved them, she had sworn to herself a long time ago that she would do a damn good job of being who she was because she could be no one else.
This was a book I needed to take my time with and just enjoy living in this world that Chloe Gong so beautifully created. This book was one of my most anticipated 2020 releases and I’m so glad it lived up to the hype! I fully expected this book to be one I would fly through on the first read and then would savor upon rereading, but as soon as I started it I knew that wouldn’t be the case. Hope was the most vicious evil of them all, the thing that had managed to thrive in Pandora’s box among misery, and disease, and sadness-and what could endure alongside others with such teeth if it didn’t have ghastly claws of its own? These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong If they can’t stop this madness, or the rumored monster at its root, then there will be no city left for either to run. Her opposite? Roma Montagov, heir to the White Flowers and Juliette’s first love…and first betrayal.īut when people start dropping dead from clawing out their own throats, including gangsters on both sides, Juliette and Roma must set aside their bloodied history and work together. At the center of this feud is Juliette Cai, the Scarlet heir who has returned from America to assume her role. The year is 1926 and Shanghai is split between the Scarlets and the White Flowers, rival gangs with a longstanding blood feud that runs the streets red and leaves the city ripe for chaos. Genre & Rep: Young Adult | SFF (Fantasy) | Asian Rep | Queer Rep (trans and gay side characters – m/m pairing)
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