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THE INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

‘Deliciously dark’ NATASHA NGAN
‘Heady, smart and vicious’ TESSA GRATTON

The heartstopping and unputdownable sequel to These Violent Delights, a searingly romantic fantasy retelling of Romeo and Juliet set in 1920s Shanghai.

SHANGHAI, 1927: Juliette Cai is on the warpath. One wrong move, and her cousin will take her place as the Scarlet Gang’s heir. The only way to protect Roma, and herself, is to let the boy she loves believe she murdered his best friend in cold blood.

Roma is still reeling from Marshall’s death, and his cousin Benedikt will barely speak to him. Roma blames himself for letting Juliette into his life, and he’s determined to set things right – even if that means killing the girl he hates and loves with equal measure.

Then a new monstrous danger emerges in the city. Shanghai is at boiling point: the Nationalists are marching in, whispers of civil war are brewing, and gangster rule faces complete annihilation. Roma and Juliette must put aside their differences to combat monsters and politics, but they aren’t prepared for the biggest threat of all: protecting their hearts from each other.

READERS LOVE CHLOE GONG

‘Chloe Gong has done another fantastic job at ripping out my heart and stomping on it. I AM DEVASTATED. THIS BOOK WAS SO GOOD. I AM RUINED’

‘I would read this again and again. The emotions I felt during this book were unreal’

‘I love them with my whole heart. I did however cried a lot… like, A LOT. But I don’t regret ever buying it. It is now one of my favorite books’

‘If you haven’t picked up this duology yet then please do it, you won’t regret it and you will wonder why you didn’t pick it up sooner!’

‘First off: how dare you? In all seriousness: this book is fantastic. It’s the perfect violent end to violent delights and I was enchanted but also deeply moved’

Publisher Review

** PRAISE FOR CHLOE GONG ** Chloe Gong's These Violent Delights plants a Shakespearean classic in the rich soil of 1920s Shanghai, allowing her characters to grow, flourish, and steal your heart while warring against their own * Joan He, author of Descendant of the Crane on These Violent Delights * Gong ensnares readers with a delicious tale of family rivalries and forbidden love all set against the glittering backdrop of 1920s Shanghai. Don't miss this dark and beautiful retelling of Romeo and Juliet! * Emiko Jean, author of Empress of All Seasons on These Violent Delights * A deliciously dark twist on Romeo and Juliet that feels vibrant, modern, and wholly exciting. Gong's writing brims with energy. I was swept away to her dark Shanghai from the first page and never wanted to leave! * Natasha Ngan, New York Times bestselling author of Girls of Paper and Fire on These Violent Delights * Heady, smart, and vicious, These Violent Delights strikes every note with precision, layering romance and politics into a roaring 20s Shanghai of both monsters and monstrous imperialism * Tessa Gratton, author of The Queens of Innis Lear on These Violent Delights * Full of glitter, suspense and gore, These Violent Delights takes readers into the perilous world of 1926 Shanghai . . . Chloe Gong's debut is a terrific, deliciously unputdownable read! * June Hur, author of The Silence of Bones on These Violent Delights * These Violent Delights combines strong characterisation, skilfully interwoven political insight and an atmospheric portrayal of a Shanghai in the throes of change * The Guardian on These Violent Delights * A lush, wholly original debut that will satiate Shakespeare aficionados and draw those seeking an engrossing, multifaceted historical fantasy * Publishers Weekly, Starred Review on These Violent Delights * A must-read with a conclusion that will leave readers craving more * Kirkus Starred Review on These Violent Delights * The setting's brilliant, a city split by merchant colonies and divided into gang territories, in a country itself fractured politically and on the verge of revolution * SFX on These Violent Delights * Filled with Gong's lush prose, These Violent Delights brings 1920s Shanghai to life, along with a romance that is weighed with history * BookRiot on These Violent Delights * Stylish and engrossing * Popsugar on These Violent Delights * A rip-roaring, magic-tinged epic of cabarets and speakeasies, dens and divas . . . Gong's vivid Shanghai is a place to get enjoyably lost in * Financial Times on These Violent Delights * Gong's darkly seductive YA debut transplants Romeo and Juliet to 20s Shanghai for a gripping story of rival gangs, forbidden love and a plague that threatens to tear the city asunder * The i on These Violent Delights * The Bard would surely approve * The New York Times, Book Review on These Violent Delights * These Violent Delights is a phenomenal book and a wonder of a debut . . . Chloe has written star-crossed lovers/lovers-to-enemies like I've never read before, and if you love yearning, then trust me: you'll love These Violent Delights * The Quiet Pond on These Violent Delights * This is the kind of book where I sort of just want to open my mouth and let the words expressing my love tumble out with abandon . . . I truly loved everything about this book * The Elven Warrior on These Violent Delights * More than anything, These Violent Delights is a rich portrait of a seldom-depicted time and place * NPR on These Violent Delights * An unforgettable reimagining of Romeo and Juliet * ALA Booklist, starred review * These Violent Delights is a superior fantasy novel; multi-layered, diverse and reflective in its themes, whilst at the same time offering up the kind of darkness, romance and emotion that leaves you yearning for more - not just more of this particular story and its endearing, complex characters - which we've already been promised - but more from Chloe Gong beyond her star-crossed lovers too * Culturefly on These Violent Delights * Chloe Gong does expertly what all the best retellings do. She doesn't simply transpose her source material into a new setting, she engages with the spirit of the original and in doing so crafts a story that is entirely and beautifully her own . . . I cannot recommend this book strongly enough * Chaipters on These Violent Delights * Gong's debut is not to be missed. With a dazzling setting, a mysterious series of murders, and diverse, unapologetically criminal characters, this novel ranks with the greatest YA retellings * School Library Journal, starred review on These Violent Delights *