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These Violent Delights

By: Chloe Gong
Narrated by: Cindy Kay
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Perfect for fans of The Last Magician and Descendant of the Crane, this heart-stopping New York Times best-selling debut is an imaginative Romeo and Juliet retelling set in 1920s Shanghai, with rival gangs and a monster in the depths of the Huangpu River.

In glittering Shanghai, a monster awakens....

A blood feud between two gangs runs the streets red, leaving the city in the grip of chaos. At its heart is 18-year-old Juliette Cai, a former flapper who has returned to assume her role as the proud heir of the Scarlet Gang - a network of criminals far above the law. Their only rivals in power are the White Flowers, who have fought the Scarlets for generations. And behind every move is their heir, Roma Montagov, Juliette's first love...and first betrayal.

But when gangsters on both sides show signs of instability culminating in clawing their own throats out, the people start to whisper. Of a contagion, a madness. Of a monster in the shadows. As the deaths stack up, Juliette and Roma must set their guns - and grudges - aside and work together, for if they can't stop this mayhem, then there will be no city left for either to rule.

©2020 Chloe Gong (P)2020 Hodder & Stoughton Limited Fantasy Fiction Historical Fiction Literature & Fiction Science Fiction & Fantasy Heartfelt China

Critic Reviews

"Heady, smart and vicious." (Tessa Gratton, author of The Queens of Innis Lear)

"Deliciously dark." (Natasha Ngan, New York Times best-selling author of Girls of Paper and Fire)

"Dark and beautiful." (Emiko Jean, author of Empress of All Seasons)

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I love both the action/spying/fighting scenes, as well as the criticism against colonialism in China. I love all the characters, specially juliette, marshall and benedikt!

i love it!

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The narrator seems to whisper pretty much all of the time, & there is a particularly famous line that occurs towards the end of the novel, that I couldn’t believe how emotionless she read it as. I laughed when I really should have been upset.

The novel itself is pretty great though. 3.5 stars, I’d say. I’m looking forward to the sequel.

Why are we whispering?

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I found the 2nd half of this story better than the first half. ⚠️spoiler alert ⚠️ after Alisa got infected the story picked up and got good. to me the begging felt like it was repeating information and there wasn't anything interesting going on

good but not great

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