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These Violent Delights (These Violent Delights, #1)

by Chloe Gong · These Violent Delights series

Romeo and Juliet reimagined in 1920s Shanghai, where rival gang heirs Juliette Cai and Roma Montagov must work together to stop a monstrous plague threatening their city. Gong fuses Shakespearean romance with Chinese history, gangster politics, and body horror in a glittering, blood-soaked retelling. Star-crossed lovers navigate colonialism, tradition, and a madness that makes people tear out their own throats.

These Violent Delights in reading order

• 1. These Violent Delights (These Violent Delights, #1) — Chloe Gong
• 2. Our Violent Ends (These Violent Delights, #2) — Chloe Gong

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