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These Violent Delights (2020)
Others: Leaning negative The year is 1926, and Shanghai hums to the tune of debauchery. A blood feud between two gangs runs the streets red, leaving the city helpless in the grip of chaos. At the heart of it all is eighteen-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.
- ISBN:
- 9781665921763
- Length:
- 470 pages
Genres: fantasy, young adult
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Not a fan
Not a fanI think there was a lot of flaws in that first book that just did not grip me I do not know why this book was so popular when it first came out
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Loved itI have these violent Delights and these violent ends I actually read this one and I think it gave it four stars I liked it but it's been years since I've read it
Loved itI did in fact really enjoy that book it had a lot going for it that I really enjoyed I had it on my best books of 2021 list
Not a fanI was so upset I was so upset about this entire reading experience and honestly nothing could convince me to read the second book
MixedI feel like the concept was fantastic I love the idea of this book but for me the execution just did not work totally.
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