These Violent Delights
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These Violent Delights
Author: Chloe Gong
language: en
Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books
Release Date: 2020-11-17
An Instant New York Times Bestseller! A BuzzFeed Best Young Adult Book of 2020 Perfect for fans of The Last Magician and Serpent & Dove, this heart-stopping 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. 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.
These Violent Delights
Author: Micah Nemerever
language: en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date: 2025-01-16
A compulsively readable debut novel about two college students, each with his own troubled past, whose escalating obsession with one another leads to an act of unspeakable violence. ‘An utterly captivating fever dream of a novel.’ Brandon Taylor, author of Real Life When Paul enters university in early 1970s Pittsburgh, it’s with the hope of moving past the recent death of his father. Sensitive, insecure, and like a stranger to his family, Paul feels isolated and alone. When he meets the worldly Julian in his freshman ethics class, Paul is immediately drawn to his classmate’s effortless charm. Paul will stop at nothing to prove himself worthy of their friendship. But Julian is as volatile and cruel as he is charismatic, and Paul begins to suspect that he can never live up to what Julian expects of him. As their friendship spirals into all-consuming intimacy, they each learn the lengths to which the other will go in order to stay together, their obsession ultimately hurtling them toward an act of irrevocable violence. From then on, everything changes… These Violent Delights is an exquisitely plotted excavation of the depths of human desire and the darkness it can unleash upon us... 'A clever novel of manners.’ New York Times
Foul Lady Fortune
THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'An electrifying, swashbuckling tale' CASSANDRA CLARE 'Amazing, show-stopping, spectacular' XIRAN JAY ZHAO 'A dark delight' RENEE AHDIEH An ill-matched pair of spies pose as a couple to investigate a series of murders in 1930s Shanghai, in a new fantasy romance duology from the author of THESE VIOLENT DELIGHTS. It's 1931 in Shanghai, and the stage is set for a new decade of intrigue. Four years ago, Rosalind Lang was saved from the brink of death. Now she doesn't sleep or age - and can heal from any wound. Desperate for redemption from her traitorous past, she works as an assassin for her country. Code name: Fortune. When a series of murders causes unrest in Shanghai, Rosalind's mission changes. Ordered to infiltrate foreign society and identify the culprits, she must pose as the wife of another spy, Orion Hong, to reduce suspicion. Although Rosalind finds Orion's cavalier attitude and playboy demeanor infuriating, she agrees to work with him. But Orion has an agenda of his own, and Rosalind has secrets she wants to keep buried. Soon, the two spies will find there is more to this mystery than they ever imagined . . . READERS LOVE CHLOE GONG 'I honestly wasn't a huge fan of Rosalind at all BUT this book made me utterly fall in love with her. I heard a lot of people weren't a huge fan of her but if that was you PLEASE READ THIS, YOU WILL CHANGE YOUR MIND!' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Foul Lady Fortune was one of my most anticipated reads of the year and it really did not disappoint' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'If you're looking for a fast paced book full of action and spy hijinks this is the book for you. I cannot wait for the next one ' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'I adored the fake marriage aspect - the banter, the tension, the nemesis to lovers chemistry was all on point' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'From the first line, I was immediately captivated. This book had everything I love from fake marriage to grumpy/sunshine to who hurt you' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐