These Violent Delights, Book 1
by Chloe Gong
Recommended by Daniel José Older
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Recommended by 1 source and appears in Teen, Teen & Young Adult, and Adult.
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 eighteenyearold Juliette Cai, a former flapper who has returned to assume her role as the proud heir of the Scarlet Gang_x0097_a network of criminals far above the l...
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Recommended by 1 source and appears in Teen, Teen & Young Adult, and Adult.
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Daniel José Older
American fantasy and young adult fiction writer (1980–)
“WHY IS THIS BOOK SO fucking GREAAAATAHHH @thechloegong #TheseViolentDelights”
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Consider An Extraordinary Union by Alyssa Cole.
“This is a character-forward historical romance that layers clandestine missions over wartime urgency, anchored by a formerly enslaved protagonist with an eidetic memory. The pleasure comes from high-stakes setups, oppositions of loyalty, and scenes that trade between danger and growing intimacy. Limitations: genre conventions reappear (meet-cute → escalating tension → confession) and some readers will find long planning or logistical sequences interrupt the romantic propulsion. Best taken as an emotionally driven, plot-tinged love story rather than a strict history primer.”
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