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These Violent Delights

(These Violent Delights #1)

Chloe Gong (Goodreads Author)

4.05 · Rating details · 7,152 ratings · 2,280 reviews

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 ...more

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Mar 20, 2020 Chloe Gong rated it it was amazing · (Review from the author) · review of another edition

I wanted to begin this note with a quip about giving the book 5 stars, but the truth is, if I hadn’t poured all my heart and blood into it, then I wouldn’t have put it forward for publication. And since I have put it forward, then that means I believe in this book with everything I have, and I’m honored to be able to share These Violent Delights with you all.

Goodreads is a space for readers, not authors, so I’m only here to drop this note and then skedaddle. If you’d like me to share or read yo ...more

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Aug 11, 2020 chai ♡ added it

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me: now that I am done with finals, I just want to relax and nestle into the soothing embrace of a good book

also me: *picks up this Romeo and Juliet retelling set in 1920s gangster-run Shanghai about star-crossed exes putting aside the blood feud between them to prevent a monster from terrorizing their city that everyone tells me it's guaranteed to break my heart* ...more

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Jun 22, 2020 Melanie rated it liked it

Shelves: fantasy, quarantine-reads, own-voices, read-in-2020, maëlys, buddy-reads, subscription-box-fairyloot, subscription-box-owlcrate, historical, arc

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✨ Reviews you should check out: Xiran's, Lili's, CW's

"Anyone can be the master to a monster should their heart be wicked enough."

These Violent Delights is an ownvoices story starring a Chinese heiress who recently moved back to Shanghai and is willing to do anything to prove to her father that she is ready to rule the Scarlet Gang. But in 1920s Shanghai, ...more

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Dec 01, 2020 Joel Rochester rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: favourites, arcs, five-stars, read-2020

THAT ENDING THOUGH!!!!
One of the best YA books of this year. Completely amazing, I love it sm.

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Nov 25, 2020 Robin rated it it was amazing

Shelves: all-time-favorites

↠ 5 stars

You had me at Romeo and Juliet retelling set in 1920's Shanghai. In this wondrous debut from author Chloe Gong, Shakespeare meets a new decade, one with rivaling gangs and a river monster tormenting the citizens. The blood feud between the White Flowers and the Scarlet Gang is one that has transformed the city. Alliances have been drawn and no one can stand the middle ground. Enter the once-lovers, Juliette and Roma, separated by their families and a long ago betrayal. They must set asi ↠ 5 stars

You had me at Romeo and Juliet retelling set in 1920's Shanghai. In this wondrous debut from author Chloe Gong, Shakespeare meets a new decade, one with rivaling gangs and a river monster tormenting the citizens. The blood feud between the White Flowers and the Scarlet Gang is one that has transformed the city. Alliances have been drawn and no one can stand the middle ground. Enter the once-lovers, Juliette and Roma, separated by their families and a long ago betrayal. They must set aside their differences when a mysterious illness begins to inflict itself upon both sides.

This book is fantastic. Enough said. From the beginning, Chloe Gong entraps you with her vivid descriptions and fast paced plot. The first line could be seen as the start of my love affair with this incredible story. I mean: "In glittering Shanghai, a monster awakens" *screams into the void. I don't know. There's something about a mysterious creature and two unlikely allies drawn together in order to figure it all out that just sits right with me. Besides that, the world seems thoroughly explored and all of its characters brought forth into the roles created for them. As this is the first book in the series there is a lot left desired, not in lack of substance, but a want of more. An understatement would be that I devoured this book, because I finished it all in a few hours and then sat there staring at the wall contemplating my own existence. Perhaps my favorite thing about this was the tension bordering on yearning between Juliette and Roma. I have a soft spot for couples that blur the line between love and hate, even when it's not hate at all. That being said, the side characters really stole the show in this debut. I currently have my thoughts outgoing to Kathleen and Marshall. Protect them please. While there are other books to read, I'm probably going to be talking of nothing but this for quite some time.

Trigger warnings: blood, violence, gore, murder, transphobia, gouging, alcohol consumption, parental abuse. ...more

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Jun 21, 2020 may ➹ rated it really liked it

Shelves: important-messages, pov-male, read-2020, rep-lgbtqiap, rep-bipoc-author, 4-star, my-heart, ownvoices, young-adult, pov-3rd

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Backdropped by 1926 Shanghai humming with life and debauchery, These Violent Delights follows Juliette Cai, heir to the Scarlet Gang, who watches angrily as her city falls further into the clutches of white foreigners. Equally as worrying as the threat of colonialism is the sudden appearance of a monster that causes people to tear out their own throats. The only way Juliette can defeat the monster and save her people is to work with Roma Montagov, heir to ...more

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Dec 02, 2020 jessica rated it really liked it

if i could sum up the story of roma and juliette, it would be this quote by toni morrison:

‘we mistook violence for passion… and thought recklessness was freedom.’

the ruthless gangs, the rekindling of a first love after betrayal, the haunting of a monster and madness, and the dramatic ploys of various nationalities trying to gain control of shanghai, this story delivers on so many fronts.

i could most definitely see how this follows the tale of romeo and juliet, but at the same time, it feel ...more

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Dec 11, 2020 Marzuqa rated it it was amazing

Here it is, my love of 2020! I wasn’t just immersed in this book, I was drowned in it. It’s the kind of book you wish you could read for the first time, again and again.
This was such a captivating mix of fantasy, romance, horror and mystery (basically all the things I love) packaged into this neat story that I just could not put down.
The characters were all so admirable and I loved how the story played out. It wouldn’t be an overstatement to call this work flawless.
Waiting for the sequel is go ...more

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Dec 01, 2020 She-who-must-not-be-named rated it really liked it

A Romeo and Juliet retelling coupled with a historical screenplay of Shanghai torn by two rival Gangs (Scarlet gang and the White Flower gang) the Communists, and other foreigners fighting for power, These Violent Delights is, without an ounce of doubt, a debut of immense talent.

The crux of the story

Scarlet Gang is in charge of Shanghai and is the most powerful of all gangs in Shanghai. Juliette Cai , heiress of the Scarlet Gang ruled by the ruthless Lord Cai, has returned from America and i ...more

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Oct 20, 2020 Lia Carstairs rated it really liked it

Shelves: enemies-to-lovers, queer-rep, fantasy, young-adult, digital-arcs, retelling, romance

Eternally grateful to Simon & Schuster Canada for sending me an ARC in exchange for an honest review!!! <3

What.
Was.
That?!?!

Seriously.
What the hell was that cliffhanger?!?!😰
All that work and then that happens??? omgomgomg😓

Chloe Gong really knows how to deliver an ending. I just love how she ends the book in the middle of a climax?!?! (She even added the "To be continued" at the end as if knowing that her readers would be begging for more aghhhh and I unknowingly fell into the trap)

I co ...more

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Sep 29, 2020 Kimberly (Deity of Books) rated it it was amazing

Shelves: helpful-reviews, favorites, 2020-reads, arcs

As someone who is not a fan of the original Romeo and Juliet (sorry), I really enjoyed this. This book is one of the best books I’ve read in 2020. It definitely could be one of the best books I’ve read in my entire life.

We are introduced to Juliette Cai, one of the main characters. She is the heiress of the Scarlet Gang and has just come back from New York City after finishing her education. She and most characters in this book are polyglots. She can speak Mandarin (and its other dialects), Russ ...more

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Jun 28, 2020 emma marked it as to-read

Shelves: retelling, diverse, fantasy, historical, ya

so this author is a junior in college...this is blatantly against one of my major life policies (pretending that anyone younger than me is not cooler than me)

but this book sounds so good i might have to break the rules 😎

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Dec 05, 2020 Melissa ♥ Dog/Wolf Lover ♥ Martin marked it as to-read

Shelves: owlcrate, hardback

Got the same book in our December Owlcrate. I love the FairyLoot edition more but I do love the art under dust jacket and the embossing on cover. Click link under pic to see the goodies. FYI: We are getting the same books from both again in January and it’s a book I want!

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May 06, 2020 Angelica marked it as to-read

This author is still an undergrad in college...
what have I been doing with my life??????

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Aug 15, 2020 Umairah | Sereadipity rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favourites

BREAKING NEWS! Recently, sobs of anguish have been issuing from Shakespeare's grave at random hours of the day. There is much speculation over the cause but I'll let you in on a secret: Shakespeare's ghost is weeping on the other side because finally, after all these years, he's been outdone. Who by? Chloe Gong and her painfully beautiful debut, These Violent Delights.

Content Warnings: Blood, violence, gore, character deaths, explicit description of gouging self (not of their own volition), murd ...more

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Nov 10, 2020 Phuong ✯ rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: 2-stars-wanna-scratch-my-eyes-out, enemies-to-lovers, fantasy-is-better-than-ecstasy, gorgeous-covers, watch-paint-dry-is-more-interesting, arc-to-review, books-read-in-2020, poc-representation, young-adult, second-time-s-the-charm

– 2.5 stars

First of all I want to say that I think it's unfair that this book is in the GCA Semifinals in Young Adult Fantasy when it hasn't even released yet. GR messing up these awards every year is nothing new, but it still bugs me. A book that has been released for months now, should be able to have that spot. I would have said this regardless if I liked These Violent Delights or not, I just think other books that have already been released may deserve the exposure more.

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Nov 17, 2020 Cait (Caitsbooks) rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 2020-releases, arc, reviewed, favorites, bookington

Thank you so much to the publisher for sending me an ARC in exchange for an honest review!

Check out this review (and more) over on my blog!

Quick Stats:
Overall: 5/5 Stars
Characters: 5/5
Setting: 5/5
Writing: 5/5
Plot and Themes: 5/5
Awesomeness Factor: 5/5
Review in a Nutshell: I had some pretty high expectations for this book, but I never expected it to fly above all of them.

// Content Warning: Violence, Death, Assault, Gun Violence, Torture, Suicide, (Drug) Addiction (Mention), Child Abuse, Murder, ...more

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Jul 17, 2020 CW (The Quiet Pond) ✨ rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 2020-favourites, 2020, young-adult, arc, urban-fantasy, diverse-shelf, has-poc-rep, year-of-the-asianreading-2020, ownvoices, historical-fiction

Full review now on my book blog, The Quiet Pond.

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oh................... OH SHIT

if this isn't the next big YA, then i WILL riot. this book was PHENOMENAL.

i was provided an ARC by the author. this does not affect my opinion in any way. ...more

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Sep 09, 2020 Althea | themoonwholistens ☾ is currently reading it

Shelves: genre-urban-fantasy, 2020-releases, genre-historical-fiction, rep-poc, sub-genre-retelling, permanently-resides-in-my-mind, rep-lgbtq, highly-recommended, rep-asian, author-poc

(I put it back on my PTBR because seeing 4 books on my currently reading actually stressed me out so I will continue this after I have sobbed over The Dragon Republic and I can devote my attention to it)

shhhhh.... it's happening... i'm finally reading my most anticipated book of the year 🥺

i'm reading 3 other books right now but who cares

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12/07/20: Two days ago we were only 5 people in line (I’m 3rd) for this book in my library and now there are 17 people waiting, that’s so wild... ...more

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Aug 22, 2020 Sara rated it it was amazing

These Violent Delights is the perfect title for this book, it is very violent at times, but what a delight it is to read!

Shakespeare re-tellings have, in my experience, gone one of two ways and i'm always wary when i start a new one. I needn't have worried with TVD as it feels vibrant and charmingly modern despite being set in the 1920s.
1920's Shanghai is not a time period I had read about before but I was completely enamored with the setting. It felt incredibly glamorous and dangerous in equa ...more

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Jul 21, 2020 Fadwa (Word Wonders) added it

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i refuse to form a single coherent thought about this book in present moment. Please respect my privacy in my time of healing.

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Oct 11, 2020 Emma rated it really liked it

The ARC of this book was provided by the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Full review HERE

This book is a very solid debut novel and I'm so glad I got the chance to read it! It's a Romeo and Juliet retelling set in Shanghai in the 1920s and guys believe me when I say it was everything and more.

The story is a fantasy infused with politics. It is set in the world of gangsters where constant fear, backstabbing, and retaliation are a daily occurrence. Nobody is safe and peop ...more

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Jul 11, 2020 Xiran Zhao rated it it was amazing

Shelves: gorgeous-writing, amazing-worldbuilding, cunning-female-protagonists, asian-authors, ya-historical, ya-asian-books, ya-fantasy

Personal Rating: Juliette Cai could backhand me right into the Huangpu River, and I’d thank her
Reasons to Read: The richly realized world of 1920s Shanghai, the poetry-like prose, the tense mystery, the meticulously developed characters, the delicious and scathing discourse against colonialism, the doomed LOOOONGING between Roma and Juliette

So this is one of those books that makes me angry. Angry because I cannot BELIEVE I never knew the extent of how interesting the situation in 1920s Shanghai was. I mean, I knew it was a world class city on par with Paris and New York, but the complexity of its political and societal dynamics wasn’t something taught to me, despite me being Chinese. Growing up, the 1920s Shanghai c-dramas I’ve watched were mostly about undercover Communists struggling against the Kuomingtang (so, very thinly veiled propaganda). This book presents a much more complicated and nuanced view of the city then. It has the best of what I love so much about historical fiction. It instantly comes with gripping tension and fascinating dynamics because of that element of Realness to its background, and everything is much cooler knowing you’re learning about a real setting. Nothing gets more intense than real life.

In the story, Shanghai is a city controlled by Western colonizers and two gangs, the Scarlet Gang and the White Flowers. Juliette Cai and Roma Montagov are its respective heirs, but both face a multitude of pressures from inside and outside their gangs. Being heir to a gang is as precarious as being heir to a throne. They are doomed to command respect by continuing the blood feud between them, or they’d lose their positions and their ability to protect themselves and all that they love. The most interesting part of this retelling is that the expected forbidden romance actually happened four years before the start of the story, and it did not end well. So the tension between Juliette and Roma are that of jilted exes. It makes for a lot of hilarious, bickering dialogue and understandable angst as they’re forced to work together to save their city from a mysterious epidemic of madness (I can’t believe Chloe Gong invented 2020).

Juliette Cai is by far my favorite character, because she is the epitome of That B*tch. This ho speaks, like, 6 different languages and dialects (Mandarin, Shanghainese, English, French, Russian, Dutch). Before you call BS–no, this is indeed realistic for someone born into an elite family at the time. One endlessly entertaining part of the book was her and Roma switching between different languages depending on their surroundings, and the general exploration of language. She’s a breath of fresh air in that she’s an elite who fully embraces her elitism. There is nothing humble or awkward about her. She is better than you and KNOWS it, and you better know it as well.

Part of her ruthlessness was honed by a massive, bloody betrayal by Roma that ended their young romance four years ago. It’s pretty clear early on that Roma’s hand was forced, though. He spends most of the book being Very Tired of all the BS around him, yet there’s an undeniable fire in him that drives him to fight to keep his position as heir, because he’d probably die the moment he lost it for good. There are no cinnamon rolls here. Once you find out the truth of what he did, it’s understandable, but you’re not sure he should be forgiven either, which makes for great tension in how this would all resolve.

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Feb 10, 2020 Nenia ✨️ Socially Awkward Trash Panda ✨️ Campbell marked it as wishlist

Shelves: pretty-cover-sparklies

I want to make out with this cover.

Also, this sounds AMAZING.

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Dec 27, 2020 • Adela • rated it it was amazing

Shelves: lgbtq-rep, owned, 2020-birthday-christmas-presents

woah, that was mind-blowing. i came in with high expectations and i was not disappointed.

why did i like this so much? well, chloe gong was able to craft a story with an amazing plot, villains, romance, great side-characters, and awesome protagonists. that's a lot of work for one book.

if you're planning on reading this, then read it! it's so worth it.

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juliette - she was a great protagonist but her coldness got on my nerves a bit. she was rude in situations where it wouldn't cost h ...more

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Aug 20, 2020 lily ☁️ rated it really liked it

Shelves: book-series, first-in-series, author-of-color, asian-rep, from-pub, young-adult, arc-and-arr, retelling, ownvoices, science-fiction

This book was sitting in my mailbox for almost two months, before I finally read it … I was still not ready to have my feelings end up this way—lying dead in a ditch somewhere in Shanghai, having clawed their throats out with their bare hands after a softly whispered tǎ mǎ dé, carried away into nothingness.

(No one talk to me about being named in the acknowledgments, unless you want to make me sob.)

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Oct 15, 2019 Ellie (faerieontheshelf) marked it as to-read · review of another edition

Shelves: paranormal, historical-set-in-the-past, retellings, ya-lit, anticipated-future-releases, bipoc-ownvoices-fantasy, debuts, historical-fantasy, fabulism, own-voices

Roaring 20s but forget New York and make it Shanghai 👀 I see what’s going on here and I approve

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Dec 15, 2020 Miranda rated it really liked it · review of another edition

I preordered this book simply because people seemed to be enjoying. I really did not know too much about it other than the fact it is a Romeo and Juliet retelling set in 1920s Shanghai with rival gangs. That is really all I needed to know.

Chloe Gong’s These Violent Delights follows two rival gangs - the Scarlet Gang and the White Flowers - in 1926 Shanghai as they are forced to navigate their blood feud amid an outbreak of “madness” or a contagion as well as rumors of a monster. The story center I preordered this book simply because people seemed to be enjoying. I really did not know too much about it other than the fact it is a Romeo and Juliet retelling set in 1920s Shanghai with rival gangs. That is really all I needed to know.

Chloe Gong’s These Violent Delights follows two rival gangs - the Scarlet Gang and the White Flowers - in 1926 Shanghai as they are forced to navigate their blood feud amid an outbreak of “madness” or a contagion as well as rumors of a monster. The story centers around Juliette Cai of the Scarlet Gang and Roma Montagov of the Russian White Flowers. Despite their history, the two must put aside their differences to work together to save themselves and their community. Stakes are even higher for Roma who is trying to save his little sister. However, working together turns out to be even harder to fathom for the two because Roma was Juliette’s first love who also betrayed her.

I honestly loved the cast of characters that Chloe Gong creates in her story. While Juliette and Roma are the main focus, they both have their own friends and family that stand out. Starting with the Scarlet Gang, I love Juliette’s attitude and how fierce she is. I really appreciated how Gong incorporates how being sent away before impacts who she is and how she thinks about her home. Juliette is willing to do whatever it takes to protect the Scarlet Gang. I really enjoyed seeing her interactions with her family. Kathleen and Rosalind Lang were interesting characters. I hope their trials and motivations are explored a bit more in the second book too. However, I think we can all agree that Tyler Cai sucks.

The White Flowers were no exception to the wonderfully written characters. Roma struggles with being heir to the White Flowers, but ultimately, like Juliette, he does what he has to. It was interesting to see how he thought about violence and fighting compared to Juliette. She may be more aggressive and impulsive compared to him, but Roma has no other choice when it comes to saving his sister. I also enjoyed seeing how Roma and Juliette kept each other in check or balanced each other. Just like I wanted more with the side characters from the rival gang, I cannot wait to read more about Marshall Seo and Benedikt Montagov. I am excited to see where their relationship goes.

This cast of characters is even more important because they are very inclusive. Gong does a lot for representation here by including characters who are Chinese, Korean, Russian, queer, etc. Kathleen is also transgender. I hope the next book also expands on this more and addresses her possibly transphobic father.

Juliette and Roma’s relationship was one of my favorite parts of this book. I trusted everyone else’s opinion and did not even read the full synopsis, so I did not even know that the two had a very complicated past. I was genuinely so surprised when it was revealed that their relationship was lovers to enemies. There are so many more layers to that though. It was more like friends to lovers to enemies to lovers to enemies.

I was overall really impressed with the author’s writing. It was very engaging and atmospheric. I was really taken by surprise, especially since I did not love Romeo and Juliet. My only minor critique is that the pacing felt off at times, which could be why some people have commented on it being boring. I think in the second half of the book the story really picks up and is worth it in the end. This book becomes even more unique since there is a monster lurking and causing havoc. I do not understand how Gong makes all these layers work, but they really do. She makes this retelling her own unique story, but in a way that also includes more representation and comments on other important topics like colonialism and gender. I like that she addresses foreign and Western colonialism as a threat to everything Juliette knows and fights for.

I do highly recommend These Violent Delights. There are some minor things keeping it from being a five star read, but I expect book two will make up for it. The characters, plot, writing, and atmosphere are all unique, rich, and engaging. Chloe Gong is incredibly talented, and I cannot wait to read more of her future works.

*Content warnings: Blood, violence, gore, character deaths, explicit description of gouging self (not of their own volition), murder, weapon use, insects, alcohol consumption, parental abuse, transphobia* ...more

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Nov 21, 2020 Kirsty Hendry rated it really liked it

Thank you Netgalley for providing me with a copy of These Violent Delights in exchange for an honest review.

In Shanghai, in 1926, a blood feud that has been ongoing for years continues.

Tensions between the Scarlet and White Flower gangs is constant, causing casualties on both sides.

4 years earlier heir to the Scarlet gang, Juliette Cai and the White Flower heir Roma Montagov saw past the blood feud and fell in love. That is, until he betrayed her.

After some time away, Juliette has returned to S ...more

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Chloe Gong is an undergraduate at the University of Pennsylvania, studying English and International Relations. During her breaks, she’s either at home in New Zealand or visiting her many relatives in Shanghai. Chloe has been known to mysteriously appear by chanting “Romeo and Juliet is one of Shakespeare’s best plays and doesn’t deserve its slander in pop culture” into a mirror three times. You c ...more