These Violent Delights
These Violent Delights, Book 1
by Chloe Gong
Should I read this?
Recommended by 1 source and appears in Enemies to Lovers, Enemies to Lovers Fantasy, and Dark Fantasy.
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 Enemies to Lovers, Enemies to Lovers Fantasy, and Dark Fantasy.
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Daniel José Older
“WHY IS THIS BOOK SO fucking GREAAAATAHHH @thechloegong #TheseViolentDelights”
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