Shakespeare fans will feel rewarded by parallels in the retelling, but Gong’s writing has a sharp wit and offers new, thrilling stakes for all her readers. Gong combines star-crossed lovers with a gripping mystery, violent blood feud, and the glamour of 1926 Shanghai, turning the familiar play into a story readers have never seen before. Posted about my SAB listing a few weeks ago about not showing up in search only when you entered the exact name. Juliette and her twin cousins Kathleen and Rosalind are Chinese Kathleen is a trans woman. Roma and his cousin Benedikt are white, and their fellow White Flower Marshall Seo is Korean and queer. The cast of characters is diverse in ethnicities and identities. When Roma’s little sister Alisa is infected, he teams up with Juliette to hunt down the cause and the cure. Now an infectious madness spreads through both gangs, leaving its victims to claw their own throats out. Foreigners have taken chunks of the city, leaving the Russian White Flowers-ruled by the Montagovs-and the Scarlets to fight over what’s left. Juliette Cai, daughter and heir to Lord Cai of the Scarlet Gang, has returned from New York to find Shanghai drastically changed from the city she and Roma talked about ruling. the synopsis for Our Violent Ends however does contain spoilers for These Violent Delights Synopsis: Shanghai is under siege in this captivating and searingly romantic sequel to These Violent Delights, which New York Times bestselling author Natasha Ngan calls deliciously dark. Gr 8 Up–Insta-love reminiscent of Romeo and Juliet occurred four years before this story begins, leaving Juliette and Roma the bitterest of exes.
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