The city is Shanghai, the year is 1926 and the streets are overrun with the Scarlet and White Flower Gangs. These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong was published on November 17, 2020. This is the first book in a series with more books probably coming out in the future. There are two gangs on separate sides of the city who hate each other. There is Juliette Cai who is the heir to the Scarlet Gang and Roma Montagov is the heir to the White Flowers Gang. But there is a major problem that threatens their city and they have to put aside their differences and solve the problem. This book was interesting at times, but it was very predictable and they would miraculously solve problems with the answer not even making sense. It was also a little too similar to William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. For these reasons, I give this book a 2/5. I would suggest reading this if you enjoy that play. There was some romance so it might interest people who like romance books with a lot of action. But overall, the characters weren’t very interesting and the plot was predictable so if you are looking for a book you could try this one, but there are probably better ones.
Claire N.
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