These Violent Delights

These Violent Delights is a 1920s Shanghai-set fantasy romance by Chloe Gong, marking her debut novel. The story follows Roma Montagov and Juliette Cai, heirs to rival gangs locked in a violent territorial war, as they uncover a deadly threat that forces them into an uneasy alliance. Gong draws inspiration from Romeo and Juliet while weaving in Chinese mythology, historical detail, and dark magic to create a world where gang warfare and supernatural danger intersect.

The narrative alternates between Roma and Juliette's perspectives as their conflict transforms into something more complex. What begins as enemy-driven tension becomes a collaboration against a shadow spreading through Shanghai - one that neither gang alone can defeat. Gong's prose balances romance with political intrigue and explores themes of loyalty, power, and the cost of violence in a richly imagined historical setting.

Originally published in 2020, the novel introduces readers to a Shanghai reimagined through fantasy elements while anchoring the story in the city's real historical conflicts and cultural textures. The dual POV structure allows Gong to develop both characters' motivations and the moral ambiguity of their situations.

• Debut novel by Chloe Gong
• Young adult fantasy romance set in 1920s Shanghai
• Dual perspective narrative - Roma and Juliette
• Inspired by Romeo and Juliet with Chinese mythology
• First in the Beautés Sombres duology

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