** PRAISE FOR CHLOE GONG **Chloe Gong's These Violent Delights plants a Shakespearean classic in the rich soil of 1920s Shanghai, allowing her characters to grow, flourish, and steal your heart while warring against their own ? Joan He, author of Descendant of the Crane on These Violent DelightsGong ensnares readers with a delicious tale of family rivalries and forbidden love all set against the glittering backdrop of 1920s Shanghai. Don't miss this dark and beautiful retelling of Romeo and Juliet! ? Emiko Jean, author of Empress of All Seasons on These Violent DelightsA deliciously dark twist on Romeo and Juliet that feels vibrant, modern, and wholly exciting. Gong's writing brims with energy. I was swept away to her dark Shanghai from the first page and never wanted to leave! ? Natasha Ngan, New York Times bestselling author of Girls of Paper and Fire on These Violent DelightsHeady, smart, and vicious, These Violent Delights strikes every note with precision, layering romance and politics into a roaring 20s Shanghai of both monsters and monstrous imperialism ? Tessa Gratton, author of The Queens of Innis Lear on These Violent DelightsFull of glitter, suspense and gore, These Violent Delights takes readers into the perilous world of 1926 Shanghai . . . Chloe Gong's debut is a terrific, deliciously unputdownable read! ? June Hur, author of The Silence of Bones on These Violent DelightsThese Violent Delights combines strong characterisation, skilfully interwoven political insight and an atmospheric portrayal of a Shanghai in the throes of change ? The Guardian on These Violent DelightsA lush, wholly original debut that will satiate Shakespeare aficionados and draw those seeking an engrossing, multifaceted historical fantasy ? Publishers Weekly, Starred Review on These Violent DelightsA must-read with a conclusion that will leave readers craving more ? Kirkus Starred Review on These Violent DelightsThe setting's brilliant, a city split by merchant colonies and divided into gang territories, in a country itself fractured politically and on the verge of revolution ? SFX on These Violent DelightsFilled with Gong's lush prose, These Violent Delights brings 1920s Shanghai to life, along with a romance that is weighed with history ? BookRiot on These Violent DelightsStylish and engrossing ? Popsugar on These Violent DelightsA rip-roaring, magic-tinged epic of cabarets and speakeasies, dens and divas . . . Gong's vivid Shanghai is a place to get enjoyably lost in ? Financial Times on These Violent DelightsGong's darkly seductive YA debut transplants Romeo and Juliet to 20s Shanghai for a gripping story of rival gangs, forbidden love and a plague that threatens to tear the city asunder ? The i on These Violent DelightsThe Bard would surely approve ? The New York Times, Book Review on These Violent DelightsThese Violent Delights is a phenomenal book and a wonder of a debut . . . Chloe has written star-crossed lovers/lovers-to-enemies like I've never read before, and if you love yearning, then trust me: you'll love These Violent Delights ? The Quiet Pond on These Violent DelightsThis is the kind of book where I sort of just want to open my mouth and let the words expressing my love tumble out with abandon . . . I truly loved everything about this book ? The Elven Warrior on These Violent DelightsMore than anything, These Violent Delights is a rich portrait of a seldom-depicted time and place ? NPR on These Violent DelightsAn unforgettable reimagining of Romeo and Juliet ? ALA Booklist, starred reviewThese Violent Delights is a superior fantasy novel; multi-layered, diverse and reflective in its themes, whilst at the same time offering up the kind of darkness, romance and emotion that leaves you yearning for more - not just more of this particular story and its endearing, complex characters - which we've already been promised - but more from Chloe Gong beyond her star-crossed lovers too ? Culturefly on These Violent DelightsChloe Gong does expertly what all the best retellings do. She doesn't simply transpose her source material into a new setting, she engages with the spirit of the original and in doing so crafts a story that is entirely and beautifully her own . . . I cannot recommend this book strongly enough ? Chaipters on These Violent DelightsGong's debut is not to be missed. With a dazzling setting, a mysterious series of murders, and diverse, unapologetically criminal characters, this novel ranks with the greatest YA ­retellings ? School Library Journal, starred review on These Violent Delights Chloe Gong is the New York Times bestselling author of These Violent Delights and its sequel Our Violent Ends. She is a recent graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, where she double-majored in English and International Relations. Born in Shanghai and raised in Auckland, New Zealand, Chloe is now located in New York pretending to be a real adult.