These Violent Delights
(Part of the These Violent Delights (#1) Series and Secret Shanghai (#1) Series)
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Book Overview
An Instant New York Times Bestseller
A BuzzFeed Best Young Adult Book of 2020 Perfect for fans of The Last Magician and Serpent & Dove, this heart-stopping debut is an imaginative Romeo and Juliet retelling set in 1920s Shanghai, with rival gangs and a monster in the depths of the Huangpu River. The year is 1926, and Shanghai hums to the tune of debauchery. A blood feud...
Customer Reviews
Great Retelling of a Classic
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