Axl reviewed These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong (These Violent Delights, #1)
The brilliantly imaginative New York Times bestselling fantasy retelling of Romeo and Juliet set against …
Review of 'These Violent Delights' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
4.25
I really liked this debut, the creativity, Romeo and Juliette retelling in 1920s Shanghai, plus the characters were a great combo^^
Reread 2021 : Still love it, it did not give a five star feel (cant explain why lol), but the quality is here, I liked the mix of different serious subject matters like colonialism or capitalism and misoginy, with a quest for saving Shanghai from a deadly contagion