Begin with Juliette and Roma
Start with These Violent Delights and continue directly to Our Violent Ends.
Book Series · 2 Books
These Violent Delights Duet Books
In order from These Violent Delights to Our Violent Ends.
Chloe Gong's completed Romeo and Juliet-inspired YA fantasy duet follows rival gang heirs Juliette Cai and Roma Montagov amid revolution, colonial pressure, and a supernatural contagion in 1920s Shanghai.
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Reading order
How to Read These Violent Delights
Read These Violent Delights first, followed by Our Violent Ends. The two books form one completed story and should be read in order.
Foul Lady Fortune begins a separate later duology in the same wider world. It follows different leads and is not a third book in this duet.
For parents
What Parents Should Know
These books include gang warfare, shootings, stabbings, torture, a supernatural epidemic that drives people to tear out their own throats, political violence, racism and colonialism, betrayal, grief, and major character deaths.
The central enemies-to-lovers romance includes kissing and sexual references without highly explicit scenes. The historical setting also brings communist-nationalist conflict and foreign exploitation into an already dark, suspenseful story; the publisher recommends ages 14 and up.
Where to start
Where Should My Teen Start?
Where the story begins
First Book in the Series
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Book #1 · Chapter Book · Ages 14–17 · 2020
These Violent Delights
By Chloe Gong
Rival heirs must unite to stop a deadly madness threatening 1920s Shanghai.
449 pages· 130,832 words· Est. 12 hour read
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Summary: In 1926 Shanghai, Juliette Cai, heir to the Scarlet Gang, faces chaos as a mysterious madness grips the city. Her former love and rival, Roma Montagov of the White Flowers, becomes an unlikely ally. As gangsters fall victim to a sinister force, Juliette and Roma must set aside their past to confront a lurking monster. Can they save their city from destruction, or will their shared history doom them all? Dive into a world of intrigue, betrayal, and forbidden alliances where the stakes are life and death.
In reading order
These Violent Delights Duet Series
2 books · Published 2020–2021
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These Violent Delights
Chapter Book · Ages 14–17 · 2020
Rival heirs must unite to stop a deadly madness threatening 1920s Shanghai.
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$1899
Our Violent Ends
Chapter Book · Ages 14–17 · 2021
In 1927 Shanghai, two lovers must unite against a monstrous threat amid political chaos.
Good to know
Common Questions
How many books are in the These Violent Delights Duet series?
There are 2 books in the These Violent Delights Duet series. It began with These Violent Delights in 2020, and the newest book, Our Violent Ends, was published in 2021.
What order should you read the These Violent Delights Duet books in?
Start with These Violent Delights and follow the series order — the books above are numbered #1 through #2.
What ages are the These Violent Delights Duet books best for?
The series is best for ages 14–17, based on the age ranges of the individual books.
Which These Violent Delights Duet book is the longest?
Our Violent Ends is the longest book in the series at 146,658 words (512 pages).
Which These Violent Delights Duet book is the shortest?
These Violent Delights (Book #1) is the shortest at 130,832 words (449 pages).
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