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These Violent Delights

Chloe Gong

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In 1926 Shanghai, eighteen-year-old Juliette Cai, heir of the Scarlet Gang, and her first love-turned-rival Roma Montagov, leader of the White Flowers, must work together when mysterious deaths threaten their city.

GenresMonstersDeathGangsShanghai (China)History20th century

449 pages, 21 editions

English edition · First published 2020 by Margaret K. McElderry Books · ISBN 9781534457690

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tearnaswritingOctober 2026
★★★☆☆

I really wanted to like this book. But it did not hold my attention. Everything happened at such a slow pace, and the POV changes were so random. The idea for this book is amazing. It just wasn't for me.

Editions

21 editions

English

  • These Violent Delights · Margaret K. McElderry Books · 2020 · ISBN 9781534457690 · 6 readers This page
  • These Violent Delights · Hodderscape · 2025 · ISBN 9781399741354
  • These Violent Delights · Margaret K. McElderry Books · 2023 · ISBN 9781536480375
  • These Violent Delights · Margaret K. McElderry Books · 2023 · ISBN 9781665948623
  • These Violent Delights · Simon and Schuster · 2023 · ISBN 9781665921763
  • These Violent Delights · Tantor Media, Inc. · 2021 · ISBN 9781705283820
  • These Violent Delights · Tantor and Blackstone Publishing · 2021 · ISBN 9798200176144
  • These Violent Delights · Margaret K. McElderry Books · 2021 · ISBN 9781534457706
  • These Violent Delights · Tantor and Blackstone Publishing · 2021 · ISBN 9798200176151
  • These Violent Delights · Hachette New Zealand · 2021 · ISBN 9781869714703
  • These Violent Delights · Hodder · 2021 · ISBN 9781529344530
  • These Violent Delights · Hodder & Stoughton · 2020 · ISBN 9781529344547
  • These Violent Delights · Hodder & Stoughton · 2020 · ISBN 9781529349184
  • These Violent Delights · Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division · 2020 · ISBN 9781534494497
  • These Violent Delights · Hodder & Stoughton · 2020 · ISBN 9781529344554
  • These Violent Delights · Simon & Schuster · 2020 · ISBN 9781534457713
  • These Violent Delights · Simon Pulse · 2020 · ISBN 9781534482777
  • These Violent Delights · Hodder & Stoughton · 2020 · ISBN 9781529344523
  • These Violent Delights (These Violent Delights, 1) · Tantor Media Inc · ISBN 9781667000602

Turkish

  • These Violent Delights · Kepustakaan Populer Gramedia · 2022 · ISBN 9786024818234
  • These Violent Delights · Kepustakaan Populer Gramedia · 2022 · ISBN 9786024818241

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