THE INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER'Deliciously dark' NATASHA NGAN'Heady, smart and vicious' TESSA GRATTONThe heartstopping and unputdownable sequel to These Violent Delights, a searingly romantic fantasy retelling of Romeo and Juliet set in 1920s Shanghai. SHANGHAI, 1927: Juliette Cai is on the warpath. One wrong move, and her cousin will take her place as the Scarlet Gang's heir.

The only way to protect Roma, and herself, is to let the boy she loves believe she murdered his best friend in cold blood. Roma is still reeling from Marshall's death, and his cousin Benedikt will barely speak to him. Roma blames himself for letting Juliette into his life, and he's determined to set things right - even if that means killing the girl he hates and loves with equal measure.

Then a new monstrous danger emerges in the city. Shanghai is at boiling point: the Nationalists are marching in, whispers of civil war are brewing, and gangster rule faces complete annihilation. Roma and Juliette must put aside their differences to combat monsters and politics, but they aren't prepared for the biggest threat of all: protecting their hearts from each other.

READERS LOVE CHLOE GONG'Chloe Gong has done another fantastic job at ripping out my heart and stomping on it. I AM DEVASTATED. THIS BOOK WAS SO GOOD.

I AM RUINED' ?????'I would read this again and again. The emotions I felt during this book were unreal' ?????'I love them with my whole heart. I did however cried a lot...

like, A LOT. But I don't regret ever buying it. It is now one of my favorite books' ?????'If you haven't picked up this duology yet then please do it, you won't regret it and you will wonder why you didn't pick it up sooner!' ?????'First off: how dare you? In all seriousness: this book is fantastic.

It's the perfect violent end to violent delights and I was enchanted but also deeply moved' ?????