I want to climb onto the rooftops of my house and scream to every single reader in the world to please grab this book and read it right now. I’m so so happy to have received the ARC of this book. It was everything a reader hopes to get out of a book, excitement, nail biting moments, grotesques, sweet moments and oh my god, the bloodshed. I dived into this book without realising that it’s a reselling. What a book. There were several moments when I pulled my hair out of fear of what would happen if the madness were to hit me. I can’t wait for the sequel.

Favourite quote from the book:

Page 20: Nothing of her memory had withstood the test of time. This city has reshaped itself and everyone in it had continued moving forward without her.

Chloe Gong's THESE VIOLENT DELIGHTS is a stunning and intoxicating spin on the original story of Romeo and Juliet.

I adored this book from start to finish, the idea of a retelling of Romeo and Juliet intrigued me from the start and I actually think I prefer this to the original! The world created within this book is so vivid and luxurious, Gong's descriptive writing is on point and it made it so easy to believe that this world was real.

I loved how the mystery part played out within this book, I was constantly on edge and second guessing everything that each character said in hoped to figure out who this mysterious monster was.

I LOVED Juliette and Roma, especially the incorporation of their past into their present lives and the little flashback snippets we got made me want to SCREAM. The dynamic between the two families was so alike to the original story and throughout the book I thoroughly enjoyed picking out little details and comparing to the original story.

This books ending was explosive and I absolutely need book 2 right now. This book is set in a rich and vivid world, filled with unique and fun characters that I cannot wait to dive back into and discover what happens in book 2!