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Our Violent Ends
by Chloe Gong
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/ 5 stars
Thank you to the publisher for providing me with an eARC of this book via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review!
Our Violent Ends is the sequel to These Violent Delights, a Romeo and Juliet inspired story set in 1927 Shanghai.
My Review of These Violent Delights
I absolutely loved the first book and couldn’t wait to read the sequel the moment I got approved for an eARC! The atmosphere, the setting, time and period in this book was everything. If you loved the first book, this one will blow your mind!
The scheming and the mystery solving is a bit like in the first book, but less present. They have much more on their plates now with the Nationalists and Communists almost at their doors. Because of this, it doesn’t seem like the same is happening as in the first. A lot more focus is on the politics and thus it has a very different feel to it in the best possible way. With the switching POV’s the storytelling was very effective in showing you every side of the story and understanding what was going on in every corner of Shanghai.
Roma and Juliette are both very much like in the first book, but with much more at stake some of their personality shines a bit more. Both are still cunning, calculating, confident and intelligent, but much more do you see the love they have and what lengths they’re willing to go to protect those they love. I was a bit sad that Rosalind and Kathleen were a bit less present in this book, but have hope to see more of them in the next book. I absolutely loved the character arcs of Marshall and Benedikt!! I adore those two! Also, I loved seeing more of Alisa in this book. Most shocking almost was that I felt bad for Tyler in this book…
Honestly, I was super invested in all the characters and kept holding my breath every time something was happening. Loving all the characters also made reading about the relationships and friendships fill me with wonderful joy. The romance was just *chef’s kiss* and I think I liked the friendship between Juliette and Marshall the most of all friendships, it was just precious.
Soo much happened in this book, the twists that I did definitely not see coming and that ending… I full-on sobbed reading it! I can’t really put into words what it made me feel. It is almost like I went on a rollercoaster ride and felt every possible emotion known while reading this book and the ending was just a big fat crashlanding!
Overall, I absolutely loved everything about this book! It felt like more than a retelling, creating a new narrative with wonderful characters and a beautiful and heartbreaking plot.
Thank you to the publisher for providing me with an eARC of this book via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review!
Our Violent Ends is the sequel to These Violent Delights, a Romeo and Juliet inspired story set in 1927 Shanghai.
My Review of These Violent Delights
I absolutely loved the first book and couldn’t wait to read the sequel the moment I got approved for an eARC! The atmosphere, the setting, time and period in this book was everything. If you loved the first book, this one will blow your mind!
The scheming and the mystery solving is a bit like in the first book, but less present. They have much more on their plates now with the Nationalists and Communists almost at their doors. Because of this, it doesn’t seem like the same is happening as in the first. A lot more focus is on the politics and thus it has a very different feel to it in the best possible way. With the switching POV’s the storytelling was very effective in showing you every side of the story and understanding what was going on in every corner of Shanghai.
Roma and Juliette are both very much like in the first book, but with much more at stake some of their personality shines a bit more. Both are still cunning, calculating, confident and intelligent, but much more do you see the love they have and what lengths they’re willing to go to protect those they love. I was a bit sad that Rosalind and Kathleen were a bit less present in this book, but have hope to see more of them in the next book. I absolutely loved the character arcs of Marshall and Benedikt!! I adore those two! Also, I loved seeing more of Alisa in this book. Most shocking almost was that I felt bad for Tyler in this book…
Honestly, I was super invested in all the characters and kept holding my breath every time something was happening. Loving all the characters also made reading about the relationships and friendships fill me with wonderful joy. The romance was just *chef’s kiss* and I think I liked the friendship between Juliette and Marshall the most of all friendships, it was just precious.
Soo much happened in this book, the twists that I did definitely not see coming and that ending… I full-on sobbed reading it! I can’t really put into words what it made me feel. It is almost like I went on a rollercoaster ride and felt every possible emotion known while reading this book and the ending was just a big fat crashlanding!
Overall, I absolutely loved everything about this book! It felt like more than a retelling, creating a new narrative with wonderful characters and a beautiful and heartbreaking plot.