Our violent ends | chloe gong

The year is 1927, and Shanghai teeters on the edge of revolution.

The heartstopping follow up to These Violent Delights, an imaginative, alluring retelling of Romeo and Juliet set in 1920s Shanghai.

After sacrificing her relationship with Roma to protect him from the blood feud, Juliette has been a girl on the warpath.

One wrong move, and her cousin will step into usurp her place as the Scarlet Gangs heir.

The only way to save the boy she loves from the wrath of the Scarlets is to have him want her dead for murdering his best friend in cold blood.

If Juliette were actually guilty of the crime Roma believes she committed, his rejection might sting less.

Roma is still reeling from Marshalls death, and his cousin Benedikt will barely speak to him.

Roma knows its his fault for letting the ruthless Juliette back into his life, and hes 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, and though secrets keep them apart, Juliette must secure Romas cooperation if they are to end this threat once and for all.

Shanghai is already at a boiling point: The Nationalists are marching in, whispers of civil war brew louder every day, and gangster rule faces complete annihilation.

Roma and Juliette must put aside their differences to combat monsters and politics, but they arent prepared for the biggest threat of all: protecting their hearts from each other.