Roma and Juliette are electrifying when they are together but when they’re separate they are just as intriguing. As for Juliette, she carries the weight of what she did to protect Roma and the grief of losing him the best she can. He hates her for it and now he’s determined to be the one to end her life himself. There are many things that Roma could forgive Juliette for, but murdering his best friend is not one of them. The story picks right back up in Shanghai where it left off. After the first chapter I couldn’t put the book down and when I wasn’t reading it, I couldn’t stop thinking about these characters. Now with Our Violent Ends, I had a completely different experience. Honestly, I had to skim through some parts at the beginning before I became invested in Roma and Juliette’s lives. When I read These Violent Delights it took me some time to connect with the story and its characters.

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. 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. Then a new monstrous danger emerges in the city, and though secrets keep them apart, Juliette must secure Roma’s cooperation if they are to end this threat once and for all. Roma knows it’s his fault for letting the ruthless Juliette back 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. Roma is still reeling from Marshall’s death, and his cousin Benedikt will barely speak to him. If Juliette were actually guilty of the crime Roma believes she committed, his rejection might sting less. 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. One wrong move, and her cousin will step in to usurp her place as the Scarlet Gang’s heir.

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

The year is 1927, and Shanghai teeters on the edge of revolution. The stakes are high as Roma and Juliette are forced to work together again with many obstacles standing in their way. For all the readers who enjoyed These Violent Delights, you are sure to fall in love with Our Violent Ends.

Our violent ends by chloe gong