#juliette roma fanart

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Juliette x Roma @ these violent delights by Chloe Gong

[artbysmashley]

the stars incline us they do not bind us

i need to repaint them because i love and miss them but here is a juliette + roma portrait from last year!

[elenaleungz]

Roma & Juliette

[polartss]

an assortment of sketches 🤏🏻 

[sahana-draws]

Roma & Juliette, a scene from These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong:

"Don't you dare. Don't you dare fall apart now, dorogaya."

"Answer me something first. Do you still love me?"

"Do you not listen to me when I speak? I love you. I have always loved you."

[crispydonuts]

Forgot to mention that the Juliette fanart is actually a home screen and has a matching Roma lock screen hehe *runs away*

Pose reference (ctto)

[ismahanescorner]

These Violent Delights | Book Review

Author: Chloe Gong

Series: These Violent Delights

Genre: YA Fantasy/Sci-Fi, Historical Fiction

Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books

Release Date: 17/11/2020

Rating: 2/5 🌟🌟

Synopsis:

The year is 1926, and Shanghai hums to the tune of debauchery.

A blood feud between two gangs runs the streets red, leaving the city helpless in the grip of chaos. At the heart of it all is eighteen-year-old Juliette Cai, a former flapper who has returned to assume her role as the proud heir of the Scarlet Gang—a network of criminals far above the law. Their only rivals in power are the White Flowers, who have fought the Scarlets for generations. And behind every move is their heir, Roma Montagov, Juliette’s first love…and first betrayal.

But when gangsters on both sides show signs of instability culminating in clawing their own throats out, the people start to whisper. Of a contagion, a madness. Of a monster in the shadows. As the deaths stack up, Juliette and Roma must set their guns—and grudges—aside and work together, for if they can’t stop this mayhem, then there will be no city left for either to rule.

Perfect for fans of The Last Magician and Descendant of the Crane, this heart-stopping debut is an imaginative Romeo and Juliet retelling set in 1920s Shanghai, with rival gangs and a monster in the depths of the Huangpu River.

Review:

Okay y’all! Strap in for a long-winded review, that’s mostly me ranting about how much I hate hype!!!  So we all know the hype that surrounded this book around its release. I fell for it!! and all the pretty aesthetically pleasing edits and fanart. ffs I got the book; and the sequel, before I even finished the 1st!! 🥴😩

Anyways, I started this book back in March 2022 and it was going fine. I dropped it for another read around chapter 10/12, cuz it wasn’t gripping me like the girlies said it would. I picked it up again a few weeks later, and read up to chapter 16, then stopped again! That time around, I shelved as restart cuz I felt I wasn’t giving it all the attention it deserves so I can enjoy it fully like all the girlies did!!!  Well, fast-forward to this weekend! I got the audio on Libby and I restarted it. Again, I liked the first few chapters, then got bored outta my mind once I hit the tens chapters! Literally, from chapter 13 to 28, I tried my hardest to actively listen and not to let my inner monologue take over! All I could think about was: “damn! this! this! was marvellous to y’all?” “I’m boooooredddd!!” “how am I gonna explain the 2 star I’ll rate this book?”  Honestly, I’m so disappointed, because I didn’t hate this book (per se), I just feel fooled by the hype! 

Now, onto the actual review! This book had sooo much potential! Unfortunately, the execution fell short! The setting, the characters, the plot, they are all very intriguing and make for a great mystery or a romantic suspense novel. However, this was marketed as a fantasy!! Why??  It offered a good commentary on capitalism and colonialism, but even those parts were neither cohesive, nor coherent, nor did they mesh-in well with the plot!  Honestly, this novel woulda been much better if it was 150 pages shorter and didn’t rattle on and on all throughout the middle chapters. The first few chapters did averagely well setting up the plot and the last few also did averagely well as a closure; but those middle chapters just bored me outta my mind. Where was the editor?? So much of this book was unnecessary!  Another thing I really didn’t like was the reveal in the epilogue! I had hope that maybe the sequel is gonna be different and I’ll actually enjoy it. However, that final reveal makes it very clear that book two is gonna be just like book one. The only difference will be Roma hating (rightfully holding a grudge against) Juliette!  I’m just soooo disappointed! but since I own the sequel I’ll probably be reading it!

[skyllowarts]

Juliette Cai and Roma Montagov 🖤

[wingedshoes]

gf who can kill a man in two seconds and bf who calls her dorogaya

@chloegong

[erandraws]

Turns out my favorite trope is friends to lovers to enemies to lovers to enemies

Roma and Juliette from These violent delights by @chloegong

[opal-stars]

that scene in These Violent Delights where Mars is a dumbass and Benedikt goes from *panic 😨* to *gay panic 🏳️‍🌈😨*

instagram 🖤 @opal.stars

@chloegong

[star-flecked-soul]

. HIIIII!! I've been gone for a while, and jmhave not read many books. But I did read These Violent Delights!

Why are we not talking about this? I know it's famous on tiktok, but why don't I see anyone talking about it? It's absolutely fantastic. To be honest, I was skeptical at first because I despise Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare. Truly. And I didn't know if I was up for a retelling, but Chloe's writing is top notch.

Her pacing, characters, and details are impeccable. The books are a perfect balance of humor, action, romance, politics, and societal issues. It's astonishing, and it really made its way to my top favorites now.

And Juliette Cai? Absolutely fucking perfect. I'd marry her, too. She is absolutely amazing that I had to make fanart. This is the best digital portrait I've done so far and I'm very proud of it. Hope u like it too, and check out the books too!

Ig: @painted.by.yna

twt: starflckd

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@lulureadsss insta

[polartss]

Juliette and Roma from These Violent Delights 🥀

[gigi-chococat]

these violent delights🥀

and no I have yet to read the second book and I want to get it so bad because I keep hearing good things about it so I really want my own copy 😭😭 anyway chloe gong has joined my list of inspirations what a queen😌🤌

[sataeday]

𝘿𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙢𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙄 𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙖𝙠?” 𝙝𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙠𝙞𝙡𝙮, 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙥 𝙦𝙪𝙞𝙧𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙪𝙥. “𝙄 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪. 𝙄 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙖𝙡𝙬𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪. Hands down These Violent Delights is my favourite book of 2021 :)Talented, brilliant, incredible, amazing, show-stopping spectacular, never the same, totally unique, completely not ever been done before. I knew it when I looked at the cover and read the description that this book is going to break me and heavens it did. It ripped my heart and left me on the sidewalk. This book deserves more than 5 stars actually this book deserves the whole sky. I was planning to read this book once the sequel came out but I couldn't stop myself. Let's talk about characters, Juliette is a QUEEN. I fell in love with her way before I started reading. How you ask, fanart I say. Now that I read about her I don't know what to say because Juliette fuxking Cai stole my heart. She is flawless, fierce and literal sunshine. Then there is Roma, my baby, my heart, my world, I love him so much that my eyes sweat whenever I think about him *insert heart eyes gif* Roma is a kitten you can't say otherwise. He is adorable uwu I just want to protect him from all the evil in the world. Roma is the exact opposite of Juliette, she is headstrong and ruthless while he is gentle and caring. AND HE IS RUSSIAN NOT AN ALCOHOLIC. Marshall seo you cute mf I love you. He was literally the reason why this book was more fun to read. He has that chaotic energy surrounding him lol. And I can't wait to see Benedikt and Marshall's relationship progressing in the next book. Chole Gong's writing is spectacular. Her writing is detailed and on the point and I literally saw every scene in front of my eyes. She described Shanghai in such a way that I almost felt like I was walking through the Streets around Huangpu River. CHLOE GONG DID IT BETTER THAN SHAKESPEARE, IF NOT FIGHT ME. And @thechloegong should be arrested for that ending. Why did you break my heart like that? I trusted you. If you haven't read this yet please pick it up and read it or else I swear to god I will throw you in the Huangpu River (at Shanghai) https://www.instagram.com/p/COFkxYnLrJS/?igshid=cn6ryn3nhjy2