GONG, CHLOE
u003cbu003eAn Instant u003ciu003eNew York Times u003c/iu003eBestseller!u003c/bu003eu003cbru003e u003cbu003eA u003ciu003eBuzzFeedu003c/iu003e Best Young Adult Book of 2020u003c/bu003eu003cbru003e u003cbru003eu003cbu003ePerfect for fans of u003ciu003eThe Last Magician u003c/iu003eand u003ciu003eSerpent & Doveu003c/iu003e, this heart-stopping debut is an imaginative u003ciu003eRomeo and Juliet u003c/iu003eretelling set in 1920s Shanghai, with rival gangs and a monster in the depths of the Huangpu River.u003c/bu003eu003cbru003eu003cbru003eThe year is 1926, and Shanghai hums to the tune of debauchery.u003cbru003e u003cbru003eA 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 Ganga 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, Juliettes first love and first betrayal.u003cbru003e u003cbru003eBut 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 gunsand grudgesaside and work together, for if they cant stop this mayhem, then there will be no city left for either to rule.
