Four years ago, Rosalind Lang was brought back from the brink of death, but the strange experiment that saved her also stopped her from sleeping and aging—and allows her to heal from any wound.
We’re thrilled to share an excerpt from Foul Lady Fortune, the first book in a new duology by Chloe Gong, publishing with Margaret K. McElderry Books on September 27th.
Ah, family feuds. Perhaps the mightiest source of conflict since the dawn of time, to get a little dramatic about it, but who doesn’t like a bit of in-fighting heightened by the responsibility of defending your blood ties? I wrote a Romeo and Juliet inspired duology about a feud between two warring families because I’ve always been so interested in the matter of ideals and beliefs. At what point do you pick up a sword to right a wrong done to you by proximity of blood? Is someone more justified to act righteously if they’re doing it in the name of family?
Here are five books that investigate what is and isn’t enough to stir a quarrel between families.
Ah, family feuds. Perhaps the mightiest source of conflict since the dawn of time, to get a little dramatic about it, but who doesn’t like a bit of in-fighting heightened by the responsibility of defending your blood ties? I wrote a Romeo and Juliet inspired duology about a feud between two warring families because I’ve always been so interested in the matter of ideals and beliefs. At what point do you pick up a sword to right a wrong done to you by proximity of blood? Is someone more justified to act righteously if they’re doing it in the name of family?
These Violent Delights is in stores now and its conclusion Our Violent Ends will be out November 16th, but until then, before the Cais and the Montagovs end their feud (or will they?), here are five books that investigate what is and isn’t enough to stir a quarrel between families.
The year is 1927, and Shanghai teeters on the edge of revolution…
We’re thrilled to share an excerpt from Chloe Gong’s Our Violent Ends, the sequel to These Violent Delights—publishing November 16th with Margaret K. McElderry Books.
Deny thy father and refuse thy name. When I wrote my debut novel These Violent Delights, I wanted to hold onto that fundamental theme of tension and conflict. Some of the most captivating romances are those that are star-crossed, developing between two characters despite contrary circumstances. These are the stories about lovers choosing each other even when they have inherited a conflict that devastates both sides, even when they have sworn to be enemies, even when they must kill each other. After all, when it comes to love, what grander adversity is there to overcome than hate? Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is one of my favorite stories simply because it is the very touchstone tale that interrogates what it means to choose love when it would have been easier to choose hate.
Deny thy father and refuse thy name. When I wrote my debut novel These Violent Delights, I wanted to hold onto that fundamental theme of tension and conflict. Some of the most captivating romances are those that are star-crossed, developing between two characters despite contrary circumstances. These are the stories about lovers choosing each other even when they have inherited a conflict that devastates both sides, even when they have sworn to be enemies, even when they must kill each other. After all, when it comes to love, what grander adversity is there to overcome than hate? Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is one of my favorite stories simply because it is the very touchstone tale that interrogates what it means to choose love when it would have been easier to choose hate.
The year is 1926, and Shanghai hums to the tune of debauchery…
We’re excited to share an excerpt from These Violent Delights, Chloe Gong’s debut and an imaginative retelling of Romeo and Juliet, with rival gangs and a monster in the depths of the Huangpu River. Available November 17th from Margaret K. McElderry Books.
