Book Review: Our Violent Ends by Chloe Gong

Our Violent Ends by Chloe Gong
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Once again, Chloe Gong KILLED IT in this book. I am still in emotional damage land, but it’ll be okay. I loved each and every moment of the book, and yes, I cannot wait for her next book in a new series, Foul Lady Fortune. The ending made me think about where Juliette and Roma now; did they actually die or did they fake their own deaths so they can go somewhere else and live their best lives?? Did they actually die??? What’s going to happen to them now??

And Benedikt and Marshall-how are they in Moscow?? Are they happy where they are??? I HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS AND NOT ENOUGH ANSWERS.

But let’s get into the book review, shall we?

First off, Shanghai is going through a bit of a change. With the Nationalists and the Communists about to butt heads, every Scarlet and White Flower are killing each other in the streets, and Juliette and Roma are trying to find the monsters that were still in town. They don’t actually do that, with both Juliette and Roma keep trying to kill each other, especially when it comes down to someone blackmailing the gangs to give them a huge bunch of money.

They thought it was the Frenchmen doing what Daxter (I believe his name was) told them to do when he died, but in reality, it was something else. Rosalind had betrayed the Scarlet Gang and her punishment was bad, and Juliette and Roma, along with Benedikt and Marshall (yeah about Marshall…) found out who was the blackmailier and when the found that out, they found out a bunch of things as well.

For example, Juliette didn’t really kill Marshall. Marshall was hiding in a White Flower safehouse, alive and well, but has also watched out for Benedikt. Marshall is also the son of the Kuomoingtang General, General Shu, which shocked me and threw me off a bit, because I thought it was Seo for Marshall. But it turns out that it is, since Seo is Marshall’s mother’s name. Then when the Nationalists and the Communists are attacking each other, along with the Scarlets and the White Flowers, that’s when Marshall learns about his father’s order and knocked him out (ha ha).

For Kathleen and Rosalind, those two never seen each other, but then once the whole Nationalists/Communists attack happened, Kathleen dropped that name and went back as Celia, and helping the workers before they were viciously killed by the Nationalists, thinking that they were Communists (no). But Celia survived thanks to pushing down a body as he let loose a gunshot, and Rosalind pulled her out under those bodies.

Also the ending kinda shocked me and left me with a whole bunch of questions, and seeing Alisa at the end made me smile, and the short story was really good. Cannot wait for a really good reread of this series, because it was that good.

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