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Chloe Gong's best books demonstrate subtle shades of urban fantasy blended with Shakespearean plots and historical fiction; her new book Vilest Things is among the biggest fantasy books coming out in September 2024. Gong's career started with These Violent Delights, the bestselling retelling of Romeo and Juliet which she wrote and published while studying at the University of Pennsylvania.
Related 10 Best Fantasy Book Series For Beginners Fantasy is a broad genre with many stories to tell. There are several ideal book series for fantasy beginners across several fantasy subgenres. 5 Immortal Longings San-Er Is A New, Even More Complicated Setting For Gong's Adult Debut Gong's first adult fantasy novel is the first set in a fictional setting, although the cramped twin cities of San-Er are inspired by Kowloon Walled City in 1990s Hong Kong. Against this backdrop, the fugitive Princess Calla Tuoleimi and exiled aristocrat Anton Makusa are both fighting to win the city's annual battle to the death among 88 players.
However, Immortal Longings is as intriguing a book as there ever was, blending danger with lust seamlessly. If less relatable, the characters demand further analysis because of the complicated concepts they represent. Yet the true highlight of the first book in Gong's planned trilogy is arguably the setting itself, which is characterized as a living thing full of realistic people who cannot plan a revolution so easily.
Yet Our Violent Ends delivers the main pair’s painstaking inner conflicts about what they owe their families, their city, and each other. The second of Gong’s bestselling books blends romance and fantasy, as well as history. The stakes are higher than ever, and the emotions are gut-wrenching, with one of the biggest themes being the unchecked hatred that is tearing apart the city, keeping the reader at the edge of their seat.
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