VILEST THINGS BY CHLOE GONG // blog tour book feature: yelling about one of my fave authors and how i need to start this series yesterday!

Indeed I am extremely late but my life is far too chaotic for my own good and here is my personal apology to Chloe Gong. You can yell at me all you want about me not having started this series but I promise you I’ve had a thorough talking to myself already.

Anyways, of course, I couldn’t miss posting about this during release week and,,, I’m on the blog tour. Ha there’s that too. I do deserve to be shunned for this but let’s not dwell on the negatives here,,,

Anyways, big thanks for joining me and TBR and Beyond Book Tours to celebrate the release of Vilest Things, book two in a trilogy I am terrified but excited to sink my teeth into *insert devil emoji*

Title: Vilest Things
Series: Flesh and False Gods book #2
Author: Chloe Gong
Page count: 384
Date published: 10 September 2024
Genre: Adult Fantasy Sci-fi

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Synopsis:

Calla Tuoleimi has succeeded in the impossible. Despite the odds, she has won San-Er’s bloody games and eliminated King Kasa, her tyrant uncle and the former ruler of Talin. She serves now as royal advisor to Kasa’s adopted son, August Shenzhi, who has risen to the throne.

Only Calla knows it isn’t really August.

Anton Makusa is still furious about Calla’s betrayal in the final round of the games. In an impossible feat, he took over August’s body to survive, and has no intention of giving up this newfound power. But when his first love, the beautiful, explosive Otta Avia, awakens from a years-long coma and reveals a secret that threatens the monarchy’s authority over Talin, chaos erupts. As tensions come to a boiling point, Calla and Anton must set their conflicts aside and head to the kingdom’s far reaches to prevent anarchy… even if their empire might be better off burning.

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Big thanks to Simon & Schuster for the eARC via Netgalley! And to TBR and Beyond for having me on the tour!

💫 adult sci-fi
💫 Antony & Cleopatra retelling
💫 Hunger Games vibes
💫 deadly games
💫 royals
💫 a “lethal” romance
💫 unexpected alliances
💫 all the plot twists

You should all be aware that I ADORE this author so lemme plug everything I’ve got. They’re great, I promise!

Chloe Gong is the #1 New York Times best-selling author of the critically acclaimed Secret Shanghai novels, as well as the Flesh and False Gods trilogy. Her books have been published in over twenty countries and have been featured in the New York Times, PEOPLE, Cosmopolitan, and more. She was named one of Forbes’ 30 Under 30 for 2024. Chloe graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a degree in English and International Relations. Born in Shanghai and raised in Auckland, New Zealand, she is now located in New York City, pretending to be a real adult.

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HAVE YOU STARTED THIS SERIES? ARE YOU EXCITED FOR BOOK TWO? HAVE YOU READ ANY OF HER OTHER BOOKS? WHICH IS YOUR FAVOURITE? I’D LOVE TO KNOW!