These Violent Delights

Absolutely not. Every once in a while I read a book that enrages me. Not in solidarity with the characters, but because the actual writing. As a whole the writing in this book seemed juvenile beyond the point that should be acceptable, even for the YA genre. The fmc came across as petulant and annoying more so than strong and fierce. The mmc seemed to have no personality whatsoever. I kept searching for the romance because there was a lot of push between the characters, but not a lot of pull? The gang politics weren't consistent or fleshed out in any meaningful way. The gore was gratuitous. And of all the things to add to Romeo and Juliet, the author went with BUGS!! The only love story in the world that I will accept bugs being remotely involved is with Nezumi and Shion. For all the hype this book has gotten on every platform, I expected more.