A review by sophirv19
Immortal Longings by Chloe Gong

adventurous challenging medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

 Short review: aaaahhhhhhhh!!! 
 
Longer review: I've never read Chloe Gong before even with the These Violent Delights duology being on my tbr for the longest time but my LORD was this the introduction I wanted. 
 
Immortal Longings follows a scrimmage within a whole city. Imagine The Hunger Games but across the entire span of London, or Shanghai, or New York, plus they're telling the other players where their competitors are. I was a huge fan of the early 2010's era of dystopia that included The Hunger Games and Divergent but this was just so much better in every single way. 
 
I loved Calla in the way that people love the likes of Loki and Deadpool. They're very much not the good guys but you just have a soft spot for them. Calla was well and truly the anti-hero and I loved her for it. 
 
Chloe Gong, please give me book 2 immediately thank you! 
 
Thanks to Netgalley, Hodder and Stoughton, and especially Chloe Gong for writing this ARC. 
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