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Last Violent Call by Chloe Gong

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prashiie's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

Marshall and Benedikt:

“So long as he had Marshall by his side, the two of them could face whatever was thrown their way. Together, they were already unstoppable.”

Roma and Juliette:

“Science could tell him that the ground was below his feet and the sky was above his head and the early light of day was upon his back. Roma wouldn't listen. To him, Juliette was the sun.”

I loved to read more about Marshall and Benedikt, and Juliette and Roma. Two great couples whose banter and humour never fail to amuse me.

“Don't even remind me about my traitorous back,” Marshall said. ”Twenty-three years old and I could get a cramp from breathing wrong.”

“I'm writing in everything but Russian,” he replied. “Less chance of someone stealing my notes and understanding them.”

“Yes, because I'm sure the killer will see vague remarks such as ‘is angry…’ and go on another scathing rampage.”

On a scale of enemies to lovers, Juliette and Roma definitely are on the lovey-dovey end of the spectrum. Finally free to live a life filled with love albeit in secret. When they meet a stranger in need of their help, they stumble upon something that could help Rosalind!

This leads to Marshall and Benedikt being sent on a mission where they unexpectedly get caught up in a murder mystery and try their luck as amateur sleuths.

Overall, a nice book reintroducing Juliette and Roma to bridge the gap between ‘Foul Lady Fortune’ and ‘Foul Heart Huntsman’. Excited to read the next book!

“Who are you people?”

“The wrong people to be upsetting.”

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honeycupreads's review against another edition

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adventurous funny mysterious fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? N/A
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

I love these characters so much! I’m so glad we got to spend some more time with them!

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camiclarkbooks's review against another edition

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adventurous funny mysterious fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

The two stories were very sweet and did fill in a gap from “Foul Heart Huntsman,” but they didn’t have the same zip as Gong’s other books in the universe. It read more as fan fiction than a canonical addition.

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ghostsversion's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful reflective fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Was this the book version of a filler episode? Yes. Was I disappointed by this? Hell nah. Honestly I think I needed a palate cleanser after the trauma that was FLL (the ending especially). I mean,

in “A Foul Thing” you have Roma and Juliette being the badass couple (and married no less).

Then

in “This Foul Murder” you have Benedikt and Marshall trying to solve a murder so they cam carry out their mission (while being married no less).

So yeah this was great. Hope the next book doesn’t traumatize me too much :,).

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emilywemily6's review against another edition

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lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

This novella set included two cozy reads that tie together the two duologies of the Secret Shanghai series together. So much wholesomeness!! And while these novellas added to the series, they feel like they could stand alone in their plot arcs. They definitely leave me wanting more, both of these characters and about the main plot in Foul Heart Huntsman. My only critiques are that in A Foul Thing, the couple was a bit too lovey dovey; since they are involved with weapons trade I would have loved more of that side of things. Also, in This Foul Murder, it was unclear that this took place a few months after A Foul Thing so I was really confused by the ending for a bit. It was so nice to see more of the “epilogue” of these two couples and I am so excited to finish the series!!

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rneel95's review against another edition

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adventurous medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

Fun read if you are already familiar with the characters, but you'll be bored if you aren't already invested in their story from These Violent Delights.

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palmkd's review against another edition

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adventurous funny hopeful medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

This book contains the novellas A Foul Thing and This Foul Murder.
I strongly recommend reading it after Foul Lady Fortune and before Foul Heart Huntsman.
I strongly recommend reading These Violent Delights & Our Violent Ends before Foul Lady Fortune and Last Violent Call.

The main characters visited in these novellas were originally introduced in These Violent Delights and it was so fun to have them in the spotlight again and see how they more directly tie into the new duology.
These novellas give us a bit more background on what these characters are doing after Our Violent Ends and leading up to Foul Heart Huntsman but the story is not required for FHH, but a delightful addition none the less.
It's quite hard to say much about these books without spoiling something from Our Violent Ends, so I will just say if you enjoyed the comradery from the previous books, I suspect you will enjoy these ones too!

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jessiereads98's review against another edition

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adventurous lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.75

These short stories are fine. They read like fanfiction and not even amazing fanfiction. Chloe Gong seemed to want to over-explain how we get from the events in Foul Lady Fortune to whatever is going to happen in Foul Heart Huntsman, and I don’t think it was necessary. These were also a little too fluffy for my taste, especially in comparison to the overall tone of the series to this point.

My biggest complaints are probably about This Foul Murder which is so clearly Murder on the Orient Express done much worse than the original.

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aklovekorn's review

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adventurous mysterious fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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kdailyreads's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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