I think it's the first time I read a book about a Roman lupa (she-wolf) and her struggle to be free.
The author delivers an excellent story, gripping and interesting.
I love the description of life in Pompei and of the life of slave prostitutes. Slaves were considered "talking tools" in Ancient Rome and prostitutes were despised. Juvenal wrote a piece about Messalina, a Roman empress he despised, secretly working in a brothel at night and her surname was "She Wolf"
This a well researched book and the historical background is vivid and historically accurate.
It's the first book I read by this author and won't surely be the last.
Highly recommended.
Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine