This was my first ARC! This is my unbiased review. 

This book wasn’t necessarily bad but it wasn’t great either. I liked the feminist thinking from the FMC but it was a little overdone at times. What I did not like was the indecisiveness of the FMC and later in the book was putting herself continuously in danger because she ‘wanted to help.’ And then she needed to be saved every time.  The writing lacked some descriptions, like it went a little to quickly from one thing to the other at times, especially in the beginning when Amara was first banished to the above ground. 

I wish we had more time in the underground world as it felt more built out than above, and I understand the FMC learning as she went on but there was little world building; it felt like we were suppose to know the world from just looking at the map. 

The romance was very cute and at least personally the betrayal did not feel that egregious to me.

Lke it seemed like he had truly fallen for her even if he was trying to fake it in the beginning. The friendship with the maid was my favorite.

The points for the gorgeous cover tho. And the surprise biting kink?