I was fascinated by the story of these women and loved the well researched background.
The descriptions of Rome are realistic and the historical background is well researched and it reminded me of those years (I was a child but I remember them as I'm Italian born and bread).
The characters are fleshed out and quite memorable. The author delivers an enthralling and fascinating story that kept me hooked.
I want to read other books by this author.
Highly recommended.
Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine