This is definitely not the story I expected when I picked up this book, but I'm not complaining! Just know when you go in that this isn't an action packed magic & fighting kind of book. It's slow and literary, but it's beautifully dark as well.

Read if you want lush prose, feminine rage, and revenge leading to a rebirth of sorts. 

I also really liked

that Lux isn't a protagonist who always on the Right side. She's not a heart of gold MC. She's still a child really, one who has been through some horrific shit, and every decision she makes feels so real. The temptation of survival over justice is a difficult choice, and though many want to claim they would do the right thing, her portrayal feels very honest. People are selfish sometimes! And her coming to terms with the truth really unraveled well for her to become her own person.