What would you do in a world where the 7 sins are taken to the extremes and their is not such thing as love and you must follow every rule without question. Even from a young age Eva has felt that these rules are not the way things should be and has found way even if they are small to be definite. Ari has wants nothing but to be the blade for this world but Eva has been his secret desire from first glance. These two are thrust together and this is where secrets begin to come out and they learn that only on the surface things are as holy as the Commenwealth wants people to believe. This book is full of action, banter, finding ones self, and inner strength. This was such a great start to this dystopian series.