This cover is absolutely stunning and I was beyond excited for a sapphic romance. However, after issues with her previous novel and discovering that the author not only lied about her identity, but was found to have bullied other authors, BIPOC authors at that, I cannot in good faith support this. What a shame.

Rating: ⭐️⭐️ / 5
Spice: 🌶🌶 / 5

This, unfortunately, was not it for me. I struggled to get myself to read this book all the way through. It was all over the place and did not live up to the synopsis like I thought it would. The whole book felt a bit wishy washy, and I just felt like there wasn't enough suspense. The characters felt off to me. I also found out the problematic issues with the author while reading this, and the lore of the book did not feel genuine.

Because of the information released about the author I will not be reviwing this book. It sounds like this book was also cancelled from release.

Thank you yet again to NetGalley for a fun little read! This balanced some heavier topics with just enough spice, and some educational moments on things I think we could all stand to be a little more educated on. I really enjoyed this and found it to be one of the better romance novels I’ve read. Would definitely recommend!

The concept sounded really intriguing. Since it was pulled from publication, I will not be providing feedback at this time. Thank you to St. Martin’s Griffin for the opportunity to review the book

A creative and fun romp but quite repetitive. There’s a lot of potential with a story like this. It was at times exciting and nail biting while still being very sweet and funny.

Five stars all around. I love books set in a world very similar to tomb raider with archeological searches and putting aside bad blood so that they could find the mom. I loved this

Due to the absolutely problematic author, I won't be reading or reviewing this book. I was truly excited to read it, but I just can't in good conscience. Thank you to St. Martins for the ARC. ❤️

I absolutely adored this book. It's the perfect sapphic Indiana Jones romance of my dreams! I found both of the main characters so compelling and fun, and their relationship was so angsty and believable in the best way. Highly recommend! I already preordered a copy for my friend for Christmas.

I'm not even sure what to write about this book. I really enjoyed it. However, it has come out that the author lied about being Indigenous and now the book will no longer be published. I got the ARC so I was able to read it. But very disappointed in the author, and I will not be reading any of their future projects.

As this was pulled from publication and due to the unfortunate actions of the author I will not be reviewing this book.

Due to recent events and actions, I will not be reviewing this title or giving feedback for this title.

while the premise was very intriguing, the writing just wasn't for me. I do think a lot of people will enjoy this, but I'm just not one!

Unfortunately, I will not be reviewing this title since it was pulled from publication until further notice.

For the record, I did like this book! But I feel uncomfortable supporting this author and promoting her books because of what has come out about her claim to be a person with indigenous origins.

I won't be giving feedback on this book as it has been pulled from publication. Rating only so my feedback percentage doesn't go down.

As this was pulled from publication and due to the unfortunate actions of the author I will not be reviewing this book.

Due to this being pulled from publishing amidst controversy I will not be reviewing or rating this book. Thank you to netgalley and smp for the arc. ✌🏼

Given the issues and the fact that this was pulled from publication there will be nothing for me to review.

As this book has been pulled from publication, I will not be reading reading or reviewing. Submittal of this review is so that the actions of the author do not impact my feedback ratio.