I am truly in amazement how much I enjoyed this story. Admittedly, I went in really blind and didn't read the synopsis before starting, which made me a little confused on the setting - but that's totally a me thing.

What Feed Below takes place at the "City of the Void" a huge cavern that came to be when a power emitting ore - named "The Core" began to sink beneath the city. Each level of The Void contains different degrees horrors different from the surface, but also ancient riches to be sold to the dwellers on the surface. The deeper into the void you go - the higher the pay out

Petra and Jade are orphans on the brink of turning 18. Needing the funds to open a clinic and prove their worth to the orphanage, they decide to take on a higher paying tourist into The Void. When Jade and Petra are separated on the 3rd level, Petra recruits an old childhood friend to help her save Jade - in return? She had to accompany him to the 6th and final level.

This book had all my favorite aspects to a horror book. The atmosphere was so well developed that I truly felt claustrophobic at times. The creatures and flora that are described are nightmare inducing and made me feel uncomfortable. If you're a fan of body and botanical horror, this book ticks those topics to a tee. The amount of times I shuddered because of the mutated. bugs and their abilities, ugh. Truly, the horror in this book surprised me that it was a YA novel.

Ultimately, I feel like this book is best to go in semi-blind. I enjoyed it so much and couldn't put it down.

Thank you so much to Netgalley and Bindery Books for an eARC. All thoughts are honest and my own.