Not as good as the first two, but still fun nonetheless. I think the plots of both the first two books were just more hype than this one. In the Institute, there was always underlying tension that the characters were going to be caught as spies, and the second one was constantly moving as the mains raced against Mr. Curtain. In comparison, a lot of this book moved much slower.

Another thing I missed was character development, which I feel wasn't as present in this book as it was in previous books, especially the second. With those, I could clearly describe what each of the main characters learned through the course of the story, and that didn't happen this time.

But there were still plenty of great parts about this book. I loved the parallels between the first scene and the escape from the prison later on. Most of the ending parts were really fun. And most importantly, THE ROOF SCENE. Hands down my favorite scene of the book - it had the one-liners, McCracken underestimating Kate, a bird attack, an explosion, everything. Pure art.

Also Ms. Argent's character arc is the best one yet (yes girl get that promotion!)