Well, this was better than the second book, at least, and probably tied with the first. As a whole I'm not super impressed by this series, but I don't really mind because I read it primarily so that I could read Six of Crows lmao

The characters are nowhere near as annoying as they were last book, and some of the side characters especially are really fun to read about. I hope to see more of them in future books.

Plot was pretty standard, don't really care about romance, so in general I felt neutral about the book.
The one major complaint I have is how the Darkling was handled. Like, why was there still the uncomfy connection between him and Alina?? I thought we were over that once she realized how much of an awful person he was. And then the book kept trying to humanize him at the end and make me care about him but I did not. So those parts were painful. He's literally a homicidal maniac?? Sure he has a "tragic history" and is "lonely" but I'm not gonna care about a murderer