The Girl at Midnight isn't a completely perfect book. I wish we'd gotten some more background that would make the stakes feel more important. The world building could be better. But neither was the narrative bogged down by unnecessary details I guess. Some of the plot doesn't really connect in a way that feels completely urgent. Like, why do they really need the Firebird? 
 But, this book is just so compulsively readable I went along for the ride. It's like a weird hybrid mix of Daughter of Smoke and Bone, The Mortal Instruments, and Shadow and Bone. The characters were fun. The pacing kept me turning the pages. The writing was smooth, and there was some banter. All in all, an afternoon/evening well spent.