Rating: 3/5 
 ***Minor spoilers*** 
 Alina is now underground with the Apparat and his people, trying to stay on his good side while trying to remain in contact with her friends. Alina and Mal are desperate to get to the firebird and the third amplifier so that Alina has some hope of defeating the Darkling. Alina is weak by the lack of sunlight, and the only power she is capable of is summoning a few shadows, remnants of the connection she shared with the Darkling. After escaping the Apparat, Alina, Mal, and her group of Grisha make it their task to track Morozova's third amplifier and bring Ravka peace. 
 I found this book to be a bit of a letdown. I loved the first book of this series, didn't like the second one, and thought this one was simply okay. It's really disappointing to me because I wanted to enjoy the series so badly but I didn't feel a connection to anyone while reading this book. In my opinion, Alina seems so different and less relatable. I actually started to dislike her while reading this book for some reason. I also found her romantic life to be a mess. She's in love with Mal who resists her, feels an intimate connection to the Darkling who is bringing murder everywhere he goes, and she's going to marry Nikolai, a friend who she doesn't feel any sort of romantic attraction to at all. 
 I found the first half or so of the book to be very slow. Normally when I'm reading the final book in a series I would expect a lot of action, suspense, angst, and the like. What I got from this was boredom for quite a while. It picked up after that and had some twists I didn't expect, but the boredom of the first half bothered me. It still ended up being a decent book, but I wish there was more happening in the first half of the book. 
 Overall, I found the way the rest of the series went after the first book to be disappointing. It had such a promising start for me and I just wasn't able to enjoy the second and third book the way I wanted to. I found the ending to be quite meh and I wish I knew more about where everyone else ended up. I still think this is worth the read, even if you're only reading to find out how everything ties up. Despite this series not being what I hoped, I'll still be reading Six of Crows, hopefully this month if I can get it from the library.