The Good: 
 1. Alina and her inner dark anti-hero 
 2. Nikolai 
 3. Nikolai's face 
 4. Nikolai's clothes 
 5. Everything Nikolai said 
 6. Everything Nikolai did 
 7. The last 10%, in which some stuff actually happened 
 The Bad: 
 1. Mal 
 2. Mal, cause I seriously hate that asshole 
 3. The confusing and vague nature of Alina's powers 
 4: MAL 
 The Ugly: 
 1. How oddly fixated I am with this strange series and how invested I am in it despite lukewarm pacing and plotting and holes in the worldbuilding 
 All I want from the next book is the death of Mal. That is all. 
 Mal, please die. 
 That would be awesome.