3.5 stars
I wish I'd enjoyed this volume as much as the first two. I think what it comes down to is that I was really interested in the story being told in its 'present day', and this book was 97% flashbacks.

Now, some of the flashbacks were very interesting. I liked seeing Tim 22's backstory. It had the classic villain origin story going on which made him sympathetic in many ways. I also loved Effie's backstory. That was amazing. And Driller's and Telsa's flashback sequences were good as well. However, having one whole section dedicated to Bandit felt a little unnecessary. It was kind of cute I guess, but we learned no new information there. Everything that happened had already been relayed during Andy's flashbacks in Volume 2.

Meanwhile, the current action did not move forward at all. Honestly, this issue felt very expositional in nature. And while I love good character development, I want it in a way that doesn't feel info-dumpy, which this tended to do. It's strange, because I felt like the flashback elements in the first two volumes were very successful. We get a couple of scenes interspersed with current action to keep the story moving at a good pace. But the structure of this volume being completely flashbacks killed the momentum for me.

Again, I will definitely pick up the next volume as soon as I can. I wish I'd liked this more, but I still love this series and can't wait to see what happens next.