The follow up to Six of Crows, a fast-paced fantasy heist novel I really enjoyed despite having to age up the characters from mid-teens to mid-twenties in my head for their level of expertise and motivation to feel at all plausible. This one picks up right after the cliff-hanger ending and takes place entirely within the city of Ketterdam (fantasy Amsterdam). My love for my favorite character from book 1, Inej, only grew, and I remained the most invested in her story line, relationships, and future goals. The middle of this book dragged a little for me. There were so many plots, double-crossings, double-double-crossings and last-minute reveals that I basically started to assume they were coming and they no longer surprised me. However I did really like how the final act played out- once I got into the last 200 pages the book went really quickly. I think I will probably set the series down here though. I'd rather end on a high note than wade into another overly-long sequel that I might loose steam on.