2.5 stars

I really liked the first two books in this series, but this one just fell flat for me. I didn't believe the stakes because everything came too easy for the main characters. I also felt like the author tried to shove too much character development and plot reveals into the last 1/4 of the book. I was not impressed with the final reveal of what the axiom looked like, who the Benefactor was, etc. This book somehow made me less attached to these characters that I liked so much in the first two, making it so I didn't care about anything that was happening even if the stakes had been believable. Overall, I was disappointed in this one and I honestly would have rather the series just ended with the second one, even with the unanswered questions.