I just love this goofy found family of thieves so much. Each of these characters are great to read about individually, and when you throw them in the same room, I love their dynamics together. All of the characters have their own little character development arcs, but at the end, they're all still clearly themselves. Like Kaz is never magically cured of his sensitivity to skin on skin contact, but slowly is able to move forward enough to hold Inej's hand. . I love them all, but again Kaz and Inej are standouts for me.
The plot here moved faster than the first one, but for some reason I found it less engaging (though it was still very entertaining). The biggest flaw (besides the age thing) is that it doesn't feel like there were enough consequences for any of our characters. Every one of the crows ends up being the best at their thing or outsmarting the best at their thing or landing in a very conveniently summoned net
except for Mathias, obviously .
Also I messed up by not finishing the shadow and bone books first because there were some major spoilers for that series in this one! Oh well.