Girls of Fate and Fury: 3 (Girls of Paper and Fire)

This series has been such a rollercoaster, emotionally. The first book I think I read in a single day, enamoured by the female-female romance and fun fantasy world of hybrid creatures. By the time the second book came around, YA fantasy exploded with both of those things and suddenly everyone else was doing it as good, if not better. So whether the second book was a flop for me because of that, or because it deserved to be, is up for debate. Which puts a world of pressure on this third book.Here’s the thing: the issues I had with the last book, which were largely an inability to connect with the characters and a dragged out plot, were mostly better in this final novel. And actually these things were also replaced by the writing and grit that I’d loved in the first novel. But something remains to be missing.The story resolved well though, despite the last section of the book feeling very dragged out, especially considering the conclusion was 60 odd pages before the close! So we are definitely closer to the joy I felt in the first book, but still dabbling in the disappointment of the second.Mixed bag. 3 stars from me!ARC provided from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.