Well that was disappointing. But at least now I don't have to deal with the consequences of starting yet another series and having to wait for sequels... Faizal tried so hard to give us an FMC like Kaz Brekker. But this whole story just felt like a rip off of Six of Crows, done significantly worse.  The plot, the heist, the characters, were all just poor mimicries of my favorite crows.
Arthie didn't do a single thing to convince me she was a badass or morally gray. Kaz has the iconic line “When everyone knows you're a monster, you needn't waste time doing every monstrous thing.”-- this is why Leigh Bardugo was able to create such a perfect character, because she showed us enough that the reader knew as well as the side characters that he was capable of monstrous things. I didn't believe Arthie had that, so all her idle threats were just talk. And when your main character loses her bite, there's not much left.