The Mismade Girl is the third and final book in the Juliette Society trilogy, and like the others, it's both compelling and flawed. We're reunited with Catherine a few years after the events of The Janus Chamber , and she's finally broken up with her boring boyfriend (thank god; that character was a total dead weight). Her exposé about controversial artist Inana Luna earned her a degree of fame, which she's parlayed into a career as a political journalist, but she's dissatisfied and restless. A search for the next big scoop leads her to follow tip-offs provided by a mysterious benefactor known only as Mr X; she ends up flying out to Honduras, where she's installed in an opulent island resort. Which, surprise surprise, is yet another of the Juliette Society's hedonistic playgrounds.I'm going to deal with the flaws first: once again, the villain is cartoonish; the film references have a tendency to feel a bit tacked on; and for such an intelligent person, Catherine is naive to the point of stupidity when it comes to doing what strangers tell her to (e.g. everything with Mr X) and jumping to conclusions (e.g. assuming it was Dominick who leaked the video). As in the previous books, Catherine's approach to feminism is inconsistent, and she has an unattractive habit of judging women she deems prudish for whatever reason. Catherine gets on her soapbox so often that it's impossible not to see her as a mouthpiece for the author's own opinions; this is both an asset and a problem. (And reading back over my review of The Janus Chamber reminds me that my main issues with Catherine have been the same throughout the series: her wisdom, experience and self-assurance make her naivety unbelievable; her contradictions are both maddening and endearing.)But, even taking all that into consideration, The Mismade Girl is a hell of a lot of fun. It's possibly the most gripping of the trilogy, and almost definitely the hottest. It feels like the author has hit her stride when it comes to keeping the pace up; I was never bored. The sex scenes (and there are lots) are better than they were in the previous books. There's a satisfying conclusion which does a good job of pulling all the threads of the plot together. It becomes clear Grey has always had a great ending in store for Catherine, and it just feels so right. Plus some familiar faces from the previous books reappear – something I found oddly pleasing.Even though The Mismade Girl irked me at points, it ultimately made me glad to have stuck with the trilogy. I think anyone who's read the others is going to be happy with how Catherine's story is wrapped up.