Before I even started this I knew bad things were going to happen. I knew that it couldn't last, that she wouldn't escape without being broken in some way. 
 Even knowing this, even suspecting the very worst didn't make this any easier to read. 
 Despite the things that Calaena has experienced in the previous books, she's still got that touch of invincibility about her. She doesn't feel like anything can truly affect her. And though she worries about Sam, and worries about herself, she doesn't truly believe that the worst will happen. She's cocky and brash and heart-breakingly reckless at times. 
 She's also frustratingly naive. I can't even begin to understand when his duplicitiousness is so very obvious to me. How can she not see it? And when will he finally get what's coming to him?