I was never fond of Jaenelle to begin with, but Daemon started getting old after the second reading and with each new book just...gets older. And yes, what Daemon did to Surreal threw me harder than anything else he did because that was such a betrayal, a violation of the relationship they had, (psuedo siblings, with him in the position of elder sibling) and done without the 'good intentions' of his false betrayal at the end of the series.

I can't deny that it was a good authorial choice, but I did dislike that the author seemed to agree with Surreal's idea that it was her fault and that she was the one who broke the relationship. She was smashed and stupid and young.