I'm thinking about what I said earlier, and I also find it kind of strange that it hit me so hard.

I'm not good with things that are unexpected or surprises - I read a lot of the same types of things and have the tropes down, and like to have little hints and things thrown at me - and maybe there were, and I didn't pick up on them. I think once he was gone, I realized anyone and everyone was fair game for her to kill off in the story, so the next two books didn't bother me at all, except in the arbitrary way she chose who made it. Like she picked names out of a hat (I guess there are worse ways to plot).