I had pretty similar reactions! I love the setting (hopefully there will be Yuletide fic!), but I'm still not sure how I feel about the whole "death by Gatherer as better than living with [insert condition]." And how death is the only answer for Tiaanet's child.

Also unsure how I feel about the Hanani/Wanahome romance, though I liked him better toward the end, or how the unrequited gay romance in book one ends with one of them dead. It kind of bugs me, but I am not sure if I am angry, or just kind of bothered, or what.