I found this book to be incredibly frustrating for the reasons described above (except I think I was even more disbelieving in the Tristan/Miles instalove plot) and also because what the fuck does the novel think it's doing with Grace? She does things that are genuinely unforgivable, things the fear of which motivate Miles' entire character and living situation for the first half of the book, and then it's just fine when she does in fact enslave him? And then she betrays them all again, and we're supposed to believe that she not only feels bad about it but truly has learned something after three prior chances to learn which she tossed away? I know the second book is meant to be about her, and I am frankly dubious it could possibly turn out well.

And what was up with Robin? That had the distinct air of a dropped or badly edited-out plot thread.