There were a lot of things in this book that I didn't expect. The direction it took, the mature content and themes ((view spoiler)[ The emphasis on the psychological and physical torture that was happening (hide spoiler)]), that one thing (view spoiler)[ Adrian and Sydney get married! HOLY CRAP! (hide spoiler)] (I literally yelled, "WHAT?" out loud when I read this part. I totally did NOT see it coming), I did, however, predict the ending even before reading the book. I predicted this from reading the synopsis for The Ruby Circle, so it's all good. The best book in the bloodlines series so far in my opinion. 
 This book isn't perfect, there were a lot of loose ends and questions that I hope aren't just left hanging and are answered in the last book, but it was pretty damn good.