I've been disappointed with a lot of romantasy series lately especially after reading some superbly written fantasy novels with rich worlds and delicious prose.  
And then some very intense RH erotic fantasies that scratch a different itch. 

The basic romantasy novel can be fun and exciting in the right hands and awful and overwrought in the wrong hands.  I don't expect rich tapestries of language and storytelling but I do expect the tropes to feel fresh, the pacing to be even and the characters to be appealing.  And this being romantasy, I expect the sex to be explicit and the romance to be believable. 

These books have a predictability about them.  Even in a multi book series the reader knows there will be an HEA.  It's difficult to write twists and turns within a strict framework.  This is not the genre to start deconstructing the narrative. 

It's extremely difficult to not catch on to the foreshadowing in a romantasy.   The difference is how well the author can walk the line between creating tension and just giving away the entire plot .

This book is no different. It's obvious to any reader who consumes these books to see that characters are not dealing in good faith with the FMC who is the only narrator.  While the outcome was not surprising how the author brought it all to a head was refreshingly unexpected.   Several reveals were made that were only obvious in hindsight.  

The ending leaves a lot of room to continue the story without leaving the reader in an unresolved cliffhanger. 

I am looking forward to the next book in the series which has been missing from the last few first books I have read.