YMMV / The Seven Realms Series

• Catharsis Factor: After all he's done, seeing Gavan Bayar getting eaten alive by flesh-eating birds is a very satisfying scene. And before that, there's Raisa killing Mac Gillian.
• Moral Event Horizon: Gavan Bayer seems to trigger this in any book he's heavily involved in. In the first book, he sets fire to the house Han was living in, killing Han's mother and sister, and ordering the royal guard not only to not help, but to actively prevent other people from rescuing them. And although it's not revealed until later on, before that, there's how he conceived Fire Dancer.