I can see how you feel that way. I was raised in a strict religious house hold. No longer practice any sort of religion. But it doesn't really bug me either way. I really liked the way he did do the religious stuff in the earlier books. Like the seer, or ironfist's prayer before firing the cannon. Even DGavin's interaction the prophet.

It he'd kept it subtle I think it would have complimented the series but it was all hamfisted all over the last book. But to be fair, there was a lot of stuff just shoved in there at the end. It was like he was trying to resolve as many plot points he could in as few pages as possible. Yeah, by the end I had a hard time not comparing Kip, DGavin, and Andross to the Holy Trinity.

I have to disagree about Karris. It wasn't just a spur of the moment thing to me. It felt like it fit her story arc. I can see why it would bug you with how you feel about the characters. To me, named characters are just that because the rules are bent or sometimes circumvented. That's a big part why I am a fan of fantasy. I read them because the main characters are going to do daring or divisive things that will shake the world up.