While I certainly appreciate any and all input contributed to this wiki, I'm afraid I still disagree with you here. 

Akiva's love for Madrigal, while an understandable explanation for his actions, does actually excuse them. He loves Madrigal, yes, but what he did was still horrible. There is no denying that. Heck, Akiva doesn't even deny it. He's absolutely regretful of his own actions in Days of Blood & Starlight, and while aware that he may not be able to fully atone for the death of millions, he spents a large part of the book striving to be a better person. So, the narrative doesn't excuse Akiva's actions and AKIVA doesn't even excuse his own actions after coming to his senses. So why should Karou be expected to excuse and forgive? 

I think you're underestimating Karou's feelings here, especially her devotion to her family and people, as well as her sense of trust. From Karou/Madrigal's standpoint, she poured all her love and trust into this man. Surely he would've understood her love to her family and people as well? But he leads them to their deaths. She's shocked. She's just as betrayed by what Akiva has done as Akiva was by the chimaera who murdered Madrigal. Can she even trust him anymore, when he gave his love to her but ended up letting the other people she cherishes in die? Of course Karou is shaken and broken beyond relief with regards to Akiva. True, she made errors of her own in siding with Thiago's rebel cause. But her response to the murder of her family is just as understandable as Akiva's response to Madrigal's execution. Tragic and gruesome, but it's a huge part of what makes Daughter of Smoke & Bone such a wonderfully complex series. Don't make it all about one character's feelings.