Sisters of Isis 3: Enchantress

If I could give this book a rating of less than 1, perhaps -5 or something, I would. I am not going to read any more books in this series. This one and the second one are beyond awful.

You have three slayer-type girls and their mentor is almost totally useless. The girls never use common sense or logic. They never plan ahead in a realistic fashion. They refuse to take the seriousness of their situation into account. They carry nothing that could serve as a physical weapon (physical weapons might not work against the main baddies, but they would very probably work against the humans who serve them.)

You have people “commanding” gods, and gods saying that they are not powerful enough to block other gods. Um, isn't a god by definition pretty much an all-powerful being? Would gods force people (like these three girls) to help them in the fight against evil? Wouldn't gods ask first?

Further, why young girls? Why not women who are at least in their twenties, who have matured somewhat and think a little straighter? The concept worked in Daughters of the Moon since there was a time-limit on when a Daughter would lose her powers or change, but in this series, there is no such time limit. Thus, there's no requirement for using relatively young girls.

The third volume opens with Dalila going outside, alone (a mistake), meeting an evil being and making an assumption he's just a tutor (another mistake), and finally managing to flee from him.

It seems this volume is starting off as bad as the second. Three girls who are totally clueless, who make no effort to prepare themselves physically against an enemy out to kill them, and who pay no attention to any rules of logic or common sense.

Later, Abdel proves no help to them. The girls discuss a powerful scroll they have, and immediately start talking about what dresses to wear to a party. Exactly how nonsensical is this? Then the devil and a couple of helpers invade Dalila's house.

And, in one of the truly rare times I do this, I am not going to bother even finishing the book. It's a waste of my time to continue reading it, when I have so many other worthwhile books still waiting to be read.

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