The Witch Is Back

Thankfully the last 25% of this book exists. Otherwise I'd be giving it less stars.

When did Jolie become so incredibly dumb? Way back in book one, I swear she was skeptical about anything and everything paranormal (or maybe I'm not remembering correctly). In this book she gulps down every word Sinjin tells her like it's a glass of water and she just emerged from a 3 day trek through the desert. Never been a huge Sinjin fan, but it felt like most of this book was there to appease his fans. Claims that he went back to protect Jolie from the Lurkers seemed ridiculous when the one single appearance they made, he couldn't do anything about. And then there's the time travel. I don't mind it - and even find it fun- if handled correctly. There are rules that must be followed, starting with anything you change effects the future (anyone who's watched Back to the Future knows this). Sinjin going back, meeting Jolie, changing things changes EVERYTHING. To put it right Rand and company give her all the memories of future Jolie. How is that not another change? Is this girl really going to purposely follow every decision she made to a T in books 1-3 so that she ends up in the same place she should be? If the preview at the end is any indication, it appears so. Yeah. Sure. Ok. I've got some swampland in Florida that I'm willing to sell really cheap too.

At least with the last part, things started to get back to somewhat normal. Characters were more themselves. Jolie was smarter. Rand was back (what the heck took him so long). And as usual Mathilda was the voice of reason. A whole extra star for those 3 things.