The direction of this intallment, based upon a second of the "three sisters", Ripley was expected and engaging. Ripley is compelled by the circumstances around her to confront her deeply conflicted feelings about the power she posesses but tries to deny. Something evil is approaching Three Sisters Island and the circle of sisters, can Ripley learn to harness her anger and find a way to control her powers to do only good & defeat the evil that has been persuing them for centuries? The power of three takes on a whole new meaning and I find myself anxious to get on to the next book, the revealing of Mia!