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Books : Young Adult : Series
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Buffy has been a TV and publishing phenomenon with countless official and not so official books appearing to cash in the hippest TV series for years. For those who don't know, Buffy Summers is a 16-year-old Californian girl who has been chosen for the awful task of slaying the undead with an array of weapons, a few handy martial arts moves and a killer dress sense. Not only does she have to cope with the armies of vampires that have set up camp in her home town of Sunnydale but there is also the small problem of being a teenager to get to grips with too. The Sunnydale High School Yearbook is a nice, fun addition to the Buffy universe, presenting lots of in joke material in the form of Buffy's High School Yearbook, complete with little handwritten notes from her best friends and lots of reminders about people, places and events that have been part of her vampire-slaying high school years.For newcomers to the show, a lot of the material is simply too ingrained in backstory to make much sense, but for those devoted to all things Buffy, it will make a great addition to their bookshelf. The photos are great and authors Golden and Holder have put so much enthusiasm and care into the book that you can't help but devour it. More than simply a cash in, this is a worthy and well thought out Buffy tie-in book. --Joanne Wells
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This novelization is based on three second-season episodes: Surprise, Innocence and Passion, and includes 8 pages of colour stills. These stories develop the darker side of the vampire Angel's nature. A gypsy curse returned his soul to him so that he would suffer remorse for his evil deeds and he has been helping Buffy in her fight against evil ever since. Over time, the two have fallen in love. But the curse specifies that if he experiences even one moment of true happiness, he will lose his soul once more. This happens when he and Buffy sleep together for the first and only time and he reverts to his demonic nature.His ensuing actions are truly brutal. Buffy is already racked with guilt for sleeping with him and his transformation seems to confirm the depth of her mistake as she realises that her mother, Giles and all of her friends are now in mortal danger.
These three stories are very dark and very powerfully told. The novelization follows the TV versions faithfully, filling in the thoughts and feelings of the tormented characters. These stories are about passion and some of its darker consequences and the book, like the original episodes, leaves the reader with plenty to think about. --Liz Sourbut
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There are almost too many sub-plots in this book to fit into one novel. Giles has a new girlfriend, a supply teacher who seems to be making him even more vague than usual. Buffy's mother has a date, and while Buffy is out slaying vampires who should turn up but her old flame Pike. He helped her when she first became a Slayer at her previous school in LA, and now he needs her help. He's being pursued by Grayhewn, a stone demon who turns people to stone with a touch. Meanwhile, the mesmerised Giles is captured by a vampire who brings back some very personal memories.It's all very complicated, but despite the breathless action Buffy still has time to agonise over the two men in her life. She knows she has no real future with Angel the vampire, but Pike hates the whole slaying gig and is likely to move on as soon as Grayhewn is dealt with. She envies Willow and Oz and wonders if she'll ever have a normal relationship.
The sub-plot involving Giles's past is interesting, but might have been stronger if not competing for space with the Angel-Buffy-Pike triangle. However, this is still a strong entry in the series. --Liz Sourbut
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Gender politics is the central focus of this novel. The new library supervisor, Mo Moon, and her two attractive daughters, Calli and Polly, appear to be the answer to Greek student Allison Gianakous's prayers. She feels oppressed by her strict father and the Moons are female supremacists who wield an apparently hypnotic power over people of both sexes.To Cordelia's dismay, the new girls become the centre of attention at Sunnydale High and surround themselves with a growing clique of aggressive girls and passive boys. Buffy becomes really worried when the reclusive Willow joins the clique and begins to wear their "Womyn Power" T-shirts. Giles is also behaving strangely and when Xander falls under the Moons' influence as well, it's up to Cordelia and Oz to help Buffy figure out who the Moons are and how to defeat them.
The all-out sex war that follows is deliberately contrasted against the series' usually sophisticated take on cross-gender relationships. The Moons are campaigning to enslave males and this simplification of the world into warring females and males is clearly to be resisted. Victory against the Moons is victory for everyone, in the words of Oz: to "be whatever the best in us wants of us." --Elizabeth Sourbut
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In her efforts to lead a normal life, Buffy constantly has to juggle the horrors of school and the hellmouth, and this adventure is no exception. She seldom has much free time from her slaying duties to keep up with school work, and as a result her new guidance counsellor has identified three subjects she is in danger of failing. In her final year at high school this could mean not graduating and not going to college. However, the appearance in town of an ancient and powerful vampire, who is apparently able to walk abroad in full sunlight without bursting into flames, is a cause for concern, as is the gnawed human leg-bone Oz finds under a bush in the cemetery. Giles fears a gang of ghouls may be hunting in Sunnydale. Meanwhile, an alluring girl band called Vyxn is mesmerising Xander, Oz and an old flame of Cordelia's called Troy. Is it just their skimpy leather costumes, or do Vyxn's four members have some supernatural hold over their male audience?This is John Passarella's first Buffy novel, but he has slotted right into the groove: the dialogue is sharp and witty, the fight scenes really come to life, and the dual plot strands gather nicely into a tense finish. This is a quick read, but an entertaining one. --Elizabeth Sourbut
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