Rating: 
Summary: an ok book
Review: this book has a great beginning but by the middle it drags and repeats itself so much that it puts you to sleep. considering that i have read all of melinda metz roswell series this did not quite live up to my expectations.willow is back from england and is fearful of using magic again. so xander eases her back into it with lots of complications that ensue. meanwhile buffy goes on patrol and finds the cutest lamb stuck in some thorns and releases it. all of a sudden the cute lamb tunrs into a wolf and she kills it. willow just knows that some big evil is brewing but is afraid to try witchcraft against it once she finds out that the evil is trying to end the world. her struggles are well thought out by the writer. anya's pain of being jitted at the altar is totally in character for her and her relationship with xander. giles and dawn are almost afterthoughts in the book which is a shame because giles is a well beloved character. dawn could have never been in the show at all would have been great with me but hey what do i know?
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Summary: Not a normal Buffy story...
Review: This book is rather different than most other Buffy an Angel books I've read. Now, it's not up to Buffy to save the world anymore, it really looks like this is the real end of the world. The books really gets into you when you are reading it, you can feel the despair, the anger, the fear and the grieve of all characters, and makes you think about stuff too... Great book, but not the 'traditiona'' buffy story with a discovery of a monster, buffy fight, loses, fights again and win'.
Rating: 
Summary: Not A Great Buffy Book
Review: This is not my most favorite Buffy book. I really wanted to like it but found that I couldn't get into it.
I couldn't even finish the book. It does have it's moments. It isn't a bad book.
Just not that great.
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Summary: My first Buffy read
Review: This is the first Buffy book I have read, but I have seen every episode of the show, and staying true to character and to the "reality" of the series is very important to me. Overall, I thought the characters were well-written in compliance with the show. However, one glaring error, as a prior reviewer had pointed out, is the scene in which Buffy drives the Scoobies around town. Buffy does not drive. If they were going anywhere in a car, it would be most likely for Xander or Giles to drive.
Another thing that just seemed off to me was the ingredient for Willow's spell: "hog turds." Now, the Scoobies, and the Buffy writers, are certainly known for their colorful use of the English language and the liberties taken with it; I have no complaint with that. I just think this ingredient would have been refered to as "dung" or "feces" or even "droppings." I just can't realistically envision a jar at the Magic Box with the word "turds" on it. But maybe that's just me.
Overall, the book was well-written, with an imaginative plot and interesting devices to execute that plot. The characters were appopriately written without becoming caricatures of themselves.
This was my first foray into Buffy novels, and it was a positive experience. It will not be my last. (As a matter of fact, I am already reading an Angel novel now!)
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Summary: One of the best Buffy novels
Review: This was the first Buffy novel I have read, after being a big fan of the TV show. I must say, it has pleasantly surprised me (as have other BtVS novels I read after) by being very well written, with a very novel and surprising storyline.
All the characters were written extremly well and are "in character" for the season the book is set in. Spike is written just a bit too wimpy (I do love him just a bit more wicked), but overall the novel captured Buffy and her scoobies very well.
The story itself has very novel and entertaining elements: An angel, an apocalypse (THE literal apocalypse), a wolf in sheep's clothing and much more.
A very worthwhile read!
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Summary: Sheep Bitten
Review: Willow is back from England, fully recovered from her magical flameout and ready to start fresh with her friend. Well, almost ready. After nearly succumbing to the lure of black magic, Willow is terrified of her own powers, fearful that, if she casts a spell it might go terribly awry. Or worse, she might lose herself again. Zander comes to the rescue by conceiving of a magic desensitization program that has Willow trying to levitate pencils - one tiny step at a time. In the meantime, Buffy has her regular chores and patrols to make, Dawn continues to be everyone's favorite headache, and Anya is determined to make everyone just as grumpy as she is. Things would be almost normal except for the sudden, inexplicable appearance of a hunky angel, who cheerfully sets about ending the world. No doubt you are thinking 'yet another apocalypse for Buffy to avert,' but this time it's not a bad apocalypse, it's the real one. The powers of good have seen a sign, and this time it is for keeps. While Giles tries to decide whether resistance is appropriate, Buffy decides that she isn't ready to throw in the towel. Unfortunately, Michael (our angel), is not only invincible but an all around nice guy as well. Buffy would really like him if he didn't keep apologizing as he unleashes on disaster after another. Willow tries to gather the courage to cast a spell that might stop the apocalypse, which might just undo the world in the process. On a lighter note, Spike and Anya develop really bad cases of acne. The premise of the book gives each of the characters a moment to consider what is truly meaningful to them. What matters when faced with with what seems to be the real end of it all. Spike's plight, that he is still numbered among the damned despite having regained his soul touches Buffy deeply, as she realizes that all of her friends are dear to her, even the irritating ones. The flaw of the book is that Burns and Metz have taken an interesting idea and made it into a lightweight confection. For all that they focus on characters rather than plot details, the story never really brings the horror of the situation home to the reader. Instead you get an hour or two of light reading where Spike, Anya, and Zander get all the good lines (Michael has a few as well). The book is an entertaining change of pace with a novel plot, but never quite reaches it's full potential.
Rating:
Summary: Sheep Bitten
Review: Willow is back from England, fully recovered from her magical flameout and ready to start fresh with her friend. Well, almost ready. After nearly succumbing to the lure of black magic, Willow is terrified of her own powers, fearful that, if she casts a spell it might go terribly awry. Or worse, she might lose herself again. Zander comes to the rescue by conceiving of a magic desensitization program that has Willow trying to levitate pencils - one tiny step at a time. In the meantime, Buffy has her regular chores and patrols to make, Dawn continues to be everyone's favorite headache, and Anya is determined to make everyone just as grumpy as she is. Things would be almost normal except for the sudden, inexplicable appearance of a hunky angel, who cheerfully sets about ending the world. No doubt you are thinking 'yet another apocalypse for Buffy to avert,' but this time it's not a bad apocalypse, it's the real one. The powers of good have seen a sign, and this time it is for keeps. While Giles tries to decide whether resistance is appropriate, Buffy decides that she isn't ready to throw in the towel. Unfortunately, Michael (our angel), is not only invincible but an all around nice guy as well. Buffy would really like him if he didn't keep apologizing as he unleashes on disaster after another. Willow tries to gather the courage to cast a spell that might stop the apocalypse, which might just undo the world in the process. On a lighter note, Spike and Anya develop really bad cases of acne. The premise of the book gives each of the characters a moment to consider what is truly meaningful to them. What matters when faced with with what seems to be the real end of it all. Spike's plight, that he is still numbered among the damned despite having regained his soul touches Buffy deeply, as she realizes that all of her friends are dear to her, even the irritating ones. The flaw of the book is that Burns and Metz have taken an interesting idea and made it into a lightweight confection. For all that they focus on characters rather than plot details, the story never really brings the horror of the situation home to the reader. Instead you get an hour or two of light reading where Spike, Anya, and Zander get all the good lines (Michael has a few as well). The book is an entertaining change of pace with a novel plot, but never quite reaches it's full potential.
Rating:
Summary: Really great book...
Review: wow, i just finished Apocalypse Memories and it was really awesome! Its the best of the Buffy series in a while. The religious aspects of the novel were so powerful, and the philisophical debates between Buffy and Michael were intense. Really great writing, very original/creative plot. this is an outstanding novel
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