Rating: 
Summary: This book was okay, but should have been better
Review: This book was okay, it definitely had it's high and low points. I feel as though all together, a good read. Though, the first volume is much better than the second."All That You Do Comes Back Unto Thee" - The first story in this book tells a story about Buffy. It's written by Todd A. McIntosh, and it's about a gay boy who dabbles in magics he can't control, and awakens an ancient mummy. Also the ending was practically just like the episode where Xander's girlfriend was a mummy. Not a very good concept, and executed very poorly. "Lady Shobu" - This book, did have a very good concept, but I felt as though the demons in this story weren't very scary. I mean posessed turtles, not really that scary! Kara Dalkey did her best though, and it is not the worst story in the collection. "Abomination" - A truly great story. I would definitely classify this as one of the best. It is interesting to wonder what would happen to a Slayer who had children. This story definitely answers that question. It is the tale is of a "wannabe" Slayer who falls in love with her Watcher. They get married and have children and is then called to be the Slayer. The Council finds out about this and changes the new slayer's watcher. She refuses to fight, and leaves the town in a bit of a pickle. Great story,and great ending. "Blood and Brine" - This story, was okay, but not much better. I mean how many vampires can a sea captain kill on a ship? Not too many. Plus, the ending seemed a bit too much. But, the story was well written, even if the concept was poor. "The Ghosts of Slayers Past" - This story, is really stupid. It's a retelling of A Christmas Carol. The Watcher is a biggot, and totally revolting. Buffy, is in the end, but her dialogue is not very Buffy-ish. "The New Watcher" - Not a good story....let's leave it at that. "House of the Vampire" - The story, is okay, but the ending wasn't quite plausible. I mean,it just didn't seem to work with me! "The War Between the States" - The title doesn't really work, but not all together a bad story. It was told from an outsider, and not the slayer. Also it was set in a very interesting. The flappers really were inspiring....even the ones who were slayers. "Stakeout on Rush Street" - This is a great story, filled with actually lingo from the age. Truly a remarkable story, and would be enjoyed by even non-Buffy fans. "Again" - And now we come to the end, and it's no surprise they saved the best for last. In this adventure, Buffy and the Scoobies go back in time to their old bodies, but with their current minds. The BEST stor in the entire book. Truly an amazing idea.
Rating:
Summary: This book was okay, but should have been better
Review: This book was okay, it definitely had it's high and low points. I feel as though all together, a good read. Though, the first volume is much better than the second. "All That You Do Comes Back Unto Thee" - The first story in this book tells a story about Buffy. It's written by Todd A. McIntosh, and it's about a gay boy who dabbles in magics he can't control, and awakens an ancient mummy. Also the ending was practically just like the episode where Xander's girlfriend was a mummy. Not a very good concept, and executed very poorly. "Lady Shobu" - This book, did have a very good concept, but I felt as though the demons in this story weren't very scary. I mean posessed turtles, not really that scary! Kara Dalkey did her best though, and it is not the worst story in the collection. "Abomination" - A truly great story. I would definitely classify this as one of the best. It is interesting to wonder what would happen to a Slayer who had children. This story definitely answers that question. It is the tale is of a "wannabe" Slayer who falls in love with her Watcher. They get married and have children and is then called to be the Slayer. The Council finds out about this and changes the new slayer's watcher. She refuses to fight, and leaves the town in a bit of a pickle. Great story,and great ending. "Blood and Brine" - This story, was okay, but not much better. I mean how many vampires can a sea captain kill on a ship? Not too many. Plus, the ending seemed a bit too much. But, the story was well written, even if the concept was poor. "The Ghosts of Slayers Past" - This story, is really stupid. It's a retelling of A Christmas Carol. The Watcher is a biggot, and totally revolting. Buffy, is in the end, but her dialogue is not very Buffy-ish. "The New Watcher" - Not a good story....let's leave it at that. "House of the Vampire" - The story, is okay, but the ending wasn't quite plausible. I mean,it just didn't seem to work with me! "The War Between the States" - The title doesn't really work, but not all together a bad story. It was told from an outsider, and not the slayer. Also it was set in a very interesting. The flappers really were inspiring....even the ones who were slayers. "Stakeout on Rush Street" - This is a great story, filled with actually lingo from the age. Truly a remarkable story, and would be enjoyed by even non-Buffy fans. "Again" - And now we come to the end, and it's no surprise they saved the best for last. In this adventure, Buffy and the Scoobies go back in time to their old bodies, but with their current minds. The BEST stor in the entire book. Truly an amazing idea.
Rating: 
Summary: 1 of the best Buffy books
Review: This is 1 of my favorite books ever, 1 f my favorite story lines was Blood and Brine I loved the pirate slayer. My favorite story in this book was the last 1 where Buffy, Willow, and Xander go back in time I loved the fact that Buffy got to see her mom again and that she wasn't stuck with Dawn for once. I think that when the show brought Dawn on the show and killed Buffy's mom is when they ruint Buffy, from the 5th season on the show slowly went downhill. I HIGHLY recommend this book it is definitely the best Buffy book in the series.
Rating:
Summary: Another good book
Review: This is the type of book I get a little sad when I get near the end. Must read!
Rating:
Summary: I like it better than Volume 1
Review: Volume 1 had some good stories, even some good writing but I like this second, slightly larger, book even better. There are a couple of "Buffy" stories, one by the guy who was in charge of Makeup for the first six years of the series production,(his story is a little weak, set in fourth season, and has at least acouple of details wrong). The other is by show writer Jane Espenson, set in 6th season there is some time travel back to late third season and it is better than some of the episodes that actually were aired. I liked it about as well as any in the book.
I didn't care for the Pirate Slayer or the [imitation] of Dicken's "A Christmas Carol" but I did think a lot of the story of the Slayer serving in the Union Army as a young man during the American Civil War,it gives General Sherman's destructive march through the South a much better angle.
Rating:
Summary: Interesting stories, but some lacked character development
Review: When reading Tales of the Slayers, Volume 2, I kept praying that the authors were going to push the envelope more. While there were some interesting plot points in the stories(particularly in "Abomination" and "Blood and Brine"), there are still other areas that could have been artistically explored. One problem that I have is that most of the Slayers are written one-dimensionally. This might be because the writers feel pressured to make the Slayers appear heroic, albeit without showing traces of internal evil. After all, the complexity of evil is what made Faith's character so interesting on the television show (and Buffy in Season 6).
Another reason why the Slayers might also appear one-dimensional is that the stories mainly take place in Western societies (with the exception of "Lady Shobu"). Even though stories of European Slayers can be very interesting, it has countlessly been explored in both the television series and other Buffy novels. It means that the writers must always stay within the Slayer/Watcher dynamic, and the stories might be more thought-provoking if this format was temporarily abandoned. While "The Ghosts of Slayers Past" include snippets of ancient Slayers, the result stil remains unsatisfactory.
Returning to the stories, I found "War Between the States" to be unique because the author employs a Fitzgerald-esque writing style. "The Ghosts of Slayers Past" does use familiar Dickensian tropes to great comic effect, but the story falters mainly because of its pacing. The same goes for "All That You Do..." which offers a gay male character, but the pacing and the protagonist fall short of complexity. The other stories are satisfactory. I would like to see future Slayers that demonstrate greater psychological depth. Perhaps the publisher could try marketing the next volume to an older audience.
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