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Summary: You have to read this!
Review: This so far is my favorite of the BTVS books & I've read them all! All the books are very detailed & I would recommend this book to anyone whether they have seen BTVS or not.
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Summary: THIS BOOK EXPLAINED 3 EPISODES, ANGLE,REPTILE BOY,LIE TO ME
Review: THIS BOOK WAS GREAT. I LOVED IT BECAUSE IT WAS LIKE WATCHING THE EPISODE INSTEAD OF READING IT,THAT IS HOW DETAILED THEY WERE. I HAVE TAPED MOST OF THE EPISODES AND I HAVE JUST COMPARED THE BOOK TO THE EPISODE THAT WERE WROTE ABOUT AND THEY ARE *EXACTLY* THE SAME!!!!!!!
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Summary: The most dangoures love story of all time ...
Review: Sixteen year old Buffy Summers is theadup with beying a Slayer . Even though she has sworen to kill all Vampiers every were , she ends up meating Angel . A 214 yearold Vampier . Who became a Vampier hundrends years ago back in Scotlaned . Now she relizes that shes falling in love with him .
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Summary: This book would be terrific for any Buffy/Angel fan!
Review: This great book is actually a novelization of three Buffy episodes: Angel, Reptile Boy, and Lie To Me. What's great about this book is how the author is so in tune with all the lingo from the show, and writes in the same style. I would highly reccomend this book to any teen fan of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, especially those who are big Angel fans.
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Summary: My favorite book out of the whole series.
Review: I like to read the book and compare it the the way is was on television. I hope there are more novelizations of episodes to come.
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Summary: Angel is definitely an intriguing character!
Review: The Angel Chronicles, Volume 1, is a novelization of three episodes: "Angel," "Reptile Boy," and "Lie to Me." This is the second book I've written (the first with Christopher Golden) about Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and I was delighted to have the chance to novelize three of my favorite episodes. The scripts are beautifully written by Joss Whedon and David Greenwalt, and I hope fellow Buffy enthusiasts enjoy my novelizations of them.
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Summary: "Without Passion, We'd Be Truly Dead"
Review: Although Nancy Holder isn't my favourite "Buffy" novelist, and the books based on the television episodes aren't top quality reading material (why not just watch the show?) this third volume of the Angel Chronicles gets higher marks simply because it's based on three of the show's best episodes.
It's worth having them in book form, and is a good book to lend to a person new to the Buffy universe (especially if they're watching "Angel" for the first time) as this handles the far reaching history and consequences of Angel's destiny, his soul, his curse, and its all-important clause.
Like the previous volumes in this series, the book contains three teleplays, in this case "Surprise" by Marti Noxon, "Innocence" by Joss Whedon, and "Passion" by Ty King, all of which are set in season two. Nancy Holder's style is somewhat bland at times, and certain scenes that have been known to get me teary on the television screen registered nothing here, but she gets the main points and emotions across clearly enough.
In "Surprise" it's Buffy's seventeenth birthday, and her group of friends (Xander, Willow, Giles, Cordelia, Angel, Oz and Jenny) are determined to give her a decent party. Unfortunately, as time will soon tell, Buffy's birthdays never go smoothly, and resident vampires Spike and Drusilla are planning their own celebration. They have collected together all the pieces of the indestructible Judge, a demon that destroys anything with goodness inside them.
This episode was followed immediately by "Innocence". After Angel and Buffy narrowly escape the power of the Judge, they slept together for the first time, which now results in Angel's curse rearing its ugly head, and a secret identity revealed amongst Buffy's group of friends. Now the Slayer has two forms of evil to deal with - the Judge, and the sadistic Angelus, Angel's evil alter-ego.
Finally, "Passion" is perhaps my favourite episode of the entire show, which brought forth a beautiful score, a shocking death and amazing performances from the entire cast. Angelus is on a mission not just to kill Buffy, but to completely destroy her, targetting her family and friends with scare tactics and mind games in order to bring her down. But now he must take more decisive action once one of Buffy's allies finds a way to bring his soul back.
Often the show is simply more powerful than what Holder can portray on the page, but other times the written word can offer more insights into the minds of the characters - her most potent contribution is Jenny Calendar's tragic and heartbreaking last thought. Likewise Angelus's thoughts on the nature and meaning of passion are just as profound, and fit in nicely with her framing of the story - two passages at beginning and end with Angel/Angelus watching Buffy's house.
She also helps clean up a blooper made on the show - when Xander gets his idea on how to take out the Judge he tells the others "meet me at Willow's in half an hour." However, the show then cuts to the next day when Buffy confronts Jenny, before returning to Xander's plan that night. Holder explains this by adding that "Oz's van was in the shop," making them have to wait.
Out of all of the novelisations out there, this is the one worth having.
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Summary: Jhaeman's Review
Review: Angel Chronicles v. 1
Nancy Holder (1998), based on teleplays "Angel" and "Reptile Boy" by David Greenwalt and "Lie to Me" by Joss Whedon RATING: 3/5 Stakes SETTING: Season One ("Angel") and Season Two ("Reptile Boy" and "Lie to Me") CAST APPEARANCES: Angel, Buffy, Giles, Xander, Willow, Cordelia, The Master, The Annointed One, Darla, Joyce, The Three, Richard Anderson, Tom Warner, Machida, Spike, Drusilla, Ford, Marvin, Chantarelle, Lucius BACK-OF-THE-BOOK SUMMARY: "After a century of killing without a care, the vampire Angelus was cursed with a conscience and eventually fled to Sunnydale, where he restricted his feeding to blood banks. Until 16-year-old Buffy Summers, the Vampire Slayer, arrived in town to battle vampires, demons, and the Forces of Darkness. First, he has to convince her not to kill him. Then, he has to convince himself not to fall in love with her. Now, collected for the first time, are three stories from the cult-hit TV series chronicling the beginning of this star-crossed love story. Can Buffy and Angel survive life, death . . . and beyond?" REVIEW
Volume One of the three-volume Angel Chronicles novelizes two strong Buffy episodes and one average episode.
The episode "Angel" from Season One is memorable for the dusting of Darla and the revelation that Angel is actually a vampire. The novelization does a good job of incorporating the humor and characterization of the script, and is especially adept at handling Buffy and Angel's first kiss. "Reptile Boy" focuses on Buffy and Cordelia's involvement in a snake-worshipping cult of fraternity brothers. It's not an episode particularly worthy of novelization and doesn't actually contain a whole lot of Angel. The theme of "Lie to Me" is, as the title implies, about lying: Angel, Willow, and former-sweetheart Ford all lie to Buffy at one point or another in the episode, and their actions have repercussions. One of the best of the Season Two episodes, the plot centers around a group of vampire wannabees trying to convince Spike to make them into the real thing. We're also treated to Buffy's first encounter--from a distance--with Drusilla. It's hard to say much else about Volume One. Angel is only a subplot in two of the three episodes, so this probably isn't the best place to start for fans of the brooding vampire-with-a-soul. The novelizations are all straightforward with very little variance from the scripts and they do a good job of conveying the feel of the show.
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Summary: Slayergirl2001
Review: The Angel Chronicles Volume 3 was great! It was obvioulsy about when Angel reverts to Angelus. I liked how they charcterized Angelus because to me the two personalities were really seperated much better than in the series by their thoughts. I especially liked (in how it was written) and hated (in the general sense) about the thoughts and the actions surronding Angelus killing Jenny Calander. Definently a must for any Buffy/Angel fan.
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Summary: Way cool
Review: This book is great for Buffy/Angel shippers. It is a novelization of 3 Buffy episode. "Angel" Season 1 episode 7, "Reptile Boy" Season 2 episode 5, "Lie to Me" Season 2 episode 7. I loved reading this book. Nancy Holder did a great job of putting these episode on pager. Even after seening the episodes I still ejoyed the book. My favorite of the stories is "Lie To Me" mainly cause Spike and Dru. I give this book 4 out of 5 stars mainly cause to get a five the book would have to be a great as some of Nancy Holder's other books with co-wrighter Christopher Golden. (Child of the Hunt and The Gatekeeper Trilogy) This book is a for every fan.
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