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Summary: A realistic treatment of the Scoobies as teenagers in love
Review: With Joss Whedon busy at work on the "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" animated series, which takes the gang back to those thrilling High School days (but this time with Dawn part of the picture), it is interesting to go back and read a story of the Scoobies way back when. As if there is not enough fun stuff happening in Sunnydale, a carnival comes to town. Buffy, Xander and Willow head out for some serious rest and relaxation only to discover things are not as they seem and now the corpses popping up around town bear the marks of coyotes not vampires. But while Buffy is suspicious, Xander is smitten with Rose, a seductive siren from the carnival midway, while Willow has caught the eye of Lonnie, the barker. Somehow, you just know all the pieces are going to come together and it will then be Slayer time. My complaint, such as it is, is that John Vornholt has made Buffy, Xander and Willow more like real teenagers than they appear on the show, which ends up being something of a tradeoff with the show's trademark humor. I know, I know, it is mondo ironic to judge his realism by the standard of a television fantasy, but this is what I am thinking. This is still an above average Buffy novel. It is also rather interesting to read this book and know that Willow is going to end up dating Oz for a spell down the road, since our favorite gal pal spends some serious timing kissing a carney guy who turns out to be a werecoyote. So if you are looking for a Buffy book to download, "Coyote Moon" is one of the better ones currently available.
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Summary: A realistic treatment of the Scoobies as teenagers in love
Review: With Joss Whedon busy at work on the "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" animated series, which takes the gang back to those thrilling High School days (but this time with Dawn part of the picture), it is interesting to go back and read a story of the Scoobies way back when. As if there is not enough fun stuff happening in Sunnydale, a carnival comes to town. Buffy, Xander and Willow head out for some serious rest and relaxation only to discover things are not as they seem and now the corpses popping up around town bear the marks of coyotes not vampires. But while Buffy is suspicious, Xander is smitten with Rose, a seductive siren from the carnival midway, while Willow has caught the eye of Lonnie, the barker. Somehow, you just know all the pieces are going to come together and it will then be Slayer time. My complaint, such as it is, is that John Vornholt has made Buffy, Xander and Willow more like real teenagers than they appear on the show, which ends up being something of a tradeoff with the show's trademark humor. I know, I know, it is mondo ironic to judge his realism by the standard of a television fantasy, but this is what I am thinking. This is still an above average Buffy novel. It is also rather interesting to read this book and know that Willow is going to end up dating Oz for a spell down the road, since our favorite gal pal spends some serious timing kissing a carney guy who turns out to be a werecoyote. So if you are looking for a Buffy book to download, "Coyote Moon" is one of the better ones currently available.
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