Angel Chronicles: Volume 1

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Summary: A trio of novelizations of early Buffy the Vampire Slayers
Review: Actually, of the three episodes included in this trilogy-"Angel," "Reptile Boy," and "Lie to Me"-only the first is a pivotal (extremely pivotal) Angel episode from the first season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Of course that is not really bad news since the main point of the various "Chronicle" books is to novelize Buffy episodes for the edification of those who missed them the first time around/do not have cable to catch the show in syndication/managed not to tape the episodes for constant reviewing. Nancy Holder is one of the best writers working on Buffy and one of the nice things about these adaptations is that the prologue and chapters usually conform to the teaser and acts of the television episodes, albeit with an epilogue crafted from the last scene of the shower (e.g., Buffy kissing Angel at the Bronze while her crucifix sears his chest from the end of the "Angel" episode.). There is also a prologue and epilogue to the "Chronicles" themselves, attempting to frame the set of episodes into some sort of coherent whole, but that really does not happen with this particular set (unlike Volume III, which is the best in the series). A simple rule to remember is that if it says Nancy Holder is one of the authors, you are not going to go wrong downloading that Buffy e-book.

Rating:
Summary: A trio of novelizations of early Buffy the Vampire Slayers
Review: Actually, of the three episodes included in this trilogy-"Angel," "Reptile Boy," and "Lie to Me"-only the first is a pivotal (extremely pivotal) Angel episode from the first season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Of course that is not really bad news since the main point of the various "Chronicle" books is to novelize Buffy episodes for the edification of those who missed them the first time around/do not have cable to catch the show in syndication/managed not to tape the episodes for constant reviewing. Nancy Holder is one of the best writers working on Buffy and one of the nice things about these adaptations is that the prologue and chapters usually conform to the teaser and acts of the television episodes, albeit with an epilogue crafted from the last scene of the shower (e.g., Buffy kissing Angel at the Bronze while her crucifix sears his chest from the end of the "Angel" episode.). There is also a prologue and epilogue to the "Chronicles" themselves, attempting to frame the set of episodes into some sort of coherent whole, but that really does not happen with this particular set (unlike Volume III, which is the best in the series). A simple rule to remember is that if it says Nancy Holder is one of the authors, you are not going to go wrong downloading that Buffy e-book.