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A review by alexampersand
How I Survived My Summer Vacation by Cameron Dokey, Paul Ruditis, Nancy Holder, Michelle Sagara West, Yvonne Navarro
4.0
This book started off strong - honestly probably one of the strongest, if not THE strongest, Buffy novel I've read so far.
The first story was a really lovely and touching rumination on grief and processing trauma, and honestly did perfectly what the show manages to do, which is to combine fun supernatural with real-life issues.
Following this story, it seemed like we were headed for almost a mini 6-part season of Buffy; there was a recurring villain, but each story was also self-contained. There was also quite a nice split between having stories focused on the recurring villain in Sunnydale, and Buffy dealing with her own drama in LA. Unfortunately then the last two stories were set in Sunnydale but seemed to forget about the idea of the recurring villain, and instead were just two incredibly mediocre stories about Giles, Jenny and Angel forming some bizarre vigilante team.
So honestly, 5 stars for the first story, 4-and-a-bit stars for stories 2-4, and then 3 stars for the last two.
The first story was a really lovely and touching rumination on grief and processing trauma, and honestly did perfectly what the show manages to do, which is to combine fun supernatural with real-life issues.
Following this story, it seemed like we were headed for almost a mini 6-part season of Buffy; there was a recurring villain, but each story was also self-contained. There was also quite a nice split between having stories focused on the recurring villain in Sunnydale, and Buffy dealing with her own drama in LA. Unfortunately then the last two stories were set in Sunnydale but seemed to forget about the idea of the recurring villain, and instead were just two incredibly mediocre stories about Giles, Jenny and Angel forming some bizarre vigilante team.
So honestly, 5 stars for the first story, 4-and-a-bit stars for stories 2-4, and then 3 stars for the last two.