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A review by creolelitbelle
Girl of Nightmares by Kendare Blake
dark
emotional
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Late 90s/early 2000s TV fanfic, round 2. Sadly, the sequel wasn't as fun as the first book, but it did offer a satisfying conclusion.
• Anna went into a portal to hell? So, book 2 starts off as Buffy, season 3, since book 1 apparently ended with Angel going through a portal to hell. Oh, I mean Anna.
• Just as Buffy has the conversation with adults in her life about her friends, Cas has the "they're going to get themselves killed" talk with his mom about Thomas & Carmel.
• Signing yearbooks "have a neat summer" has the perfect Marcie Ross vibe. IYKYK.
• Correction from book 1 character assessment. Thomas = Willow & Xander combined. He's witchy but also completely awkward & lands the most popular girl in school.
• The Order located in Scottish Highlands. Watchers Council in London. Enough said.
• Ghosts... explode? In Buffy vamps explode to save money & help world logistics. Also, vamps are demons walking inside dead people, so of course the bodies don't last. Ghosts are not corporeal. Why do they explode? What?
• "tell mom... Tell her something good." - Cas. "tell them... Idk. Think of something cool. Tell them I said it." - Buffy.
• Demon with yellow eyes took parent. Pulled straight from supernatural. Of all the eye colors, yellow?
Book 2 was still fun, but the excitement and pacing dropped as compared to book 1. The plot felt tedious and almost caused me to give up. My desire to know what ultimately happens to Anna won out. New characters and more real time with previously only cameoed characters kept the book fresh.
• Just as Buffy has the conversation with adults in her life about her friends, Cas has the "they're going to get themselves killed" talk with his mom about Thomas & Carmel.
• Signing yearbooks "have a neat summer" has the perfect Marcie Ross vibe. IYKYK.
• Correction from book 1 character assessment. Thomas = Willow & Xander combined. He's witchy but also completely awkward & lands the most popular girl in school.
• The Order located in Scottish Highlands. Watchers Council in London. Enough said.
• Ghosts... explode? In Buffy vamps explode to save money & help world logistics. Also, vamps are demons walking inside dead people, so of course the bodies don't last. Ghosts are not corporeal. Why do they explode? What?
• "tell mom... Tell her something good." - Cas. "tell them... Idk. Think of something cool. Tell them I said it." - Buffy.
• Demon with yellow eyes took parent. Pulled straight from supernatural. Of all the eye colors, yellow?
Book 2 was still fun, but the excitement and pacing dropped as compared to book 1. The plot felt tedious and almost caused me to give up. My desire to know what ultimately happens to Anna won out. New characters and more real time with previously only cameoed characters kept the book fresh.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death and Blood
Minor: Suicidal thoughts