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A review by thebakersbooks
Slayer by Kiersten White
4.0
4/5 stars - True to the action-and-snark-packed Buffy legacy, but with diverse characters and the kind of compact plot arc that fell apart in later seasons of the original show.
I couldn't decide whether I liked this book until the second half. It's a slow start and it took me a while to care about the MC, but I think she might feel more relatable to the teen audience for which the book is intended. The stakes build quickly around the halfway point, allowing for more character depth and development of the relationships between characters as they test themselves/each other. And there are plenty of reveals and twists to keep things interesting!
In my opinion, this novel captured many of the qualities that made Buffy (the show, in this case) so fun to watch, while removing some of the black-and-white divisions that bothered me about the original. (I'm being vague, but I can't say more without spoiling things.) I also enjoyed the callbacks and references to the show ("There were cases, rare, of vampires who worked around their demonic natures. Most of them dated Buffy, actually.")
I'd definitely recommend Slayer to longtime Buffy fans, but I can also see it acting as an entry point into the franchise for new ones!
I couldn't decide whether I liked this book until the second half. It's a slow start and it took me a while to care about the MC, but I think she might feel more relatable to the teen audience for which the book is intended. The stakes build quickly around the halfway point, allowing for more character depth and development of the relationships between characters as they test themselves/each other. And there are plenty of reveals and twists to keep things interesting!
In my opinion, this novel captured many of the qualities that made Buffy (the show, in this case) so fun to watch, while removing some of the black-and-white divisions that bothered me about the original. (I'm being vague, but I can't say more without spoiling things.) I also enjoyed the callbacks and references to the show ("There were cases, rare, of vampires who worked around their demonic natures. Most of them dated Buffy, actually.")
I'd definitely recommend Slayer to longtime Buffy fans, but I can also see it acting as an entry point into the franchise for new ones!