Released: 2005
For fans of
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
,
Queen of the Slayers
just might be the answer to your questions regarding what happens after
Sunnydale
is demolished. In fact, the book starts out just a few hours after
Sunnydale
becomes a hole in the ground while the survivors are on the school bus driving away, which is what makes
Queen of the Slayers
immensely exciting.
Queen of the Slayers
is really about the chain of events that occur after the destruction of the
Hellmouth
in
Sunnydale
. For one, Cleveland's
Hellmouth
still exists but the Scooby-gang is needed in England, where the Watcher's Council is being reconvened and even more Slayers are coming together. While Faith goes to Cleveland with a team of her own,
Buffy
has to stay in Europe and deal with evil forces as mass Slayers turn against her.
Nancy Holder will have readers enthralled during the first few chapters as we eagerly cherish reading adventures about
Buffy
and gang that we haven't been privy to since the
television series
ended. Unfortunately,
Queen of the Slayers
is not as exciting and captivating as it first seems. Numerous events are strung together haphazardly and we are presented with mere events versus dialogues and emotions from the characters. The entire experience is detaching, and there are many major lulls with entire chapters devoted to the enemy's histories and schemes.
Queen of the Slayers
feels like it is written under a quick deadline, and in all honesty I wish I had never found out what happens after the Scooby-gang boards the school bus from
Sunnydale
.
Following
Queen of the Slayers
, the lastly written book in "Buffy-verse" is entitled
Dark Congress
by
Christopher Golden. Although I think
Golden is talented, I am not interested in reading any more of
Buffy
sagas, and it is time I put the series to final rest.
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