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The Book of Fours -Nancy
Holder
-April 2001
-336 Pages
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Summary: Taking place during Buffy's third
season, Faith and Buffy are the current Slayers and when mayhem caused
by tidal waves and burning forests begin to erupt in Sunnydale as well
as vicious attackers appearing with ceremonial axes, the gang knows
that something is up. A woman named Cecile Lafitte has sent her
Servants to kill the Slayers with special axes, Faith being the Slayer
of Fire and Buffy being the Slayer of Air. Each Slayer has a special
axe made to destroy the Slayer of that particular element. There are
four axes in total; air, fire, water and earth. Should Faith and Buffy
both be killed then it's believed that the line of Slayers would die
out forever. Cecile wants to bring forth the Gatherer, and the only
way to do so is to have the Slayers killed, which would feed the demon
enough power to bring him forth into the world. Meanwhile, Willow ends
up in the hospital with major brain trauma while Giles figures they
need answers from the Watcher of the Slayer that preceded Buffy, India
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Rating: 4.5/5 |
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Review: I almost gave this book a 5 on 5
but decided against it because there were numerous bits in this book
that seemed completely disjointed (though barely noticeable for the
light readers out there). Anyway, it's a pretty damn good idea for a
novel and while Nancy Holder has never been one of my favorites out of
the Buffy writers out there, she did a MUCH better job in this novel.
Though bear in mind that the beginning feels like she's trying too
hard to recreate the characters' personalities. Despite that though,
she did a brilliant job with Faith. Faith's reactions and character
traits were written almost flawlessly and I adored that (being the
Faith fan that I am.) Plus it's nice to see Faith actually in a
novel.
I loved the idea of the axes and that Cordelia and Willow became
possessed by old Slayers that had died. Though that India girl just
kept dying for the sake of love (over and over), like, get a grip and
try something different. Sheesh.
This book is definitely worth the read, so if you get a chance,
pick it up (I'm partial to the hardcover version of it) and enjoy!
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