Product Description

The seedy carnival looks just the thing to give Buffy and her best friends, Xander and Willow, a break from staking bloodsuckers. But Buffy senses something evil behind the show. Can she find out what's going on before it's to late?

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #185720 in Books
• Published on: 1998-10-05
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• 164 pages

Customer Reviews

The most realistic portrayal of the Scoobies as teenagers
As if there is not enough fun stuff happening in Sunnydale, a carnival comes to town. Buffy, Xander and Willow head out for some serious rest and relaxation only to discover things are not as they seem and now the corpses popping up around town bear the marks of coyotes not vampires. But while Buffy is suspicious, Xander is smitten with Rose, a seductive siren from the carnival midway, while Willow has caught the eye of Lonnie, the barker. Somehow, you just know all the pieces are going to come together and it will then be Slayer time.

My complaint, such as it is, is that John Vornholt has made Buffy, Xander and Willow more like real teenagers than they appear on the show, which ends up being something of a tradeoff with the show's trademark humor. I know how ironic it is to judge his realism by the standard of a television fantasy. This is still an above average Buffy novel. It is also rather interesting to read this book and know that Willow is going to end up dating Oz down the road, since our favorite gal pal spends some serious timing kissing a carney guy who turns out to be a werecoyote. Of course a lot of water has gone under the bridge since then, but the true Buffy fan still remembers when.

Excellent!
This book would have made a great Season One episode and will be enjoyed by Buffy fans of all ages.

Of shapeshifters and skin walkers
The seedy carnival looks like just the thing to give buffy and her friends, a break from staking bloodsuckrs. but then buffy senses something evil behind this carnival and the way john vornholt writes this is tremendous!

xander and willow aren't sure. they don't buy buffy's notion that the carneys are somehow connected to the corpses turning up around sunnydale. it doesn't help that her two best buds are both interested in somebody at the carnival.

can she find out what's going on in time to save her friends or has the slayer become the prey is the question this fantabulous writer has written on everyones lips!

GREAT! 10 out of 10!