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Night Terrors (Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Simon Spotlight))

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NIGHT TERRORS
Alice Henderson (2005)

RATING: 4/5 Stakes

SETTING: Season Two

CAST APPEARANCES: Buffy, Willow, Cordelia, Xander, Angel, Joyce, Giles, Principal Snyder, Oz, Ethan Rayne

MAJOR ORIGINAL CHARACTERS: The Night Terror (demon)

BACK-OF-THE-BOOK SUMMARY: "Banished to the realm of dreams, the Night Terror stalks its victims as they sleep. By replacing another's soul with its own, the demon can assume anyone's body and wreak havoc in the real world. But the effect is short-lived. Human bodies soon break down under the tremendous stress of the transfer, and the Night Terror is forced to find a new body to inhabit. That is, until it discovers Buffy's secret and imagines the Slayer would make an ideal-and permanent-host. . . ."

REVIEW

Night Terrors will always hold a special place in my heart because it's the first Buffy Choose-Your-Own-Adventure ("Stake Your Destiny") book I've successfully completed on my first try. Indeed, one of the aspects that sets this book apart from most others in the series is the wide range of possible endings, ranging from complete success to mediocre survival to outright death.

The core plot of the book is an attempt by a demon, the Night Terror, to take over the bodies of residents of Sunnydale by entering into their dreams. This leads to some really interesting and fun dream sequences with Buffy, and shows us examples of how White Hats like Giles, Joyce, and Angel would be like if evil (of course, this last one we know all too well).

The writing is smooth and the dialogue is appropriately quirky. In addition, crisp action scenes and a well-researched bad guy help keep the plot moving. Definitely one of the better Stake Your Destiny books.

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This is a pretty good Buffy book. Not the best but not the worst. I enjoyed the story. A demon named Mare, the Night Terror, takes control of peoples bodies while they're sleeping. After awhile their astrol cord will break and the persons body will go into a coma. My favorite story in this book is when the Mare takes of your, Buffy's, body and she gets banished into the realm of dreams. It's cool to see what the the other characters are dreaming. The other major story in this book is when the Mare takes over Angel's body. This brings out Angelus too. Ethan Rayne is also involved in part of this book. There is also zombies and a mummy. If you are a fan of Buffy then I think you should pick up this book. The Author did a great job keeping the characters true to the show aswell.

I think that this book was fantastic to those who are avid loyal Buffy readers and fans it was unputdownable. It is a must read.

Night Terrors was a great read. It's unfortunate that the Buffy choose your own adventure series only had four books, because this book was a blast. I think there was something like twenty possible endings. It was really fun trying to get the Scoobies out of different situations. I dug the choose your own adventure books as a kid and greatly enjoyed reading a Buffy version.

Alice Henderson is an author to watch.

First off, Beware this is a "choose your story" book. Every few pages you are given a choice Buffy might make. As a big fan of Buffy, I managed to know "What would Buffy Do?" well enough to successfully complete the book in a very short time. I think I read maybe 40 or 50 of the 300 pages. Not what I consider my money's worth.