The Angel Chronicles, Volume 3 (Mass Market Paperback)

by Nancy Holder (Author) "Since moving to Sunnydale, Angel had lived in a sub-basement apartment..." (more)
Key Phrases: vampire slayer, Miss Calendar, Jenny Calendar, Thank God (more...)

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"She's stronger than any Slayer you've faced. Force won't get it done. You gotta work from the inside. To kill this girl...you have to love her."

For Buffy the Vampire Slayer, birthdays aren't all parties and cake -- hers tend to involve a life-or-death battle with a big evil. Her seventeenth celebration isn't an exception. While Buffy's friends organize a festive gathering in honor of the special day, Spike and Drusilla are planning their own surprise party for the Slayer -- with a devastating demon as the grand finale.

But a passionate night with Angel changes everything. Suddenly, Buffy must deal with two forms of ultimate evil: the almost-indestructible Judge -- and the legendary vampire Angelus, who is determined to exact his special brand of revenge on the young woman who showed him true love.

Now, collected for the first time, are three stories from the hit TV series chronicling Angel's darker side.

About the Author
Best-selling author Nancy Holder has published sixty books and more than two hundred short stories. She has received four Bram Stoker awards for fiction from the Horror Writers Association, and her books have been translated into more than two dozen languages. She has written or cowritten twenty Buffy and Angel projects. A graduate of the University of California at San Diego, Nancy is currently a writing teacher at the school. She lives in San Diego with her daughter, Belle, and their growing assortment of pets.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Young Adult
  
• Mass Market Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Simon Spotlight Entertainment (August 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0671026313
• ISBN-13: 978-0671026318
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (74 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #733,154 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An excellent novelization by Nancy Holder!, July 20, 1998

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This review is from: The Angel Chronicles, Volume 1 (Mass Market Paperback)

After reading the cover, "A novelization..." I knew not to expect anything wholly original from this book. If you're a regular viewer of the television series and you've seen "Angel," "Reptile Boy," and "Lie To Me," you can probably go through this entire book without finding anything new. If you're an exceptional "Buffy" fan and read carefully, you'll find that Holder did a wonderful job of going through the episodes and patched up a few holes the episodes themselves had. I didn't find this book too boring at all. Although I've seen all the episodes covered in the book, Holder added some great content to supplement ideas, thoughts, and feelings the episodes was unable to express. Of course, there are a few discrepancies with current Buffylore, but I think that Holder wrote this before the end of the second season and was thus unable to cover a few mistakes. All in all, this book was a very satisfying read, not tot! ally original, but with some nicely added notes by Nancy Holder.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Slayergirl2001, July 7, 2001

By	"telsia" (Starbase 324, Earth) - See all my reviews

The Angel Chronicles Volume 3 was great! It was obvioulsy about when Angel reverts to Angelus. I liked how they charcterized Angelus because to me the two personalities were really seperated much better than in the series by their thoughts. I especially liked (in how it was written) and hated (in the general sense) about the thoughts and the actions surronding Angelus killing Jenny Calander. Definently a must for any Buffy/Angel fan.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Stirs the Passions in all of us, September 1, 2000

By	algerina "algerina" (Saint Paul, MN USA) - See all my reviews

Nancy Holder weaves a seductive narrative around the novelization of three outstanding episodes from Buffy the Vampire Slayer. In Surprise, Buffy celebrates her birthday and her love for Angel amid the return of the evil Drusilla. In the second story, Innocence Buffy and Angel find that love changes everything. And finally in Passion, Buffy is heart broken as Angel explores the passions which lie in all of us. Some more deadly than others.

These tales of love, despair, and passion can't fail to touch the heart of any reader. It doesn't matter if you are a fan or not. This book stands on its own as an enjoyable read.