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This book has 3 plot lines. Willow's, Buffy and Giles', and Xander and his new friend Hutch.

Willow is being targeted by evil faeries and I found her arc the most engaging. This is the plot that keeps you reading because you want to know what will happen to lovely Willow. Oz of course is still holding the record for Best Boyfriend ever.

Buffy and Giles is where the "action" is. Buffy spents most of her time slaying vamps in the part. The fight descriptions were actually pretty good and you could imagine it pretty well. Giles is either at Buffy's heels or researching a fancy new artifact he's found...hum. And of course Angel is there to help out in the big battle. Him and Buffy love each other so much and it is so cute (in this book, as always sort of, you just want to take him for yourself), unfortunatly theres a curse, yada yada yada.

Xander and his new comic book loving friend Hutch are sort of the outsiders of this story. They do their own thing. From the start you know HUtch has a biger role (why would they try to throw a new guy into the gang) but the story keeps you guessing the whole time (I was always wrong, so even better). Cordelia and Xander are still going out at this point. Cordy's main purpose is to add tension the the Save the Park/Blow-out senerio and to give Xander a ride. However don't get me wrong because without Cordelia, as always, weres the fun?

The book is pretty fast paced and I never put it down because it was slow. It has a steady pace that keeps you wanting more. Plus, it's BtVS, so why not read it!