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Not as enjoyable as first book. Buffy and Angel for the opening scene of the book, but quickly have to go their separate ways. I wanted more Buffy and Angel together, but that's not in this read. Buffy and Angel meet in L.A., where the previous book left off, and bring each other up to speed with their respective cases. They agree to work together until Giles calls Buffy and tells her that monsters are everywhere in Sunnydale. Thinking this could be the Hellmouth kicking into overdrive, Buffy leaves, but Willow remains behind. In L.A. Angel and his crew encounter crooked cops while dealing with the gang war between the Mexicans and the Russians. In Sunnydale Buffy and her crew battle a neverending onslaught of creatures of all shapes and sizes. It's only in the last third of the book that the plot moves beyond this, as the source of the children disappearances is learned and decision made as to who will stop it. I was more interested by the Angel storyline than Buffy's simply because the Scoobies were one note in this book: find monsters, fight, go home to rest, go out, find monsters, fight...It just wasn't interesting. Although Anya continued to save these moments with the funniest dialogue in the book. Spike is a close runner up for fun lines. I wasn't happy that a supporting character introduced in the last book was built up considerably as this novel progressed, only to be dismissed too easily. It left me wondering what this character's purpose was but to fill space. I also wasn't happy with Willow and Tara's scenes which come off purposeless: "Hi" and "Bye" for the most part. I will read the final book in this trilogy but my hopes are not high.
