3.5 stars
Copy received from Simon anh Schuster Australia for an honest review

I am a huuuuuuge Buffy fan. I could recite every episode backwards in Swahili I have watched the show that many times.

So it was a no brainer to read Slayer and get back into the Buffyverse in any kind of way.

I went into Slayer with no expectations - whether good or bad - I just wanted to dive in an let it be.

I loved the referenced to Buffy and Giles. I laughed at references to other characters in the TV series.

Nina. I think we can all feel like her, that we don't fit in at times. Her sister Artermis? Well, the jury is still out on her at the moment. She is kind of the Dawn to Buffy.

However, Nina did come across as a whiney 5 year old rather than a 16 year old. And maaaaan can she hold a sill grudge. At times I wanted to hit her over the head with my book and tell her to build a bridge and get the heck over it.

I (mostly) liked the characters in Slayer. I did feel that the so-called Watchers had been neutered, and that the teenagers were doing their jobs for them, which was disappointing.

I did like the witty banter between the characters, though some of it would fall flat if you didn't know the Buffy series.

So whilst I didn't love Slayer, I didn't hate it either. I liked it enough to see where this series goes in the future.