Overall I really enjoyed this bind up. It's been a while since I've read buffy novels but when I first started reading, apart from Harry Potter with my mum, the buffy novels were the only books I chose from the library for myself. So now I've made a mental note to read ALL of them, in order. Although this book isn't in order really, i have all three bind ups and the larger part of this bind up was a story I haven't read, while the others were rereads, although I read them over a decade ago they still felt newish.

I'll try to keep it relatively spoiler free -

Coyote Moon - this was my least favourite of the three. Although the story flowed quickly like an episode of buffy, it was a bit.. I'll guess I'll use the word sloppy. I get it that teenagers are fully of hormones but I find it hard to believe that willow would ditch buffy so easily for a guy she just met. Xander, I understand he would. There was alot of unnecessary explanation points at the end of spoken sentences in which there was no need. It gave the impression that characters were hysterical when the conversation was just a normal conversation, or at times making it out that characters, mainly buffy were panicked by mundane things. The story itself was interesting - a carnival, skinwalkers, a mystery, which itself made up for its flaws. 3/5

Night of the Living Rerun - I vaguely remember reading this a while back but it still felt new to me. It was an interesting read, especially with the gang having different flashbacks to major players in (this version) of the salem witch trials, one being a witch and a slayer. I liked this version that the author changed a bit of the witch mythology, making them darker and "in league with the devil/whatever deity they actually worshiped, staying true to the puritan beliefs of what witches actually were. It was a bit confusing to be honest as at first I believed the baddies (not going to say who, but if you've read it you know) were trying to summon the devil. But then mentions of the Master and the "despised one" made it a confusing mess and it wasn't exactly clear who they were trying to summon. Then the flashbacks? Dreamstates? Well whatever they were with the Master just felt a bit... cheesy. The devil himself giving The Master a trophy? Also the fact that at this point the master was trapped beneath Sunnydale, but then how come he was aparantly sucked down into hell in 1692? How did he get out? It was unclear on if the Master and the despised one were one in the same or different entities. But I'm a sucker for anything to do with witches, especially the Salem variety. Again this felt like an episode of Buffy, quick and fast paced, with plenty of that famous 90s humour and slang. Overall another great story with minor flaws, the characters felt true to the series and it was wrapped up nicely, if not a little too quickly. 3/5

Portal through time - my faveorite out of the bunch, and also the longest, taking up almost half of the book itself. The main reason I loved it so much because there was so much going on, and it was pretty dark in my opinion. (I mean come on. A three year old got cut down the middle with an ax). This was the first one out of the three to directly feature Angel, although he was mentioned in the other two. The plot was interesting and intense and giving how the vampires of the buffy verse aren't always the smartest when it comes to master plans, this plan sure was inspired. Instead of opening from the veiw point of Buffy, it followed the vampires for a few chapters before it switched back over to the scoobies. From there they do kind of stumble onto the plot rather quickly but that's okay - the fact that this narration takes us to multiple time periods and timelines, and we get to meet different slayers overpowers that. This was also the only one to really feature direct references to different episodes "inca mummy girl, the pack, the harvest, the puppet show, prophecy girl." Also the fact that buffy "never wants to meet Angelus" means that this takes place in season 2 - sometime after Inca Mummy Girl and before Angel turns. Although no mention of Spike and Drusilla. The way the author describes these different time periods in a fast paced way, made me feel like I was not only there but I could feel the urgency of the scoobies. I enjoyed that we briefly got to see a vampire Cordelia, which was pretty hysterical, and also a cameo from Darla and Angelus. 5/5

Overall, the entire bind up was a delight to read and I don't mean to sound too harsh in my review. It's the buffy verse which means endless possibilities and each author delivered a unique story in their own personal styles which any fan of the tv show will enjoy. I do highly recommend this to any buffy fan and as a plus the cover is absolulty stunning.