- John Hansen
- March 9, 2020
The top 20 ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ and ‘Angel’ books
From 1997’s “Halloween Rain” through 2008’s “One Thing or Your Mother” — and with the bonus of Kiersten White’s “Slayer” duology in recent years —
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- John Hansen
- December 2, 2019
‘Roswell’ flashback: ‘Shades’ (Book review) (2002)
Mel Odom, who wrote many outstanding “Buffy” and “Angel” novels, makes an all-over-the-place debut in the “Roswell” universe with “Shades” (September 2002), the fourth tie-in
- John Hansen
- January 19, 2019
‘Buffy’/‘Angel’ flashback: ‘Cursed’ (2003) (Book review)
“Cursed” (November 2003) is a rare novel with “Buffy” in the title that doesn’t have Buffy in it (aside from a phone conversation on the
- John Hansen
- December 13, 2018
‘Buffy’ flashback: All 4 stories from ‘Tales of the Slayer, Vol. 3’ (2003), ranked (Book review)
It’s like an all-star writing contest when Yvonne Navarro, Mel Odom, Christopher Golden and Nancy Holder get together to write four novellas for “Tales of
- John Hansen
- October 19, 2018
‘Angel’ flashback: ‘Image’ (2002) (Book review)
The competition is on: Is Jeff Mariotte or Mel Odom the best “Angel” novelist? At this point in my re-read, Odom moves out in front
- John Hansen
- September 13, 2018
‘Buffy’ flashback: ‘Crossings’ (2002) (Book review)
After a few late-Season 5 novels skimmed over Joyce’s death as if scared to address it, Mel Odom does it right with the young-adult novel
- John Hansen
- July 26, 2018
‘Buffy’ flashback: All 7 short stories from ‘Tales of the Slayer Vol. 1’ (2001), ranked (Book review)
I remember when “Tales of the Slayer Vol. 1” (October 2001) came out, it felt to me like for first time the Buffyverse had a
- John Hansen
- July 7, 2018
‘Angel’ flashback: ‘Bruja’ (2001) (Book review)
Mel Odom pens another winner in the “Angel” book series with “Bruja” (August 2001), which blends a lot of story threads into a surprising yet
- John Hansen
- May 24, 2018
‘Angel’ flashback: ‘Redemption’ (2000) (Book review)
Thus far in my re-read, I haven’t encountered another author who makes such an improvement between his first and second Buffyverse novel as Mel Odom.
- John Hansen
- May 3, 2018
‘Buffy’ flashback: ‘Revenant’ (2001) (Book review)
“Revenant” (January 2001) is a big step up from Mel Odom’s “Buffy” debut, “Unnatural Selection,” although if memory serves, he’ll go on to do even