Halloween Rain is fun for fans of the show, and the Halloween setting is seemingly perfect for a Buffy story. Yet this one isn’t quite as good as the premise would suggest because of the execution by the authors. This is one of the very early Buffy books, based on the television series which bridged the gap between kids and adults, making fans at both ends of the spectrum. I really enjoyed Blooded, which was also penned by these two authors, Christopher Golden and Nancy Holder, but in Halloween

Like most "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" Novels, I really liked this book. I guess it is because I am such a big fan for the telvision series and any work that is done by Joss Whedon. I found this book to be full of humor, which made it alot better than want I expected.It was diffently not a serious vampire novel but, more of a action chick flick. The Charcter were super fun. I loved Buffy because she was such a fun, but down to earth personalty even though she was a slayer by night. Another charcte...

I’m really not the target audience for this. As a tv tie-in book for a TV show I haven’t watched, it was not bad.

Rating: 5 Stars!! (Wish i could rate it 10 stars!!) Review: Im loving this series so much so far. The characters are so funny to read about and the setting and storyline is so interesting to read about and really draws you into the story and makes you feel like your actually in the story with Buffy and her friends. Can't wait to see what happens next in this series!!

I cannot believe it's been almost 2 decades since I last read this book! It was so much fun to sit down with it again! I remember this book got 11 year old me into researching the history behind Hallowe'en and the original Irish meanings behind modern traditions. But over the years I had forgotten most of the actual plot aside from it having something to do with the holiday of Samhuinn and the pagan god Samhain. (Also, having later become friends with an Irish person, I shudder at my memory of h...

A short and Good book. It brought up a sense of nostalgia of being a pre-teen watching this show in the late 90's. And the righting really did make me feel like I was watching the show again. Because the character voices were right on and that made it even better. And my favorite part was that it took place when they were in highschool which was when I liked the show the best. And the Halloween part made it really quirky and fun.

Its always going to be good if Buffy is involved, but nothing beats SMG beating the shite out of monsters on the TV does it x

If you aren't a huge fan of the TV, the book is probably not for you. I've read many, many Buffy/Angel books through the years, mostly in the pre-GR days. I've collected these books since they were $4-5 dollars in the local Books-a-Million, brand new. As a pre-teen, without a job, some definitely slipped by, especially the super thin ones as I wanted the thicker ones that lasted a little longer if I was parting with my hard earned cash. This was one that I never got my hands on. Found it for $1

So this was my first "Buffy" book and I really wasn't sure what to expect (especially as someone who watched the entire series - in addition to the spin-off series Angel). And honestly... it was... okay? 8'D I know that as the first book in a series, you would expect for there to be your usual introduction of characters and their background etc., but I felt that this adaptation was honestly kinda lacking in those essential elements that made the Buffy series, well, Buffy! The background on Samha...

One of the local legends in Sunnydale that if it rains, the scarecrows come to life...A really fun tie in novel that captures the early seasons of Buffy.

Actual Rating: 2.5 Stars.A lovely friend gave me a box of Buffy books and I grab one out every few months to read. They are typically very light reading at around 200-300 pages.This one wasn't a particularly good book and you would really have to LOVE the tv show (which I do) to get anything at all out of it. Halloween demon, zombies, and lots of witty dialogue. In fact, there was almost too much witty dialogue in that the authors went over the top to make every line out of the character's mouth...

This was a fun read taking place in the Buffyverse. I loved all the Halloween content we got and the atmosphere of it all. The rest of the story was just your average Buffy fighting vampires, nothing special there (except zombies were included too, and the pumpkin king - Samhain). It definitely did make me nostalgic and now I'm wanting to watch some Buffy!

Buffy is one of my all time favourite shows and I wanted to read the books based on the show this year. Some I've read before, most I haven't!! Halloween rain was a fast paced read. I enjoyed the idea of the Scarecrow coming to life and seeing the Scoobies fighting Zombies was fun. Samhain was an awesome villain and it's a pity he wasn't part of the show. Overall, a fun story and an easy read.

Fun but patchy. I'm going to try another book to see if it progresses in style, and keeps the great humour.

Here endeth April Dreckfest 2012. I've needed a break from some heady reading, so I turned to Buffy and Dr. Who novels. I'm making Halloween Rain my last so I can go out on a good note. I'm surprised at how good this was, especially as the first original spin-off novel the series ever had. The authors captured the tone, the characterizations, and the overall spirit of early, Season-One-hair Buffy and friends. Concise and clever with a villain out of a straight-to-video sequel to a low-grossing H...

I love the Buffy novels simply because I love the show and there aren't enough episodes for me so these wee stories keep me going in between my re watches of the first 3 seasons (the best seasons!).This novel had the characters down, the witty banter of Buffy and Willow and Xander, the scary demons and monsters and some badass action. All in all, a pretty decent story and set during my favourite time of the year? Hell yeah!

Oh dear. This book honestly verged on painful to read at times. It very much felt like someone had been given a very brief concept of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and then come up with an unrelated story. It's obviously set early in the show, so the only characters that really feature are Buffy, Willow, Xander, and Giles (and a brief appearance by Cordelia early on), and sometimes the dialogue is nailed, but other times they seem to speak entirely out of character. But a major frustration of the di...

I found this, along with several other Buffy novels, in the thrift shop and I just couldn't resist.A fun read, basically fanfiction that got published. It's funny, though, that since this book takes place during the first season of Buffy, it is pre-season-two canon (which establishes that vampires, demons, and monsters all take Halloween night off).

largely inoffensive, unexpectedly weird, not really my cup of tea.https://www.frowl.org/worstbestseller...

This weekend, my childhood collection of Buffy books was given back to me, and so I got right to work on reading them, in chronological order. I was worried that I would be disappointed, as the last time I read this book I was twelve, but it actually held up. The ending was incredibly abrupt, with basically no denouement, and some of the 90s slang didn't feel accurate for the show itself, but otherwise, it was a serviceable novel with a fun plot, and the characters were recognizable. I'm looking...