Yvonne Navarro returns with the second volume of novelizations of episodes from Buffy the Vampire Slayer with the framing device of Willow’s online journal.  This time, we cover Gingerbread, where Joyce falls under the influence of a demon and tries to burn Buffy, Willow, and Amy at the stake, Dopplegangland, where Anya tries to get her powers back and instead brings Vamp Willow to Sunnydale, and Choices, where Willow is captured by the Mayor, but catches a look at the Books of Ascension.

Just like last time, there is little new material here.  Navarro does a decent enough job of recreating the episodes covered within, but, beyond an effort to move product based on a popular show, there was little need for these books to exist.

For what is likely my last book of the year, I went into the to-read drawer and pulled out this gem, a rehash of 3 episodes of Buffy The Vampire Slayer (“I, Robot… You, Jane”, “Phases”, and “Dead Man’s Party”) with a framing device of Willow writing in her journal.  The joy of reading these media tie-ins is to get a new adventure in a familiar setting.  Reading the plots of episodes that I’ve already seen seems somewhat pointless, but I’m sure was a way to churn out product back in the day.