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Buffy Summers, the Chosen One, the Slayer, is dealing with
a horror she is powerless to stop - the divorce of her parents.
Adolescence is tough enough without the added distress of
a family falling apart, not to mention the responsibility
of standing alone against the powers of darkness. In an incredibly
misguided attempt to alleviate Buffy's pain, the vampire with
a soul, Angel, has unleashed a group of Malignancy Demons
upon her and her family. They feed on the pain of the Summers
family and bring to life the negative emotions which grip
them...
A
Stake to the Heart is a different kind of Buffy
graphic novel, one that pretty much deals with real world
problems rather than another apocalypse.
Set
before the TV show, it shows the turmoil the Summers girls
deal with as their parents decide to divorce. Angel has Whistler
by his side, and already keeping an eye on the Buffster from
the shadows, he decides to try and help the family by conjuring
up a spell that will suck their negative emotions into him.
However, it goes slightly askew and instead the family becomes
tormented by a set of monsters that personify their emotions
and fears.
Step
by step Buffy has to overcome the monsters and the fears they
bring out; deceit, guilt, abandonment and trepidation, before
they destroy what is left of her family.
A very dark book, A Stake to the Heart is well written
and definitely worth picking up, although you can might feel
very down after reading it!
In
addition to a great story, the artwork is amazing, with an
extra couple of pages tagged on the end dedicated to showing
you how they came up with the design for each monster and
how their portray that emotion.
Not
a happy-go-lucky kinda book, but that doesn't mean it's not
worth checking out.
Keri
Allan
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