Hi Cairde Daor,
Into every generation a Slayer is born, the first Slayer I knew about was Buffy. When I heard Kiersten White was writing a book in the universe, I knew I need to read Slayer and introduce myself to the next generation.
Twins Nina and Artemis are growing up at a Watchers Academy, hidden away from the world.
Their mother is on the Watchers Council, she has pushed Artemis to train to be a Watcher but pushed Nina away. Violence it not Nina thing, she is a healer training herself to be the school medic.
Until the day magic ends forever and Nina life changes.
Thanks to Buffy, the famous (and infamous) Slayer that Nina’s father died protecting, Nina is not only the newest Chosen One she is also the last Slayer, ever. Period.
Now Nina has to learn how to deal with her new-found powers, the boy she crushed on hard is back as her Watcher in training. A monster fighting ring, other slayers, demons who eats happiness and a shadowy figure that keeps popping into people dream.
One thing is clear: Being Chosen is easy. Making choices is hard.
Slayer is a great addition to the Buffy Universe.
One of the reasons I was drawn to this book other than the Buffy connection is the lead character Nina is a twin. As a twin I like to see how other people write the unique relationship between them. I totally understood the relationship between Nina and Artemis, they are close but keep secrets to protect the other. You end up in certain roles, and it weird when it changes. Nina and Artemis relationship changes due to Nina become a Slayer and I could so see me and my twin have the same issue to.
Kiersten also capture the humour that set the originally Buffy series apart. Nina is funny, in certain situation she forgets her filter which made me chuckle.
Slayer has a great mixture of action, humour, drama, a dash of romance and a some demons and vampires that kept me entertained throughout.
I think the people with history with Buffy will enjoy the books more but even non Buffy finds should be able to get into the series.
The end of the book ended with a great twist that I didn’t see coming, and I am wondering how that will play into the next books.
My rating for Slayer is 4 out of 5
Thank you to Netgalley and Simon and Schuster UK children’s for my e-book copy of the book for a fair and honest review.
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Gem x
