Imagine a world, if you will, where Buffy never came to Sunnydale. It is now a place where the Mayor has blocked out the sun and Sunnydale has now become Demonsdale. The original Big Bad - Angelus, Vampire Willow, Spike, Ripper, and Drusilla have made it their home and their own world.

Enter the original Buffy. She has arrived but this world is not her own. Rather, she was tossed here by a wish and now she has to find her way back to her original timeline.

But first, she has to battle the original Big Bad to retrieve magical items that will help her and along the way piss off the big bad in this timeline. The one thing I would have loved to have seen are other timelines to this one. I think even those would have been just as interesting as this one. I hope that we do get something like that in the future.

Will Buffy find her way home?

Okay, this has been the first Buffy book that I have loved. The loved the fact this one breaks off from season one and cuts into an alternate world. The characters we have come to love and hate in one big area and now have to prepare to fight a slayer. A slayer none of them had seen in quite some time. Many believe that the slayer nothing but a myth.

It was great to see the big bads of the original world being able to take control of their own world and live it. I was happy to see Angelus and Drusilla. The only thing I would have loved to see was Buffy's interaction with them. The moments are brief, too brief for me. I would have loved to see what they would have done to know that there is another world with them in totally different situations.

Buffy was still herself and I loved that. She came in, slayer blazing, and adding her own quips to the situation. I love her. I have always loved her and I was happy to see that her character did not change whatsoever and now she was going to be the Big Bad to the original ones. I found that hilarious how they had no idea how to deal with her.

This is really one of the few Buffy books that I actually enjoyed. The others branch off into original characters and although I love that idea, I still want to see more of Buffy herself.

The author really ties this one with the original season and that is what kept me reading. It was hard to put this book down and always found myself cheering on Buffy as she moved to return to her original timeline. I loved her interactions with the others even as brief as they were.

More Buffy in the future, please. :D ( )

Big Bad is two thumbs up for all Buffy the Vampire Slayer fans. Think of it as an alternate universe for Buffy. It was a lot of fun to read. They storyline is well-written. The characters are well developed, just like the show. Highly recommend, especially for Buffy fans! ( )