Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Little Things

Buffyverse Novels #66

by Rebecca Modesta

The Slayer and her friends discover that saving the world may be one thing, but dealing with life's little everyday gremlins can be quite another! Since her mother's death, Buffy has had a hard time coping. Finding herself suddenly alone and in charge of her younger teenage sister is daunting enough, and being responsible at the same time for saving the world...Buffy is used to dealing with the big stuff, but it's the little things that threaten to get on top of her. She has a toothache; but no dental insurance. Her financial problems are a constant worry -- it's hard to earn a living when you're out every night combating the forces of evil. Nor is she the only one who is having trouble with life's little irritations. Anya and Xander are trapped in their apartment by a plague of ants, and it seems that everyone is trying to put up with some annoyance or other. Then Spike discovers pocket-sized evil wreaking havoc in Weatherly Park, mini-monsters perfectly capable of causing major trouble. In order to stop them, the Slayer's going to have to think small!

Genres: Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Vampires, Fantasy, Supernatural, Young Adult, Horror, Urban Fantasy

200 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 2002

Reviews

[Craig · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is one of my favorites of the youth-targeted Buffy novels. It captures both the characters very realistically, and the best of the humorous aspects of their interactions and situations at a time when the stories all seemed to be nothing but gloom, doom, and depression. It's set just a couple of months after Joyce's death, and Buffy is trying to cope with raising Dawn and saving the world when she has a toothache but no insurance. As the title indicates, it's the little things that get you down. Xander and Anya are troubled by ants, and Spike finds a plague of vampire fairies. The dialog has the quick and clever quality of quips we grew to expect from the show, and it's a fast-paced frolic for the whole Gang. I'm pretty sure it's the best book about vampire fairies ever written.

[Elif · Rating 2 out of 5]

Buffy dizisini çok severim ilk izlediğim yabancı dizilerden olduğu için bende yeri ayrı. Bu kitabı sahaftan bulup almıştım. Buffy dünyasını özleyenler için hoş bir okuma olabilir ama herhangi bir derinliği yok. 1 bölümlük olay 200 sayfa boyunca anlatılıyor. İyi yanı çabuk okunuyor ama kötü yanı dizinin verdiği tadı vermiyor.

[Laurie · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is my first BTVS book and I thought it was great. Dialogue and actions seemed perfectly suited to the characters and most everything seemed to ring true. Parts of the book were actually laugh out loud funny and I really felt like this could be an episode. I really loved reading about my Blondie Bear. Boy, how I've missed him!

[Katie Tate · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is like a long lost episode of Buffy. It's short, entertaining and the author has the characters down to a tee. I could hear them saying the lines in my head as I read the book.

Definitely worth a try if you're a Buffy fan.

[Patrick Hayes · Rating 5 out of 5]

The perfect Buffy book that reads like a lost episode.

Taking place just two months after the death of Buffy's mom (SOB!), a group of vampire fairies (Yeah, you read that right) have come to Sunnydale, but not to take on Buffy or wreck havoc, though they do cause plenty of chaos and kill some people. They've come to Hellmouth central because they want revenge upon a vengeance demon that put them in their undead state five hundred years ago. Anya is in big trouble.

The dialogue is hilarious, smart, and spot-on. Every characters' lines are fantastic, with Anya winning me over time and time again. Her banter with Xander in the opening scene is brilliant. Spike is also a winner, with his image on the cover, and his dialogue with Dawn is perfection.

I loved everything about this book and can not recommend it highly enough to fans of the Slayer.

[Terese]

I love having these to read during my commute, they're short and don't demand too much attention, which is great. I almost skipped this one, because Spike is on the cover, blergh.

But it isn't about him so... Instead this is something as strange as a light hearted season 6 book. It is youth oriented so the plot is simple and short. You know you're not in for something grand when the main plot for Buffy is that she has a toothache, lol. And they fight some vampire fairies that Anya met once upon a time.

All in all, just a fun a time that's not bogged down by the particulars of the season. Not that there is anything wrong with books that are, just that sometimes it is nice to read about characters that are pretty well adjusted and get along.

[Diana · Rating 3 out of 5]

Book 23/52 for 2020.

I'm not sure if you're finding this to be true, but I feel like all my energy is going into keeping an even keel that there not much left to make progress on half the books on my TBR. I heard it described as "readers block" the other day.

Enter Rebecca Moesta's little novelization of BtVS. It delivers exactly what's on the package and it kept me reading. Thanks to @norarrice for grabbing it at the library sale this fall.

[Shannon Farrell · Rating 5 out of 5]

I am rating these in comparison to other Buffy novels so when I give it five stars please realize it’s not because it’s high art or it’s better than other novels I have read and rated. I’m giving it 5 stars because the characters are well written based on the source material. The quips are fun, the story premise is in line with the show and it just feels like a missing episode which is my highest praise for one of these novels. Appropriate for young readers.

[Randy · Rating 3 out of 5]

This Buffy book was very goofy. While the plot wasn't anything special, the characters were very on brand. Over all it was boring, however it just made me chuckle because it followed the "monster of the week" format, tackling a bit of folklore I'm surprised the show never explored.

[Sarah · Rating 4 out of 5]

The writer captured the voices of the show's characters very well, but the main plot doesn't really have an underlying message. The fairies aren't a very compelling villain, but overall it was entertaining.

[Drululu · Rating 3 out of 5]

3,5

Entretenido como un capítulo más de la serie. Me ha gustado lo de las hadas/vampiro y capta la esencia de los personajes.

[Sara]

media tie in fiction. thank you

[Maggie Carter · Rating 5 out of 5]

biblically accurate

[Amanda · Rating 3 out of 5]

The subplot was so stupid but i had so much fun

[Rebecca · Rating 5 out of 5]

5 stars! Enjoyed that book very much. Short and fun, easy going read. The characters were true to the TV show and the story was fun. Excellent Buffy original novel. If you love Buffy you can't go wrong.

[Ceejay · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another well done Buffy adventure! I gave this book four stars because I loved the choice of Buffy's advisaries....Fairies! Little things! This is a fast paced story with lots of well done dialog. If you love Buffy and the gang, I highly recommend this particular novel.

[Rachel · Rating 2 out of 5]

Dear Author, by the time of a novel set after The Body, it had been made explicitly clear on a number of occasions that Willow and Tara were . To consistently refer to them as "friends" is therefore diminishing their relationship and really leaves a bad taste in the mouth.

[Rachel · Rating 4 out of 5]

The idea that pixies could be turned into vampires is funny and only something the writters for Buffy would come up with

[Angela · Rating 3 out of 5]

I finished this book last night - it is a QUICK read. It was enjoyable, and kept most of the characters in the vein of the show (I especially appreciated Spike).

[Allyssa]

Not earth shatteringly great, but still entertaining.

[Chris · Rating 3 out of 5]

Another OK one

[Cynthia Corrigan · Rating 3 out of 5]

This one wasn't too bad. Felt like I was in a episode of Buffy for awhile.

[Cherrie · Rating 3 out of 5]

*3.5 stars*


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[Bryn · Rating 4 out of 5]

I think my favorite moment was Spike spearing the little vamp/fairy to his palm with a toothpick...

[bluetyson]

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[♡ Jeri's Book Attic ♡ Jeri the Romance Bibiliophile ♡ · Rating 4 out of 5]