Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Slay Like a Girl: Ditch the Demons and Be Your Own Hero

by Micol Ostow

Are you ready to be strong? Inspired by the badass ladies of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, this is the ultimate guide for living your most killer life.

Buffy turned tired, sexist tropes on their head when it debuted in the '90s and introduced a truly empowered heroine (and a kickass roster of female supporting roles). So who better than Buffy and her fellow babes -- Willow, Cordelia, Faith, Anya, Tara, and others -- to teach us how to slay our own personal demons? The ladies have much to offer in terms of savvy insights, observations, and life lessons.

Slay Like a Girl examines the groundbreaking female paradigms presented in Buffy and offers digestible, entertaining lessons for slaying at work, in love, and beyond. Also featuring photos from the show, memorable quotes, and fresh input from modern ladies who slay, Slay Like a Girl is an indispensable handbook for fans, feminists, and all other fierce folk.

Genres: Nonfiction

175 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 8, 2019

About the author

Micol Ostow has been writing professionally since 2004, and in that time has written and/or ghostwritten over 40 published works for young readers. She started her reign of terror with Egmont with her novel FAMILY, which Elizabeth Burns named a favorite of 2012 on her School Library Journal-syndicated blog, A Chair, a Fireplace, a Tea Cozy. Micol's graphic novel, SO PUNK ROCK (and Other Ways to Disappoint Your Mother), was named a 2009 Booklist Top Ten Arts Books for Youth Selection, a Booklist Top Ten Religion Books for Youth Selection, and a Sydney Taylor Notable Book for Teens. She received her MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults from the Vermont College of Fine Arts.

Her young adult horror novel, AMITY, will release from Egmont in August 2014, and her first chapter book series, LOUISE TRAPEZE, will debut in Spring 2015 from Random House.

She lives and works in Brooklyn, NY, alongside her Emmy Award-winning husband, their daughter, and a finicky French bulldog. Visit her at www.micolostow.com.

Reviews

[Hayley (Strange & Unusual Book Club) · Rating 2 out of 5]

The definition of a fluff book. There were one or two tidbits that were interesting but most of this book is limited to bare minimum descriptions of the female characters of the show. The photos included were either ones you've seen a dozen times before or poorly photoshopped versions of the DVD covers (the eyes and teeth are whitened and male characters are poorly removed from the photo). It's not a bad book but there isn't much point in picking it up. Instead check out Be More Buffy.

[Netsen7Bookdragon · Rating 5 out of 5]

Awesome and informative and fun to read. Totally a blast from the past, being Buffy fan when I was younger and a fun quirk putting in a quiz, a reading list, a music list and so on.

[Alli_aye]

Great photos