The Buffy books are usually a licence for authors to go for bigger and better demons that the TV series might be able to afford, but Rebecca Moesta has opted to pit the Slayer against a more diminutive threat.

Whether or not fanged fairies are are your idea of scary monsters is another matter, but their size does allow for some fun when it comes to killing them. I never thought I would see the day that Buffy dealt out death by cocktail stick!

The book also has fun exploring a little of Anya's Vengeance Demon history. Although a few actual flashbacks to past times might have been a bonus, it's still interesting to see that she's made plenty of enemies along the way.

Collectors should note that this will be the last book in the Teen range of Buffy novels. From now on all the books will be from the bigger (and usually better) Adult range.