A review by octavia_cade
Portal Through Time by Alice Henderson
3.0
Significantly better than the two other Buffy tie-in novels I've read recently (although that's not exactly difficult, as both of them were pretty awful). It's also kind of an achievement in a subjective sort of way, as Portal Through Time is, unsurprisingly, all about time travel, which is something that generally doesn't appeal that much to me. But I liked it here, partly because Henderson seems to have gone to some trouble with historical detail (the Civil War section seemed strongest, though my knowledge of that period is minimal so what do I know).
I note that the author has a Masters in folklore and mythology, so that might account for the historical detail and the difference in quality between this book and the other two; there certainly seems to have been more thought put into this one. It's just been written at a higher level all round. Fingers crossed this is the case going forward with other novels from this franchise!
I note that the author has a Masters in folklore and mythology, so that might account for the historical detail and the difference in quality between this book and the other two; there certainly seems to have been more thought put into this one. It's just been written at a higher level all round. Fingers crossed this is the case going forward with other novels from this franchise!