Product details: - Mass Market Paperback: 192 pages
- Author: Cameron Dokey
- Publisher: Simon Spotlight Entertainment
- Reading level: Young Adult
- Publication Date: 2000-06-01
- Studio: Simon Spotlight Entertainment
- Manufacturer: Simon Spotlight Entertainment
- Package Dimensions: 6.74 x 47 x 75 inches
Evil Times Two Something icky is brewing, as usual, in Sunnydale. This time it's in the form of two clean-cut, prep school-type boys. Buffy's suspicious from the start -- their fashion statement is so old it's dead, and it seems they have a slightly unnatural attachment to their mother. But then, almost everything about these boys is unnatural -- they're vampires. Not ordinary vampires, either -- they are descendants of a clan known for its ability to summon powerful occult forces. And when the Slayer dusts this dynamic duo, she learns what you get when you mess with a vamp family tree. Now it's up to Buffy to battle her personal demons -- or risk endangering her own most cherished relation. Because mama vamp has something in mind for Joyce.... Customer reviews:  Buffy Battles 'em All, 2007-10-25
A member of a rough gang comes to Buffy for help. It seems a couple of her friends have gone missing. No one else can help her. But before they can get the full story they find the possible suspects; vampire twins. As Buffy and Angel try to take care of the situation the set in motion a series of events that makes Buffy the target in a dangerous game. Buffy must face the challenge alone. More than her own life is at stake so losing is out of the question for the slayer.
This story is set in season three when not everyone is trusting Angel easily. Willow's magic ability is still minor and Oz is still around. Cordelia and Xander are still sparring. I don't mind when the Slayer and company make with the wisecracks but there is a character in here that should be above stooping so low (read the book and you will find out who). A good story set at a good time with the main characters acting properly. If you are a fan of the show you should definitely check this one out.
 Jhaeman's Reviews, 2004-09-16
HERE BE MONSTERS
By Cameron Dokey (2000)
RATING: 2/5 Stakes
SETTING: Season Three
CAST APPEARANCES: Buffy, Xander, Willow, Angel, Giles, Cordelia, Oz, Joyce
MAJOR ORIGINAL CHARACTERS: Big Mama/Zahalia Walker (Civil War vampire); Webster & Percy (Big Mama's vampire sons); Heidi Lindstrom (victim); Suz Tompkins (victim's friend); Nemesis (other-dimensional entity of judgment)
BACK-OF-THE-BOOK SUMMARY: "Something icky is brewing, as usual, in Sunnydale. This time it's in the form of two clean-cut, prep school-type boys. Buffy's suspicious from the start--their fashion statement is so old it's dead, and it seems they have a slightly unnatural attachment to their mother. But then, almost everything about these boys is unnatural--they're vampires. Not ordinary vampires, either--they are descendants of a clan known for its ability to summon powerful occult forces. And when the Slayer dusts this dynamic duo, she learns what you get when you mess with a vamp family tree. Now it's up to Buffy to battle her personal demons--or risk endangering her own most cherished relation. Because mama vamp has something in mind for Joyce. . . ."
REVIEW
Here Be Monsters starts out strong, with a creepy, unique depiction of two vampires dragging a helpless victim home to their "Mama". Big Mama, wife of a Confederate civil war soldier, works hard to bring her two boys up "proper" as Southern gentlemen in a world of declining social values (a.k.a, present-day Sunnydale). Cameron Dokey does a good job with making Big Mama come alive (so to speak) as an insanely over-protective mother, and the crazed fury that results when Buffy and Angel stake her two boys makes the first half of the novel an enjoyable read.
Unfortunately, things rapidly go down hill from there. Big Mama rather predictably kidnaps Joyce, and then the story takes a real turn for the worse when a silly, wise-talking other-dimensional entity known only as Nemesis is invoked in order to test whether Buffy loves her mom more than Big Mama loved her kids. The Trial has Buffy go through the standard mindgames (fighting her younger selves, having visions of friends being murdered) before fighting a giant spider. A limp moral is the final touch on an altogether cheesy ending.
Dokey shows real potential in the early chapters of the book--the banter between Buffy and Angel is crisp and witty, the action is fast-paced and interesting, and there is a very strong interlude with Joyce putting pictures in a scrapbook while ruminating about her daughter's life. The verdict of the Trial is clear, however: Here Be Monsters is a Buffy book best avoided.
Jhaeman's Buffy Reviews: http://www.geocities.com/jhaeman
(c) 2004, Jeremy Patrick-Justice
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