Blooded

This is an original novel and not one about an actual episode. It's about an ancient Chinese sorcerer/vampire named Chirayoju and its opponent, Sanno, the Mountain King of Japan.

A long, long time ago these two were fighting but ended up imprisoned in a sword. During a field trip to a museum Willow touches the sword and is accidentally cut, allowing the spirit of the Chinese sorcerer/vampire to inhabit her body.

Willow gradually gets taken over more and more by the sorcerer and she becomes nastier and nastier. Things get worse when Xander is taken over by the spirit of the Mountain King. Then the spirit of the Chirayoju transfers from Willow to Buffy and it looks like Buffy and Xander will have to fight each other.

I liked this novel. I have been reading about the Japanese culture and I found that the references made to that culture in the book were pretty accurate. The story itself is a little different in that it is not good vs. evil but its evil vs. evil with good trying to survive on the sidelines (until its drawn directly into the battle).

The descriptions are very well done. I could see what was going in the story almost like I was watching it on television. It was also interesting, the type of book you want to keep reading rather than the type you get too whenever you don't have anything else better to do.

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