Wicked Willow II: Shattered Twilight

In this second book in the trilogy Willow continues with her plans to try and obtain enough energy in order to bring Tara back to life. In the first volume she seemed to be getting the best of Buffy and group, but in this one Buffy and her friends take the fight to the enemy and cause major damage to Willow's coven, with a result that some of the members of Willow's group end up being killed.

Buffy and group even manage to get Tara's ghost away from Willow and confine her to the Magic Box, something which is definitely going to draw a major reaction from Willow in the final installment.

The second novel is ok but somehow this "wicked Willow" doesn't seem wicked enough, definitely not on the same level as the vampire-Willow from the alternative reality episodes. She is also always taking on Buffy and the entire group, rather than trying to concentrate on weaker members of the group and trying to eliminate them one way or the other. In effect, this "wicked" Willow doesn't really seem to be wicked enough..