The Longest Night

'The Longest Night Vol. 1' Is a fantastic collection of short stories written by some of the best Buffy & Angel writers in the league. Whilst I am not usually a big fan of short stories, these each had properly developed plots and dealt with the problems in true Angel tradition, and in doing so, sticks closely to the format of the show. My favorite was 'The Anchoress' written by B & A regular, Nancy Holder in which the gang are drawn into ancient England, the land of the Druids. But this is only one of many that had me intrigued and unable to put the book down. I definately recommend this book to any true fan of the series.

There really isn't much to say about The Longest Night except that I enjoyed it.The Longest Night contains several short stories, each taking place within a one-hour time slot. Angel and the gang encounter ghosts, ice monsters, and last-minute shopping traffic. Each story is entertaining in its own way, some more so than others."The House Where Death Stood Still" is a wonderful opening story written by newcomer Pierce Askegren about a missing boy and his supposedly-dead father who is making phone calls to his ex-wife. Very creepy, and also very well told. "A Joyful Noise," written by veteran author Jeff Mariotte, features the return of many characters that we haven't heard from in a while (including a certain billionaire who can't seem to act his age and a certain ex-girlfriend who can't handle the dangerous life of demon-fighting, among others).My favorite stories are "I Still Believe" and "Generous Presence." The former, written by Christopher Golden, tells about Angel and Cordelia going shopping for the gang; Angel doesn't have any ideas what to get them, so Cordy is there to help. The two run into trouble on the way, inevitably. "Generous Presence" (by Yvonne Navarro) occupies the 12 a.m. time slot, and it involves everyone at Angel Investigations getting gifts from Lilah Morgan at Wolfram & Hart. It seems like Lilah is just getting into the holiday spirit, but the gifts tend to show "what you're really worth."Really, The Longest Night doesn't have many low points. Some stories seem outgraeous and unlikely to only take place in one hour. For example, in "The Anchoress" the gang time-travels to stop druids from performing a ritual, escape death, and return... all in one hour? And some of the stories don't gel with others: a holiday party takes place early on in the novel, but there is no mention of it anytime later. However, these things can be easily overlooked while you're actually reading... the stories are so well written, you tend to get completely engrossed in them.

i picked this book up just shortly after christmas with some leftover christmas money, i was pleasantly suprised by how good this book was. i have read all the other angel books in the series and this is by far one of the best. i enjoyed that it was short stories not one long, continuous story, after all, it is over 400 pages long. i would definitley recommed this book to an angel fan.

When I first saw the book on this website I was very excited. It is a book of short stories which really made me more excited. It is December 21...AKA The longest night of the year. This night is where the evil is on over drive. Angel, Cordelia, Gunn, Wesley, and Fred help save the world hour by hour from sunset to sunrise. It made me laugh out loud and made me smile with joy. It was the old gang before Conner came, which I love. Many of the best Buffy/Angel authors contrubuted to this amazing book, Holder, Golden, Mariotte, and Navarro just to name a few. This has quickly become my favorite Angel book to date.

This is the first short story collection for the Angel series, and a number of regular contributors are here for this great anthology. The basic premise is interesting, a different story for each hour of the night of the winter solstice, the longest night of the year. For the most part, the stories flow fairly seamlessly into one another. Where they don't, I found I didn't care much after a page or so, the stories were so engrossing and entertaining. Each of the main characters has a story centering more or less on them, but most of the stories are group efforts, and will make you think of the best moments of the show they're based on. All in all, this is a great collection, and I can't wait to see more!