Review of 'The Regional Office is Under Attack!' on 'Storygraph'
3 stars
My first instinct is to compare this book to Peter Clines' [b:Ex-Heroes|16479439|Ex-Heroes (Ex-Heroes, #1)|Peter Clines|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1360646185s/16479439.jpg|10753679]. Both books deal with superheroes, and both books use an alternating Then/Now structure to show both the actions of the superheroes and how they became superheroes. But where Clines' novel is an escapist action romp, Gonzales takes the last season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (when they go out and find the other potential slayers) and sets it inside a corporate bureaucracy. The action is too dry for my taste, and the homicidal robot arm, while clearly the best part of the book, isn't given nearly the attention it deserves.