A quite well done Angel novel. An old Watcher school acquaintance of Wesley's turns up to go to a rare mystical book auction. Angel thinks it would be a good idea for Wes to check it out too, as Cordelia has had a related vision about a teenager acquiring such things.

When they do, Wesley gets his hands on a book called the Red Compendium, that has miscellaneous spells from many different authors.

To Wesley's cost, he finds out why. A demon in the book called the Bookwyrm draws him inside the tome, and tries to eat him.

Those on the outside must try and stop it.

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The best media tie-in novels take the world of the television show and enlarge it, making it richer and taking it places the series couldn't go because of time or budget constraints. McConnell has done that brilliantly in this novel with an ingenious Big Bad wrapped in a delicious character-driven plot cooked up to delight any fan of Wesley Wyndam-Price. Wes' characterization is dead-on and runs deep; I could hear Alexis Denisof's voice in my head for each line. This is a story and a villain that are particularly Wesley's, and it is wonderful to watch the interactions between him and the rest of the team. McConnell has a deft hand with dialogue and her word snapshots capture the show's visual feel. The story (I hate reviews that describe the plot for me, so go visit the amazon page for the book> /a,draws the reader in, and the result is a very satisfying read. ( )