Format: Hardcover, 352 pages
Release Date: January 31, 2023
Publisher: Disney-Hyperion
Source: Publisher
Genre: Young Adult / Paranormal, Occult & Supernatural
Into every generation, a slayer is born. One girl in all the world . . . sort of.
Frankie
Rosenberg is the world's first slayer-witch, but she doesn't have that
slay-life balance figured out just yet. She's still reeling from the
deadly explosion at the annual slayer retreat—and new evidence that some
slayers may have survived. And while she's defeated her first Big Bad,
Frankie soon realizes it was just a warm-up act. Bigger, badder forces
of evil are just getting started.
The Hellmouth has been
reawakened and its calling old friends home. Portals are opening
between Sunnydale and other dimensions. And the Scooby Gang has too many
demons to contend with—real, metaphorical, and sometimes absurdly hot.
Then
an oracle warns of a new foe on its way: the Darkness. Could this be
what attacked the slayers? And is it coming for Frankie?
One Girl in All the World is the second installment in author Kendare Blake's In Every Generation series. 16 year old Frankie Rosenberg, daughter of the infamous Willow, the witch who almost destroyed the world, is the first witch-slayer in history thanks to the devastating events that happened in Halifax prior to the first installment. Frankie and her new "Scooby Gang," Hailey Larsson, sister of the slayer Vi Larsson, Sigmund, a sage demon, Jake, born werewolf, plus Willow, Spike, and Oz, are trying to not only train Frankie into what it means to be a slayer, but to protect the school and population of New Sunnydale.
Meanwhile, thanks to Dawn and Xavier, the investigation into what happened in Halifax is still ongoing and the mystery is getting deeper and deeper, as well as who was responsible for attacking Buffy and her fellow slayers. On a kind of goofy moment, it appears as though Frankie is doing a sort of census to see where certain supernaturals are coming from before slaying them. But the tip of the iceberg is straight ahead. Something has reawakened the Hellmouth―and is calling old friends home. Someone is performing demon magic in the shadows, opening portals between dimensions.
And a demon oracle warns Frankie of a new evil on its way: the Darkness. Pushing the envelope just a little bit more, Vi Larsson returns, but is that a good thing, or a bad thing? Vi’s return not only throws Frankie and Hailey’s budding friendship into flux, but it perhaps leads to answers as to what readers need to know about the missing slayers. We also have a surprise arrival of almost all enemies that Buffy and her gang once faced when she first became the slayer thanks to an intentional play by another enemy who wants to unleash hell on New Sunnydale.
Plus? The one plus in all of this is that Grimloch has returned to town and seems to have become Frankie's guardian. Grim also would love to know what happened in Nova Scotia since the slayer he loved is also missing. If you are a fan of the show, you will probably remember all of them. Then there is the arrival of Sarafina, mother of Sigmund, who also has a connection to Willow. Sorry, not Sorry, but I’m not a big fan of Grim as love interest. There’s something about his age and previous relationship with an older slayer that makes his interest in Frankie less believable and a bit creep and if Grim finds his missing slayer, what's going to happen?
I would love to continue this series, especially since we are getting closer to the answers as to whether or not the author will stab Buffy in the back, or will she make a surprise appearance. This may or may not be a mild spoiler, I really like this development in the mystery of
who targeted the slayers in Halifax. It makes a lot of sense in the
context of the series mythology. Buffy has always been a show that talks about power corrupting.
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