A review by taylormadespines
Angel & Faith: Season 9, Volume 2 by Rebekah Isaacs, Christos Gage, Victor Gischler, Paul Lee, Lee Garbett, David Lapham, Joss Whedon, Cliff Richards

5.0

4.8/5. I almost wish I hadn't rated Volume 1 so highly because this was lengths better. The writer's really upped the stakes with this one and gave a little bit of everyone--Angel, Faith, Spike, Willow, Connor, Whistler (eh), and Pearl and Nash. While I'm not a fan of the Whistler bit, the Nash and Pearl interlude was reminiscent of the creepy family dynamic in Preacher (which I love). Family Reunion was really strong. The return to Quor'toth was really interesting while still feeding into what appears to be the season-long arc. The only reason I'm not giving this a 5 is because the story veers off after FR and I really wanted more of that story line. Like I said, love Nash and Pearl and their creepy-ass mom, but Whistler wasn't interesting in the show and he manages to be even less interesting in the comics. I'm glad Spike's story got us back on track at the end. Also super glad this edition wasn't super steeped in Angel because, man, that dude can get whiny as hell.