I mentioned this to a friend of mine who is a big Buffy fanatic and he went out and bought hte audio book to Storm Front and let me listen to it. I liked it so much that I started buying the books to read 2 at a time

...and I, I was that friend.  And hey, I'm not a Buffy fanatic, that implies like cons, and cosplay, and stalking the actresses at said cons.  I'm a Willow fanatic.  That's an entirely DIFFERENT kind'a stalkin'.   

And I never got into the show, I read Storm Front and the next 2 right before the series premired - the series was a bit of a let down.  Bob was the only change I enjoyed.