I'm a well read grad student who's bluntly honest about all things, although I try to be most honest about myself.
I did like the way Illyria had her talk with Angel, and that part was funny to boot. The general storyline made sense as far as the Buffyverse goes, but I was never fully unchanged by this, by the story, or the execution.
Nothing wrong with it, it just didn't do it for me.
Moving onto the next Angel volume. I only have a couple left, and Angel is not my preferred Buffyverse. I'd rather be in Buffy, to be honest, although Spike doesn't hurt in these volumes. He's one of my favorite characters and he made Angel season five no only tolerable, but pleasant for me. Him and Illyria.