Helpful Score: 2
Sunshine is about vampires. And magic. And cinnamon rolls.
I really really wanted to LOVE this book. In the end, I just liked it.
The pluses (and there's a lot)
1)Sunshine is a really strong female character. Even when she's not physically strong she knows what she needs to do. She's true to herself but she also pushes herself to go beyond what she's used to doing. She stays pretty "real" and likeable/relateable.
2)The world McKinley's created is very complex and interesting, but still close to modern times, just an alternate reality.
3)The vampires aren't Twilight!!! There isn't any angsty teen romance!!!!
The big minus - aka why I can't give this more than 3 stars -
The world is too complex for one stand alone novel. So many different things are thrown at the reader -charms, altnernate history, Others, SOF, technology, vampire senses, sorcery, etc, that it was confusing to follow and felt like she packed too much into her world. There's too much going on, and Sunshine herself gets overwhelmed with developements, so it's hard for the reader to stay on top of things as well. This is my one and only complaint, but it was so hard to keep track of what does what and when and what a charm vs ward vs fetch vs ticker are... Just too much. Maybe other readers won't be as overwhelmed as I was.
Other than that, "Sunshine" is a great vampire/paranormal novel. It can be read as a stand alone, but leaves a lot open for further stories, or other stories in the same world.
I really really wanted to LOVE this book. In the end, I just liked it.
The pluses (and there's a lot)
1)Sunshine is a really strong female character. Even when she's not physically strong she knows what she needs to do. She's true to herself but she also pushes herself to go beyond what she's used to doing. She stays pretty "real" and likeable/relateable.
2)The world McKinley's created is very complex and interesting, but still close to modern times, just an alternate reality.
3)The vampires aren't Twilight!!! There isn't any angsty teen romance!!!!
The big minus - aka why I can't give this more than 3 stars -
The world is too complex for one stand alone novel. So many different things are thrown at the reader -charms, altnernate history, Others, SOF, technology, vampire senses, sorcery, etc, that it was confusing to follow and felt like she packed too much into her world. There's too much going on, and Sunshine herself gets overwhelmed with developements, so it's hard for the reader to stay on top of things as well. This is my one and only complaint, but it was so hard to keep track of what does what and when and what a charm vs ward vs fetch vs ticker are... Just too much. Maybe other readers won't be as overwhelmed as I was.
Other than that, "Sunshine" is a great vampire/paranormal novel. It can be read as a stand alone, but leaves a lot open for further stories, or other stories in the same world.
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