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Buffyesque baker Rae "Sunshine" Seddon meets Count Dracula's hunky Byronic cousin in Newbery-Award-winner McKinley's first adult-and-then-some romp through the darkling streets of a spooky post-Voodoo Wars world. Now that human cities have been decimated, the vampiric elite holds one-fifth of the world's capital, threatening to control all the earth in less than 100 years, unless human SOFs (Special Other Forces) can hold them at bay by recruiting Sunshine, daughter of legendary sorcerer Onyx Blaise. As breathlessly narrated by Sunshine herself, the Cinnamon Roll Queen of Charlie's Coffeehouse, in the inchoate idiom of Britney, J. Lo and the Spice Girls, Sunshine's coming-of-magical-age launches when she is swarmed by noiseless vampires one night and chained in a decrepit ballroom as an entr‚e for mysterious, magnetic, half-starved Constantine, a powerful vampire whose mortal enemy Bo (short for Beauregard) shackled him there to perish slowly from daylight and deprivation. Most of the charm of this long venture into magic maturation derives from McKinley's keen ear and sensitive atmospherics, deft characterizations and clever juxtapositions of reality and the supernatural that might, just might, be lurking out there in "bad spots" right around a creepy urban corner or next to a deserted lake cabin. McKinley knows very well-and makes her readers believe-that "the insides of our own minds are the scariest things there are."
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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Rae Seddon, nicknamed Sunshine, lives a quiet life working at her stepfather's bakery. One night, she goes out to the lake for some peace and quiet. Big mistake. She is set upon by vampires, who take her to an old mansion. They chain her to the wall and leave her with another vampire, who is also chained. But the vampire, Constantine, doesn't try to eat her. Instead, he implores her to tell him stories to keep them both sane. Realizing she will have to save herself, Sunshine calls on the long-forgotten powers her grandmother began to cultivate in her when she was a child. She transforms her pocketknife into a key and unchains herself--and Constantine. Surprised, he agrees to flee with her when she offers to protect him from the sun with magic. They escape back to town, but Constantine knows his enemies won't be far behind, which means that he and Sunshine will have to face them together. A luminous, entrancing novel with an enthralling pair of characters at its heart. Kristine Huntley
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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1.0 out of 5 stars
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This review is from: Sunshine (Paperback)
I was so excited for this book. There were so many great reviews, along with my friend telling me how amazing it is. I went right out to get it, and started it right away. I got all settled in for what I was thinking going to be a great vampire/love story. Oh man, this book was awful. I found the first part of the book interesting enough, but as it went on, it got sooooo boring. I found that the writing was all over the place. This story has got everything from Vampires, Were-wolves, Zombie Rats, to sorcerers. The humans try to get through day to day with the threats of all the supernatural, the only out laws are the vampires, and there are "special Other Forces" to try and kill all the vampires. Humans also tried to protect themselves with some illegal wards and live charms. Everything seemed to be living in this book, even Sunshine's boyfriends tatto's.The main character Sunshine would be in the middle of a conversation then right in the middle her thoughts would ramble on and on about pointless garble and when it came back to the conversation I was thinking "oh yah, I was reading about a conversation". I found that I was skimming, even having to skip full paragraphs to skipping full pages. Sunshine is a baker, and my goodness who would have thought you could hear about her baking her stupid cinnamon rolls so often. The book mentions her amazing cinnamon rolls so many times that if you had a counter I'd bet it was over 100 times! Constantine the vampire she was held captive with was just there, you didn't find out too much about him. I found this book could have been done in half the pages if it weren't for the ramblings of Sunshine. I guess you can't always enjoy the same books as your friends, but just thank them for their recommendation and hope the next book they recommend is something you enjoy. I can't wait to start a book that I enjoy to get this swill out of my head!
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This review is from: Sunshine (Paperback)
After years of peace with the vampires, Rae "Sunshine" Seddon makes a big mistake and wanders by the lake to get some peace and quiet. She is captured by vampires and imprisoned next to one who implores her to tell him stories to keep them both sane.Using her long-forgotten power that her grandmother tried to cultivate in her when she was young, she turns her pocket knife into a key and frees herself and the vampire. When the vampires' true plans to decimate and take over the human world within 100 years are uncovered, Rae, a descendant of Onyx Blaise, is recruited by SOF (Special Other Forces) to stop the madness. The only problem is that her powers were never fully trained and tapped into. With the help of her vampire friend and with enemies at their heels, these two must face the odds to save themselves and all of humanity. Will they succeed? Will Rae be able to control her magic in time to save everyone? A gripping, high-thrill adventure with lots at stake. The plot and characters are well-developed, and the story is fairly unique and holds the reader's attention. Those who like vampire tales, adventure, fantasy, and apocalyptic books will enjoy reading SUNSHINE. Reviewed by: Kira M
5.0 out of 5 stars
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This review is from: Sunshine (Mass Market Paperback)
Thought you knew Robin McKinley? Had her all figured out as a teenybopper set, girl-power fantasy writer, eh? Ha!Absolutely LOVED Sunshine from first page to last. Set in a slightly dystopian future in a slightly parallel world to our own (yes - that does sound familiar, but this is no "Damar"), our navel-gazing heroine is suddenly swept off into a surreally violent situation. Read this as an antidote to the Stephanie Meyer vampire-dreck that's out there. McKinley's vampires don't "sparkle" - they explode into showers of fast-decaying gore. Except Constantine, of course, protected by the unrealized charms (in every sense of the word) of our heroine. Blood and chocolate and a tiny bit of reasonably graphic sex - this is a young adult/adult read for the non-squeamish who enjoy a creatively-realized alternate universe. While I've always greatly enjoy McKinley's YA stories, namely her Damarian novels and short stories, Sunshine takes us to a whole new level. From reading the description on the jacket, I hesitated to take it home; vampires are not really my thing, I thought. Never really imagined I'd like it, but I gave it a try just because it was Robin McK. So glad I took the chance. Good stuff!
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