false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255668220m/8088.jpg 8088 10 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. 2321294 2003 Sunshine total:4637|5:1493|4:1498|3:1008|2:444|1:194| 4637 17563 6683 1035 1 26 false false Sat Dec 15 18:16:47 -0800 2007 Sat Jan 26 08:48:16 -0800 2008
I like the post-apocalyptic world the author created. ...more...]]> 5 24 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Apr 11 18:46:21 -0700 2008 Sat May 17 12:18:21 -0700 2008 4 The Blue Sword are only five pages; I choose to be amused by her increasingly poor grammar (a sacrifice made in order to convey amusing asides); I went with her wh...more...]]> 4 10 false false Mon Oct 29 19:34:00 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 29 19:58:06 -0700 2007
However, I do love Robin McKinley, she’s the only reason I picked th...more...]]> 2 10 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Dec 18 19:06:18 -0800 2007 Tue Dec 18 19:10:38 -0800 2007 more...]]> 2 7 false false Sat Mar 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 24 14:55:23 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 28 16:08:03 -0700 2009
The whole novel is written l...more...]]> 4 7 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 08 16:22:54 -0800 2007 Sat Jan 05 12:45:23 -0800 2008 Robin McKinley for years and Sunshine made me wonder why. It was a good vampire story. McKinley's world was a lot of fun, sometimes disturbing and sometimes just odd, but always a nice place to be.

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(More thoughts on the book here.)
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WARNING: Reading this book will make you crave a cinnamon roll before you're through! I lasted until about p 272 before I had to go out and get one.

I loved how immediately attached I became to Rae aka Sunshine. From the get-go I could relate to her stream ...more...]]> 2 2 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 14 16:19:09 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 14 16:19:09 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 4 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 17 15:24:11 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 01 01:10:15 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 1 3 false false Sun Feb 15 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Sun Jan 04 18:18:29 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 04 18:26:39 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 2 false false Tue Sep 30 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 23 16:43:28 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 30 08:18:38 -0700 2008 once
It took me a week to read this book which is a rare thing for me as I average a book every day or 2. I just wasn't captivated by it. Not just that it was so Slow some ground coverage went on for pages!

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It's a classic modern fantasy, with beasties of various persuasions trying to hide amongst the human population. Only this world is recovering from a giant vampire-wizard war which destroyed the supremacy of the human race, ...more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Jul 09 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 06 23:03:42 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 11 21:55:31 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Aug 23 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 26 08:09:24 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 23 13:06:36 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1 2 false false Fri Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2004 Tue Jun 24 07:43:19 -0700 2008 Mon Jan 19 14:18:37 -0800 2009 1
I found the first third of this book to be a fascinating read. Reading about Sunshin...more...]]> 3 2 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri May 16 14:31:00 -0700 2008 Fri May 16 14:31:00 -0700 2008
I love McKinley's writing. I have a single beef with her which seems to be consistent among the stories I've read -- shortchanged, high speed, 'the author is tired now' endings. Perhaps she hates writ...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Mon Jan 07 16:33:23 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 07 16:33:23 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 09 08:17:01 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 09 08:27:04 -0700 2007 From BookList:
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 vam...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=8088