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A Bad Day for Sunshine (Sunshine Vicram, #1)

Darynda Jones

Start date: October 1, 2024

Finish date: October 31, 2024

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Feb 10, 2020 Jessie Coad rated it it was amazing

Shelves: mystery, thriller, netgalley, 2020

I've read every book in the Charley Davidson series and I adore them all, they're probably my top series of all time. Reading A Bad Day For Sunshine felt like reading my favorite series for the first time. This book is like putting on your favorite comfy sweater.

The story is the same witty, cleaver writing i'm used to and I can see this being a new favorite series. Darynda knows how to write a funny and engaging lead with a broading heartthrob, I've never not loved a man she wrote they are sexy, ...more

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May 25, 2025 Tracy rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: kindle-book, favorites, own-it, mystery, crime, from-wish-list

An easy five star review for this book.

I absolutely adored Darynda Jones' Charley Davidson series, easily placed among my favorites. So, I went into Sunshine Vicram both hopeful it would be just as good and worried that a new series by the author may not capture me like the one before. Luckily, this was all I thought it would be and more.

The story flows together nicely, shifting between Sunshine and her daughter Auri. I found myself equally invested in both of their stories and hitting points ...more

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Jul 07, 2020 Cassie rated it liked it

Shelves: 3-stars, 2020

The duel POV between Sunshine and her 14 year old daughter just didn’t work for me. It came across as more of a YA book than anything else (because in what reality would a mom/chief of police allow her 14 year old child to help with a kidnapping investigation?!) The more I think about it, the more this book annoys me.

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