Sunshine by Robin McKinley

This is one of my favourite books of all times and I keep coming back to it, re-reading it I notice new things. Rae 'Sunshine' Seddon finished high school by the skin of her teeth. Now she bakes in her step father café and is as ordinary as she can be, but there is something missing. There is something that nags at her, though she is not conscious of it, and then she makes one mistake that brings it all to surface. That mistake would have happened sooner or later. Blood wins through in the end.

Grade: A+ / Bug

/ Sep 14, 2021

I read this new book in one long gulp on the plane from the US to Argentina this week. The book is very well written, and begins with the promise of a fully fleshed world that is similar to ours, and a magic that is hidden and unknown. The kind of book I like, after all. So it's good, if you like that sort of thing. However, (and this is purely a matter of personal preference), I find that I've lost my appetite for fantasy that spells everything out in hackneyed phrases and "known" D&D derive

Grade: C / ned / Feb 13, 2014

"1.5 out of 5 stars. Okay ... I LOVED the plot, the main characters, and the world that the author created!! All very good and just for that I would recommend it for all to read too! However, the reason I have given this book such a low score was because..." Read more of this review and a TEASER here: https://frommetoyouvideophoto.blogspot.com/2010/07/what-was-i-thinking-sunshine-by-robin.html

Grade: F / fromjesstoyou / Jul 13, 2020