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I was scrolling through some old posts and realized that I had never gotten around to mentioning this book on the vampire-oriented ones.
If you're at all interested in the genre, you need to read Sunshine by Robin McKinely. Yes, it's a vampire novel. I promise. The main character is Sunshine, a baker (who makes cinnamon rolls the size of your head, can I have some now, please?) who adores being in the sunlight and is kidnapped by vampires. The setting is in the United States, somewhere between a setting in the future and an alternate history (ex. she mentions the Voodoo Wars that began when she was ten years old).
The book is a fantastic read. It rambles a bit at times because it's McKinley, but so much of the rambling is fascinating. The characters are very real, very believable. Though some are attractive, the vampires are not all glossy, graceful, and 100% sexy. Disturbing and gross things happen (despite McKinely's frequent statement that Sunshine is vampire lit for wimps).
(For the chronological record as applies to interesting movements in vampire fiction, Sunshine was published in 2003. Twilight was published in 2005. On her blog, McKinley has mentioned receiving fan mail from people trying to compare the two novels in irritating but entertaining ways.)
There are adventures, and magic, and grittiness, and mouth-watering recipes, and a hot biker boyfriend named Mel. Also landladies made of awesome, police not being stereotypical morons, and the heroine being bitchy.
(I really am getting the strongest sense of deja-vu. I didn't write about this book on LJ already, did I? I don't think so. Maybe in my paper journal.)
Even if you're not into vampires, you should still read anything my Robin McKinley. She's a fantastic author. Here's her website. Some of my other favorites are The Hero and the Crown and Rose Daughter.
P.S. The first cover is best, but the new one isn't too horrible.
If you're at all interested in the genre, you need to read Sunshine by Robin McKinely. Yes, it's a vampire novel. I promise. The main character is Sunshine, a baker (who makes cinnamon rolls the size of your head, can I have some now, please?) who adores being in the sunlight and is kidnapped by vampires. The setting is in the United States, somewhere between a setting in the future and an alternate history (ex. she mentions the Voodoo Wars that began when she was ten years old).
The book is a fantastic read. It rambles a bit at times because it's McKinley, but so much of the rambling is fascinating. The characters are very real, very believable. Though some are attractive, the vampires are not all glossy, graceful, and 100% sexy. Disturbing and gross things happen (despite McKinely's frequent statement that Sunshine is vampire lit for wimps).
(For the chronological record as applies to interesting movements in vampire fiction, Sunshine was published in 2003. Twilight was published in 2005. On her blog, McKinley has mentioned receiving fan mail from people trying to compare the two novels in irritating but entertaining ways.)
There are adventures, and magic, and grittiness, and mouth-watering recipes, and a hot biker boyfriend named Mel. Also landladies made of awesome, police not being stereotypical morons, and the heroine being bitchy.
(I really am getting the strongest sense of deja-vu. I didn't write about this book on LJ already, did I? I don't think so. Maybe in my paper journal.)
Even if you're not into vampires, you should still read anything my Robin McKinley. She's a fantastic author. Here's her website. Some of my other favorites are The Hero and the Crown and Rose Daughter.
P.S. The first cover is best, but the new one isn't too horrible.
