
Those who lived such a situation will find this part quite difficult, emotionally. Because there is another part of the book which will hurt many: that of Auri’s first days in her new school, where she became victim of the bullying of a group of fellow freshmen. Sun’s past is one part of the novel that hits us in the feels, because of its horrible reality. Then, on her very first day of work, another missing teenager leads her to relive many painful memories, to the point where I had to stop reading in order to gather my wits because it really, really hurt. Sunshine Vicram’s story is one of many layers, from her bizarre election as Del Sol’s sheriff to her life between her own abduction as a teenager and her return to her hometown.

With her, I got to know her incredible daughter, Auri, but also her parents, her BFF and deputy, Quincy… and Levi, the man Sunshine has loved for most of her life, who is also a mystery of his own. This is how I met Sunshine Vicram, the newest heroine born from the pen of Darynda Jones.

Especially if the story is, like A Bad Day For Sunshine, a riveting mystery which includes many other intriguing elements, leaving the reader glued to the pages until the end. A new release from a favoured author (if you’re curious, the full list of my favourites is here) is an occasion to suspend everything and simply drown myself in the words, get lost in the story.
