...wow.

Work Hell: week 5. Things are better now. Enough that when my neesan decided to use my Giftmas present to her of one day's worth of my free slave labor, I was able to agree. I'm now very sore from helping her paint one of her rental properties, and I almost have blisters. Owwww.

But that isn't what my subject line is about. No, that is for the book I just finished reading. I heard about it ages ago on LJ, wrote it down, found a copy through paperbackswap.com, started reading it Thursday night, and finished about 15 minutes ago.

So like the subject says, "....wow."

I know that Stephanie Meyer's Twilight series has a lot of fans, and hey, I own and have read all three volumes so far, and they're fun and enjoyable and I want to curl up on Jake's chest and go to sleep. But that book I just finished, Sunshine by Robin McKinley, completely eclipses poor Twilight. They deal with the same basic theme--a human woman/vampire man relationship--they are even both written in the first person for the female lead character, but....the two are in completely different leagues.

I'm sorry, Ms. Meyer. But Ms. McKinley owns you. No question in my mind.

( And here's why. Vague spoilers that won't really spoil anything significant for Sunshine and all 3 vols of Twilight. )

So. Sunshine, by Robin McKinley. Very good, very powerful. If you're looking for vampire fluff, you better stick to Twilight.