If this is the first Sunfire book by Vivian Schurfranz you've read, then you're bound to like it, or at least think it's ok. If, like me, this is one of the last, you already know what's going to happen, and when, before you even open it up.
To wit: Girl longs for adventure in boring town. Girl has Solid & Reliable Boyfriend whom she believes she loves. But...Dashing & Exciting Boy comes into her life and she immediately forgets Boyfriend #1 because Mr. Dashy is "confident" (i.e., a brash asshat) and "so handsome!" (and arrogantly knows it). That is, until the next chapter, where Boyfriend #1 does something Nice & Considerate, and she finds herself Torn Between Two Lovers for the next several chapters. Schurfranz' heroines literally seesaw between two boys for pages upon pages for the stupidest of reasons, driving the poor reader bugnuts. Schurfranz always gives her heroine Something That Others Cannot Do, which she attempts with differing degrees of success, and that usually creates a Moment Of Truth for the two boyfriends. Depending on how they treat the heroine in Her Moment of Triumph, the heroine has an epiphany in the last two pages and she goes with the same type of boy Schurfranz always has her heroines choose. G'wan....GUESS which one!
The review here by Edallia pretty much says it all. I have rarely enjoyed a Schurfranz Sunfire - I think "Danielle" was the only one I marginally enjoyed. Perhaps because it was the first one of hers I read and I had no idea she had one formula and never deviated from it. Her entries and Ransom's "Nicole" have been the worst of a very uneven series. Why can't all of them be like "Jennie" or "Darcy"? *sigh*
To wit: Girl longs for adventure in boring town. Girl has Solid & Reliable Boyfriend whom she believes she loves. But...Dashing & Exciting Boy comes into her life and she immediately forgets Boyfriend #1 because Mr. Dashy is "confident" (i.e., a brash asshat) and "so handsome!" (and arrogantly knows it). That is, until the next chapter, where Boyfriend #1 does something Nice & Considerate, and she finds herself Torn Between Two Lovers for the next several chapters. Schurfranz' heroines literally seesaw between two boys for pages upon pages for the stupidest of reasons, driving the poor reader bugnuts. Schurfranz always gives her heroine Something That Others Cannot Do, which she attempts with differing degrees of success, and that usually creates a Moment Of Truth for the two boyfriends. Depending on how they treat the heroine in Her Moment of Triumph, the heroine has an epiphany in the last two pages and she goes with the same type of boy Schurfranz always has her heroines choose. G'wan....GUESS which one!
The review here by Edallia pretty much says it all. I have rarely enjoyed a Schurfranz Sunfire - I think "Danielle" was the only one I marginally enjoyed. Perhaps because it was the first one of hers I read and I had no idea she had one formula and never deviated from it. Her entries and Ransom's "Nicole" have been the worst of a very uneven series. Why can't all of them be like "Jennie" or "Darcy"? *sigh*
