A Bad Day for Sunshine is the start of a brand-new series by Darynda Jones. A mystery with a little romance and a little "witchiness'. I usually do my own little summary of the book but in this case I don't know where to begin and the books' synopsis does a great job, so I would refer to that.

Darynda creates great sarcastic characters. The two main point of views, Sheriff Sunshine and her daughter Auri, and they have a never ending stream of sarcasm both for each other and other people. There are also some memorable secondary characters. Sunshine has a lovable best friend name Quincy and her life long crush Levi, along with his firecracker sister and her sweetheart of a son Jimmy. However, there were a lot of other characters, a lot of different names, and between the grandmother's friends and different member of the town I had trouble keeping track of them all. Also, there was absolutely no need for every male to hardcore flirt with Sunshine like it was singles night at a bar. It was unnecessary and redundant. On top of that the town itself is just odd, from people having premonitions to the fact the students at the school had a hive mind like personalty.

Story wise, there is so much going on from the start of the book. There are so many things that are kept a mystery from readers and slowly revealed to us, yet we are still left to with more than a few unanswered questions by the end. Some secrets, I guessed and other took me by surprise, by it honestly felt like everyone was keeping secrets upon secrets. There's a backstory mystery that isn't solved by the end but the main one the two leading ladies are trying to solve has a great timeline to it with twists I didn't see coming.

As of right now I'm not in love with the Sunshine Vicram series, but I wasn't in love with the Charley Davidson series either when I began it. Like the CD series I see this being one I continue to read and with each book I will fall more in love with the characters and by the end call it one of my all time favorites. At least that's what I'm hoping will happen but who knows for sure.

3.5/5⭐

Received and ARC from netgalley

A great start to a new series. I should have known going in that the ending would leave me wanting to pull my hair out. Overall the book was good. The characters were intriguing and can’t wait to see how everything plays out. I do have my guesses but we shall see.

The chapter quotes had me laughing and I was glad to see Darynda added those in.

The book was fast paced and sunshine seems to have more bad days ahead of her.

I’ll be honest, I was never a big fan of Jones’s Charley Davidson series, but I wanted to give this new series a try and I’m glad I did. In this series, the bad (and the good guys) are very much alive. The delightfully named Sunshine Vicram is the sheriff in Del Sol, New Mexico, a small town where nothing much happens, until now. The disappearance of a local teenage girl has made national news, her own daughter’s school troubles and a kidnapped rooster are all reminding Sunshine why she left Del Sol years before. Enter a US Marshall and an old flame and Sunshine has her hands (?) full. Reminiscent of early Janet Evanovich, fans will find much to enjoy here