I think Neil Gaiman's blurb describes my feelings about this book pretty well:Sunshine is a gripping, funny, page-turning, pretty much perfect work of magical literature that exists more or less at the unlikely crossroads of Chocolat, Interview with the Vampire, Misery, and the tale of Beauty and the Beast.I wish there was a sequel. If there was, I would go get it immediately. If it was any other author, I bet there would be a sequel-probably a series. But McKinley doesn't seem to be much for continuing her stories.