Sunshine (Robin McKinley)

I swallowed this book whole - it's been a while since I got buried in a book and ignored other duties. This is a vampire story with many of the usual tropes - a young woman caught up with a MUCH older vampire, who turns out to be not such a bad guy after all and protects her from other vampires (no spoiler there, it begins in the first 40 pages), all kinds of sexual tension, and plenty of horror, blood, and magic. On the other hand, the world of this novel is enough different from other books to be interesting, and the narrator's voice is full of intelligence, determination, and a delightful sense of humor. I loved her, and the people in her life. Lots of fun and well-written.