The Haunting of Sunshine Girl: Book One (The Haunting of Sunshine Girl Series, 1)

My daughter loves the You Tube series, and wanted to read the books. She was so impressed, she recently finished the second in the series, I had to read it too. I found the story line quite interesting. While not terrifying, or edge of your seat suspenseful, I found this book to be quite a gem. I would highly recommend it to anyone who enjoys a good paranormal story that isn't nightmarish. I enjoyed the curiosity of what was to come, but also the values of friendship and family. Likeable well developed characters, the resolution allows for ease into the second book of the series. I can understand why the series is so popular. 😃

This review was originally published on Dazzled by Books: [...] “The Haunting of Sunshine Girl” by Paige McKenzie was a new kind of ghost story. This book is based on the hit YouTube series “Sunshine Girl” that Paige McKenzie starred in as Sunshine. I hadn’t heard of the web-series until after I saw the book and saw Paige McKenzie speak at Wordstock. I have to admit that I was interested in reading her book after she spoke at Wordstock. This novel is about a girl named Sunshine whom moved into a house that is haunted. Sunshine is a very real character in the sense that she seems more human than most characters. She has plenty of flaws that the reader is able to see and I really like that about her. Sunshine seems to believe that she is being haunted but no one believes her. Sunshine ends up taking pictures to prove there is a ghost. Along this way of trying to prove that she is truly being haunted she meets a boy in art class named Nolan. Little does Sunshine know that Nolan will end up being her new best friend. As the story goes on, something seems to be going on with Sunshine’s mom Kat. She is getting more distant and not completely acting like herself. What is going on in this old house? Why does it seem to be haunted by a little girl? “The Haunting of Sunshine Girl” took a bit of time to get used too. I think it started out good but then got a bit slow in the middle. OF course it all picked up towards the end again. I really enjoyed these characters and I was glad that I was able to get to know Sunshine. I am not a huge haunting ghost story person, but I was really intrigued with this one and I am really glad that I read it. I think McKenzie and Sheinmel did a wonderful job in writing this story. I became just as curious as Sunshine as I wondered what was happening in her house. I am definitely looking forward to the next book. I think it will be a good one. This story brings a very creepy but fun aspect to the story. I feel like it really makes a person think about what could be lurking in the shadows. The writing is pretty good for McKenzie’s debut novel. I look forward to seeing how her writing improves as the story goes on.

I have enjoyed the Haunting of Sunshine on YouTube for years. It amazed me how someone so young be so creative. When I heard she write a book based from her ghostly adventures, I had to check the girl's literary skills. Just as the channel, the book never was once dull or slow. The book read non-stop thrills and chills. The many twists kept you spooked and intrigued at the same time. She did well making a common teen supernatural storyline feel original and just as visual as if watching anther of her web series. This teen ghost fiction stands well before the rest!! I can't wait to read the next book!! Yo go, Mackenzie Paige aka Sunshine!! Keep creeping us out!

Item as described. Gave as gift

So many "plot holes" and writing/storytelling that's not even close to being very advanced BUT I actually enjoyed it for what it was, which was a quick little read to help me shut off my brain. The story doesn't exactly require you to think too much which can be nice sometimes too. So that's why it gets three stars; not because I just loooved the -constant- comments of how quirky and different she or how she is weird with her "British" way of speaking (which is just annoyingly poorly written), but because it was a nice, little, easy story that didn't take any brainpower to read which is absolutely necessary sometimes.

Very good read

This book tells the story of Sunshine, who upon moving to her new home in Washington state, starts having eerie experiences, seeing odd things, and hearing horrifying things. I pretty much burned through this book. There is enough suspense to keep me wanting more, but towards the end -- that is where this book really hooked me, and made me want to start the next one right away. This story slowly unravels, until we get to the really cool story of what Sunshine is and what her destiny is. The ending, is all action, and the very ending!! O_o Overall: cool story with plenty of thrills and chills, but also lots of humor too.

If you like the supernatural this is a great series. It took me no time at all to finish these books. Very easy read!