Sunshine & Rain

by Dawn Desiree

Sunshine & Rain is the story of two young divas who come from different parts of the streets of Washington, D.C. With their families torn apart from the vicious life of the streets, Sunshine & Rain find each other living with the same foster mother, Cathy, who has a secret life of her own. With Rain's stern heart of steel and Sunshine's innocent heart of gold, join the two gangtresses as they try to cope with traumatic, unforeseen circumstances that come their way. As these two diamonds hook up and shine, they go from rags to riches. Watch as Sunshine & Rain deal with death, betrayal, love and sweet temptation. Can their newfound friendship survive through all the madness?

260 pages, Paperback

First published July 14, 2003

Reviews

[Monet · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is about two teenage girls named Sunshine and Rain who met one another in the foster care system as a result of family hardships. The beginning of the book was very interesting and I wanted to know more about the characters which is why I kept reading on. But then in the middle of the story it became uninteresting and pointless. I did not like the foster mother Cathy because she didn't seem real for the author tried too hard to depict her as a "down ass chic from around the way" who dropped a lot of N-words which made me cringe every time Cathy would say the derogatory term. I laughed a little when it was mentioned that Cathy had a brother named Moses and an uncle named Snoop - lol really? I thought the sex scenes with men and teen girls was crass and meaningless; it was too much for me and made it hard for me to get through those parts in the story; but because I wanted to know what happens to Sunshine and Rain I kept on reading to the end. Eventually the story of Sunshine and Rain became exciting with a few surprises towards the end. I recommend this book to readers who is bored like I was when I decided on this particular book to read.

[Monique · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this audio book. I decided to try this book because the narrator is iiKane. A lot of the books that I tend to listen to are narrated by her.
This book takes you through the life of some young ladies who were put into the foster care system due to some unforeseen circumstances.
Sunshine was put into a good home right away and Rain ended up coming to the same foster home as Rain after a tragedy at the foster home that she was originally put in .
They started out a little shaky but became real close. They were like the sisters they always wanted.

[Page Turner · Rating 5 out of 5]

I enjoyed this read a lot. I was entertained and it was not a predictable plot. I also found myself really enjoying the characters and sort of sad when some of them didn't make it to the end. Thumbs up. I would read more about this girls if it was a series.

[Macy Allen-Lowery · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love,love

It was good from start to finish. I love love it. It was very relatable and honest. Finished in one day since I could not put it down

[Venessa · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was amazing from what I remember when I read this years ago!

[Moni · Rating 5 out of 5]

My favorite book growing up, I remember reading this as a teenager and was hooked. It was so real and raw. Great coming of age story for young girls to dive into and fall in love with. Enjoy!

[♥●•x..MaŇìi BâBiiε→Anutha StoRiiε.. · Rating 5 out of 5]

omqee dhis bukk wus wonderfuL...itz bout two gurLs named Sunshine and Rain.they're parents jus died and they are put into foster care.they end upp wit dis ladiie who is very wealthy makkn money off of drug sellinq.they qet into very deep thinqs which involves one of their caretakkers druq seLLer.they set him upp for revenqe and it ends upp qoinq down thee wronq way.at thee end they learn sumthnq tht chanqes their lives in a qudd and badd way.I qive dhis bukk 5 stars its sadd yet very appeaLinq and keep yuh reaLLi intriqued

[Nzali]

this was the worst book ever. And i'm very sure that Dawn Desiree has never even seen child services or what they do by a long shot. All she did in this book was write about the stuff that 15 year-olds should NOT be doing. I believe that this book was completely inaccurate from beginning to end. The sex scenes that she put in this book were explicit,uneeded,gross,crass,and other words that aren't even coming to mind right now.Save the book writing for someone who has the talent to do it.

[Kimberley Shanks · Rating 5 out of 5]

. Excellent book for the Young ladies. I borrowed this book from the library for my daughter and I to have a book discussion. Right on point with everything that is going on around us now. I liked that the author created three strong women, and yet they all had flaws. I can't wait to read the sequel. Thanks Dawn Desiree.

[Shontay · Rating 5 out of 5]

THIS BOOK WAS SOOOO GOOD! I COULDNT PUT IT DOWN READ IT IN 1 DAY. NEVER READ ANYTHING BY THIS AUTHOR BUT I WILL LOOK OUT FOR HER.

[Tonya r · Rating 5 out of 5]

*OMG THIS BOOK WAS SOOOOOOOOO SOOOOOOO SOOOOO GUD DAWN NEED TO WRITE A WHOLE LOT MORE I LOVED THIS BOOK*

[Tiffany · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was great and i'd like to find it , and read it again.

[Dalesha R · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great story

[Delonya · Rating 2 out of 5]

Final rating 2.5 stars

[Charnee Emery · Rating 5 out of 5]

LOVED THIS BOOK HAS ALOT OF DRAMA...SPECIALLY LOVED THE TWIST AT THE END WITH THE MAIN CHARACTERS