Point of View

In The Brightest Night, a reader knows only what Sunny knows. However, Sunny is incredibly observant which means she is able to relate a huge amount of information. For example, Sunny spends a night with Stonemover and prepares to leave the following morning. When she says she is leaving, he says “It's really … quiet here” (161). Sunny knows what he means is that it is “Really lonely” (161). Sunny inserts her observation there, helping the reader understand what Stonemover actually means.

The perspective is limited with regard to things that happen when Sunny is not present or when she simply does not know what is happening. For example, Sunny and Thorn are in the SandWing castle with Smolder when he says he needs to show them a scroll. He is actually planning to lock them in and hold them captive, but Sunny does not know this until...