Review: Sweet & Fun Read
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 14, 2013
This is a sweet and fun read.Sneaking Candy is the story of a young woman that feels alive when she is writing erotic stories.  She moved from the New York area to Miami to follow her dream of writing and getting her PhD.  Only before she left her boyfriend dumped her and her parents disowned her.  Now she was in a different state with no one supporting her but her best friend, Mandy.  She is the one that got her to self publish her first story but it can be all brought down by her professor.  The professor is total prick but then walks in the sexiest man that she has met yet, James Walker.  One of these men can ruin her chance at her PhD.James Walker is a super hot guy that knew what he wanted.  He did not want to be a hidden secret he wanted a real relationship.  He wanted to go out with Candice.  James was willing to sneak around with her but only because he knew Candice also liked him.  I love how he wanted to protect Candice and was willing to kick some ass.Ms. Burstein has a talent with words and making them come alive.  I was impressed how she was able to make me laugh and care about the characters in this story.  At times yes, I had no idea where the story was going but it did keep me interested.  I was a little frustrated with Candice because she could not make up her mind in regards to either wanting her professor or James.  She wanted the professor to compliment her work but he really didn’t support what she wanted to do.  Of course she never told anyone besides Mandy and then later on James.  Meanwhile James was there to morally support her but she was pushing him away.  Then also she needed to listen to what she wanted not what she thought her professor wanted or her parents.  She needed to do what made her happy.  Candice has her ups and downs and love how Ms. Burstein was able to make it seems so real.  I know that these characters were not perfect but there was something missing.  I wanted to know more about her family, why were they not backing their daughter up.  It was a little weird that the story was all in her point of view, I would have loved to know what James thought of how she treated him in the beginning.This was a good paced read that truly did captivate me in some areas.  I found myself laughing and wanting to strangle characters because of their actions.  I will definitely be looking for more of Ms. Burstein’s reads.