Review: Fun, funny and great
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 9, 2013
By day Candice Salinas is a hardworking graduate student at the University of Miami. She is not only working towards her MFA, but also a T.A. for Professor Anthony Dylan, a current New York Times bestselling author. She dreams of becoming a serious author and nothing will hold her back. By night she comes Candy Sloane, self-published erotic romance author. Candy's books help Candice pay any extra expenses her T.A. fellowship does not cover. Due to the fact that she does want to be taken seriously, she does her best to keep Candy hidden from others.James Walker, local barista and transfer student, has tremendous writing talent. He first meets Candice when she comes into his coffee shop to get her favorite Chai lattes even if he cannot make them very well. He just thanks his lucky stars she keeps coming back, and double the day she works up the courage to give him her number. Unbeknownst to her though, he's actually an undergrad, and in one of her classes.Sneaking Candy is definitely one of best books I've read all year. It was cute, funny, endearing, and about any other positive adjective one can think of. Candice is such a likable character. She's flawed but not to the point where I felt like I couldn't connect to her, because connect I did. I related so much to her struggle of figuring out who she is. I may not be a writer but I have many facets of myself that I juggle every day.I really enjoyed anything that had to do with the Candy persona and her writing. All of it came across as truthful and real. I felt like it's possible the author went through just as many challenges.I only wish the book could have been more cohesive. A lot of it seemed written the way a person would speak. Which isn't a bad thing for thoughts, but was annoying after awhile.Overall I would give the book 4-4.5/5 stars.