Review: Fun, steamy read!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 26, 2014
*Complimentary copy provided by author/publisher for an honest review.*Candice is a graduate student studying Creative Writing at the University of Miami. She has a full fellowship that covers her tuition and she is serving as a TA to professor and best selling author Anthony Dylan. Unfortunately her fellowship does not cover room and board, so in order to cover those expenses she has taken to writing steamy erotic romances under the pseudonym Candy Sloane. Professor Dylan loathes the indie publishing community, and the romance genre in particular. He is one of those that feels that self-publishing undermines the legitimacy of the written word. If he were to find out Candice's secret, she would likely lose her fellowship and have to drop out of school.James is a transfer student from NYU's Creative Writing undergrad program. He has come to Miami at professor Dylan's request and James is thrilled to be under professor Dylan's tutelage. Professor Dylan has decided that he wants his TA to be present in sessions with his star student and the attraction that was already present between Candice and James snowballs and they soon find themselves in a relationship. Problem is, James is a student in Candice's discussion section, and due to the university's gray fraternization policy, she's afraid that pursuing a relationship with James could be the end of her academic career.Sneaking Candy was a fun, steamy read. I loved the relationship between Candice and James and loved that Ms. Burnstein called out the misogyny that we see in the publishing industry. Too often we see academic types look down their noses at the self-publishing industry simply because they thing there is some "worthiness" or legitimacy when it comes to being published.Sneaking Candy was well written and once I got started, I didn't put it down. It kept me engaged and I finished it within the span of an afternoon.  It was a little predictable, but it was still very entertaining with a well thought out storyline and well-developed characters. Sneaking Candy was a solid four star read and I will definitely be checking out Ms. Burstein's future work!