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Penny Candy
In a down and dirty city where a good time is just a few dollars away, a dancer who's looking for life and a whore who's already given it up come to an arrangement with only one rule: No Love Allowed.
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Last update: 11/11/2014
Word count: approx. 126,433
Status: In progress/Incomplete
Last update: 11/11/2014
Word count: approx. 126,433
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December 28, 2012
I don't know what I expected from this book but what I got wasn't it. First of all, I have to stop reading incomplete online fiction. Talk about frustrating! I'm now hooked and I have to wait for more installments.
Onto the book at hand...
The book started as a sweet story about an exotic dancer falling for a prostitute. I could see a love triangle forming, I could see some past demons coming into play: What I couldn't see was a murder mystery taking shape and the story morphing to be less about romance and sex and more about a dangerous drug ring. I'm not sure if I like where it all is headed. I felt like it could have been two separate books. I wanted more personal demons and less crazy people beating the crap out of each other. ::SIGH:: Now I have to see where this crazy, mixed up story will lead because the writing was so good and addictive!
Onto the book at hand...
The book started as a sweet story about an exotic dancer falling for a prostitute. I could see a love triangle forming, I could see some past demons coming into play: What I couldn't see was a murder mystery taking shape and the story morphing to be less about romance and sex and more about a dangerous drug ring. I'm not sure if I like where it all is headed. I felt like it could have been two separate books. I wanted more personal demons and less crazy people beating the crap out of each other. ::SIGH:: Now I have to see where this crazy, mixed up story will lead because the writing was so good and addictive!
January 6, 2013
I’ve been rereading Penny Candy over and over again for two years or something. It’s killing me. Seriously. I want to know what happens next!
I remember stumbling over this story several times, not wanting to read it. I mean, come on, it’s about a prostitute and a stripper. How cheap does that sound? I didn’t want to read some stupid trashy novel about mindless sex, sex and again – SEX. But this turned out to be so much more. The story, the plot, the characters – I’m addicted.
So.. the main character, Kaz, is a dancer. But that is NOT as poor quality as it sounds. It’s just a job, no “I have to dance naked so I’m feeling dirty and need help” kind of moral stuff. It’s a normal, stable job with mostly nice co-workers. Well, except for Smiley, the best evil character ever! But back to the story; When Kaz, full name Cassius Verona (I LOVE this name!!!), meets Lee in a club and takes him home for a one night stand AND discovers that Lee is a hooker things start to develop in an unexpected direction.
The relationship between Lee and Kaz is bizarre but beautiful. Kaz has a lot of issues because of his past lover (who you fall in love with immediately and who breaks your heart throughout that story) and Lee is struggling with being homeless, even if he does not whine about it. And somehow, somewhere it develops into some kind of an uncertain love-friendship-thing. Which is great, it makes their relationship true.
Things get more dangerous when Kaz’s friend, Coker – who is a hell of a character, gets himself too deep in this drug thing. I love the drug idea by the way. Everything falls into place, there are no questions left. The mystery about Kaz’s ex, Joker, unfolds right before your eyes. It’s a true bliss to read this, because it’s thought through rather nicely.
What I liked about this book is that the author creates this parallel world. Resembles nowadays America but darker. People have to get tested and renew their IDs, everyone seems to have an extra nick name – which gives this story an extra gangster feeling or something. It’s strange because Kaz lives in a poor, dirty part of the city but it seems cooler this way, kinda bad ass. And while you read it, you are being pulled into this strange and unique world. I really don’t want to spoil it by revealing more of the plot, but this story is definitely worth your time. And it’s so well written, simple, straight forward and honest. A true penny candy!
I remember stumbling over this story several times, not wanting to read it. I mean, come on, it’s about a prostitute and a stripper. How cheap does that sound? I didn’t want to read some stupid trashy novel about mindless sex, sex and again – SEX. But this turned out to be so much more. The story, the plot, the characters – I’m addicted.
So.. the main character, Kaz, is a dancer. But that is NOT as poor quality as it sounds. It’s just a job, no “I have to dance naked so I’m feeling dirty and need help” kind of moral stuff. It’s a normal, stable job with mostly nice co-workers. Well, except for Smiley, the best evil character ever! But back to the story; When Kaz, full name Cassius Verona (I LOVE this name!!!), meets Lee in a club and takes him home for a one night stand AND discovers that Lee is a hooker things start to develop in an unexpected direction.
The relationship between Lee and Kaz is bizarre but beautiful. Kaz has a lot of issues because of his past lover (who you fall in love with immediately and who breaks your heart throughout that story) and Lee is struggling with being homeless, even if he does not whine about it. And somehow, somewhere it develops into some kind of an uncertain love-friendship-thing. Which is great, it makes their relationship true.
Things get more dangerous when Kaz’s friend, Coker – who is a hell of a character, gets himself too deep in this drug thing. I love the drug idea by the way. Everything falls into place, there are no questions left. The mystery about Kaz’s ex, Joker, unfolds right before your eyes. It’s a true bliss to read this, because it’s thought through rather nicely.
What I liked about this book is that the author creates this parallel world. Resembles nowadays America but darker. People have to get tested and renew their IDs, everyone seems to have an extra nick name – which gives this story an extra gangster feeling or something. It’s strange because Kaz lives in a poor, dirty part of the city but it seems cooler this way, kinda bad ass. And while you read it, you are being pulled into this strange and unique world. I really don’t want to spoil it by revealing more of the plot, but this story is definitely worth your time. And it’s so well written, simple, straight forward and honest. A true penny candy!
December 9, 2010
very good
April 5, 2013
I can't wait for the rest!
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