Candy Licker by Noire

Candy Licker Reviews

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  Kameel

  It's really hard for me to believe that this book was written by a female....This was actually a 7 hour and 54 minutes audiobook and damn near every moment of this book was filled was some sort of torture and horror. This book was filled with greed, hate, rape, torture, malice, physical and emotional abuse....If by nature if you are a happy person, BEWARE....Don't pick this book up because it will surely bring you down. From beginning to the last 4 minutes of the story, something negative and deplorable was going on. I never seen so much rape and torture in one story. Initially, I got this book from the Library and I also borrowed 3 more stories from this author, well there's no need to ask because when I return this book I returned the others without listening to them didn't matter that the books were all narrated by Nicole Smalls....This story was deplorable!
  
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  Caleb

  This reads like an urban graphic novel. The gruesomeness is a reminder of the toughness and reality of how cold and uncaring the world actually operates, maybe minus the bestiality.
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  Shelby P

  I thought this was going to be an erotic novel. It wasn't. I was intrigued by the story and I read it in two days. I hope there aren't real women out there who put up with this type of violence. I can understand why Candy felt trapped but why did the other women stay and continue to be punching bags? Just for the money and lifestyle? Only one of them had kids so why'd they stay?
  
  The violence against women was just too much for me. I felt sick after reading this. This novel left me with so many questions:
  
  Why did the "man" set up Percy"Knowledge" Jackson?
  Why did they frame him?
  Who would want to do something like that to him?
  Was it because he was black and brilliant they had to frame him????
  Why would a 15 year old boy need to get circumcised? That made no sense whatsoever!
  
  Based on this book I don't think I'd be interested in reading any more of this author's work.
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  Natalie

  Candy is another diva in distress, with big dreams of becoming a famous singer. When she thinks her life is about to go from bad to even worse she bumps heads with one of the hottest rappers on the planet, Junius "Hurricane" Jackson. He is CEO of the number-one urban record label, House of Homicide, in Harlem. Candy finally can live her fairytale, so she thinks. Going from dead broke to having everything anyone could ever want; she lacks what her heart truly desires. Romance & Love. Instead she enters the most abusive sadistic relationship one could ever imagine. Her only safe route? The arms of Hurricane's lawyer, Knowledge.
  
  Noire did an amazing job with this GRIMEY, in-your-face tale of the music industry. Candy Licker is action packed, and will have you on the edge of your seat through the entire novel. Noire did an extraordinary job with her vivid descriptions. I could smell the sweat dripping off every booty popper & rapper in the club!
  
  I can't get enough of NOIRE!!!
  
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  Haille Taylor

  I read this book in fifth grade, passed it to my friends and got it confiscated lol. Ok, this book deals with candy, an aspiring musician who finds love in all the wrong places and it can become potentially fatal if you let it. She lost her virginity around the age of 15 and she is described as having lovely red hair, caramel skin, and blue eyes. She and her mother had the talent of singing, but it went to waste because they were living in slums, sleeping on a pissy mattress, etc. her mom and her younger sister a beautiful, but her mom falls victim to drugs. Candy's mom turns to the streets, taking candy along with her. They rob some old trick for his money and get busted by the cops and candy is sent to juvue. She gets out and sings at this underground club called bricks "where a bitch can get bodied fast for dissing a shot caller". Hurricane, birth name junian, takes a liking to her, with his overly muscular physique and candy jumps at the opportunity. They get back to "cane's " beautiful mansion and she finds out that he is lacking severely in"that" department, so she politely asks him if he is in and he flips out of control and holds a hair triggered gun to the opening of her vagina. This is the first of MANY violent encounters she has with him. He is a sexual sadist, it's not about pleasure for him, only about inflicting pain on his partner, he does thing like beastiality and underground porn. Long story short, candy gets kidnapped, he buys her back, meanwhile her mother makes a drug run for cane after getting clean, she has a relapse, and her and her boyfriend are executed and tortured. At one point candy is at an awards ceremony for entertainers and she has a lovely gown on with the back out and when she turns around the whole crowd can see that cane had dripped hot wax on her back with cane engraved in her flesh. Candy hooks up with knowledge who is canes lawyer, meanwhile Carmen is all grown up and is OUT OF CONTROL! She dies when the nightclub bricks burns down along with cane, his goons, and her two faced friend. Dominique, her true friend is set up to be pushed in front of a speeding train. Knowledge and candy live happily ever after. Believe it or not, this is a QUICK summary of this book lol. Excuse any grammatical errors, I was in a hurry.
  This book was awesome and I have recommended this to everybody!
  
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  Dee Cherry

  Candi was a person determined to survive no matter what life threw at her. Her love for singing took her to a place that few could go and stay. This book was like no other...there were several instances where the average person would have probably thrown in the towel, but her will to live & her love for her sister overpowered her fear of death. This book is one that is truly unforgettable.
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  Kathy

  Some of the sex is hot but NOT the rapes and the women are abused so badly. Hard book due to abuse and overly violent rape and sex
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  KamariLyrikal

  This is on many urban/hood/erotic type lists so...I read it. It felt like I was reading G-spot all over again. It wasn't really that erotic -- just a couple of sexual words thrown out every once in a while. It was not a realistic story but I didn't expect one. I judged this book by its cover, and I was right. It was okay.
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  Lisabet Sarai

  Don't be fooled by the cover of this novel. From the title and the image, you might think this is nothing but porn, but in fact, it's quite a serious tale about broken dreams, desperate straits and the redeeming power of love.
  
  Candy is sexy, smart and has a heap of talent. Since she was a kid, encouraged by her weak but doting mother, she has been determined to be a singer. When she gets noticed by big shot Junius "Hurricane" Cane and signed on to his music label, she believes her dreams have started to come true, especially when Cane claims her as his woman. Then she learns the truth - he's thoroughly vicious and cares only about himself, taking out his frustrations on everyone around him. Plus he can't satisfy her sexually - and Candy is hot-blooded.
  
  As she struggles to escape the trap into which she's fallen, she endures enough violence and sorrow to destroy a weaker woman. But amid humiliation, abuse, torture and death, Candy manages to survive - albeit wearing permanent scars.
  
  The horrific misogyny in this book made me shudder, most especially because I suspect it was not exaggerated. Noire knows the hard streets, and brings them vividly to life. The Black English in which the novel is written has a rhythm and a flow, almost like poetry. For the first time, I started to understand, at least a bit, the appeal of rap music.
  
  I recommend this if you want a modern Black woman's perspectives on what it takes to survive. But you'll need a strong stomach, because you'll share Candy's pain - both physical and emotional.
  
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  Myesha-Tiara

  Favorite Quote: “Yeah all of us was young when we hooked up with these fools and came out here. All of us had stupid dreams of living the high life too. That’s what the bling do to you. It lures you in.”~Teema
  
  If you enjoyed “The Coldest Winter Ever” by Sister Souljah and “Grown” by Tiffany D. Jackson then you will love this book. It gives the same cautionary tell for young Black and Latinx girls growing up in then inner city who come from dysfunctional families and blinded by fame. All that glitters is not gold.
  
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  Tracie

  Let me start by saying this, CHECK THE TRIGGER WARNINGS!!!! This book is raw and gritty and at times hard to read because it takes the reader deep into the ugliest parts of poverty, drugs and street life. Don’t go into it expecting a sweet story about a poor kid making it big. This ain’t that!
  
  All of that said, I liked it over all. Candy is a fighter and was determined to live through all the crazy she had to endure and triumph, scars and all.
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  Treenell Walker

  Decent but not my type of book
  
  I know this is a fiction book but a lot of things that have happened in this book seemed too unrealistic. It also didn’t even tell what really happened to most of the characters the end. The end also seemed rushed, unorganized and out of place. Overall it didn’t leave me with enthusiasm or a “want” to remember anything about it.
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  Matthew

  I listened to this on audiobook. The story is engaging enough but the writing is poor. I wasn’t expecting it to be great but even so, it’s still below average.
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  Neeky

  I was not very happy with the depiction of black people in general; the stereotype of drug pushing, pedophile, gang-bangers gets old very quickly. That said, this book was an emotional roller-coaster. The characters are clearly defined; the villains are villains and the heroes are heroes.
  Noire does a very good job in presenting characters that are easy to cheer for and to hate, and the story got my emotions going as I cussed out and was disgusted by the villain, Hurricane, and felt sorry for the heroine Candy Raye. While I am not certain that I will be rushing out to get another of these Urban books, this was certainly a page turner with a satisfying ending.
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  Ariel

  **SEMI SPOILER ATTACHED**
  
  I read this book as a teenager and loved it. However, after reading it as an adult, my opinion has changed a little. While Noire is a decent author, this read was a 'captain save a hoe' read that I could not connect with. The way Candy developed relationships with people "Knowledge" for example was unreal to me. These chance encounters with longevity was just too unrealistic. There was never any real chemistry between her and her new lover that made me feel like it was okay for him to want to take care of her. I thought for a moment that I was missing something and maybe they had crossed paths in the past and this was possibly a rekindling of feelings, but it was not. What would have made Candy so special and so different from the other women Hurricane had abused in the past and why hadn't Knowledge stepped up before?
  
  It was hard to believe rubbing herself on a towel brought about orgasm, but that is just a matter of personal opinion and not worth really focusing on in a review.
  
  This book really focused on abuse, friendship, loyalty and crime. It also shined a little light on the plight some aspiring stars face during their come up. This read constantly makes the reader wonder WWID? I enjoyed rereading Candy's struggle as well as the other inhabitants of the house. Having read many other Noire books in the past, which follow a common theme of crime, family, loss and bad sex, I often wonder is this experience the author has faced personally or witnessed. Just a thought.
  
  I can appreciate Noire's creativity and gore. I like when situations are unconventional and make me uncomfortable to the point where I feel like I'm there and questioning what I would've done. That makes for a strong author. Candy Licker wasn't a bad read, it just wasn't as strong to me as an adult as before when I was 16.
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  Alisha

  I should've known this was going to be whack when she described Candy as a black girl with red hair and blue eyes. Can a black person just be a black person in these books? Why do they HAVE to have "exotic" features?
  
  I know this is a fiction, but it didn't feel like fictional writing so much as just lies and bad writing. The name dropping real life celebs was annoying. Dialogue was unrealistic, no one talks like that out loud. The characters were annoying. You're in the game a few months and now you're like "gosh, we were so dumb back then" like you've been here years. Why was Vonzelle (who I perceived to be the darkest skinned of the group) made to be the hater? Why didn't Candy fight that rude little bitch of a sister?
  
  I cried laughing when Knowledge started rapping in the middle of sex.
  
  The abuse scenes were more realistically conveyed; I actually cringed in pain for some of those scenes.
  
  And talk about an ending with loose ends! The unnecessary kind. How the hell did Jadeah die?!? And no background information on the fact that Cane and Knowledge were brothers this whole time? Knowledge knew, but did Cane?
  
  The sex scenes were good, it's what I picked up this book to read, not all the cliche and/or annoying BS that was written in between. Just.... yikes.
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  Kellee

  I fell in love with Noire after reading this book. It was wonderful. After reading it a 2nd time, it was still good.
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  Saysha Wilson

  I have read EVERY book this author has put out!
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  Kiki Divyne

  The Bomb. I read this book in two days. Yes, there was some erotica in there but the storyline was fast paced and and left you wanting more.
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  Tanya Jackson

  I enjoyed this crazy book, but I can't help but notice a case of deja vu. (a lot like G spot, just saying)
  
  I can't be too harsh though because the fact remains I could not put it down.
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  Winter Sophia Rose

  Gritty, Action Packed, Gripping & Hot! A Juicy Read! I Loved It!
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  Thereadingbell

  This novel about Candy Ray Montana. A young and naive rising star who wanted a successful sing ing career. Candy and her crew Dominica and Vonzelle. Her girl group Scandalous wishing for their big break. Then a tornado came thru and turn her world upside down. Candy went thru hell and back to be a star sold her soul to the devil. Junius Hurricane Jackson was a sick twisted man obsessive, abusive crazy doing entirely to much. Candy and her sister Caramel Montana rough upbringing . Living with her mother Lovely bird Montana. Her mother tired to warn her against the pitiful and danger in the street. Candy was beaten,humiliate, tortured, brutalized, hoodwinked, emotionally drained. Her mother was killed violated her sister Caramel shot in the head her mother trying trying to take some money for a mobster family Nicky Gabriano. Candy witness so much pain and death first her mother Lovely,Dominica, Vonzelle, Caramel dead in horrible deaths. Dominica was hit and pushed in front of a subway. Vonzelle was stabbed and drugged to death so much tragedy and pain. The House of Homicide Records stop stole dreams and lives in the sake of the hurricane.
  
  There was some parts of the book that is cringe worthy and so disgusting that it will make your stomach turn. There is a lot of exploitation in this book. I had to turn it off a few times because some of the violence became to much for me. This book is not for everyone it has a lot of nasty stuff but the story is believable and makes you wonder. Candy is one hell of a women her will to survive and protect her sister makes her a star. Candy risks everything even her own life for the ones she loves.
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  Jessica French

  This was a good book. Some parts hard to read because of the violence. I love the happy ending and the fact that Candy could find love in the darkness. I didn't like the fact that she kept blaming her self from her mother's decision. Yeah her mom was a recovering addict and she trusted her with something that was important but her mom was a grown up and made her own choice. She was the child, she should not have had to take care of her mother and sister in the first place. I started to hate her sister Caramel is this book. The betrayal she showed towards Candy was disgusting and Candy should have wrote her off a long time ago. It good to read about successful, smart and strong black men in our books. Knowledge was one of my favorite characters. I am big on loyalty, and another thing I hated besides Caramel's betrayal, was her friends betrayal.
  Her friend was mad at her because of actions her abusive man made and she let her jealously become who she was. That disgusted me. I hate bitches who talk and turn on you when you fall out. Speaking bad about a person you once loved bothers me. You can stop being friends or family with someone but you don't have trash them in the streets, your love was never real if that happens. #Loyalty
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  Jasmine Marie Sheppard

  Back in the day I read this in high school because growing up in nyc urban fiction was the thing. Shannon Holmes, nikki Turner, Donald Goines, Terrible Woods and so many others were right up there on the corners of 125th being hustled with Shea butter, incense, with bootleg DVDs and cd's and the african's running up asking if I wanted my hair braided. Let me just day Noire did the damn thing. I was reading the book feeling the characters reminiscing about so many of the "hood stories" I heard about or witnessed. I don't never give spoilers but let me just say if you prefer fluff pieces with happy endings, guessable plots, unrelateable characters and knights in shining armor this isn't for you. However if you want something real that will take you on a rollercoaster ride of emotion that you simply can't put down. Read it❤💣👊
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  Kia K

  Amazing book. Glad the main character survived. This was an epic story of just how dangerous the streets are and how quickly things can become deadly for women. I also like the details about how cut-throat the industry can be, and how the glitz and glamour of it oil can spoil the deepest of friendships and relationships.
  
  Candy’s relationship with her mom really puzzled me at times. I am so mad at her for allowing her mom to make that run, how stupid & naive was that ?! Sheesh 🙄 Also how disgusting was the mob guy? I mean no one else could’ve made the run? Not only did candy mess up, they did as well. Why would u trust her mom with being a mule? That was very far fetched for me. The beatings also grossed me out tremendously. So glad candy got her happy ending, although it costed her everyone in her life.
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  Natina El

  This was so hard to read. I gave it a 2 because I think that was the authors purpose. I didn't give it a 3 because it's just not what I wanted to read. I don't read urban fiction much anymore as an adult because I find it too harsh, and I dislike some of the vulgarity.
  It was like Coldest Winter Ever goes to Hollywood with less sense than she had in NYC. Misogyny, violence and nastiness, but it was fairly well written because despite how fast my heartbeat and how many times I said I was going to stop, I didn't.
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  Kim

  My book club chose this book as one of our monthly selections. I finished it only because I purchased it and didn't want to totally waste my money. There were some nice erotic scenes but I thought some of the story line was dumbed down. Maybe it's just me. I expected the main character to have a more mature mindset at the end of the book with all that she has experienced in her life.