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known how it is to be living out on the streets trying to leave day by day.
She decided to give back after getting on her own two feet, Giving up meant to help girls like her, She starts a program from bad teen girls "Head Up" gave these girls a place to come that was their own as Saleema schooled them on about the hardknot life.

But while a bad girl Portia is out in the arms of only god knows, Salmeema is out braking her back to find her while the rest of the world don't care,

Gianna finds herself being taken by a so call pimp name Bullet using her as his first girl to train to do what he want giving her the name Lollipop she is off doing things she never would have dreamt of.
While at the same time she gaining his trust after awhile and helping him to control his newcomers.
Portia and Brielle.

Gianna, Portia and Brielle go through hell while in the arms of Bullet,

Overall great book, It was sad at times right along with disgust all at once, but it takes you in the life of transporting teen girls into doing only god knows what for some sick men.
I've come to expect the best from Allison Hobbs' and I wasn't disappointed with this, I think she's doing a great thing getting readers involved and more knowledge about the subject she touches on here.
Besides a few editing mistakes and a few snide comments that didn't do anything for the story the book is great.

It's a pet peeve of mine when an author sticks in a 'real life' subject, Obama just doesn't belong in an urban fiction book, He doesn't belong in any fictional book it's just plain weird, the only problem I ever had with The Coldest Winter Ever was when I read about the author in the authors own book.
Straight weird if you ask me,
Anyway, the comment between people at the meeting about how a black girl abduction goes unnoticed while a white girls would be all over the news how did that progress the story It didn't.
It takes away from it for any intelligent person reading it because they know this isn't true, It's just not factual. It smacks of racism actually,
Those are the only aspects of the book that bothered me, The talented writing is there it always is with Hobbs' books, The moral to the story and the premise, the characters everything is on point as always, in my opinion Hobbs' is by far the best female author in the genre, The potential is there for genre crossing she could definitely appeal to a much larger audience with a few changes.
The conversations between the characters all felt real,
Oh, one other small thing I like when the covers match the character and have to assume the girl on the cover here is Gianna.
Yet she doesn't match the story, She seems to be taking a casual stroll down an alleyway instead of fleeing a pimp, I think the cover would have been better had she had a more fearful look on her face, maybe glancing behind her, and wearing the clothes she was described as having on in the beginning of the book.

One good thing for Philly/surrounding area readers there are tons of street names, Fairmount Park, etc.
so you can get that comfy feeling that comes from reading about areas you know and have been to.

As an end note I wish everyone would stop seeing this world and everyone in it in black and white you're only helping keep racism alive.
Even if it's not actually racist everything you say and do that seperates black people and white people does just that it keeps racism going.
I'm just starting and,as always, I'm am engulfed, loved it I found this book to be an intense read, especially concerning the subject matter, I had to put the book down several times due to the graphic descriptions of certain things, What adds to the difficulty in reading is the fact that the events in the book is taking place in society now.
The author did a good job in writing from the point of view of a character who was forced into the life, fought and submitted and fought back again to regain a sense of normalcy.
Sex trafficking, abduction, and forced prostitution are emotionally charged subjects that the author has proficiently brought to light in this book.
Stolen Innocence .

Stealing Candy By Allison Hobbs was definitely not what I've come to expect from Ms, Hobbs. Thoroughly pleased with the previous books I read by her such as Insatiable, Dangerously In Love, A Bona Fide Gold Digger, The Climax v.
I knew that when cracking open one of her novels I'd find a story filled with erotica, kinkiness and every once in a while a slightly disturbed female character.
Stealing Candy provided none of the aforementioned instead Ms, Hobbs weaved a tale about a pimp named Bullet and the three girls he victimized Gianna, Brielle and Portia.


Bullet was a gorilla pimp who abducted all three girls and forced them into a life of prostitution utilizing pain and narcotics.
The emotional hold he maintained over the girls was actually stronger than the physical hold especially on his first victim Gianna.
Gianna suffered so much at the hands of Bullet that at some points she became his enforcer against the other two girls, in an effort to earn Bullet's love and perhaps lessen the abuse he doled out freely.
Gianna's character was so well developed that I went from sympathizing with her on one page to detesting her just a couple of pages later.
The Stockholm Syndrome is clearly evidenced in Gianna's behavior,

With Stealing Candy Ms, Hobbs delivers a disturbing read about the ease of exploiting impressionable young girls, The events that she's writing about are taking place all over the country as proven by all the young girls reported missing each year.
Kudos to Ms. Hobbs for not only exposing a dark truth but for also stepping outside of the box and penning a novel that showcases that her writing skills aren't just limited to one genre.


Final Rating.Stars Stealing Candy is one of those books that really makes you think, It is fiction, but yet everything about it is all too real, Allison Hobbs did a great job depicting what teen prostitution is like in America, the America that most of us will never see.
These poor girls go through horrible abuse being trafficked by a psychotic pimp, and he will stop at nothing to keep them working and keep them under his watch.
This book is raw, gritty and graphic, Saleema is an amazing character and she really holds the whole book together for me, There needed to be that small ray of sunshine to keep everything going amidst all the darkness, Excellent urban read with great writing and editing, Strebor Books never disappoints!

sitelink hoteatsandcoolreads. com/ As much as I love to read its very surprising that this is a first for me to read from this author, when I finished this book I immediately started looking for more books to download from her.
I especially love this book because of the strong message it had for men and women and the not so talked about human trafficking for very young girls, though sad but true I'd recommend this book anytime.
Another book from BWBCiS. I don't know what to tell you, My coworker Tamiko warned me but did I listen No, The book hits you like a ton of bricks, Underneath the shocking, seedy, pulp story of a homicidal pimp and his kidnapping and abuse of three young girls is a disturbing and troubling look at forced prostitution and modern sex slavery.
It's a dark wild ride with plenty of sensational language and imagery so be prepared, I told Tamiko I need a more calm book next time, Can't handle any more of this Zane and Zaneesque literature this spring, "Stealing Candy" by Allison Hobbs was riveting, suspenseful, played with my mind and downright dirty all at the same time.
Being an avid reader, it's very rare that I discover a book that can do that all for me, but I've really suceeded here.
Ms. Hobbs paints a picture that's leaves you so open and so vulnerable that you can't help, but come back for more.
She sheds light on a very important social topic sex trafficking, . . detailing the story of an excon named Bullet who believes twentysomething prostitutes are too old to mess with for his pimp game so he prefers to go for what

he calls "his candy.
" He has stolen three underage girls and, by using manipulation, violence and headgames, has forced them into selling their "goodies" for cash to support his lifestyle, his bankroll.
He eventually has them believing that they even can grow to love this life, and theirs is better off with him because nobody else cares.
But, he forgot about one person, . . Saleema Sparks. She decides to search for one of the girls, and ends of gaining so much in the process.
. . love, selfworth, selfexamination, but she also gets murder,
"Stealing Candy" had me on the edge of my seat, . . even while I was grocery shopping because even though I always have myyear old daughter right there with me anyway, I found myself pulling her closer, making sure she was within my eyesight.
Myyear old niece was with me as well, and I kept saying to her "Stay near me.
. . you need to stay close to me, "
I give itstars, .