Clodagh Murphy

Claire Kennedy is NiceGirl, the anonymous author of steamy online blog 'Scenes of a Sexual Nature'. An internet sensation, she attracts the attention of Mark Bell, a hot London publisher. But when it becomes clear that Mark is interested in more than just a book deal, Claire has to act fast. Because little does Mark know that NiceGirl is a lot more experienced in the bedroom than real-life Claire Kennedy. Mark is offering Claire the life she's always dreamed of - a steady relationship, the literary world of London and a posh Highgate apartment. But when Claire hires the services of struggling artist and commitment-phobe Luca to brush up on her sex skills, things get more complicated... Great sex, friendship AND love ... can't a girl have it all?

Some Girls Do

Becky

When I first saw this book on my recommended for me list on Amazon I looked straight past it. But it kept appearing and I liked the cover so I decided to read the synopsis. The synopsis did nothing to make it stand out so, again I looked past it. But then it just kept showing on my recommended for me list and I really liked the cover. Even the premise grew on me until eventually I fell into a weekend book slump where I couldn't find what I fancied reading, nothing gripped me and I kept thinking back to this book. The price of almost £5 put me off, because I am always reluctant to spend more than a couple of quid on a book for my kindle, it is just not the done thing when I won't have a pretty book to show for it. As I said, though, this book just wouldn't leave me alone, so, despite the slightly obvious premise and the huge likelihood of it being a cheesefest, I bought it. And I am so glad I did.

The entire idea is a girl can write some made hot sexblog as an output for her creativity, when she doesn't have a great amount of sexual experience, so when the perfect guy comes along she panics because from her blog she looks like a confident sexpot who has it all down. Along comes the perfect lay, who will be able to show her the ropes and guide her in her sexual awakening. Does this sound like it's going to be awful or what? Thankfully, it didn't fall in to the trap of being obvious and cliche. Instead this book was funny. Like properly funny, funny enough that I occasionally had to stop reading on my lunch break to avoid cackling hysterically. But it is also honest and real. 

The characters never failed to become real people to me, there was no ridiculous two dimensional characters existing only to move the storyline along. Do I think there are characters that could have been developed more? Of course I do, but I never got the sense they were thrown in. I feel convinced that they could have easily been fleshed out to become independent characters with their own story.

One thing I wish there had been more of was the development of Luca. Don't get me wrong, he was wonderfully well developed (and well hung from the sounds of it) but I do feel a bit like I was teased with his back story and his family but none of it was fully explored. I get this was mostly Claire's story and her journey, but since there was some Luca POV thrown in and his family thrown in I do wish that there could have been further exploration of all that. But don't worry, that niggling feeling of mine in no way detracts from what an excellent story with this was.

I would fully recommend this book to anyone wanting a funny heartfelt story that has some delicious moments to enjoy.

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Claire Kennedy, aka internet sensation NiceGirl, is the anonymous author of a steamy sex blog. She's an expert at writing about sex, but little do her fans know that bookish Claire isn't quite as experienced in the bedroom as her online persona. But everyone makes stuff up on the internet, right? Except that NiceGirl attracts the attention of London publisher Mark Bell. Handsome, charming and successful, Mark is offering Claire the life she's always dreamed of - a steady relationship, the literary world of London and a hot book deal. But when Claire enlists the help of brooding artist Luca to brush up on her sex skills before she's discovered for a fraud, things begin to get complicated... Great sex, friendship AND love - can't a girl have it all?

Some Girls Do

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