Some Girls Do By Clodagh Murphy

[amazon_link id=”1444726269″ target=”_blank” ][/amazon_link]’Some Girls Do’ is the latest book by Clodagh Murphy.

Claire Kennedy is NiceGirl, the anonymous writer of steamy online blogs ‘Scenes of a Sexual Nature’. An interest sensation, she attracts the attention of Mark Bell, a hot London publisher. But when it become clear that Mark is interested in more than just a book deal. Claire has to act fast. Because little does know Mark know that NiceGirl is a lot more experienced in the bedroom than in real life Claire Kennedy. Mark is offering Claire the life that she has always dreamed of – a steady relationship, the literary world of London and a posh Highgate apartment. But when Claire hires the skills of struggling artist and commitment-phobe Luca to brush up on her sex skills, things gets little bit more complicated.

Although I follow Clodagh on Twitter, ‘Some Girls Do’ is actually the first book that I have read by the Irish author and may I say that it was a particularly book to start with.

Our heroine of the story is Claire Kennedy, a nice quiet girl who sells books in a bookshop but on the World Wide Web, she is another type of a nice girl. Claire aka NiceGirl writes a blog where she has a whole new identity regaling her audience with sexual exploits and thoughts, but unknown to her audience, it’s all an act. Claire has only had sex three and a half times and she is far from the experienced woman that she claims to be. So when a handsome publisher approaches Claire and offers NiceGirl a book deal, Claire realises that she needs to get some experience in the sexual department and asks loveable and handsome Romanian Luca for a helping hand.

I loved Claire, I loved her passion not only for her art but for life. I admired how she stepped out of her comfort zone and went into a world that was initially scary and initiating but literally grasped it with both hands. Another thing that I thought was lovely about Claire was her gentle and caring side, as she cared for her unwell mother, solely taking on the responsibility as her carer whilst her brothers and their wives carried on with lives. It seemed that everyone had moved on with life, where Claire’s seemed to have taken a back seat and far from feeling miserable or bitter, Claire puts on a brave face and carries on with the secret success of her blog, whilst her sisters-in-law openly bitch about the website unaware of how close to home the creator actually is!

Luca, the kind man who has took on the hard and tiring task of being Claire’s teacher, is quite an interesting and complex character. Originally introduced as the rogue of the story, he is actually quite a nice person, that you feel at ease. With his experience and gentle guidance, he gives Claire the well needed confidence in herself, as well as providing her with the welcome distraction and release from worrying about her mother. Whilst Mark, the handsome publisher, plays the gentleman of the story wooing Claire with romantic dinners and walks. Her mother Espie, added a delicious injection of humour to the story with her quick wit and sharp tongue, I was regularly sniggering at the scenes that she featured in.

I will admit it, I loved this book! I thought it was deliciously rude and fun with its risqué content which made me gasp, sometimes in delight and others in shock at some of the dialogue and scenes. As I travel by public transport, I regularly found myself looking over my shoulder during the saucy parts making sure that no one was trying to get a sneaky look, but I imagine with one of most prettiest and aspiring covers of 2014 in gentle hues of grey and pink, everyone had an idea of what I was blushing and sniggering at.

A wonderfully frank and fun story, ‘Some Girls Do, is at its core, a love story that was impossible to put down. A coming of age eye opening steamy tale that I imagine men and women will love, is packed with confidence, laughter and the males perspective on sex and relationships, Clodagh certainly knows how to write thrilling story! Now to look into her back catalogue…

You can buy [amazon_link id=”1444726269″ target=”_blank” ]Some Girls Do from Amazon [/amazon_link] and is available to buy from good bookshops.