Review of "Claudia and the Lords of Peterborough" - Adam Mann

Claudia and the Lords of Peterborough by Adam Mann

My rating: 1 of 5 stars


(review request submitted by the author for an honest critique)

Based off the well-written blurb, I had a vastly different impression of the story I was about to read. Claudia and Ben only shared ONE KISS before she suddenly found herself enthralled with his brother, William. Ten years later, Ben returns home to claim his title of the new Earl and they give a relationship another try.

For a setup like that, I expected more bumps in the road before marriage and a promise of future babies. Wouldn’t you? But no, there wasn’t any of that. Everyone was on board with their relationship. No hiccups whatsoever that she was once married to his (deceased) brother.

I find that odd. Another thing I found odd was some of the wording and topics discussed or described.

1.) “Could you put that inside me?” (referring to his penis)
2.) The paragraph detailing the process of using a diaphragm.
3.) Claudia informing Ben he couldn’t kiss her vagina because “There’s spermicide all over it.” That’s not sexy. The image Adam planted in my mind was just ewwwww. *shuddering*
4.) I didn’t need the image of a “cervix excreting a slimy liquid” either.

IMHO, I think this book could’ve benefited with more discussion on his time in the Congo and/or maybe the apparent adjustments he must’ve experienced when leaving the Médecins Sans Frontières, otherwise known as Doctors Without Borders. That would’ve captured and held my interest. That’s the story I think readers will crave.

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