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Playing Nice

JP Delaney

3.95 AVERAGE

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marbooks88's review

4.0

What would you do if you find out something about your child that changes everything? What Pete and Maddie find out about their son Theo has the potential to tear apart their family. The closer they get to the truth the more secrets are revealed. Will their family survive? What would you do?

Thanks to the publisher for providing an ARC for my honest review.

windy_witch's review

5.0


How would you react if you were told that your child was not your own and had been mixed up with another shortly after birth?

This is exactly what happened to Maddie and Pete and they were soon living a nightmare situation from which there seemed to be no end.

Maddie had a difficult birth with Theo, born prematurely and transferred to an intensive care baby unit shortly after birth in a private hospital. Little did she know that the baby she has been caring for is not her natural birth son. After Theo’s biological father Miles turns up and drops the bombshell on the couple they find themselves fighting law suits and police investigations, all of this orchestrated by seemingly psychopathic Miles.

A great read and an insight into the difficulties of motherhood and postnatal depression which has been touched upon in a sensitive manner. This situation that Maddie and Pete find themselves in is surely every parent’s nightmare.

katiecolson's review

5.0

WHAT WOULD YOU DO?!
That is the question I kept asking everyone who would listen to the summary of this book.
I went to work and wouldn’t shut up about this book.
I called my friends. I called my family.
I messaged my internet friends.
Everyone.

This is such an interesting and emotional conversation that I never read about in books.

I read the ending twice cause I was

liznc's review

5.0

Wow! I blazed right through this book to find out what would happen in the end. A fascinating thriller with a despicable psychopath.

mrsbrewer7's review

4.5
tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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steffiemaber's review

4.75
dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

I went into this book slightly blind, thinking it was a heartwarming story. Babies switched at birth, two families coming together. I'm glad I was wrong.
dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

ink_and_ash's review

5.0

JP Delaney quite literally never disappoints. His books are always so unique. There are so many thrillers that follow similar patterns or storylines and his books are always just in a league of their own. Highly recommend for thriller mystery lovers.