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Playing Nice
by JP Delaney
Playing nice kicks off with a complex case of baby swapping affecting two couples - Pete and Maddie and Miles and Lucy. Two boys born to two different couples on the same day end up being swapped and raised by their non biological parents.
Pete a stay at home dad has a knock on the door one day by two men. One of the men is Miles who discloses to him along with the other man who is a private investigator that Theo isn’t his child and that he is the biological father.
We get the POV of both Pete and Maddie. This is a very emotional and complex story and it’s evident the author carried out great deal of research on the subject. I learned many things along the way about baby swapping and medical negligence. The characters I found to be unlikeable but this added to the depth of the story. I enjoyed the letters, emails and different multi media formats included in the story. The writing is so engaging and well done and it all felt authentic and raw. There is also have representation of mental health such as post-partum psychosis to psychopathy so trigger warning for that.
The author did a great job depicting the legal aspect and I enjoyed the court case parts, I did not know which way it would end as we were given enough crumbs to keep us guessing but the ending was satisfying and wrapped everything up neatly. Whilst there was a lot of twists I would categorise this book as more of a family drama than a thriller and I could easily see this adapted for Netflix or the big screen.
Thank you to Quercus Books and Netgalley for this arc in exchange for my honest review.
Pete a stay at home dad has a knock on the door one day by two men. One of the men is Miles who discloses to him along with the other man who is a private investigator that Theo isn’t his child and that he is the biological father.
We get the POV of both Pete and Maddie. This is a very emotional and complex story and it’s evident the author carried out great deal of research on the subject. I learned many things along the way about baby swapping and medical negligence. The characters I found to be unlikeable but this added to the depth of the story. I enjoyed the letters, emails and different multi media formats included in the story. The writing is so engaging and well done and it all felt authentic and raw. There is also have representation of mental health such as post-partum psychosis to psychopathy so trigger warning for that.
The author did a great job depicting the legal aspect and I enjoyed the court case parts, I did not know which way it would end as we were given enough crumbs to keep us guessing but the ending was satisfying and wrapped everything up neatly. Whilst there was a lot of twists I would categorise this book as more of a family drama than a thriller and I could easily see this adapted for Netflix or the big screen.
Thank you to Quercus Books and Netgalley for this arc in exchange for my honest review.