beckiebookworm1974 's review for:

Playing Nice by JP Delaney

3.0

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This was well written and such an interesting topic a psychologist thriller regarding two premature babies switched at birth. It’s told from the POV of Maddie and Pete as they traverse the many hurdles resulting from the bombshell that two-year-old Theo is not their biological son but instead David who has severe special needs is.

At first, Maddie and Pete are thrilled that Miles and Lucy seem to be so agreeable and accommodating but it’s not long before Miles is crossing boundaries and it becomes apparent that Miles is not quite the charming nice guy he at first appears. Peter and Maddie now find themselves in the fight of their lives. Trying to retaining custody of Theo as Miles throws every dirty trick in the book their way.

So I did enjoy this but it did seem to move quite slowly I also thought that David their biological son very much took a back seat in this story and I would have thought he’d be more central to the narrative. I also thought the wrap up was rushed and I definitely found this anticlimactic especially considering all the build-up things just then fizzled out and that disappointed me slightly.

Still, this was such an intriguing subject and It did manage to keep my interest. I found the second half of this much more gripping than the first which did take a while to build momentum. Overall this was a decent read but it contained few surprises and was fairly predictable. I voluntary reviewed a copy of Playing Nice.



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