Playing Nice by J.P. Delaney

Playing Nice by J.P. Delaney | Expected publication: July 28th 2020 |  416 Pages | Goodreads

✅ REVIEW

This is a great novel from one of my favorite authors. What would you do if you found out your two-year old son is not actually yours? What if, by mistake, he was swapped up at the hospital by mistake and the parents he has been living with have discovered the error by chance?

That is the premise of the novel and the author did a great job developing the story and the characters. The book takes place in the UK and is narrated by the parents of one of the children, Pete and Maddie.

I liked the themes explored in the story, mostly about parenting styles and family relationships. The premise is completely relatable and you can feel the despair and uncertainty that builds up as the story unfolds.

Overall, I enjoyed it and recommend it.

ARC provided by Publisher via Netgalley

✅ PUBLISHER’S DESCRIPTION

“A gripping new psychological thriller from the bestselling author of The Girl Before.

How far would you go to protect your family?

Pete Riley answers the door one morning and lets in a parent’s worst nightmare. On his doorstep is Miles Lambert, a stranger who breaks the devastating news that Pete’s son, Theo, isn’t actually his son–he is the Lamberts’, switched at birth by an understaffed hospital, while their real son was sent home with Miles and his wife Lucy. For Pete, his partner Maddie, and the little boy they’ve been raising for the past two years, life will never be the same again.

The two families, reeling from the shock, take comfort in shared good intentions, eagerly entwining their very different lives in the hope of becoming one unconventional modern family. But a plan to sue the hospital triggers an official investigation that unearths some disturbing questions about the night their children were switched. How much can they trust the other parents–or even each other? What secrets are hidden behind the Lamberts’ glossy front door? Stretched to the breaking point, Pete and Maddie discover they will each stop at nothing to keep their family safe.

They are done playing nice.”

✅ BOOK SOURCE AND FORMAT

Arc, eBook