When the rules turn deadly, winning is everything.
The perfect couple. The perfect marriage. The perfect game.
Effie and Ben May have everything. Success. Beauty. Glamour. But beneath the charming smiles and expensive clothes, a twisted game is in progress.
A game for which only they know the rules.
Leaving their fast-paced London life behind them, the Mays move to the exclusive gated community of Ivy Oaks. Here they can settle down and start a family in this quiet, safe little neighbourhood. At least, that’s what they tell their new neighbours.
While Effie and Ben scheme and manipulate those around them, they fail to notice their carefully cultivated façade crumbling away. The perfect couple soon turn the game on each other, breaking all the rules. But when the stakes are life and death, losing isn’t an option.
As the final cards are dealt, who will play the winning hand and who will pay the ultimate price?
I love audiobooks, but I just can never seem to get along with fiction on audio, Biographies all the way. BUT…. Sarah Denzil has changed that! I decided to give We Play Games a go, I love Sarahs books and I thought this one sounded good (also its free on the audible plus catalogue).
I got into it quite quickly, I think the multiple narrators helped a lot, Billie piper playing Effie,and Dan Stevens playing Ben, so having the different voices etc was a good thing. We know from early on that Effie and Ben are no normal couple. They’re not nice people really. They move around a lot, and find new targets to manipulate into giving them money etc. So yeah, lovely couple! I actually enjoyed the games turning (no I'm not sadistic), I liked them kind of getting a piece of their own medicine, liked watching them squirm knowing the other was doing something different.
A few twists threw themselves in there, which I didn’t expect, and when someone in the book mentions Loki the Labrador, I had to check my dog (Loki the Labrador) was still here haha. I liked the parts which referred to online chats with random people, who were brought together by Ben and Effies past too, gave you a deeper look into their lives.
A really good story, well written, and well voiced by the actors too. Would definitely recommend.
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