Review: Play Nice

Play Nice by Rachel Harrison
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Thanks to Netgalley and Berkley for the pre-release copy of Play Nice by Rachel Harrison. Below you'll find my honest review.

I'm a huge Rachel Harrison fan. I've made no secret of that. She's pithy, she's creative, and she knows how to write with depth.

Play Nice wasn't just your average haunted house novel. It's a novel of possession, and it's commentary on what it means to be a woman unbelieved, to be a woman breaking the mold of normal, to be in a family that likes to polish over the truth with a nice-looking veneer. But it's also a haunted house story.

My favorite thing about Harrison's books is that she always makes it a horror novel that also has the deeper commentary and meaning woven into the story. Don't get me wrong - I love a great popcorn horror novel, just being exactly what it appears on the surface with the scaries and the mysteries and the terror. But honestly, I also really love when you have something below the skin, something thick and meaty that drives the story into a thoughtful place as well.

Five stars, highly recommended (go read all of her books!).

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