We Play Games by Sarah A. Denzil

We Play Games

Author: Sarah A. Denzil

Genre: Thriller, Mystery, Drama, Romance, Suspense

Narrator: Billie Piper, Dan Stevens, Shane Zaza, Avita Jay, Felicity Duncan, David Holt, Sarah Whitehouse

Audible length: 8 hours 41 minutes

3/5

An Audible original full of star-studded casts with promising story line but for some reason it just did not hit the right spot for me at the end. Effie and Ben are the perfect young couple, both rich and attractive with great career. They moved to a lovely neighbourhood and both were quickly accepted by their neighbours and their new community. Their neighbours, however, do not know about their little games and their dark secrets.

Effie and Ben quickly got to their usual scheme, planned their "games" and started the manipulation race competing against each other. Effie, played by Billie Piper, seduced a single dad neighbour, David, who on the outside appears to be wholesome but will quickly play an important role in her life. 

The story is narrated from multiple perspectives, mainly Effie, Ben, and David. Throughout the story, you will quickly symphatise with Effie, a famous social media star with a famous mother, with a complicated life. She is navigating her life, trying to escape the shackles of a tragedy that she still could not remember clearly, and trying to escape a controlling husband. Ben also has his own side of the story, dealing with his decisions that brought them both to this neighbourhood, his dark mind, and his need for control. David offers another point of view to the story, although it did not come clear until towards the end of the story. David also has his own agenda in this whole mess. 

One thing that is a bit different is how the different neighbours are portrayed very clearly, with distinct characteristics that each contributes narrative and nuance to the story. All the important characters are voiced by different narrators so it is quite easy to follow. The story is quite well paced, however the downside is that the twists and turns of the story seems to be a little bit predictable. Still, Sarah A. Denzil produced a story worth listening with We Play Games.

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