How could I not love a Rachel Harrison novel, especially one about a haunted house?? Clio was soooo unlikable to me, but that really added to book instead of putting me off. I loved the inclusion of her mom's book (and the annotations!) and I think the ending, although a bit open-ended, was absolutely perfect. Another stellar novel!!

Thank you to Rachel Harrison, Berkley, and NetGalley for the ARC!

How much I love Rachel Harrison’s books and how much I love a haunted house trope. This was my “drop everything and read it immediately” NetGalley and, let me tell you, worth the wait. It’s was so good and spooky and you gotta love the emotional link between supernatural demons and the demons of your metal health. Paul Tremblay did it excellently with Head Full of Ghosts and now Rachel Harrison has done so just as well with Play Nice. What more can I say but read it, love it, and please give us more!

This was an okay read. It was not my favorite from Rachel Harrison, but there was not anything wrong with it either. The story focused heavily on family dynamics.

I received this book as an advanced readers copy (ARC). The author is one of my favorites so I was excited and not disappointed in the read. In this book, Harrison tackles the “haunted house” trope and it’s a winner in my estimation. Clio Louise Barnes inherits a haunted house, along with her two other sisters, Leda and Daphne, after the death of their mother, Alexandra. It’s also the house the three grew up in. Told in part through a book Alexandra wrote which Clio obtains at her mother’s funeral and through Clio’s attempts at remodeling the house, the story is spooky, scary and great fun to read - a perfect October read given its publication date in late September!