Caught up in always trying to be the perfect version of herself that her parents and schoolmates expect her to be, she has grown up wearing her niceness like a badge. I will never forget the day a year ago when I opened the attachment in my email as I got on to the Path train and read the first four pages of "Playing Nice". 0985895659 THE SENSATIONAL NEW PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER FROM THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE GIRL BEFORE 'Utterly terrifying and compelling' Stephanie Wrobel 'JP Delaney is King of Thrillers and Playing Nice is his best book yet' Fiona Cummins 'There is a precision about Delaney's characters that propels his twisty plots into unexpected and utterly convincing … Marty is The Nicest Person in Minster High School and she is completely lost. I really liked Lil too, but I wish there had been more with her; she is still a mysterious person, with just a few glimpses coming through at the end. It was pure kismet. Pete Riley answers the door one morning to a parent's worst nightmare. I can see what Marty was going through, and sympathize. The internet and facebook give a whole other level of horrible and bullying that I worry about for my kids. Marty struggles with whether she wants to be what everyone else wants her to be or who she wants to be. I really liked Lil too, but I wish there had been more with her; she is still a mysterious person, with just a few glimpses coming through at the end. 'JP Delaney is King of Thrillers and Playing Nice is his best book yet' Fiona Cummins 'There is a precision about Delaney's characters that propels his twisty plots into unexpected and utterly convincing scenarios' Daily Mail. too emotional right now to write one :P That should say something. The teen angst rang absolutely true, while not playing to stereotypes too much. So many YA contemporaries talk down to their audience, but Rebekah Crane tells Marty and Lil's story in very honest, straight-forward prose. Then she meets Lil. She is voted the nicest girl in school and is head of the Welcoming Committee. It was full of emotion that only high school could bring! And Bekah just keeps getting better-- wait 'til you read "Aspen"!I received the book for free through Goodreads First Reads. Welcome back. Marty struggles with whether she wants to be what everyone else wants her to be or who she wants to be. Marty, and especially Lil, are much more complex characters than they seem on the surface and Crane somehow convinces the reader that the "good girl turns bad" tradition is not as black and white as it seems. After years of secrecy, one major election tech company is giving more hackers a look under the hood. When brash and brutally honest Lil moves to Minster, Marty is instantly drawn to her, and begins to step outside her comfort zone. Some things (especially in regards to Marty's characteristics) were so cliché and stereotypical that I thought I wouldn't finish the book. Super special girl meets totally super special guy and they fall super special in love. Super special girl meets totally super special guy and they fall super special in love. Its a concept we’ve seen before in contemporary YA, but what really drew me to It's not the most unique concept - one part Jenny O'Connell's THE BOOK OF LUKE to three parts Kirsten Hubbard's LIKE MANDARIN - but the actual voice of Rebekah Crane's PLAYING NICE is so consistently unexpected that the book manages to feel fresh and new with every chapter. Did Matt really like Marty at all or was he just playing her from the start? She found a passion for this genre while studying secondary English education at Ohio University. Marty is a 17 year old girl that tries to live up to her parents expectations by being nice, polite and pretty much perfect. When brash and brutally honest Lil moves to Minster, Marty is instantly drawn to her, and begins to step outside her comfort zone. This book is a good example of pretty much every teenage cliche you can think of. It will be a wonderful read for any and all who want to figure out how to discover their true I received the book for free through Goodreads First Reads. At first I thought Marty was weird but as I as read more and as she developed more as a character, some little thinks about her made me think of myself. I would recommend this book to everyone!Rebekah Crane is the author of The Odds of Loving Grover Cleveland and other young-adult novels. And while young women growing up in high school is certainly a tale that’s been told before, Crane keeps it new with characters you’re drawn to for their realness and humanity.