Book: Two Can Play

Author: Ali Hazelwood

Thank you NetGalley and Spotify Audiobooks for an advanced audio copy.

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Two Can Play was my first book by Ali Hazelwood and after I finished Two Can Play all I thought was, what took me so long to finally start a book by Hazelwood? This was the audio version and the narration by Kelsey Navarro Foster was well above average. She did an amazing job of putting you right into the story.

The story follows Viola who is a video game designer. She works for a company that has a bid to develop a popular IP that she has a close connection to. Her boss announces that they will be co-developing the game with another studio and they will be going on a retreat together for team building. The lead designer for the other company is Jesse who is someone that Viola has had a crush on since the day they met, but Jesse has always shown no interest in her.

I love video games and the way this book is written it shows that Hazelwood is either in love with games or did some serious research because the video game representation was incredible. This didn’t feel like just surface-level knowledge it had so much detail that really helped bring me in.

I loved learning why Jesse seemed like he wanted nothing to do with Viola and I couldn’t help but root for them. This book was so good that it was a challenge for me to stop listening. I had to finish this in one sitting because I was just so invested.

Two Can Play needs to be on the top of your list, and I have moved all of Hazelwood’s books to the top of mine. 

Final score: 5/5