I have mixed feelings on this one.
The physics part was fun , if not a but rambly.
I loved the take on love, marriage but on the other hand could not relate to the Serena & The faceless english guy.
The love here was super insta , but i could roll it with for the story.

So yea. mixed feelings.

4.5 stars

Serena and Henry are scientists, more adept at following their heads than their hearts. But one night changes everything, and they fall in love. The problem? While Henry is ready to dive in head first, Serena fears losing herself and her career. She'd prefer a clean break, but that's impossible to do when you discover that you'll be working together! And where they work becomes critical here, because one night, some machinery goes haywire, and Henry and Serena switch bodies! They embark on a journey to reverse the damage before it's too late, but wind up understanding one another better than they could ever imagine. Will Sarina allow herself to love? Will they switch back? You'll have to read to find out!

I had a great time with this book. I love how the author, Sarah Ready, seamlessly intertwines science and love. Who would ever have thought that you could make physics so poetic? I was so impressed not only by the depth of the story, but by the humor. The graphs and footnotes had me laughing out loud. The quiet moments in which they let their walls down were tremendous. Occasionally I struggled to understand Serena, but as the story went on, the author provided clarity.

I loved this audiobook. I enjoyed the female narrator especially. She was the perfect Serena!

Trigger warnings: heart attack suffered by a parent, visiting a relative in the hospital

I'd like to thank W. W. Crown, and imprint of Swift & Lewis Publishing, LLC, Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA), Members' Audiobooks, and Netgalley for the eARC of this book. All opinions expressed are my own.

The squeals that I squealed while listening to this book. Omg I am living for the whole freaky Friday vibe that was going on and I absolutely adored Henry and Serena. I resonated a bit… like a lot … with Serena and I was so glad to see the growth she went through while on this “adventure” with Henry. It was wild from start to finish and I loved their moments. Seeing both of them grow and learn from each other made my heart so happy 🥰🥰🥰 can’t wait for the next book in this series.

Thank you NetGalley for the advanced copy.

I was able to read Ghosted last year as an ARC and enjoyed Ready's unique take on a familiar romance trope, mashing it with science that breaks your brain. It was a little overcomplicated as a story but at least it wasn't the whole 'they were really in a coma' obvious twist. Switched is both similar and a little different. The freaky Friday body switch between the mains is a mash of science and magic. It isn't quite explained; I didn't really need it to be. The uniqueness comes from having the characters be opposite genders and navigating the weird/hilarious/awkward differences of finding yourself in a VERY different body. It has two people who know each other very well but are also complete strangers and it really dives into the idea of being alone and sidelined in situations where you can't be yourself because you aren't yourself.

Anyways, there were moments of this book I loved, made me grin and laugh. Then there were moments that felt too convenient and too cheesy, descriptions that became a little too saccharine and spacey. I was often frustrated by Serena and felt plenty of this conflict could have been wrapped up with a more honest conversation, one that these characters felt capable of having.

Overall, sweet and dorky, this book and this author deserve more attention and I look forward to reading the next book in this cute sciency romance series.

Side note: The most unbelievable part of this book is that this guy was a virgin when they met.

If you like your romance book with a dash of science (like ali hzaelwood style) this book is perfect for you. This book truly is for all the nerds out there.

Our main characters swap bodies on a stormy night and they have to navigate how to live their lives. It also has an element of enemies to lovers *winky face*

This was a delightful read and I am definitely reading Sarah’s previous release. I would say this book is perfect for the fans of ali hazelwood and Christina Lauren.

Thank you to NetGalley and W.W crown and imprint of swift and Lewis publishing for graciously providing me an arc of this book in exchange for my honest review.

An unfortunate DNF 😭.

I have to be honest I'm really sad I'm DNFing this one. I have LOVED Sarah's books. However.....I'm not sure why authors keep doing the "break the fourth wall" thing. It makes for such a TOUGH read. It's almost like the story and the character talking to you are two separate stories and I just could not get through this. The random photos and graphs, the breaking up the story....I just could dive in because Ducky wanted to be quirky every five seconds.

However, im sure the actually story was good and the writing flowed really well, but i could not get pass all the random graphs and Ducky trying to be different and quirky.

All the random thought inserts (much like this would be in parentheses and break up an entire thought or paragraph) were super distracting.

Which is super strange, cause none of her other books read like this. :(

Overall, I think one day I will try to read this and hopefully change my thoughts because I love Sarah's books, but literally at 30% Ducky was killing me 😭.

I hope to read more Sarah Ready in the future, but this was such a stark difference from the first book of this standalone series, and an even bigger difference from how her works usually read.

Thank you to NetGalley and WW Crown for providing the ARC.

Sarah Ready never misses, and that is doubly true in this crazy Freaky Friday-esque follow up to Ghosted.

Serena doesn't want to fall in love. Falling in love means losing yourself, your identity, and being subsumed by someone else. So when she experiences love at first sight, she cuts and runs, knowing exactly what will happen if she sticks around, and she loves herself and her career more than that.

When she ends up switching places with the man of her dreams, she comes to find out that there are certain things she can no longer avoid, including her dormant but never gone feelings she has for him. She learns more about herself in someone else's body than she ever truly realized as herself.

I loved Serena's character. She was raw and genuine in a way that I feel is missed from most female main characters. The lengths she went through for Henry to make sure that he had everything he needed was just a testament to what the reader already knows - she loves him and does so deeply.

Henry was just as endearing. He wore heart eyes the entire story, and all he wanted to do was understand Serena more, since she had brutally shut him down. He worked to make things so much more comfortable for Serena that it's hard not falling in love with him yourself.

This book was dreamy and special. I think everyone who enjoys a bit of paranormal activity will enjoy this book throughly.

This is an adorable paranormal romance. This is an unexpected gem of a romance. Ducky and Henry share a hot first night stand, then a period of working together, then a switcheroo, then an adorable HEA.

Thank you Netgalley for an ARC in exchange for my honest review.

3.75 ⭐️

When I started this book I had no idea it was part of a series, it is great as a standalone. This is like Freaky Friday mixed with a nerdy romance. It took me about 5 chapters to get into it, but then I was hooked and binged the rest of the book.
It's adorable, quirky, with vivid descriptions and an adorable romance. Definitely would recommend for a fun rom com book.

Switched- Ghosted Book #2

By Sarah Ready- read Ghosted gave it 4* & French Holiday 4*

Rating: 5/5

Format: eBook 338 pgs. and audiobook run time: 10:01

Narrator: Kelsey Navarro Foster and James Anderson Foster. Story told by h Serena with one chapter w/ H . I loved Henry and his family's British accent. All the voices were distinct but I could easily tell the difference between all characters. The reading style brought the story to life and the pacing was great and flowed easily with the story. The narration and the author were in sync, and they fit together perfectly.

The audiobook's flow was pretty good. The narrators paused and announced every time a new chapter came. The book had a table of contents which helped me follow along with the e-book and audio.

Setting: Switzerland

Publication 2/20/24, Read 2/19/24

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher W.W. Crown & Swift & Lewis Publishing LLC for this ARC and ACL 💜! I voluntarily give an honest review and all opinions expressed are my own.

What to Expect: Contemporary Romance, fake dating, forced proximity, one night stand, STEMinist Fic, insta-love,

Summary: Serena is a theoretical physicist in Geneva who doesn't believe in love. She has hook ups and goes back to physics-her 1st and only love. Henry, a physicist himself, believes in true love and after a one night stand with the beautiful "Duckie" he thought he met the one. She tells him they just had fun a year later working together. Henry is the project leader and Serena's boss. One night there's an electrically storm and Serena and Henry wake up having switched bodies. They spend the rest of time adjusting to being each other and their real feelings.

The characters:
Serena Duckie Otaki- from California, theoretical physicist working on the Large Hadron Collider (LHC).
Henry Joules-British, had his v-card, Serena was his 1st.
Jillian-h from book #1, Serena's BFF.
John-Henry's brother getting married in England to Olivia-Henry the best man
Lorna-a bridesmaid and Henry's ex
Eugenia+ Charles-Henry's parents
Caroline + Matt-Serena's parents

My Thoughts:

Overall, the romance was remarkable. Serena was so against love, but learned while in Henry's body what it truly felt like. I loved all the wedding stuff and their time with Serena's parents. I'd recommend reading the audiobook because you can adjust the speed, skip parts easily (if desired), and picture the characters more vividly.

Serena is a layed back American. Loves coffee and her job and is Sworn off love and rhe idea of marriage. She hates the idea if losing her identity and merging into a stereotypical couple. The only rhis she loves - physics.

Henry is an uptight brit. He is an ocd clean freak, loves tea and his life is his job. Physics is his love but he wants a future and someone to share it with.

They meet in Geneva in a bar and after she gets into a sticky situation 👀 he comes to her rescue and she promises him to show him around only it doesn't go past his hotel room. Love at first sight she panics and pushes him away. Only years later the universe brings them together again and a thunderstorm makes them switch bodies.

Living in eachothers bodies makes them feel eachothers emotions and other things 😂 that make the truths come to light. Having to live eachothers lives till they figure out how to switch back is highly entertaining.

I really enjoyed this. It was witty and funny.  I've not read a freaky Friday type of story before so this was a great change for me. There was a few situations that made me a bit 😬 and that's big from me 😅 I just kept thinking... but he's you... but hey, when it's love it's love.

This was also my first full audio that I listened to. I usually give up because I  'didnt' like audio before but this has converted me. 🥳

Thank you so much netgally, Sarah ready and w.w. Crown publishing for the audio book in exchange for my honest review

"Little did she know her life was about to change forever

Lorsque l'univers engendre un coup de foudre.

Pour Serena Otaki, californienne, la vie est simple. Elle aime Star Trek, le tofu épicé, son chat Captain Purrk et son célibat. Son grand amour, c'est la physique. Pour Henry Joules, britannique coincé, la vie est simple. Il aime sa famille, la viande rouge, nettoie son appartement de manière obsessionnelle et rêve de trouver la femme de sa vie. Durant une nuit parfaite, Serena et Henry se rencontrent. Des étincelles volent, des particules entrent en collision, l’univers s’arrête et… C'était une erreur. Ils sont trop différents. Cela ne fonctionnera pas. Jusqu'à ce qu'un orage provoque un événement inattendu, chacun se retrouvant dans le corps de l'autre. Et, la vie devient soudain très compliquée.

Je ne suis pas adepte du principe de coup de foudre. Ainsi, les sentiments qui en découlent me semblent niais, mais l'idée d'échange de corps est drôle. Cela apporte une touche de fraîcheur et d'humour au livre. Les personnages sont bien construits, et grâce à l'échange, le lecteur découvre leurs différentes facettes. C'est de cette façon qu'ils apprennent eux-mêmes à se connaître et à se comprendre. C'était appréciable de les voir évoluer au fil des pages, et les différents twists qui permettent leur rapprochement sont touchants et plutôt crédibles. J'ai beaucoup aimé la narration homodiégétique qui interpelle directement le lecteur, c'est original.

Même si le coup de foudre et l'amour fou au premier regard ne m'ont pas transcendée, j'ai passé un moment agréable en lisant ce livre. Et c'est toujours un plaisir de lire les œuvres de Sarah Ready.

Merci à Netgalley, à l'autrice et aux éditeurs pour cette lecture.

Meet Serena. A double-doctorate physicist who is already madly in love. With her career. She has time for fun and flings - but absolutely no interest in anything more.

Meet Henry. He's pretty smart in his own right (if Serena comes up with the theories - he spends his time either proving them or disproving them). He believes in love at first sight, because it happened to him. The moment he met Serena.

And when Serena realizes what Henry wants. She puts an end to it. Chapter one over. Our two mains are not getting their HEA.

And then the Universe decides to intervene. All of a sudden (and after a whole thing) - Serena wakes up in Henry's body. And Henry wakes up in Serena's body. A Freaky Friday type of situation. Only it doesn't just last 24 hours. Instead, we get to follow on our mains as they visit their families - while inhabiting the wrong body. It allows for a lot of self-reflection from Serena to understand her beliefs about love and marriage. And Henry is just a solid, lovely golden retriever of a male lead.

Similar to the first book in the series, this book requires the reader to go along for the ride. Suspend reality and just enjoy seeing these two get to know one another - and really understand what makes the other tick. It makes for a super sweet love story of epic proportions.

I do wish that this one had been told in alternating points of view - I think it would have maybe moved the story along a little faster. But honestly - this was sweet and fun, and Serena is a brilliantly funny lead.

Totally looking forward to reading book three in the series. I REALLY loved Ghosted, but this one is a close second. And thank you Sarah Ready for including Jillian and Daniel (and Fran) in this one.

Thank you Netgalley and WW Crown for the ARC in return for my honest review.

4 1/2 stars

I find that I love most anything I read by Sarah Ready and Switched was no exception.

When Serena meets Henry, he throws her into a tizzy. She's only supposed to have one true love and that is physics. There is no room for another one and Henry could just well threaten that for her. So, she must find a way to be sure it doesn't happen.

All is going along fine....or is it? Probably not because Henry is grumpy and miserable and Serena is none too happy herself when a freak accident happens. The two of them magically or scientifically (depending on which way you think) switch bodies and they can't figure out how to switch back. It's humorous for them to be in the body of the opposite sex but it's sad at times because they both have major life events occur while they are switched and their families are unaware of the situation so the hugs and attention go to the other person. Yet, it also opens up lines of communication for them to find out things they otherwise would not know, giving them an insight into the other person and a better understanding.

There are times this book made me chuckle and times I teared up. It runs the full gamut of emotions and does it well.

AUDIOBOOK REVIEW: The audiobook was outstanding as well. The narration really fit the characters and helped me to fully immerse myself into the story. Very enjoyable. 5 stars

4⭐️
This was a fun paranormal rom-com book, I was either cackling or swooning or enjoying the ride. Switched was my second book by Sarah Ready, Ghosted being the first. (Which by the way, GO READ ITTTT, it was one of my favourite reads in 2023!)

We have our main girl, Serena who is a lover of physics, Star Trek, and her rescue cat, Captain Purrk. She loves her simple and chaotic life with no desire of putting a man before her one true love—physics.
Then we have Henry, our main guy, an uptight Brit who loves sipping tea, organizing, and keeping things clean. He has many loves in his life— family, eating red meat, and physics. He’s the romantic and is the one who sees his own family and marriage in his future.

So things happen, they meet and collide and it feels so scarily perfect— except it won’t work because they’re just so different and they don’t understand each other. Opposites. Until more things happen and a strange phenomenon occurs where they suddenly find themselves switched into each other’s bodies.

Now everything they knew about their familiar, simple worlds are suddenly not so familiar or simple.🫣

Listen, I was scared I wasn’t going to like this book because there was all this big-brain, science-y lingo that was just going in one ear, out the other. 😭 But the interactions and adventure that Serena and Henry go through made it so worth it, and I found myself suddenly cackling at their banter. It was sweet and charming, and I loved how you can feel the magical sensation in the air. Almost how anything might be possible?

Anyway, I totally plan on reading more by Sarah Ready. She’s becoming one of my automatic go-tos!

E-ARC provided by Netgalley and Sarah Ready, thank you!

I’m going to date myself, but when I was a kid, I loved “Freaky Friday,” the one with Jodie Foster. Seeing how the other one lives and feels and then seeing the characters improve their relationship at the end was neat. In Sarah Ready’s “Switched,” instead of mother/daughter, she has two physicists who get together. Serena is entirely career-focused; love is at the bottom of her list, and she doesn’t realize how hurt Henry feels being dismissed. Much later, they find themselves working together, and Henry is an entirely different person from the one she met years before. A strange occurrence happens, and somehow, they switch bodies. Author Sarah Ready makes their transformation humorous. Henry’s adjustment to all things being a woman, especially during certain times of the month, was hilarious. Serena was adamant that Henry not touch her body while they were switched, which made me laugh so hard.

Though “Switch” was a slow burn and very low in spice, I still enjoy the story. The lessons learned, and the sweetness of the couple made the story.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.

This is book 2 of the Ghosted series by Sarah Ready. It's recommended to read the first book in the series.

Serena and Henry have an instant connection when they meet at a bar. It's such an intense first meeting and after they "get together" Henry expresses his desire to be with her. Forever. Serena doesn't do forever. She does one night because she's chosen her work as her one true love. This leads to her lying to Henry and saying it was fun but that was all she saw it as, not the intense connection that Henry felt. That same night Serena gets an e-mail saying her new boss is Henry which solidifies her choice to make sure they never have a repeat of that night.

At work one night there is an incident and Serena and Henry end up switching bodies. It's a freaky Friday type premises but it worked so well. Recommended for fans of paranormal romances!

I LOVED this book! Sarah Ready is truly becoming one of my favorite authors. This book was SO fun and I couldnt put it down.

This was so cute!

I love a good STEM focused romance, and Serena was hilarious with the way she told her story using charts, footnotes, and breaking the fourth wall.

The switching bodies part was written really well. Serena and Henry have so many quirks, and they start to experience each others likes, dislikes, and memories, allowing them to understand each other better.

I really enjoyed this, and now I want to read all of the other books in this series by Sarah Ready.

Thank you NetGalley for an eARC of this book. I really enjoyed it.

Found this very interesting read, imagine waking in in a body of a woman haha or a man laughed out loud in few places highly recommended.
Thanks to netgalley for an ARC of this book for a free honest review.. Give it a whirl I think you'll like it.