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.

I was so excited for Serena’s book and it did not disappoint. I didn’t love the insta-love or love at first site aspect, but the rest of the book was so much fun. There is “love at first site” but Serena doesn’t want love so she pushed Henry away and they become neutral for a year and a half while working together. Then the switch happens! They spend almost two weeks in each others body but it was so great to watch them finally understand each other! I loved their families and the support they showed for each other. I think my favorite part was all the diagrams included throughout the book! This was an overall fun and enjoyable read!

This was a charming, light romance with a touch of woo-woo. Besides switching bodies (not a spoiler, it's in the description and title), we have an amusing gender-specific switch of attitudes toward love: the man is the one seeking it and commitment, the woman is a STEM feminist who refuses to soften her laser focus on her career.

You know there will be a happy ending, it just seemed to take a long time. Enjoyable romp.

I thank the author, W.W. Crown and Netgalley for the opportunity to read this ARC.

I've really grown to love Sarah Ready as a writer and her writing style is really unique. I love how her main characters are often in STEM fields and that she has good background knowledge to make their careers seem more believable and relatable. This one is definitely far fetched but if you can suspend your disbelief and just enjoy the story, you're in for a great ride. I really liked the way this story unfolded and the way it wrapped up naturally. I thought the relationship development seemed very organic especially for an inorganic situation. I really enjoyed this from start to finish. Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

Switched by Sarah Ready is a magical realism love story between two scientists who work at the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland and Henry Joules, a clean freak English man and the other Serena Otaki, an untidy Californian American.

Switched is the second book in Sarah Ready’s Ghosted series which i have not read so can definitely be enjoyed on its own,

This was a romance that was a pleasure to read between two people who have totally opposite opinions on love and marriage and how it affects their individual lives both in work and personality going forward.

While the premise is a simple one where two people with opposite opinions swap bodies and experience the world through the other's eyes both family, opinions and memories. In addition to the life experiences that come with being a man or a woman,

While the story is told mainly through Serena Otaki’s view there are the odd chapters where you get to see the world through Henry Joules’s perspective but this is only during the odd key chapter.

With the story being told mainly through Serena’s point of view there is a definitive, writing style though the heart of the story which is a very logical way with the character breaking the 4th wall every now and then.

The only problem with the characterisation of the novel was with the stereotypes of Henry the Englishman, having him liking tea all the time in every situation, shortbread biscuits and living in the castle seemed to tick boxes of every British individual in fiction.

The only thing he did not have a title even though the family was awarded the castle and served various monarchs but is supposed they had to draw the line somewhere.

This characterisation did not come across with Serena, as nearly stereo typical.

Having said that Switched by Sarah Ready was an enjoyable romance novel, with a body swap twist.

Super cute, wildly entertaining, a preposterous premise with heart and nerds: that’s Switched!

This is freaky Friday, the romance edition. And it is so fun! When two physicists have a love-at-first-sight moment, Henry falls madly in love with Serena. The feeling is mutual but Serena won’t let pesky love derail her career— she doesn’t have time or the energy for that! Her first love is and always will be science.

But then a mysterious event at the lab during an electrical storm (which, mind you, as a non particle physicist I still don’t fully understand) causes a bit of an issue. Serena and Henry wake up in each other’s bodies. A full-blown switcheroo!

You may be thinking that this is a totally unrealistic plotline, and you would be absolutely correct. But that’s what makes this book so fantastic. You have to suspend disbelief and let yourself enjoy this quirky story. It’s actually a tremendous thought experiment about what it would be like to be in another person‘s body. I absolutely loved how Serena and Henry were able to have a little glimpses of each other’s memories and feelings, but also experience the completely bananas situation of having different body parts, needing to pose as each other at family events, etc.

Henry is a total cinnamon roll and Serena is whip, smart and witty. I thought they were adorable together and they were really there for each other. I wish I could figure out how exactly the switch happened and how they were able to switch back, but that’s probably for someone smarter than me to figure out. Someone, for instance, like a particle physicist.

No one pulls at my heartstrings like Sarah Ready. Once again she does it again. Signature humour ,writing and witty banter but oh my god the feels. No one does it like Sarah . I will always recommend her books. 5 stars!!

*Thank you to the publisher and Netgalley for giving me the opportunity to read this early.