I read this book and have opted to give it a cool 3.

The best part of the book was the narration easily. Henry and Serena were hilarious in each others bodies and getting to see them live in opposite bodies and lives as well as watching them go from hate to love was interesting. The chemistry, banter and energy between them was good too. They’re opposites in every way (Henry leading with heart and Serena not) but share a love of Physics and I think the author did a good job of separating them as characters and then slowly joining them together to make a convincing love story.

I’m not sure I’ll pick up this book again but I will be recommending it to the people I know who definitively enjoy science-y, comedic type of books ( e.g The Love Hypothesis).

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for this e-ARC.

Serena enjoys a simple life, staying permanently, happily unattached. Henry can’t wait to find the woman of his dreams. Complete opposites… they meet, and sparks fly, "Freaky Friday” style. Serena is in Henry's body. Henry is in Serena's body. The banter and chemistry was fantastic, and I enjoyed seeing their personal growth throughout the book. It was a sweet rom-com that I recommend!

I was fortunate enough to receive an advanced copy of the first installment in this series last year, and I am thrilled to be reading this one now. I truly enjoy Sarah's writing and love the paranormal aspect of this series. There are 2 things that I ADORE in a good contemporary romance: banter and nerds. this has both. You will recognize Serena, our FMC from Ghosted (if you've read it) as the friend who worked for CERN. In this installment, instead of ghosts, we get a freaky friday-esque narrative where the FMC and MMC are body swapped. You can imagine the hilarity that ensues. This is definitely a top read this year!

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Switched by Sarah Ready
⭐️⭐️⭐️ / Pages: 338 / Genre: Romantic Comedy
Release Date: Feb. 20, 2024

Rapid-Fire Summary: Embarrassingly funny meet-cute. Instant attraction. Super hot one night stand. Next morning—hot guy turns out to be hot new boss. Oops. Turns into grumpy/sunshine relationship. Bing bam boom: physics experiment goes wrong… BODY SWAP! Must fake date in each other’s bodies for brother’s wedding. Hello one bed, forced proximity, slow burn until we get that happily ever after.

Is there a romcom trope that isn’t in this one? We’ve got:
- love at first sight/insta-love
- he falls first
- women in STEM
- hot boss
- enemies to lovers
- grumpy/sunshine
- opposites attract
- Freaky Friday (body swap)
- forced proximity
- one bed
- fake dating
- slow burn
- happy ending

So, a little predictable but a cute little romcom overall.

Thank you @NetGalley and @crownpublishing for the advanced copy of this book.

When Serena and Henry share a perfect night, it seems like love is in the air.
Actual Love, Henry welcomes it, but Serena pushes it away having already found the love of her life, Physics.
Serena is not willing to sacrifice her career, or herself for a man.

When Serena and Henry find themselves caught in the middle of an electrical storm, they wake up the next day in each others body.
This is a romantic comedy / Freaky Friday mashup, and I loved it.

I really enjoyed Sarah Ready's previous book, Ghosted. In that review I said I had a feeling who the next book would be about, and that I was excited to read it. So I jumped at the chance to read this one and I was not disappointed.

I am usually not one for magical realism, I want all magic or no magic at all.
But I love this series.
I love the story, the characters, the dialogue, it was a really cute and fun read.

Thank you NetGalley for the ARC of switched by sarah ready

I absolutely loved this book !! The humor , the tension , the emotion in it left me hooked making this one of the rare book that made me finish them in one sitting . The bouquet scene with Niall had me cackling for 5 minutes straight. The only reason i gave this book 4.5 to 5 stars was i would have liked more chapters in henry’s point of view . I would 100% recommend this book for freaky friday fans .

I read this in basically one sitting, over the course of a little over 3 hours.

It was very cute, a kind of spin on Freaky Friday. I loved the moments of her getting caught up being him (BOOBS), and the footnotes were a definite hit for me.

I recommend this to anyone looking for a cute, fun, and quick-to-read romance.

I remember reading Ghosted last year and absolutely loving it! So, when I found out that Sarah was releasing a new book set in the Ghosted universe, I knew I had to get my hands on it as soon as possible. However, I have to say that Switched didn't quite hit the same spots as Ghosted did, at least not for me.

The story follows Serena, a California girl living in Geneva, Switzerland. She's a Trekkie at heart, a vegetarian, and is passionate about physics because she believes science can explain everything. One night, she meets Henry, a British man who's incredibly organized and looking for his true love. Needless to say, he's the exact opposite of Serena. After their one night stand, Serena discovers that Henry is her new boss and she freaks out and leaves. Things are going as well as they can between the two until an electric storm changes everything, making Serena reevaluate her feelings and priorities.

What I didn't like about the book was Henry's behavior. He was a virgin until the night he and Serena met, which was fine, but his obsession with boobs and his hormonal teenage behavior every time he saw them or heard the word was a bit off-putting.

What I loved about the book were the STEM characters, the strong family connections, the mother-daughter lessons, and the strong women characters, including Serena, her mom, and Henry's mom. I also loved the amazing narration by Kelsey Navarro Foster and James Anderson Foster.

Thank you to Netgalley and W. W. Crown, an imprint of Swift & Lewis Publishing LLC. for the ARC and ALC in exchange of my honest opinion.

I tried to give this a real go but it just wasn’t for me at all. I don’t mind a book with a slow start especially with a book like this that promises an exciting plot but as the story went on, I found I was just getting more and more lost. It’s not a bad book by any means but it’s clear I was not it’s interested audience by any means.

Thank you NetGalley for this e-ARC.

It's a fast paced romance with comedy and sci-fi theme. I absolutely love the way it started like a normal romcom but the biggest twist of souls and bodies getting switched was epic!!
I love the way the author has penned down each of the lead character exploring others emotions and memories being in other's body yet sensing its own feelings too and this helped them to understand eachother more and lead to their happy ending.
Definitely going to check more work of this author.

Thank you NetGalley for providing me a copy of Switched by Sarah Ready.

However unfortunately I had to dnf this book at 27%. I unfortunately didn’t love it and the science stuff did put me off a little bit but if you’re a fan of science and the ‘body swap’ trope this is definitely for you! The footnotes in the book did take me out of the book and they were confusing at times so that took my focus off the whole plot.

I may revisit it later but we shall see.

I ADORED this book! I loved Henry and Serena!

I was intrigued by the switching bodies trope and was a little hesitant going in, BUT, boy did that change! I loved the banter between the 2 characters, it was quick and witty and the relationship they formed throughout. I am not a STEM girlie so it was a challenge to follow the physics conversations but I felt like Sarah didn't shove it down my throat. And the drawings were hilarious.

LOVED IT!!!

I wasn't entirely sold on the idea of body switching leading to romance before reading Switched, but I've really liked some Ready's recent stories especially book 1 of this series, Ghosted, so I decided to give this a shot anyway. I am so glad I did, because I really ended up liking it.

The leading lady Serena, aka Ducky, is a Trek loving particle physicist (and the best friend friend from Ghosted). Ducky loves physics and her research job above all else and believes romantic love causes a women to lose everything she is and to subsume herself into a couple where she has no longer has her own identity. So when she meets Henry, and makes an intense connection with him -that he clearly wholeheartedly shares - she immediately sabotages the relationship after their one night together upon learning that they are going to be colleagues. After that, they have a distant avoidance centric colleague-ship until a weird science work place accident causes them to wake up in each other's bodies.

It was at this point that the story really takes off. And I was wrong, the muscle memory aspect of the the body switch really serves to help the pair understand each other at a cellular level. Add to this the fact that they are genuinely nice caring people and their need to support each other in important situations with each other's families gives the pair an opportunity to gain a true appreciation of each other. Literally seeing from the other's perspective really helps them to make a deeper emotional bond than their almost mystical initial connection.

All in all, this really worked for me (even with the science particle psychics side trips). And I am really looking forward to seeing what the author does with the third book.


ARC courtesy of the publisher via NetGalley. Release date February 20, 2024. This is an unpaid review.

*thank you to NetGalley and Swift & Lewis Publishing for a copy of this eARC in exchange for my review*

Of course, Sarah Ready kills it yet again with a truly hilarious and heartwarming rom-com. I am typically not a fan of insta-love tropes, but this one was SO GOOD!! While I wouldn’t describe Ready’s books as unpredictable, this one took some unexpected turns that made this story special.

As the story opens, Serena and Henry feel a magnetic pull toward each other. As someone who regularly feels magnetism toward people, I loved the way she described their instant connection. Also, I can’t describe how much I love seeing a nerdy, sexy, smart Asian American woman as the MFC!

At heart, this is a story about choosing love over fear and not letting other people define what love should look like for you. It was so heartfelt—the way our main characters had to learn to see the world through each other’s eyes. I was so pleasantly surprised at how often I laughed out loud and how many times my heart squeezed with emotion. It’s just such a good one.

Bonus points for Star Trek references. Sarah Ready, you’re a real one.

This is such an amazing read, thanks NetGalley for making that possible.

Don’t be afraid to catch feelings, I’d say. I was definitely getting the feels with this one and stayed up all night cos I couldn’t put it down. This is ranks as one of my best reads in the last year, and I truly was not prepared!

Despite an almost serendipitous meetcute, Serena was definitely not looking for love and actively worked to sabotage it and Henry caught that full on in the face. Then they are both provided (initially suffering through) the unique opportunity of experiencing the aftermath of that from each other’s perspective. Serena is a strong female who knows her mind and knows what she wants out of life. And Henry is actually a refreshingly relatable love interest who was a bit misunderstood, at least I think so.

All in all, this is such a brilliantly told love story that had me hooked till I finished it. And yes, we were watching you Serena and absolutely loving it!

3.75 Stars

Sarah Ready never ceases to make me all giggly and fizzy in the brain.
Okay, think Freaky Friday but with a romantic twist. This book leaned a lot towards STEMinist initially, and I was getting flummoxed with the detailed description of the CERN and the other physics-related topics. It soon turned into a whirlwind love-at-first-sight romance novel.
This book had a touch of magic in it but a lot of it was explained by science and I was impressed. I still felt this book was lacking somewhere, I don't know, it was something about their meet-cute(it was perfectly executed and fun, but) that didn't sit well with me. It's hard to digest that you fall in love in one night. All her other books have so far been written so well when it comes to the slow burn and conflicts, but this one lacked the punch.
This book was fast-paced and easy to read for the most part and it delivered on the rom-com part. She knows how to write funny scenes that are organic and enjoyable.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for Providing me with the ARC copy in return for an honest review.

“If you ever want to get a kick out of life, go about your day and then stop, look at the sky and say in a serious voice, “Little did she know, her ordinary life was about to change”.
“If you don’t reach out and capture the moment, you may never find that moment again”.
"Your soul burns so bright it doesn't matter what you look like or what body you're in-it's you. Nothing can change that. And if being me can't make you lose yourself, then how could loving?".

Serena and Henry are both lovers of science and one day are brought by fate into the same bar. They both instantly feel the connection between them and enjoy one night together. Serena starts to panic as she believes she can only have one true love, which she has already dedicated to science, and feels she couldn’t give herself up to love. Serena believes that when you are in love, you lose yourself in the process, and she definitely doesn’t want this for herself. The bond between can’t be easily forgotten, and when an electrical storm erupts, Serena and Henry's bodies are switched.

Firstly, I loved the STEM representation and that both main characters had careers within this setting. This was a short and fast read. I also enjoyed the anagrams, they definitely helped explain some things! I adored the picture setting, I felt like I was just there with the characters. I have also never read a type of book like this that has footnotes in it, and I really loved this! It was very different and fun.

Thank you Netgalley for this opportunity to read this and to the author Sarah Ready!

OH MY BEAUTIFUL CELESTIAL STARS!!!!!!!! Switched is the second book in the Ghosted series written by Sarah Ready, after loving the first book which was Ghosted, and I saw Sarah had this book coming out I knew I had to get my hands on it immediately. I LOVED and ADORED this book more than anything. SARAH READY IS THE QUEEN OF MAGICAL REALISM!!!!!! At this point, I would read Sarah's shopping list if she ever wrote one. This book DELIVERED!!!!! I am beyond ecstatic to announce that Switched was my most anticipated book in 2024 and it's now my most favorite read in 2024 hands down. Switched was the most perfect paranormal rom-com ever written. This book was beautiful, raw, pure, heart breaking at times, heart warming, extremely magical, and hilarious. Also, can we all please just take a minute and admire that gorgeous cover? I don't know what it is, but it's just so freaking beautiful, it kind of reminds me of the milky way. I can't recommend this book enough, if you love magical realism and anything paranormal then this is the book for you. Don't let me catch you letting this book slip through your fingers. I loved Switched more than anything, this book will remain in my heart for a long time to come.

THANK YOU TO NETGALLEY AND W.W. CROWN, SWIFT & LEWIS PUBLISHING LLC FOR AN ARC OF THIS BOOK IN EXCHANGE FOR AN HONEST REVIEW!!!!!!

First off, I would like to thank my gorgeous twin, Carol for buddy reading this book with me💓. I had the best time giggling and crying with you. Thank YOU for screaming over this beautiful book with me. I love you so much😘.

Serena Otaki and Henry Joules are complete opposites attract. Serena is a free spirited Californian, where life is simple. She loves her job at The Large Hadron Collider in Geneva, Switzerland where she watches atoms smashing together. Loving a man isn't in Serena's future, She enjoys her life being single and staying permanently, happily unattached. The one and only true love for Serena is physics. Serena loves spicy tofu, Star Trek, and her cat, Captain Purrk. Henry Joules is the complete opposite compared to Serena. Henry can't wait to find the woman of his dreams, love and marriage are in his future. Henry is an uptight Brit, he loves organizing his pencil tray and always cleaning his already spotless apartment. Henry LOVES making analog black holes and drinking piping hot tea. Henry loves his family and friends, but the only thing Henry and Serena have in common is their love of physics. One night, Henry and Serena meet, well sparks fly, particles collide, and the universe comes to a complete halt. When Henry and Serena are working, an electrical storm causes an unexpected "Freaky Friday" event at the particle collider building where Serena and Henry are working. Henry and Serena have switched, Henry is in Serena's body, and Serena is in Henry's body.

When Serena and Henry are switched, love and life get really complicated. Henry and Serena have to try and pretend to be each other while attending a wedding in Henry's family, but they have to stick together so nothing goes wrong while they try and switch back to their original bodies. I absolutely loved and adored Henry and Serena. They were too cute, but at times they both made me teary eyed while they were talking about their lives. Henry was such a sweetheart, whereas Serena made me giggle, she was just too funny while she was trying to be Henry. When they switched bodies, I couldn't stop laughing, it was hilarious reading about Henry trying to put on makeup, and well you can guess what Serena woke up with, it was just too damn funny reading about her describing having a penis. I was laughing so much, I had tears streaming down my face, but I also had tears streaming down my face when Henry and Serena were talking about their obstacles and how to try and be better humans, and better versions of their true selves. When Henry and Serena first met and sparks were flying, I had Sparks Fly by Taylor Swift stuck in my head the entire time. Even when they switched, I had Freaky Friday by Lil Dicky stuck in my head as well. Overall, this book was just amazing and I loved every single minute of it.

3.5/5 ⭐️ The sequel to one of my favorite books of 2023, and it did not disappoint!

Summary
When she was a child, Serena Otaki fell in love with physics. It is her one true love and she believes that there is no room in her life for any other type of love. She is perfectly happy dating, but staying completely unattached. Her biggest fear is that in loving someone else, she will lose her sense of self and ultimately give up on her dreams. When she meets Henry, her world is rocked. She feels it... love. And it terrifies her, so she puts an immediate stop to it. They never have to see each other again... except that he just started a new job at her lab. Things get turned upside down when an electrical storm causes an unexpected event at the lab and they wake up in the morning to find out they've switched. Serena is in Henry’s body. Henry is in Serena’s body.

What I Liked
Sarah Ready's creativity with these books continues to charm me. I absolutely LOVED Ghosted, so I was excited to find out that there is a sequel coming out soon, and a third on the way too! While this book wasn't as much of a hit as Ghosted, I still had a wonderful time.

The love story went through a lot of ups and downs and by the end, I'm glad that the two main characters really did go through a lot together. It wasn't superficial.
It's not love at first sight. It's not friendship-to-love. It's not hate-to-love. It's not blind love. It's love built from understanding.

What I Didn't Like
Serena was clearly misled somewhere in life where she believed she was only capable of loving one thing at a time. Who actually thinks that?

I fell in love with physics. I made my choice. I can't fall in love with a man too.
This bothered me the most, that she thought loving someone else would make her turn into them, make her lose all sense of self, and make her want to give up on her dreams. This is partially based on the fact that her mother gave up her career to be a wife and mother. That is a personal choice, and doesn't mean that Serena would have to do the same thing.

There are footnotes in this book. Yes, footnotes. I read one or two, but mostly ignored them. I don't think it added any value. I get that Serena love science, the occasional graphs were proof enough.

Overall, I really enjoyed the switching bodies plot - I can't say I've read a romance like this before. I know there are more to come in this series, and I will definitely see what else Sarah Ready comes up with!

Thank you to Netgalley for providing me with an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.

Serena and Henry meet at a pub in Geneva where they both work and they have a passionate night . What feels for him makesthink that love will make her lose herself so she tells him that what they had was only for fun but what she doesn't expect is that he is her new boss .Then one night while it is raining an electric storm causes them to swith bodies . Will they be able to switch back to their own bodies and find true love ?
I received this book from netgalley and the publicer as an ARC . Thank you . All thoughts and opinions are my own .