I'm speechless, it's my first best read of the year. I was waiting for this book since Ghosted and it exceeded my expectations
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Serena is a friend of Jillian and like her shares her passion for Star Trek and scientific impossibility. But when she feels that impossibility upon meeting Henry, she runs off, only to end up realizing that Henry is her new boss.
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trying to avoid the impossibility of love, is how both become almost enemies at work. But when an accident with the atom collider at work ends up changing their bodies, they have no choice but to accept what she have been denying for a long time.
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Only this time she has to discover through Henry’s body and learn to trust her heart and body to him.
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I just finished the book but I'm seriously fantasizing about the next one. I love this series, and I'm going to fangirl over it tirelessly, I don't think Henry and Serena will get out of my head anytime soon
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Thanks to Sarah Ready for give me a copy of this amazing book in exchange for my honest and voluntary opinion

This book pulled me into the story right from the first chapter and I felt the magic between Serena and Henry’s meet cute. I adored the story even though I felt frustrated with how Serena treated Henry in the beginning. As I read more about her life history, that made a lot of sense. Through all of it, it made me fall into love with Henry even more. He is the perfect book boyfriend and I absolutely adored him. I really loved Ghosted and this was the perfect book that followed up in this series. This book can be read as a standalone and I would highly recommend it. I would also recommend reading Ghosted as it is such a wonderful love story and I adored Jillian and Daniel.

Thank you NetGalley and Swift & Lewis Publishing LLC for sending this book for review consideration. All opinions are my own.

Looking for a fun, indie romance to read just in time for Valentine’s Day? Well look no further! One perfect night Serena and Henry meet. Sparks fly, particles collide, the universe comes to a halt, and… it was a mistake. They’re too different. It won’t work. Love isn’t in their future. Until an electric storm causes an unexpected event at the particle collider and suddenly- they’ve switched bodies. And both life and love are suddenly very complicated!

I love that we have a smart MFC who is a theoretical physicist working at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland. Serena is also relatable because she doesn’t want to lose herself in a serious relationship, so she guards her heart. You will definitely have to suspend reality to fully appreciate the supernatural body swapping, but I had a good time with this one.

*I also got a copy of the audiobook and felt like the narrator did a good job for the most part. The accents could have been better though.

Thank you to Netgalley and Sarah Ready for giving me a copy of the digital and audiobook in exchange for an honest review.

I really enjoyed this Rom-Com take on freaky Friday. Our heroine meets a guy and has a one night stand, only to find out he’s her new boss. He wants more, but she’s running scared. They then have an incident which results in them switching bodies, and in doing so, they find out much more about each other, and themselves, than they ever would have expected. There are some sex scenes, but only 2 in the whole book, and they’re easily skippable without losing any of the story. I really enjoyed the slow burn romance, which genuinely does make the reader feel all warm and fuzzy. I’d highly recommend!

This was such a cute read! Amazing characters, insta-love, magic and humour all wrapped up in a nerdy setting. I'm feeling like this would be a great read for fans of Ali Hazelwood!

I usually find magical realism a tricky genre, but this is executed really well and somehow feels believable. I was instantly invested in Serena and Henry's love story and just thoroughly enjoyed the whole read. Perfectly paced, funny and swoony.

I feel like I went through the five stages of grief while reading this (in the best way) I LOVED this book!!! its heartwarming, emotional, humorous, and addicting in all the ways I didn’t expect. Sarah Ready delivers a fantastic and unique STEM romance with a ‘freaky friday’ twist that engages the reader from beginning to end.

Serena ‘Ducky’ Otaki is married to her work as a physicist working in Geneva. She meets the handsome Henry Joule in a hilarious meet-cute where she’s found herself stuck to her chair at a restaurant. Henry bounces into action and becomes the hero of the day, helping her get unstuck and sparking a quick friendship. It’s love at first sight, especially for him, and Serena has to quickly remind herself that her one true passion is her career. She finds herself stuck between a rock and a hard place, lies about their night together, inevitably breaking his heart. Fast forward about a year and a half later, they get ‘freaky fridayed’ and wind up in each others bodies. While they try and navigate how to switch back, hilarious antics ensure, their connection becomes stronger, and Serena is hit with the realization that maybe she can still be her while loving someone else.

Serena is a care-free, spirited, messy, career-driven individual who loves coffee, dark chocolate, and wreaking havoc in her life. Henry is a rule-following, uptight, British gentleman who wants marriage, kids, and the whole happily-ever-after. They couldn’t be more opposite, yet they kept finding things in common even when they didn’t want to. Their chemistry was off the charts and the author did a fantastic job at the insta-love and then changing that into a slow-burn sort’ve deal throughout the book.

The pacing of this book was fantastic and I truly didn’t want to put this book down for a second! The writing was almost lyrical with the descriptive writing and characterization. their love being described as electric many times is exactly how I felt reading this book, I could feel their love through the pages. absolutely beautiful!

my favourite part of this book was how Serena went through the book thinking that she would lose herself if she loved someone else. That there was no part of her that thought she could still hold her individuality while intertwining herself with someone she loves. She’s seen that with her parents and has only ever been reminded of it in her early life. I loved the conversations and discussions between her parents, her (and henry) about it. explaining how you have always have a choice in life, even when it comes to love.

I highly recommend this book for a feel-good, entertaining, but also heartwarming romance with likeable characters, easy banter, STEM references, and lots of chemistry (pun intended). I listened to this on audio while reading the physical book and the narrator was fantastic! She had great inflection in her voice and comedic timing was superb!

Thank you Sarah Ready, the publisher, and NetGalley for the ARC! This book releases February 20th, 2024

It had a slow start and at first I didn't think I would finish it. Then they switched and I couldn't put it down. It's a fun freaky friday/rom com story.

Thank you net galley and publisher for this ARC. This book was a fun idea that captured my attention and it’s the first book I’ve read by Sarah Ready. It was a cute story and they characters learned to understand each other.

I loved this book so much!! The humour throughout the book was in the best places and was written amazingly. I loved watching the relationship between Serena and Henry develop into something really cute as the story progressed. I also loved how it was as if the fmc was talking directly to the reader which made it feel like the reader was kind of there. There was also the unexpected turns from the joyful humourous scenes in the book to one's a lot more serious and things that addressed the characters feelings a lot more which was done well.

Thank you NetGalley & W.W Crown an Imprint of Swift & Lewis Publishing for granting access in exchange for an honest review! ❤️

I think this was such a fun idea. Serena and Henry meet, have a sweet lil romantic night & in classic extreme avoidant attachment style - Serena runs away from the feelings. They end up being forced together in a science experiment gone wrong and a lot of growth happens in true romcom fashion.
I think this was cute, I love how we really got to see a couple truly grow to understand each other.
However, I did find the story sort of lackluster. I didn’t feel connected to the characters or story or compelled to continue. The humor to me felt a little forced, like we were trying to make our FMC quirky. It’s totally possible that the audiobook narrator had an impact on this, as well! Delivery is huge.

Yes If: you love a lady in stem, want a 00’s romcom style book, a fun light read
No If: character depth and plot flow is a priority for you.

This was a delightful book. An “opposites attract” with an uptight Britt and a free-spirited Californian.
Serena is only interested in physics, not love and marriage. On the other hand Henry is all for love and marriage. After an “earth shattering” night together Serena finds out Henry is her new boss! Henry wants more, Serena does not.
I got a Freaky Friday feeling from this story, because one stormy night in the lab of the Hadron Collider, something goes terribly wrong. The next day when Serena wakes up, she is in Henrys body. This is where the story gets interesting. How will they switch back?
I really enjoyed this book. It had romance, drama, comedy, and a cat! I absolutely loved Serena’s cat, Captain Puurk, names for James T Kirk. It is well worth a read!

Switched is a stem romance, second chance at a first chance, with a Freaky Friday twist! Serena is an independent career driven heroine, and Henry is such a sweet MMC. Serena is afraid to lose herself in a great love, and working through that fear is thrust upon her when a strange phenomenon causes them to switch bodies. At first the instalove here had me worried, but the time jump that immediately followed helped me to accept their romance more easily. As you can imagine there were some laugh out loud moments along the way. It was especially entertaining when they were interacting with their families and friends!

I didn’t personally relate super well to the characters, and there’s a little more science talk than I needed, but it didn’t hinder my ability to enjoy the story.

𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬: Fans of stem romances and romcoms, who don’t have trouble suspending their disbelief will absolutely love this one. Highly recommend the audiobook if you’re going to pick it up!

Thank you to NetGalley and W. W. Crown, an Imprint of Smith & Lewis Publishing LLC for the ARC! All opinions expressed here are my own.

A cute Nerdy romance with a Freaky Friday twist? I am hooked! I loved Ghosted so really enjoyed this sequel with her friend Serena.

Switched is a standalone sequel to Sarah Ready’s Ghosted, one of my favorite books of 2023, featuring Jillian’s best friend Serena “Ducky” Otaki, a brilliant American physicist working in Geneva. In a hysterical meet-cute at her favorite local pub, she accidentally sits on wet varnish and asks a handsome stranger, Henry Joules, to help her get unstuck. Although there’s an instant attraction and intense feelings, her one true passion is physics and she has no space in her life for a loving relationship, especially if it means merging their lives and giving up her individuality and career. Henry, also a physicist and her new project lead, comes from a big, loving family and thinks he’s found the woman of his dreams until she plays off their night of passion as just a bit of fun.

Fast forward 427 days and during a heavy thunderstorm, particles collide and they wake up in each other’s bodies. As they go from Geneva to his brother’s wedding in England and then on to her childhood home in California, they tap into each other’s memories, hear about their upbringing from family members eager to share stories, and start to strengthen their connection based on a growing mutual respect. The question is, can a coffee-chugging vegetarian who surrounds herself with chaos and a neat freak who loves his full English breakfast and daily mug of tea, and who can barely tolerate each other, figure out how to switch back? And, if they do, will the stars align for a happily-ever-after for these two lonely souls?

Sarah Ready has quickly become one of my favorite authors. Each book she writes has a unique premise, vivid characters, and a relatively low-angst romance. In Switched, she’s gives us the perfect book boyfriend, a free-spirited female in STEM, and a large helping of magical realism. It’s a joy to read. Highly recommended.

Thank you to NetGalley and W.W. Crown, an imprint of Swift & Lewis Publishing, LLC for the ARC of Switched by Sarah Ready. I received both a ebook and audiobook and switched 😉 between the two.

For the audiobook, I quite enjoyed the narrator that was selected for this book. She did a great job doing back and forth between an English and American accent.

As for the story line, the way which in Ducky (aka Serena) and Henry meet is a great meet cute, leading to quickly learning he is an off limits option (don’t want to spoil why!). And then the switch. Which they then learn the truth about one another. Funny, and heart warming!

This is the 2nd book by Sarah Ready I’ve read and I’m quickly coming to enjoy her style. The 1st was the 1st book in the Ghosted series and I like how she incorporated Jillian and Daniel into this story as well. Helped me understand why this was considered “Ghosted #2”. All in all, a very likable book with likable characters.

I enjoyed this story, but it didn’t grab me quite the same way as the last three books I read by Ready (French Holiday, The Space Between, and Ghosted). Something about the amount of geeky science love in the earlier pages and the way it didn’t quite mesh with the fantastical Freaky Friday-esque aspects later on, just didn’t quite work for me. But still, it had plenty of that Sarah Ready-magic to keep me entertained.

Kelsey Navarro Foster and James Anderson Foster did an excellent job narrating the audiobook.

Thank you Sarah Ready, W.W. Crown, and NetGalley for providing this ARC for review consideration. All opinions expressed are my own.

Every time I read a Sarah Ready book, I know I am in for a new, unique, heartfelt adventure. Switched intrigued me from the start, and I couldn't get enough of Serena and Henry's magical whirlwind of a romance. These two had chemistry right from the start, but Serena didn't believe in love until one fateful night when destiny had a way of switching things up. Both then experienced a whole new perspective and outlook on their lives and fell deeply in love after all.

Overall, I enjoyed this book and look forward to more from Sarah Ready.

I was a little apprehensive going into Switched. The first book in the series, Ghosted, didn't live up to its expectations. I'm happy I decided to give Switched a shot. I loved the concept of this book! Hello Freaky Friday 👋 Although the physics of the book went over my head, I thought the book was fun. I liked that Serena and Henry were able to develop their relationship through their different body experiences. I thought Ready did an incredible job of creating tension between Henry and Serene during their switched body ordeal. The drama in the book worked nicely to expand the character development and plot. If you are a fan of Ali Hazelwood, I recommend this book. Thank you to NetGalley and W.W. Crown for the ARC.

I was giggling so much at the beginning of this nerdy romance that my husband was looking at me like I'd finally lost my mind.

Serena has her one true love, physics, there is not room in her life for another love.
But then one fateful night she meets Henry.
They couldn't be more different, and Serena swears love is out of the question.
Until one night an electrical storm causes the unthinkable, they've switched bodies.

The characters are grow throughout the story which is always a big plus for me.
I just didn't feel a huge connection to the love story. I loved then growing to understand each other's points of view and find respect for the other, but something just fell flat for me.

Thank you for @netgalley for the copy of this ARC.

Book Synopsis: For Serena Otaki, free-spirited Californian, life is simple. She loves smashing atoms at The Large Hadron Collider near Geneva, Switzerland. She loves Star Trek, spicy tofu, and her cat, Captain Purrk. She loves her messy (slob-fest) apartment, her chaotic brand of organizing, and staying permanently, happily unattached.
Life is perfect. She has one true love—physics.
Loving a man isn’t in her future.
For Henry Joules, uptight Brit, life is simple. He loves making analog black holes, drinking piping hot tea, and organizing his pencil tray. He loves his family, red meat, and obsessively cleaning his spotless apartment.
Life is perfect. He has many loves—physics, family, friends. He can’t wait to find the woman of his dreams.
Love and marriage are in his future.
One perfect night Serena and Henry meet. Sparks fly, particles collide, the universe comes to a halt, and…
It was a mistake.
They’re too different.
It won’t work.
Love isn’t in their future.
Until an electric storm causes an unexpected event at the particle collider and suddenly—they’ve switched.
Serena is in Henry’s body.
Henry is in Serena’s body.
And both life and love are suddenly very, very complicated

Review: This is my first @SarahReady book i have read and i am sure that it will not be my last. The pace of this book moved with ease and Serena as a character could stand on her own. The interaction between the reader and the main character kept me engaged and was refreshing to read. This book is a fantastic palate cleanser for those that are used to reading some emotionally heavier books or when coming out of a reading slump.