I have to be honest, I just couldn’t get into this book. Frankly, it was hard to get past the 2nd chapter, but I pushed on to give it a fair chance. I felt that the mc was hard to like and she really annoyed me. My eyes rolled and I heavy sighed so many times. The insta love in the very beginning was hard to swallow, it didn’t feel believable. Also, because, to me, the story was predictable I was pretty bored. The narrator was just okay to me.
I really wish that I had nicer things to say. I’m sure many people will like this for the angry romance alone, I’m just not one of them.

Switched is a fun, adventurous, romantic rom com by Sarah Ready. It's narrated by Kelsey Navarro Foster and James Anderson Foster.
Serena Otaki is an easy going gal. She adores all things physics and she's living the dream at The Large Hadron Collider near Geneva, Switzerland. She also has absolutely no intention of getting attached to any human, ever!
Henry Joule, on the other hand, is a bit more tightly wound. His idea of living the dream is 'a place for everything and everything in its place'. He also loves physics but he's looking for his forever person to marry.
When Serena and Henry accidentally meet things just spontaneously explode.

I don't know if I can be impartial with this book, I have already read the physical book twice, yes...twice and I have been listening to the audio book more times than I should admit.
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first because the narration is done in such a perfect way that I want to listen to Serena and Henry again doing everything possible to return to their bodies until they have no choice but to make peace with the fact that they need each other
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and I love how they inevitably begin to meet and fall in love. That part melts my heart. Because even though I know several parts almost by heart at this point, it is incredible and beautiful to hear the characters come to life and say the most swoon-worthy phrases in the book
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and face unexpected situations, and we don't talk about the images that Sarah Ready paints in my mind with her words, so dreamy
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I love this book and this series, although Serena made me doubt at first it is impossible not to love her and love her mind and the way it works
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Thanks to Sarah Ready for give me a copy of this beautiful in exchange for my honest opinion

I loved this!!! Serena is such a brain and I love that so much about her! It was so nice to see someone so incredibly smart and also so incredibly messy in the same person. Henry is the best! I just wanted to hug him the entire book! The switching of their lives really hit home when they had to be there for each other’s huge life events, and it was so well written, it tugged on my heart strings! I love this series so far and I can’t wait for the next book!

Thank you to Netgalley, W.W. Crown an Imprint of Swift & Lewis Publishing LLC, Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA), Members' Titles for the eARC of this book in exchange for my honest review!

Thank you NetGalley and publisher for this ARC audiobook for an honest review.

This is book two of a series but could definitely be read as a standalone even though our main couple from previous book plays a minor role. This was another fun, quirky book that doesn't follow the normal standards of this trope. This time being a "body swap" of our hero and heroine. Serena and Henry are both scientists and have a total soul mate/love connection at their first meeting...which freaks Serena out because she doesn't believe you can be in love without losing yourself and follow your dreams. Therefore, she sabotages the relationship shortly after discovering Henry it to be her new boss. The two work together, but not happily. Then one night there is a storm and a bunch of mystical/science stuff that happens that causes the body swap. I enjoyed how the two could get an inside scoop into to each other's feelings and glimpses of past life events. The entire premise was clever but a bit too much science stuff for me. I adored Henry's character and while eventually you got to see why Serena/Ducky got her stubborn belief about love, she could still be so frustrating at times.

There are some spicy scenes that honestly, I could do without. The story was solid with just the sweet romance in my opinion. Still an enjoyable read with the long awaited "aha moment" and happily ever after.

3.5 stars

Thank you to @NetGalley and W. W. Crown, Swift & Lewis Publishing, Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA), and Members’ Audiobooks for my free advanced readers copy of this book and audiobook!

I both listened to and read the book. The writing was excellent, great character development, a plot that kept you intrigued and an animated narrator.

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE! This book, such a hilariously sweet, love at first sight, fated mates romance. I thoroughly enjoyed this funny, quirky romance. I cried so any tears of laughter and of sweet joy. The characters, Serena and Henry are both science nerds that meet at a local bar. Serena aka Ducky unknowingly sits on a newly varnished laden bench and becomes glued to it. In comes her rescuer, Henry, donates his coat for her to wrap around her as she shimmies out of her pants, sans panties and pants.

They have a magical night that terrifies Serena. It feels like instant love and she is not having that at all. She breaks Henry’s heart with a lie, he ends up being her boss and for the next two years they work begrudgingly together until another fated magical day where they somehow switch bodies.

Together, Henry and Serena work side by side, meeting each others families, being supportive and attentive to each other’s needs, while finding a cure to their debacle.

Full of witty banter and funny quips, the author takes you on a wild ride of fated love. Will Henry and Serena get their respective bodies back? Do they fall in love and admit it to each other? Or like a psychic’s prediction, will they both die?

This was a cute and fun Freaky Friday story but with two people who are complete opposites but have some spark between them. In order, to truly understand the other person, they switch bodies and in doing so can feel emotions and memories allowing them to really get to know the other person. I loved how the author brought the different emotions to a forefront and even more so when they were forced to attend family events.

I listened to the book and the confusing part is who was who after they switched. It felt like at some points you couldn’t tell who was Henry and who was Serena.

Thank you to the author, #Netgalley and the publisher for this advanced copy of the audio version of Switched in exchange for an honest review.

As always, I will jump at the chance to get my hands on a Sarah Ready book early! This was book number 2 in the Ghosted series. I absolutely loved the first. Even though I knew it was a series, I didn’t go into reading it knowing much about the plot and was so pleasantly surprised to have so many Jillian and Daniel cameos!

Looking back to my review of Ghosted, I really did miss having Henry’s POV during the story similarly to how I missed the absence of Daniel’s and was delighted for that chapter at the end. I like that the books follow a similar format to one another, however are totally unique stories!

I thought the writing was creative! I loved the Freaky Friday switch up premise. I thought it was hysterically done. I felt the most emotion from the scenes where they were with their family but couldn’t interact how they really wanted to. I loved the character growth. I liked the ending. There were times I felt a little confused and should’ve re-listened to reorient myself. I would also get confused who was speaking at times (Serena in Henry’s body or Henry in Serena’s) and I think it was because of the narration. Switching up accents and male/female voices so frequently I am sure was a bit confusing. I also wished at times there was a little more dialogue between the FMC and MMC when they were with others and less narrating what was occurring.

All in all, another enjoyable Sarah ready book for me! 4/5⭐️

Looking forward to the 3rd book, Fated!

With a cute cover and playful font, I started this audiobook thinking it would be a quick, lighthearted, Freaky Friday-esque romp with some humor and hijinks and hopefully some good banter. I was not prepared for the beautifully described scenery, the lovingly crafted characters, and the exploration of their backstories woven through the story as their relationships progressed, and how their upbringing shaped the paradigm through which they viewed the world.

The way Sarah Ready utilizes the principle of show-don't-tell builds an incredible connection with these characters, and it has been a very long time since I felt such a yearning for two people to find their happily ever after.

Switched is a love story that makes you reconsider what it really means to fully love someone. What it means to see someone, and the things we don't know about ourselves until we can see through the eyes of someone else.

The narration of this audiobook deserves its own special commendation for adding another dimension to the incredible heart of this story. Kelsey Navarro Foster narrates this story, and does an amazing job of not just switching between character voices and affectations effortlessly, she also switches between tones and accents for the same characters, depending on whether it's their internal monologue, their unaccented voice in their switched state, or their fake accented voice in their switched state. She brought these characters to life, and made it so easy to listen along and understand the conversations as easily as if you were in the room watching them interact with each other and the side characters. A great narrator makes it seem easy, but this must have been very difficult to do as seamlessly as she did, and it elevated an already great story to one that I immediately wanted to start again and listen to from the very beginning.

Thanks for NetGalley for the advanced copy of this audiobook, and the introduction to Sarah Ready. She is immediately one of my must-read authors going forward, and I'm looking forward to getting to read the rest of her catalog as well.

Freaky Friday meets STEM romcom! Serena’s great loves are her job in physics, her cat Captain Purrk, and Star Trek. When she meets the handsome British Henry, her ultimate opposite, and the sparks fly. The only problem-she doesn’t want romantic love. Fast forward a few years after their paths have crossed and an electric storm causes one of their particle colliders to go haywire while they’re at work…and Serena wakes up in Henry’s body (and vice-versa). Things couldn’t happen at a worse time with major life events on both ends…and the two must reunite and work together to figure out how to make each other’s lives go smoothly in the meantime & ultimately switch back to their own bodies.
I loved reading this and caught myself laughing multiple times and holding my breath in others. This is a sweet romcom with some ties to Ready’s first book in this universe, Ghosted. Kelsey Navarro Foster did a great job carrying the narration.
Thank you to Swift & Lewis Publishing for the advanced copy in exchange for my honest review.

I started this one yesterday and absolutely devoured it!

This was super cute, and totally unique I’ve never read anything quite like it. The characters were sweet and relatable, and it was interesting getting insight into their reactions and navigation of a freaky Friday body swap situation. The biggest thing about this I found was how openly the author talks about things like periods, and what it would be like to wake up with the other parts 🤣 this is something we’ve ALL thought about at some point in time. I loved that!

This had funny parts, super emotional parts, and at times was really eye opening. It made me think quite a lot about what it means to love. We get to see a variety of different relationship dynamics in this book, whether it be the main characters or their parents and friends. Seeing those through both of the main characters eyes was a great perspective, because it shows us how the relationships around them affect their views on love as adults. I loved this, and while it opened my eyes a lot it was also reassuring in my own relationships.

Thank you so much to NetGalley and the author for this review copy!

First - thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for this audiobook arc in exchange for an honest review.

Switched starts as a cross between Freaky Friday and an Ali Hazelwood book, but becomes a more unique story from there. Serena, aka Ducky, is a prodigy whose career is her number one priority above everything, including love. Her job has her working close to one of her prior one-night stands, her boss Henry. The only time she had feelings beyond satisfying bodily needs. After a freak storm and some science (or magic?), the two of them switch bodies. These scientists don't get much time to figure out what happened when they quickly need to get to family events and a whirlwind experience.

Sarah Ready did such a great job keeping straight all the odd details of what it could be to switch bodies and even be attracted to the other person (who is you?). This highlights different perspectives and what we only know as our own world until we essentially walk in another person's shoes - in this case, quite literally. The narrators of the audiobook did a great job navigating the different accents which was an extra layer of complication in the story.

This is the second book in the Ghosted series but works fine as a stand-alone as well. This is my first Sarah Ready novel and I will check out more from her. I had a good time with this book and enjoyed reading such a different type of story in a romance!

I was intrigued by the initial concept, it starts out as a fun, original concept, a bit on the quirky diary-style, think Princess Diaries with the awkward stream of thought, but I didn't connect with how the story was actually told and quickly gave up. The voice work was dynamic and lively, but i was put off by the "grainy" voice of the actress, and I knew i couldn't enjoy the ten hours of it, so no point in forcing myself to listen til the end. :(

Thank you to NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for my honest review! This book has humor, romance, science, and personal growth! I loved seeing Serena and Henry's love bloom and was on a rollercoaster with them when they switched bodies! I thought it was really cool that they got to experience each other's emotions and some memories about one another and that helped their love grow! This was a very unique romance and I loved every bit of it!

📖My Thoughts📖

Sarah Ready, you are becoming one of my favorite authors! I don’t know how you are able to crank out so many good romcoms, but please don’t stop! This one was just as good, if not better, than the others I’ve read. What did I like the most about this one? The Freaky Friday vibes, the connection between Henry and Serena and the growth and change of perspective that they both had as a result of having experienced the switch. I received the audiobook version of this book and I really liked the narrators Kelsey Navarro and James Anderson Foster. They kept a good pace throughout the book, were very animated using the perfect amount of emotions and were very captivating keeping me completely enthralled in the story. I love when the narrators are able to bring the story to life and these two did just that.
I really enjoyed reading this. It was fun, cute, a quick and easy read and it just hits you in all the feels. It’s a definite must read for anyone who loved the movie Freaky Friday and/or loves a good romcom! So go grab a hot beverage, a soft cuddly blanket and a copy of this great book!
Thank you Netgalley, Sarah Ready and W. W. Crown, and imprint of Swift & Lewis Publishing, LLC for the opportunity to read and review this book. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫

5⭐️ | 2🌶

After absolutely devouring Ghosted, I jumped at the opportunity and immediately requested for Switched as soon as I spotted it on NetGalley.

Firstly, I loved the narrator. She had me hooked from the very beginning and her voice + easy to understand accent actually had me listing to the audiobook at 1.75x speed which was a first for me.. At this point it’s safe to say I’m absolutely in love with the whole magical realism trope because I loved the freaky Friday vibe here. There are several moments that had me cackling in the middle of the night (ref. Chapter 31) I adored Henry! As if being gorgeously British wasn’t enough, his golden retriever vibe had my heart melting and the fact that he was so madly, desperately in love with Selena; who by the way I wanted to punch on several occasions! I get that she was a career oriented woman who was scared of loosing herself if she gave love a chance (I’m a bit like that!) but when you have a man like Henry, saying the things he was saying (ref. my annotations) how can one resist! I would’ve quit any damn thing to be with him (if he wasn’t fictional, or perhaps I was!)

I loved this book, even though I almost lost my mind and bawled my eyes out at one point (ref. Chapter 38) These two took me on a roller coaster ride and I would let them do it all over again! So yes, obviously you cannot miss this one.

Cute, quirky, and humorous! Fans of Ali Hazelwood and Emily Henry will love this story. I like RomComs but I LOVE RomComs that are science based and have strong, brilliant female MCs! Thank you #NetGalley for the opportunity to read this one, I'm happy to add a new author to my must read list.

Nerdy little romance about two people who are so destined for each other but so vastly different there’s no way they’ll work. What happens when they swap bodies? Life suddenly becomes a lot more interesting.

Switched by Sarah Ready is funny and sweet. The fact that Serena and Henry are so drawn to each other yet so different is comical. Yet the way their relationships changes and evolves is magical and legendary. There is a lightheartedness to Serena and Henry's strange situation that lightens the deep and introspective look at love and how people are forever shaped by the forces around them.

I thoroughly enjoyed this book which was made even more realistic in audiobook format. Kelsey Navarro Foster's narration of Serena's perspective made Serena feel like your sarcastic best friend. Hearing Henry's perspective towards the end of the book felt unexpected but allowed the listener to understand him a little bit better.

How unique! I loved Ghosted (my fave of the two in the series so far), but Switched was definitely an interesting spin on the Freaky Friday storyline!

Sarah Ready has quickly become a go-to author for me - you can always count on her to give you an excellent storyline and make you think and bring the drama without giving an emotional breakdown. Switched is one of her more quirky tales! I love that she’s brought in the body-swap idea for a couple that had magic and great sparks at first meeting but quickly discovered that they were new work colleagues so it couldn’t go further, until a freak accident at the Large Hadron Collider one lightning storm caused them to swap bodies and they got a really unique perspective on each other’s lives, including seeing their memories, attending the others big life events, experiencing their own preferences - super interesting!

Definitely recommend it to all, especially fans of Ready’s other works, including but most especially Ghosted! It’s not one to be missed!

Audio is narrated by my favourite couple - Kelsey Navarro Foster and James Anderson Foster. They did a spectacular job as always, but he only had a small role (I absolutely love Kelsey and I know the book was written the way it was for a reason, but would have loved to hear more of James)!

I received an advance read and listen copy from NetGalley and W.W. Crown (an Imprint of Swift & Lewis Publishing), Members' Titles and Audiobooks, and this is my honest feedback.

4.25/5 stars
1.5/5 spice

I loved the first book so much that I just had to listen to the second one. If you're a fan of STEM in romance, then you'll enjoy this one.

Tropes:
Freaky Friday body switch
Opposites attract
One night stand
Physicist MCs
Insta-love/He falls first
Love averse heroine
Forced proximity
Fake dating
Single POV

I really enjoyed the journey these two went on. I'm not a fan of insta-love tropes, but I think it worked well with the plot. The narrators did a great job with bringing the characters to life. Overall, it was a fun read, and I loved it. Highly recommend for fans of sci-fi romance and STEM romance.

Thank you to Netgalley and W.W. Crown for an ALC. All thoughts and opinions are my own and offered voluntarily.