*thank you to NetGalley and W. W. Crown for a copy of this audio ARC 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.

P.S. Kelsey Navarro slays this narration big time, per usual.

I was given access to this book, as an audiobook, in return for an honest review.

To begin, we are brought in with our main character, who is a theoretical particle physicist that works at CERN and loves Star Trek. As a STEM girlie, it took some effort to not nitpick when it came to some of the description of particle physics, CERN, etc. but its stuff that can be pretty easily overlooked.

Our main character is Serena, or Ducky, and she is decently likable as a character, even though she has some beliefs about commitment that pushes back the pioneering of women in stem back a generation or two. She’s a California girl that has been working in Switzerland, has a double PhD, and a best friend that also lives in Geneva (who has a separate book written about her, that I have not read, and is not essential for reading this book).

Our male lead is Henry, and he is our “hot English guy”, meaning : as soon as they meet they are obsessed with one another. Their first meeting is a whirlwind that ends up with the two hooking up, only for Serena commitment issues to come to a head as Henry says he believes in love at first sight. After that, Serena finds out that Henry is going to become her boss, starting on Monday, much to her chagrin. She ends it with him very messily, but doesn’t mean to cut him as deep as she does and he takes it to heart.

Years pass, and just before the two go of for vacations, a incident occurs, and now they have had their minds transferred to each others body.

In essence, this is a very silly and fun book. The only big thing that annoyed me when reading was that they didn’t keep their accents, and the accents transferred to the other person as well. I feel like a speech therapist would also be annoyed about that.

I appreciated the heartfelt sentiment that came when visiting the others families, and the real balancing act that had to be done around different family members, or conquests. I think the most unexpected part of this book was the twist at the end, which was very, very impactful in the audiobook, as they switched to a different reader, which was really a great touch.

I enjoyed this book a good amount and it was fun : ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

From the first Sarah Ready book I listened to I have been a fan. I’ve gone back and am making my way through all her work before I discovered my love of her books and I always look forward to each new offering she makes to my TBR. When I saw Switched coming I knew I needed it—as I have come to expect with all books Sarah Ready writes Switched was not a let down. There was a slightly slower start for me to get into it but once it hit about 20-25% and all the hilarity began I was in it y til the finish!

Even though I typically listen to Ready’s books, they all still make their way to my physical trophy shelf because they are always worthy or a reread.

Thank you NetGalley, W. W. Crown, and imprint of Swift & Lewis Publishing, LLC for sending this book for review consideration. All opinions are my own.
Switched by Sarah Ready is about Serena Otaki a career focused scientist who doesn't want to lose herself or her work to the possibility of love. Henry Joule, on the other hand, is looking forward to marrying his love when he finds her, and in the meantime will continue his ground breaking work. However they hit a bump in the road when they wake up to find themselves in each others bodies...
I enjoyed the first book in this series Ghosted and was excited to receive an early copy of this one. I loved the main characters and their adorable dynamic. Their geeky love of science made me feel connected to them as a woman in science myself. I love anything with a freaky friday premise and was excited to see what this book would hold. It did not let me down with the growth coming from the characters being in each others situations. Not only do they get a glimpse into each others lives but they have feelings, wants and memories from the other's body as well. I thought that was a very unique way of spinning this trope that I enjoyed.
However, I did have a couple things that I did not enjoy. In the first few chapters there are so many lists. Having one list might not have been as bad but having multiple long lists in such a short time at the beginning of the book made me what to put it down. The rest of the book was so good and I wouldn't want anyone to DNF this book due to the repetitiveness of the beginning and other small parts of this book.
Overall, it was a really sweet romance that I would recommend to any romantic science lovers!

Thank you to Swift and Lewis Publishing, and NetGalley for an E-ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.

This was such a fun, and quirky rollercoaster.

We follow our FMC Serena who is a strongly independent, intelligent, messy, fun-loving gal from California. She has a very fierce sense of self and takes great pride in her career, physics, and maintaining her life as a single woman who refuses to lose herself in love. On one fateful night she meets a British man who is her polar opposite and feels a connection with him that she has not yet experienced prior. After a night of “fun” she comes to find that this man will become her new boss and she wants NOTHING to do with him. Until she quite literally BECOMES him (yes you read that right.) How will these two get out of this predicament and return to their own bodies?

Okay, to be totally honest…the first few chapters I found Serena quite insufferable, stubborn, selfish, and dishonest. However, she really did grow on me and as I learnt more about her and what attributes to her need to run away from any kind of remotely real feelings I felt as though I could relate to her.

Henry was just ADORABLE. I love this man. He was so sweet, supportive, funny, and smart.

Reading about the two visiting one another’s families melted my heart and I found the differences in backgrounds and upbringings quite amusing.

Some of the body swap descriptions were a little cringe worthy but realistic, nonetheless.

We love a woman in STEM, rom - com. <3

I really did enjoy this and am excited to read more from this author!

The author does such a great job with this series. I loved the first one but I think I liked this one more. It was a freaky Friday romance version. Plenty of humor, tugging on the heart strings, and cute romance of course. This was one that I just couldn’t turn off (audiobook) and I’d highly recommend it.

🌀Synopsis
Serena is a science geek- and proudly! She works in Switzerland at the Hardon Collider and it’s her dream job. Her romantic life is another story- it’s definitely not her dream. I’m fact, she once had a one night stand with her boss Henry. After their initial encounter he told her he loved her and she thought he was crazy.
After discovering they worked together their romantic relationship was over and he treated her with practical indifference. They were simply coworkers.
Until one night, they suddenly changed bodies. She woke up in his body and he woke up in hers. Both were shocked to discover their new homes and tried to figure out how to switch back. When nothing worked they were forced to figure out how to tackle events, work, families, etc. They ended up finding out a lot of intimate details about each other and helping each other through some difficult situations. Their way back to their normal bodies nearly kills them both but in the end their newfound love for each other saves them.

Always enjoy reading Sarah Ready's books. She has an awesome imagination and creates unique and compelling stories. This book has a cool freaky friday premise. I liked the idea of Serena and Henry switching bodies. It was fun to read how they coped with the situation. The story is told mostly from Serenas perspective, but it would have been nice to hear Henry's side of the story too. They are both so sweet, especially Henry. The couple had sizzling chemistry right from the beginning. I'm not fond of insta-love, though. Slow burn is so much more satisfying. Anyway, this was such a fun and sweet story and the ending was perfect.

This is the second book in a Ghosted series, but you do not need to read the first book in order to enjoy the story. I listened to the audiobook version that was narrated by Kelsey Navarro Foster and James Anderson Foster. They were both really perfect fit for the book.

This is the second book in the Ghosted series, but it can be read as a standalone.

This was provided to me as an audio via Net Galley.

First off, the Narrators for this audiobook did a FANTASTIC job! This had a slow start for me, as it is based on the science trope, and I don't think that is really my thing. But this was a charming, quirky rom-com with Freaky Friday vibes. I enjoyed the audio version as it was easy to listen to!

Serena is a fun-loving, free-spirited girl from California with a deep love of science. She has her dream job working at the Large Hadron Collider in Geneva. She fell in love with science at a very young age and knows that she will never fall in love with a man because she can only have one love. Henry is an uptight Brit who lives a very simple and VERY organized life. The two met and had a one-night stand it could have been more but Serana discovered that Henry was her new boss and ended things quickly. Over a year later the two experienced an accident at work where their lives collided and then switched. They swapped bodies and now need to figure out how to switch back.

This book is the love child between Freaky Friday and a rom-com. It was fun, fast-paced, and lighthearted. I really liked that both characters got to experience the not-so-great aspects of the other gender. Henry having to experience a period inside Serena’s body was great. I loved how these two grew as people and grew together.

I listened to the wildly hysterical video version of this book. The narration by Kelsey Navarro Foster and James Anderson Foster was excellent, and hearing the story read partly with a British accent added to my pleasure in the book.

Sarah Ready is quickly becoming one of my favorite romcom authors. This is the follow-up book to Ghosted, which was also excellent. In Switched, a male and a female scientist working with atoms In a highly advanced laboratory end up accidentally switching bodies. The result is laugh out loud funny as the two try to carry on in the other's body until they can reverse the situation.

My absolute favorite scene was when Henry woke up to experience the first day of Serena's period. It was so perfect that I actually howled! Add in some lust in a different body, two people who are actually cuddling with their own body, and trying to fool family members, and you end up on a wild ride!

Thanks to W.W. Crown, an imprint of Swift and Lewis Publishing, and Netgalley for the audio book. All thoughts are my own.

Sarah Ready can do no wrong. I love her writing style so much even though her stories are all about love at first sight and soulmates, and love heals everything and is the answer to all the mysteries. I just love her.

Serena wasn’t what I expected but I love that her reasons and reactions are clearly explained and understandable. Henry won me over at first sight and then made me hot and bothered for the rest of the book. The all « they switched bodies » plot was kind of predictable but excellent nonetheless, with scenes that made me blush and others that made me swoon or cackle.

Loved, loved, LOVED the Jillian and Daniel cameo, as well as the ending.

Serena Otaki loves physics, Star Trek and her cat, Captain Purrk. She works at the The Large Hadron Collider near Geneva, Switzerland. She enjoys her simple life and staying permanently, happily unattached. Loving a man isn't in her future, she only loves Physics.
Henry Joules loves physics, family and friends. He can't wait to find the woman of his dreams. Love and marriage are in his future.
They are completely opposite to each other.
Once when Serena and Henry are together, the particles collide and their bodies are switched. Trapped in each other's bodies, having to live as the other is going to be a wild ride.

Thank you to the publisher for a copy of this audiobook. This is the 2nd book of the series and can be read as a standalone but I do recommend you read Ghost first. The story is set in Switzerland, Serena who is a free spirit vegetarian physics. Her coworker, Henry, who she had a one night stand before she started her job is uptight and drives her nuts. This turns freaky Friday where Serena and Henry switches body. I love the story and how it goes from there. Their banter is funny and the dual POV and the narrators did a great job with expressing their emotions. I love that we see Jillian and Dan back in this story.

First of all, I thoroughly enjoyed Sarah Ready’s first book in the Ghosted series and it was so fun to see Jillian and Daniel make a cameo in this book!

Second, this book gives Freaky Friday vibes (but with romance). The author did a great job describing some of the difficulties of switching genders (e.g., getting your period and using tampons versus pads), as well as family challenges (e.g., giving the best man speech at your brother's wedding or consoling your ill mother).

I was fortunate enough to be granted both the ebook Advance Reader Copy (ARC) and the audiobook ARC. The audiobook was fantastic – really enjoyed Kelsey Navarro Foster (voice for Serena) and James Anderson Foster (voice for Henry). How cool that this was narrated by a husband and wife duo?!

Thank you so much to Sarah Ready, W.W. Crown an Imprint of Switft & Lewis Publishing LLC, and Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA) for the opportunity to read this ARC in return for my honest opinion.

I fell in love with Sarah Readys stories last year. Unfortunately, this one could not hold my attention. I had to DNF it. I will try to read the physical copy. The narrator really didn’t do it for me.

I read the first book in this series as well and was not sure what to expect with the second book. It was a quick entertaining read. The ending was a little too perfect for my liking. It was a different take on the enemies to lovers genre but I enjoyed it. As an audiobook, the narrator did a good job and kept my attention.

One fateful evening in Geneva, Switzerland Serena Otaki, a physicist meets Henry Joule in the local pub in an awkward situation.One thing led to another, they felt an instant connection between themselves in the short time spent together.But Serena was not ready for anglerfish love.She found ways to escape out from this sticky situation.What follows was something beyond her wildest imaginations.
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A healthy mix of shenanigans, love, passion, friendship, fear, sadness and surprises greet the readers in Switched.It is the second part in the series Ghosted, can easily be read as standalone.Written in layman's language,I was immersed in the story from the start till the end.

4 unique concept stars

This marks my second audiobook! It was fun to listen to, even though I found the spicy parts a bit odd when read out loud!

This was my first book by Sarah Ready, and it was narrated by Kelsey Navarro Foster and James Anderson Foster.

The first half of this one really introduced the characters and set the stage. We meet Serena, a California girl living in Geneva, a physicist working at the Hadron Collider. She loves her cat, her messiness, and Star Trek. She loves her job and has no time for love.

Henry Joules is British, and he meets Serena in a funny way when she’s stuck in a pub. Truly Serena’s opposite; he’s tidy as a pin, loves tea, and adores his family. He can’t wait to meet the right woman. The only thing they have in common is a love of science.

Even though they hit it off at first, Serena pushes him away. That mostly works until one night at work, there’s an accident, and somehow, they switch bodies!

This is where the fun of the book started for me as they tried to figure out how to undo the switch and trick their families into believing they weren’t switched. There are the funny parts about having body parts you are not used to and using the right accent. The switch also comes with that person’s memories and tastes. So now, all of a sudden, Serena wants tea and red meat in Henry’s body.

My favorite parts were going to Henry’s brother’s wedding and visiting California to see Serena’s ailing mother. They both learn so much about each other, their families, and what it would take to build a life together. Can they figure out how to switch back or are they doomed?

Switched
By Sarah Ready
Narrated By: Kelsey Navarro Foster and James Anderson Foster
Release date: February 20th, 2024

This book is not what I expected. It was hilarious! The tension between the characters is electric. The author does a great job making you fall in love with the characters and the narrators bring them alive. I highly recommend this book for a fun romance read.

#Switched #NetGalley

Kelsey Navarro Foster is a narrating BOSS. I loved listening to this audio so much. Not only is Sarah Ready's writing beautiful, but Kelsey really made Serena come to life for me.

Serena was really set in her ways, not only in life, but also in love. She didn't want to give up her "self" in order to be a couple. There wasn't an outstanding example of coming together to be better vs losing yourself in another for her. This was definitely a different way of learning about love, but I loved it!

Thank you to NetGalley and the author for the ALC. This is my honest opinion.