Switched by Sarah Ready, narrated by Kelsey Navarro Foster, is a delightful blend of romance, humor, and a touch of science fiction. Serena Otaki, a carefree Californian physicist, and Henry Joule, an uptight Brit with a penchant for creating black holes, seem like an unlikely pair until an electric storm at the Large Hadron Collider switches their bodies.

Ready's writing is engaging, and Kelsey Navarro Foster's narration adds charm to the characters. Serena's free-spirited nature and Henry's meticulous personality create a dynamic and entertaining contrast. As they navigate their switched bodies, the story unfolds with witty dialogue and hilarious situations, making it a thoroughly enjoyable read.

The author skillfully explores the complexities of love and relationships, using the sci-fi element to delve into the deeper aspects of human connection. The plot moves at a perfect pace, keeping readers invested until the very end. Switched is a heartwarming and feel-good novel that leaves you pondering the true nature of love.

Sarah Ready's exceptional character development allows readers to connect with Serena and Henry on a personal level. The unexpected connection between these two characters, brought about by a twist of fate, makes for a compelling narrative. Switched is not just a love story but a celebration of the magic that can happen when two seemingly different worlds collide.

Headline: Freaky Friday with reluctant soulmates. Cute, Funny, and Smart

Serena, a free-spirited, chaotic American and Henry, a buttoned-up, workaholic Brit are two physicists who find themselves working together in Geneva at The Large Hadron Collider (CERN). Serena and Henry have a magical night together, but it turns out it was a mistake. They realize they're too different for a relationship, and love doesn't seem possible for them. A strange event during an electric storm at the particle collider causes them to switch bodies—Serena is now in Henry's body, and Henry is in Serena's. Subsequently, the intricacies of both life and love get way more complicated.

I was so pleasantly surprised by this story. I honestly couldn't put it down and was so captivated by the characters and how Sarah Ready made it seem so possible and realistic. This is the second in a series, but I have not read the first and it seems they do not have to be read in the order of publication. The female narrator is so talented and brought this book to life. She was a perfect match for this love story and writing style. Romance + STEM is becoming one of my favorite genres and I am so glad to see more and more getting the recognition they deserve.

Wow! I was not so sure about this book at first. It did keep me engaged and it made me laugh out loud. However, the more I listened, the more I fell in love with this book. How she was able to keep everything straight and not get confusing is a talent in its own. Who was feeling what and in what body. My most treasured part of this book was the overall message. It is so beautiful and so real. I feel so much could learn from this book. I am not going to lie....I may have shed a tear or five.

Switched sucked me in and I finished it in one day.

The story of Serena and Henry and their body switch isn't unique - clearly it has been done many times as a movie, but this is my very first time reading it in a book, and in a romance!

Things I loved:
• Serena's unapologetic geekiness (yay, Star Trek)
• The peppering of fun science facts throughout
• The slow burn (after a one night stand of course) of two people learning each other and understanding each others' idiosyncracies

I liked Sarah Ready's last one in this series, and loved this one too. Ready writes amazingly unique books that you just can't put down.

I like that this was a partner book to Ghosted and we still get the same imaginary (but feels real) experience. I liked Serena, but I didn’t love her like I have other S.R. characters, and it could be that she’s so put off by love and then her switch seemed all of a sudden, not a gradual learning. I can’t 100% pinpoint why I just didn’t connect with her. Henry was adorable and I enjoyed his quirkiness. Comparing to other Sarah Ready books I’ve read, this one didn’t send me on the same emotional roller coaster, but it was still an enjoyable read and I’ll still auto-read Sarah Ready books in the future.

“Serena, I’d like it very much if we could switch back before next month.”

I did this one as an audiobook. The narrators were excellent, as always.

I didn’t realize this was a STEM themed book, which I don’t usually enjoy but it’s Sarah Ready who I love so I figured I’d stick with it. I know STEM is all the rage these day but it’s just not something I typically enjoy. However, if anyone could get me to STEM dabble it’s Sarah Ready. This one was fun once I got myself used to who was who and in which body 🤣😂😂

I laughed so hard at her description of Henry in the butterfly négligée and when he had to deal with a monthly lady issue 🤣😂

Sarah has a true gift for writing well rounded and well developed characters.

Read this if you like:

⚛️Freaky Friday Vibes
🧪Star Trek
⚛️STEM
🧪Genuinely good cast of characters

Thank you so much to @netgalley and W,W, Crown Publishing for the chance to review Switched by Sarah Ready. I read Ghosted (also by Ready) and absolutely loved it, so I was excited to get to read Serena's story! Serena is a brilliant phycisist who meets an amazing man, Henry, They have one fantastic night that feels like falling in love... Serena made the choice years ago that she would never choose a partner over her love of science. So, she lets him go. They begin to work together and one night, at the Hadron Collider, the atoms are all mixed up.... and they switch bodies! Can they make it back to themselves?

This was a super cute take on Freaky Friday that was nerdy and angsty, but funny. Henry was the best curmudgeon who is looking for love.

Kelsey Navarro Foster and James Anderson Foster were fabulous as narrators, This was really a tall order because of the body switching and accents. Truly, a wonderful job!

When our reluctant to love FMC turns her back on romance, love has other plans. A romance with a magical "Freaky Friday" twist that will make you laugh out loud.

This was amazing. As soon as I saw this I literally jumped for joy and devoured in within a day. This series is chef's kiss!

I loved this book!! As a women in stem, I might be a tiny bit biased. I enjoyed Sarah Ready's first book in this series, Ghosted, but I loved this one! This book will have you giggling while you watch Serena and Henry navigate life... swapped. Serena and Henry are perfect together and easily one of my favorite book couples ever. If you're in the mood for a fun, light hearted, Freaky Friday-ish, romcom story, I 10/1o recommend this one. You don't need to read Ghosted prior. as it follows her bestfriends love story but I still recommend it.

The narrators, Kelsey Navarro ad James Foster, were great! Perfect for this book.

Thank you to NetGalley, W.W. Crown and Imprint of Swift & Lewis Publishng, LLC, and Sarah Ready for the audio-arc!

Freaky Friday but make it a romance! I was so excited when I saw a new Sarah Ready book pop up on here. She is my QUEEN! Ghosted was one of my favorite books of 2023 so I knew I would love this one! Serena and Henry meet and have one amazing night but work and fear of losing herself to love makes Serena pull away. 2 years later, an unexpected event happens that causes Serena and Henry to switch bodies. Now they are forced to live as each other and over time understand each other better. If you are a fan of Freaky Friday you will definitely love this! Serena frustrated me so much at times but just stick with it because everything will make sense later on! I love love and this book scratched that itch for me.

dnf at 20%, first the good things:
the narration is good, the premise sounds interesting, I like that it‘s set in Switzerland which is a change of location for once compared to some other romances and there is a multi-cultural cast of characters so far

Unfortunately, this just didn‘t work for me:
I am constantly „eye-rolling“ because
1. the FMC talks to the reader directly at certain points (usually this wouldn’t bother me but I find her a bit cringe)
2. I just don‘t understand why she thinks that she has to choose between her career and a life partner just because she has seen SOME people lose themselves in relationships around her, that doesn‘t mean it happens to everyone and clearly she‘s aware of this so she can be cautious and not let it happen to herself and at the same time be in a loving&committed relationship…I don‘t know…her reasoning just doesn‘t feel very logical and/or personal
3. it is VERY insta-lovey, which again, usually I‘m not opposed to but it doesn‘t work here
4. I‘m quite disappointed by how stereotyped the science part is, my own STEM-heart is not liking it at all!!!

Clearly a lot of people really like this book and I really wanted to like it too but even though I was excited to see how the whole switch-up would work out I‘m just not interested anymore at all…

Thank you NetGalley and Sarah Ready for the free audiobook ARC in exchange for my honest review.

I'm not sure I've ever read/listened to a romance book that was so creative. This love story is not your typical story. It's all about yourself and understanding that you can love someone deeply and still be you. It has family bonding and love as well.

I highly enjoyed the switching bodies and all the laughs and awkwardness that came with that!

The narrator did such a great job telling the story and tossing in accents. Her voice was very soothing as well.

Serena is a free-spirited California who loves smashing atoms at The Large Hadron Collider, and staying permanently, happily unattached. Until she meets Henry, who is dreaming of love and marriage. They meet one night and sparks fly. But Serena thinks things won't work, especially when she finds out that they will work together. Then, an electric storm causes an unexpected event at the particle collider and suddenly—they’ve switched. And both life and love are suddenly very, very complicated.
This one-night stand, workplace, boss employee, STEM romance with magical realism is book 2 in the Ghosted series. It reads a bit like Ali Hazelwood, but with a touch of magical realism, Freaky Friday-style. And I loved it! I was not a fan of the basis in which the why the FMC is so against love is rooted. She was often in her own way by holding on so tight to her beliefs. Did she ever think that her mom, while, yes, being so dependent on her husband, was happy and wouldn't want it any other way? I thought it was a weak foundation to sit her whole belief system on, especially since it was based on her misunderstanding what her mom said ONCE. Also, for two scientists, I thought that they didn't question the phenomenon enough. They went into the acceptance phase of it being what it was fairly quickly, without questioning it or do experiments to get out of it. Finally, narrators breaking the forth wall is one of my pet-peeves. However, it does not happen often in this book, and I realized that it doesn't bother me as much in audio format. Plus, the narrators did a fantastic job. This was a very sweet romcom, with great tension and banter.
I received an advance review copy of this book for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

This is an extremely creative book, in the same vein of the first book in the series. A creative plot premise that I don't traditionally read a lot of. While it's the second book of a series - it's definitely a stand alone. I enjoyed that there were brief cameos of the characters in book one, but that would not detract from the story line if this was the first book from the series that the reader was reading.

Read this book if you enjoy:
> Women in STEM characters
> Fantasy/sci-fi story elements
> One bed
> He falls first
> Slow burn

I think the body-switching elements of the story were well crafted - for something that could easily get confusing to follow. The reversed POVs were interesting and mostly flowed well - a few times, I forgot that they'd actually switched bodies. There were parts of the story that went a bit over my head with all of the physics explanations and narrative. I enjoy a good woman in STEM character, but I'm not a physicist - which gave me a little bit of a challenge to follow along with a few plot points. I do think the author did the best they could to break down the concepts and try to make them accessible.

Overall, an enjoyable read - it moved pretty quickly and kept me engaged throughout the majority of the storyline. The audio narration was very well done - I enjoyed the narrator and how she brought the characters to life. I was a bit disappointed that the MMC only got one chapter of POV/narration. I was expecting more of a dual POV when I started the book, so that took a little time to adjust to.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the audio to listen to and review!

We’ll this was a surprise! I saw this on NetGalley, read the first part of the synopsis and was like yeah, that sounds cool. But I missed the part where we get a freaky Friday moment (title makes perfect sense) and I never knew this would be everything that I wanted in a romance! So much fun!

This is the only way I can get behind an insta-love scenario (although it still felt a little cringe at first) but there was enough slow burn behind it to make it enjoyable! There were some hard to believe bits (on top of the body switch, lol) but it was fun and I didn’t over think it!

It was so good!

I previously read Ghosted and this one is so much better!

The premise seemed a bit crazy for a romcom but I really fell in love with it. Just imagine switching bodies with someone and having to experience yourself from someone elses body.

I liked the combination of insta-love and slow burn. I usually don't enjoy insta-love but this one was quite well done.

- Freaky Friday inspired
- body swap
- paranormal romcom
- workplace romance
- boss x employee
- one night stand
- fake dating
- women in STEM
- opposites attract
- he falls first
- British MMC
- set in Switzerland and UK

Firstly, I'd like to thank NetGalley and Sarah Ready for the free audiobook ARC in exchange for my honest review.

After reading most of Ali Hazelwood's books with strong women in STEM, I thought this could possibly be another where the jargon of the field flies over my head, (my degrees are in English and business, so I know next to nothing about most of the STEM disciplines). Thankfully, Serena Otaki takes the time at the beginning of the book to break down what she does and what it's like to work at CERN. I felt very well informed of the subject matter before the author started to roll the plot.

Serena and Henry had a one night tryst years prior, only to find out that Henry was going to be the new boss at CERN. Serena was determined to focus on her career and not on men when a freak electric storm at one of CERN's particle colliders sends Serena into Henry's body and Henry into Serena's body.

The remainder of the book is spent with Henry and Serena not only discovering themselves, but discovering one another and what makes them who they are, including several family get-togethers and major illnesses. Their new-found appreciation for one another puts them on the path to love.

I really enjoyed this book, and the only thing that actively bothered me was a sweet clean romance that plugged in a seemingly unnecessary sex scene at the very end (truly, the very end...last 15-20 minutes of the audiobook). I think the book could have ended before that and it would have been just fine. Shout out to Kelsey Navarro Foster and husband James Anderson Foster for a BEAUTIFUL performance of the book!

Thank you to the author and publisher for the ARC.

Once again, I loved this book. Before this series I’d never read a Sarah Ready book and I’ve been missing out. These books have made me laugh out loud and tear up and I just love them. Cant recommend them enough.

Took a minute for me to be invested- but once the switch happened, I couldn’t put it down.

“I only fear two things in life. Love and Spaghettification”

📚 slow burn
📚 body switch
📚 dualPoV (partial)

🌶️

|Thoughts|
This was such an enjoyable read and appreciated the little quirks of both Serena & Henry. It was sweet to see them get to understand the other better whilst they literally walked in eachothers shoes.

"Tea is the most useful beverage ever invented. I realise this now...there are many, many situations in which tea is the correct, only answer"

There were a couple of things that just felt a bit off to me, mainly the Insta love after their first meet (and how important that was to Henry).

“It feels like love, it feels like love, it feels like love”

Loved the addition of the diagrams and footnotes throughout the story. They’re quirky, just like the characters. Be mindful that if you choose the audiobook, although the diagrams are described, you will miss out on the full effect.

His large family is always a dynamic that I enjoy reading about. The hang ups that Serena experiences in relation to love are explored. And was impressed with how this played into the ending.

“I’ll be working under you. I don’t date colleagues. Footnote number 1. Or anyone else. My rule, one and done. Always. Dating is a distraction”

Pick this up if you love a cute romcom and science!

Side note- how pretty this this cover!

Thanks to Netgalley, the publisher and author for this eARC in exchange for this honest review.

Thank you to Net Galley for an ARC audio copy of “Switched” by Sarah Ready, and narrated by Kelsey Navarro Foster and James Anderson Foster.

Serena is a physicist working in prestigious lab. Her career is the most important thing for her, and when she has (what she thinks is a one night stand) with Henry, who not only falls in love with her but also turns out to be her boss, she pushes him away, making an excuse for him to hate her. Nothing, she believes, can interfere with her career. Somehow, during a storm, their bodies became switched: Henry becomes Serena, and Serena becomes Henry. The hilarious scenes that followed, showing how each character coped with suddenly being endowed with body parts of the opposite sex, had me laughing. I enjoyed how the two of them kept their situation secret when they had to make some obligatory visits to their families, pretending to be the boyfriend or girlfriend, rather than the actual child. The story was good, but sometimes it seemed to veer into a sort of lecture mode on “what is love”? I also was somewhat drawn out of the story when the one chapter, told from Henry’s POV, was narrated by a male narrator. Just one chapter. It seemed unbalanced and out of place. But overall, this was a fun and light story to spend a few days listening to.