Freaky Friday, Back to the Future and Ghost all mashed up together; and the Beverly Wiltshire Hotel from Pretty Woman starring in a small supporting role make for a real fun adventure.

Here Jo and Yohanna not only swap bodies, but also travel through time 20 years and land in different 'universes'. One of them is where no one knows Madonna, 'Star Wars' has never been a hit at the box office and 24year old Yohanna wants to be a pop singer. But suddently her 42 year old alter ego is inside her body!

I definitely preferred this storyline about the other one, where young Yohanna is in the body of Jo and trying to find ways to get back to the 90s with the help of her old foster mother, a psychic. But both were really funny to read. I also liked the references to songs in the chapter's titles. The chapters are just sometimes awfully short, and I had to switch from one storyline to the other rapidly. Prevented me from getting really involved in one or the other, actually.

The stuff about the guru and everything connected to spirituality is not my cup of tea, but it's bearable and also kinda essential to the storyline. The writing as such is perfectly ok, I would compare the humour of the two authors to that of Neil Gaiman in "Stardust", and that is not the worst thing you can accomplish I would say.

This book made me cringe as I read it. The story line was a mess all over the place, I just couldn't get into it. It was a huge miss for me. I DNF at 34%.

Rating .5

The story narrates the life of two characters,alternating one and the other in the chapters and letting the reader travel in time and catapults him/her in a parallel universe.

Whilst the characters are relatable and the style of writing quirky and unique,I couldn’t totally enjoy the style of the story as probably this is not what I was initially expecting.
This is only down to personal taste.

Thanks for offering this ARC in exchange of an honest review.

When your novel is sub-titled "the feel-good novel of the year!", it darn tootin' better deliver and it DID! The characters all sounded real, I can barely believe two men wrote female characters so convincingly, the plot was awesome with a tad of magical realism via parallel universes, rock stars and real life drama. It was funny, heartfelt and even with the parallel universes storyline, it was BELIEVABLE. It was an easy five star, give a copy to everyone you meet, let alone know, it was PERFECT.

Until it mentioned Donald Trump. Twice.

Look, I read to ESCAPE from reality, despite the title of the book indicating a return to reality. I don't want ANY politics in my books, NONE. I don't read political books for a reason. As far as I'm concerned, the bit with his name didn't need to be included. Without it, the book would have been perfect. For each scene with his name mentioned? One star deducted. I don't care what the slant of the authors re: Mr. Trump, positive or negative, I didn't want it in my book. Not to mention, it dates the books slightly.

So 3, it should have been five, stars.

My thanks to NetGalley and Kobo Writing Life for an eARC copy of this book to read and review.

Suspend belief in reality and jump on board for the ride. A light hearted time travel novel with likeable characters and a fast paced narrative.

While I enjoyed this book, it was pretty farfetched. The humour was spot on, but I did feel very like there were some missed opportunities. Enjoyable book though if you're into a bit of a quirky, offbeat comedy.

Back To Reality author's have included their humor into their book. This book can get a bit far fetched in parts of it. I believe this book fits into a unique category, this is not a book for the masses.

An amazing book that has been written by two men
There was humour throughout the book.
So well written
A different book

Thank you to Netgalley and Kobo Writing Life for providing me with an ebook copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Unfortunately, I dnfed this one. I really wasn't enjoying the writing nor the characters, I just felt this book was a bunch of clichés put together so not really worth my time.

This was quite good. A little over the top at times, but that's not surprising. Pretty interesting characters, and some funny moments, along with good pacing made this an engaging read. Recommended.

I really appreciate the comp copy for an honest review!!

Moving, clever, heart-warming with quite a few bits where you just have to laugh out loud; on the whole Stay and Oliver's "Back to Reality" a pleasant read.

I couldn’t download it as it wasn’t compatible with kindle. What a disappointment, this looked like something I would have really enjoyed!

Unable to read or review - not compatible with Kindle.
Sad as it seems like a title I would really enjoy.

Back To Reality was full of humor, description, and life. I would gladly add a copy of this book to my list of literary/contemporary lit favorites. Clever dialogue and situational encounters.