The Seven Day Switch is for anyone who likes Freaky Friday, a body swap-perspective giver kind of story. This one switches not mother and daughter but two very different kinds of moms who also happen to be neighbors, who both have been judging the other one HARD.

Like with any body swap story, there’s an element of awkward but this one avoids anything too crazy or risqué (although I’m still on the fence about the breastfeeding/weaning aspect.)

This one ends whole-hearted and with a deeper appreciation for the other’s life, plus some personal growth and a real friendship. And it declares loud and clear that there are so many ways to be a good mom.

This one was a fun one that also tackled a few deeper topics, if you’re up for a body swap book, that is.

Celeste in a stay-at-home supermom, and Wendy makes the working-mom hustle look easy. The two neighbors aren’t exactly friends. After too much sangria at the neighborhood potluck, they wake up in each others’ bodies. Celeste and Wendy spend the next seven days finding out that the other’s life isn’t as perfect at it seems.

I loved The Overdue Life of Amy Byler, so I have high expectations for any Kelly Harms book that I read. The Seven Day Switch was good, but it wasn’t as good as I wanted it to be. The Freaky Friday trope is always fun, and I enjoyed Celeste and Wendy’s perspectives and growth. The audiobook was well down, and I think having two narrators really added to the book.

Thanks to NetGalley and Lake Union Publishing for my advanced copy. I listened to this using my Kindle Unlimited membership on the Audible app.

“The Seven Day Switch” has definitely Freaky Friday vibes -which is often fun to read! And that is basically what this book is, nothing more than a fun-light summer read. So take it as it is. The “lesson” learned at the end is repetitive and poor. The book centers around two “completely opposite moms” that one day switch places. The story felt like a 90s comedy, it is supposed to be “funny” despite being a bit insensitive. Overall, I can see why people liked this book so much but I just couldn’t relate to any of the main characters and I was a bit annoyed by the comparisons between a “stay-at-home-mom” and a “successful-business-woman-mom”. As if one is better than the other.

I’ve heard so much hype about this one so I knew I had to pick it up. It definitely delivered and it’s super cute! I deff recommend if you’re looking for a quick easy romance!

I am a huge fan of Kelly Harms and was thrilled to see this one coming out. I apologize for the late review, I have no idea how I missed this one! Freaky Friday esque, The Seven Day Switch is what happens when a couple of moms live each others' lives. Yup. Moms. The Pinterest mom. The business mom. Oh, what a mix-up and an absolute delight. Do not miss this one.

I love the premise of this book. It makes for such an interesting read and the author did such a good job. The story was so well-written and I loved the dimensions to the different characters.

A great summer romp. You will laugh and pour yourself a glass of wine and wonder. Could you change places with a woman whose life appears effortless? That’s what happens and life for these two women will never be the same. Happily.

I've finished reading this funny book, is an advance Readers copy. It made me think about the movie "Freaky Friday", but with two moms who hate each other. They're living a never ending war between them because of their very different life styles, Celeste it's a stay-at-home mom and Wendy it's a working mom, but at the end they both understand their roles and the importance to their families.

This was a unique take on the Freaky Friday storyline where a stay at home mom and a corporate working mom switch places for 7 days.
Celeste is "that mom" - she stays at home, makes home cooked meals, sews, cleans and makes the working moms feel not good enough.
Wendy is a business owner working long hours but still trying to find quality time with her kids.
I loved how the two did not like each other at all in the beginning of switching places so when they discovered more about each other through living the others life they learned to appreciate the other. Maybe not all meals have to be home cooked, maybe it's ok to take time out for yourself, and maybe your marriage isn't what you thought it was.
Highly recommend this one!

this book is so fantastic! please pick it up as soon as possible! this is so good and so cute and so wonderful and all the great and beautiful things. for realz.

This book was like a warm beverage for the soul. I was sucked in and could not put it down! The concept was so unique, I loved this book.

A stay-at-home mum and a full-time business owner mum from completely different worlds wake up in each other’s body’s and don’t know how to switch back.

While they try to switch back, they agree to look after the other’s family while silently thinking how hard can it be to be in each other’s shoes.

As the days go on, they each realize that they both have a hard job and are amazing mothers.

A great summer read with real character development you’ll enjoy digging into.

Thanks ARC for the advance copy.

Fans of Freaky Friday will fall in love with this book! Freaky Friday, mom edition! It could be easy to get confused of who is who in this book but I think the author does a great job of giving us readers the insight to keep it straight with the internal dialogue. This book was a great example of the grass not always being greener on the other side and you truly don’t know what a persons life until you walk in their shoes

The Seven Day Switch

Ever watch Freaky Friday? This story not o my references it, but is a “real life version” of it with two suburban moms who hat each other’s guts. Celeste is the Pinterest-worthy, bakes-everything-from-scratch, housewife that is the caravan taxi to every other working-moms’ child. Wendy is the uptight, professional business woman who does for everyone else, but never has time for herself which also means she doesn’t always have time for her family. Both want the other’s life…until their wishes become reality.

After body swapping, the two women spend a week living each other’s lives, caring for each other’s families, and learning that the grass isn’t always greener on the other side, because your perspective of that lawn maybe skewed.

This was a funny book about learning how to “walk in someone else’s shoes”. However, I didn’t appreciate the amount of foul language (cussing) and drinking were included.

This ARC was provided by the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

This book was... just fine for me. To be fair, I am not a mom, and I am not completely invested in the concept of the "mommy" wars as a result... but both women in this book were just doing what they felt was best for their kids! After drinking too much sangria with magical vodka in it (Can I get some magical vodka, by the way???), two moms switch bodies and lives. They wreak havoc, mess things up, but... well, you can guess how it ends!

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜𝘁'𝘀 𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁
After a night of competitive Sangria drinking, two women, who are at polar opposites on the Mom spectrum, wake up hungover and are dismayed to discover their bodies and, by default, their lives have been switched. In a panic, they trace the cause back to a rare bottle of tequila that must be special ordered and won't arrive for seven days.

The two women will just need to make it seven days until the tequila arrives, and they can swap back. The problem is, other than being mothers, they have 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 in common. Wendy is the hard-working owner of a successful productivity consulting firm, receives zero help at home, and prefers to do it all herself so she'll know it gets done. Celeste is a stay-at-home-Mom who runs her home with loving military precision. All meals are homemade, organic, and very healthy, screen time is limited, the chore wheel on point, and she accepts more volunteer duties than anyone else.

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜 𝗧𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁
After suspending belief, I found this a fun twist on the body switch plotline.

I had several laugh-out-loud moments, and I enjoyed reading how each woman stopped judging each other and began to see themselves from someone else's eyes. As they ponder whether "having it all" is attainable or even worth it, they both make some realizations about themselves and each other. I wish real life solutions could be as magical and straightforward as Celeste and Wendy's! The book offers some excellent food for thought and perspective.

This book is another fun poolside, soccer practice, commuter train read!

In a Southern town two moms emerge. One is Pinterest-happy, organic food menu planning, make sure the house is perfect, momming to the nth degree while the other is career and success driven with a less organized house, hiding Happy Meals in the car but not her opinions. When Celeste Mason and Wendy Charles, neighbors with children of similar ages, meet they couldn't be more different-or more superior in their belief that their way is the RIGHT way. And they couldn't have anything in common-could they? With a little magic sangria they are about to find out as they wake up in each other's bodies and discover there is much more to each other's lives and families than meets the eye in The Seven Day Switch.

Kelly Harms takes on the "Freaky Friday" magic realism approach with a sprinkle of social conscious commentary. While Celeste and Wendy both have some unlikeable traits and the switch is really detailed there is decent character development that peel back the layers and explain some of the why behind their actions. I enjoyed this story and look forward to the next Kelly Harms novel-3.5 stars.

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for this ARC in exchange for my honest feedback.

This one was hard for me. There was so much about this book that I loved. I loved Celeste and Hugh's relationship, I loved the commentary on the Mommy Wars and how the grass isn't greener on the other side, I loved the commentary on being a good neighbor/friend. However... there were some major parts of the book that I just couldn't get on board with.

While I understood their purpose in the story I felt sometimes the women simply overstepped in each other's lives. The two biggest pieces of this were the topic of breastfeeding and Wendy's romantic relationship. Also, I am a SAHM of 11 years and have never once felt like I was being a "bad feminist" for choosing this lifestyle. I honestly didn't even know that was a thing, but apparently it is. Just a couple of the things that irked me.

Overall an enjoyable read!

Silly concept that seemed juvenile and overdone. I didn't really find it interesting, engaging or entertaining.

The Seven Day Switch by Kelly Harms was an absolutely delightful read.  Told in the narratives of main characters Celeste and Wendy, this story is a suburban mom spin on “Freaky Friday”.

Celeste Mason and Wendy Charles could NOT be more different.  While Celeste is the seemingly perfect stay-at-home-mom with an “eat the rainbow each day” food mentality, Wendy is a full-time business owner, comfortable feeding her children processed foods. While Celest finds joy and purpose in taking care of her three children and her husband, Wendy works outside of her home and spends precious little time with her family.

In a twist of fate (or, in this case, an artisanal birch-sap vodka that Celeste finds online), the two wake up one morning in the other’s bodies.  Now, over-worked, stressed out Wendy and Celeste, the mom-who-can-do-it-all must figure out how to function as the other. Harms has a great way of adding humor into what must feels like an insane situation. What to do when your husband comes in for a kiss? (fake a yeast infection). When your 3-year-old wants to nurse? (give her a lemon starburst to suck on). There were several laugh-out-loud moments that kept this story at a particularly good pace.

The story is told over the span of one week, as both women try to keep this disaster a secret until they can get their hands on more “magical hooch”.

While this is a comedy for sure, there is also a serious side to this book. Discovering how relationships are taken for granted when flying through our lives at breakneck speed.  Finding the real cause of why we want to be perfect (or, at least thought to be so). Realizing that just because someone takes a different path or does something in a different manner than us doesn’t mean it is wrong. It is just…. different.

Finding the joy in our lives. What is our purpose? Why do we do the things we do?

As adults, it is so very easy for us to judge. If we really thought about what it would be like to wake up in someone else’s body- living someone else’s life- who would actually sign on for that experience? I certainly wouldn’t!  But I am always down for a fantastical, magical spin on the norm.

A fun, thought-provoking 5 star read. Thank you to the Book Review Crew and Netgalley for the opportunity to read this gem!