What a delight! Kelly Harms does not disappoint. I was drawn in to the story of Wendy and Celeste, strongly identifying with parts of both of their lives (what working mom wouldn’t?). It was fun to see how these polar opposite neighbors came to realize that maybe the grass isn’t always greener on the other side of the (overgrown) rose bush. And just when I thought the story was winding down, there was one more “oh my gosh!” situation to surprise me. This was a great read. (Thanks to Kelly Harms and NetGalley for the ARC!)

This is a Freaky Friday type story of two moms in a neighborhood who end up switching places. I think this story is best suited for moms, as it goes into working moms vs. stay at home moms and mom guilt. With that being said, I enjoyed this book and it really touches on the fact that everyone has their own struggles.

There's always one character in a book that makes it so easy to hate them and in this book that's Seth. I did like the unlikely friends trope!

A big thank you to Kate Rock Book Tours and Kelly Harms for the ARC!

I loved The Overdue Life of Amy Byler by @kelly.harms and I jumped at the chance to read her upcoming book. The Seven Day Switch is the story of Celeste, a stay at home mom, and Wendy, a working mom with her own business. The two clash from day one. After drinking too much sangria at a neighborhood get together, the pair wakes up the next morning hungover and in each other’s body. Adult Freaky Friday! So many emotions while reading...I laughed and cried and laughed some more! Kelly Harms has written an insightful novel that proves that maybe the grass isn’t greener on the other side.
The Seven Day Switch is available July 1st and you don’t want to miss it!

This is a laugh out loud novel about the contrasts between working moms and stay at homes moms and the animosity that often exists between them. Celeste and Wendy live in an upscale community. The only connection between them is their daughters are best friends. Celeste is a stay at home mom who cooks every day, makes sure her family eats healthy, keeps screen time to a minimum for the kids and is just an all around earth mother kind of woman. She is new to the community and trying to fit in but there is no love lost between her and Wendy. Wendy owns her own company and it takes up more hours than there are in a day. Her kids often get take out for dinner and even though she tries to be there for them, she often misses out. They each prefer their style of living and look down on the life style of the other. Celeste thinks that Wendy doesn't spend enough time with her kids and Wendy thinks that Celeste doesn't do much since she stays at home. This animosity takes a rapid shift when they wake up one morning in the other woman's body. The following days are filled with a struggle to fill the different role and finding out what really goes on behind closed doors. This story will make you laugh and maybe shed a few tears and it's a fantastic story that proves that you shouldn't judge someone until you walk in their shoes! This is going to be a definite summer hit!

Thanks to Kate Rock Book Tours and the publisher for sending me a copy of this in exchange for an honest review.

Celeste is a stay at home mom who seems to have it all. She only wants the best for her kid- makes them all the organic food and limits their screen time. Wendy is another mother who lives down the street and is the career woman- she's got a great business and she is frantically trying to live her life and "have it a''"- be the best mother, best wife and careerwoman.

After a night with some sangria the women wake up in each other's bodies. What proceeds is each woman getting a taste of what their neighbor is like and how maybe they don't have it all.

I thought this was a heartwarming read and really enjoyed both characters. I loved how they helped each other grow as they inhabited each other's bodies, and the end result. I found myself getting so mad at one of the characters! Overall a great read!

The Seven Day Switch main characters are two women that are total opposites. We all know women like them. Wendy is a workaholic who has built a very successful company and Celeste is a stay at home super "Pinterest" mom. When for some odd reason they find themselves in a Freaky Friday situation. The experiences they go through are sometimes funny, sometimes scary and sometimes sad. They find out so much about themselves, each other, their relationships with their children and spouses. It truly shows them walking a mile in someone else's shoes.

From the book's title the reader knows how long the switch is going to last but what you don't know is how it's going to reverse itself.

If you liked The Overdue Life of Amy Byler you'll definitely like The Seven Day Switch.

Bravo to Kelly Harms on another entertaining, fun read with interesting women characters. Keep them coming.

Stay at home mom (SAH) Celeste and business owner/working mom Wendy end up in each other’s bodies after drinking too many sangrias one night. These moms could not be more different, not just in their choice of career, but also in their choice of husbands, child-rearing methods and lifestyle. Celeste bakes cupcakes for every school event, sews her daughter clothes, packs gourmet homemade lunches, cooks healthy dinners every night, keeps chore charts and is signed up for every committee there is. Wendy is an organized, put-together, self-motivated and driven type-A personality that successfully runs her own business while simultaneously managing homework, school meetings, picking up dinner and getting the kids to activities as basically a single mom. She finds it easier to do everything around the house herself rather than ask her husband or kids to help.

This book was the ultimate exploration into mommy wars. Celeste feels the pressure to be a perfect mom. She feels responsible for signing up for all the volunteer opportunities, driving everyone’s kids where they need to be and for keeping her family happy and healthy. Wendy, on the other hand, feels responsible for the financial well-being of her family, for modeling a successful career for her kids and for keeping her family happy and healthy. Both are moms who love their kids unconditionally, and would sacrifice their own happiness for their wellbeing. The fun part was watching them try to figure out how to live in each other’s bodies without anyone knowing - until they could figure out how to switch back.

Coming from a background as both a stay at home mom and a working mom, I found this book to be spot on in its descriptions of the way moms unfortunately judge each other and their choices. This book did an excellent job of showing how preconceived notions need to be discarded as unreliable. You know the saying, “you can’t judge someone’s life until you’ve walked in their shoes?” This story put that question into action, while infusing humor and insight.

Both women spent time prior to the switch looking at each other with a certain amount of disdain. It takes living inside each other’s lives for them to realize their misplaced judgments and to see the value and necessity in each other’s choices. Some beautiful realizations happened and both moms were able to leave a little of their own mark on their “borrowed” family. Each woman finally recognized the strength and devotion every mom inherently possesses. The question is not which mom’s choices are right, but instead, how both moms’ choices are right for their family.

Thank you to KateRock Book tours and Lake Union Publishing for the advance copy to read and review. I easily recommend.

Wendy owns her own business, has two wonderful kids, and a gorgeous husband. Some may think she has it all, but she hates that Celeste really does have it all. A stay at home mom that puts all other mothers to shame. After a sangria filled night, Wendy and Celeste find themselves waking up in the body of their archenemisis. Suddenly they are learning that the grass may not always be greener.

The Overdue Life Of Amy Byler was so great so I was super excited to get a copy of this one! Oh hey freaky Friday!! I love a good story where the main characters swap places and learn to be open to someone else experiences! I did have some trouble keeping Wendy and Celeste straight, but I really can’t say why. I feel like my brain just wasn’t keeping up completely. While I aim not a parent, I am familiar with the wars moms face to do it all, and I thought Harms did a great job showing how hard it is on both working moms and stay at home moms. I highly recommend this one for a fun but also eye opening read!

Remember the movie The Change Up starring Ryan Reynolds and Jason Bateman?

This hilarious novel is the female version of changing lives. Celeste and Wendy are as opposite as a Happy Meal and a quinoa bowl, and spend an entire week in each others shoes after too much sangria.

Kelly Harms' new novel is heartwarming and hilarious, with a satisfying ending. You're going to want to read this novel so make sure to put it on your must read list.

Funny, witty story about a mom war that has them switching bodies. They figure out that the other half of the fence isn’t always greener. Thank you Netgalley for the ARC copy.

Such a great read! When the identities of a SAHM and a workaholic mom get switched there are bound to be some firework, a few missed meetings, and perhaps a kid or two misplaced along the way. In the end, the two realize they shouldn't take being the best mom they can be and turn it into a competitive sport. What's important is each woman learning they are enough and the people they surround themselves with have an impact on them and their families. This would be a great book for any mom out there thinking they're doing either too much or too little with the same 24 hours we're all given.

Celeste is a SAHM of three who’s new to the neighborhood and struggling to make friends. Wendy, her next-door neighbor, is a busy working mom who thinks Celeste has a cushy life and is judging her for not being a Pinterest mom. After drinking waaaay too much vodka-laced sangria at a softball potluck, the women wake up in one another’s bodies. Will a week as their nemesis give them perspective or will they ruin each other’s lives? And also, how will they switch back?

An interesting and engaging take on the mommy wars most women feel pulled into. Enjoyed the characters and plot.

I was hooked on reading more after the first page. The author describes a busy morning with a family and, as a mother, I can say it was a very accurate account of what we go through each morning to get the family out the door. The writing was descriptive and colorful.
As I read further I almost decided to put the book down when I realized the event that happened between the two main characters was not a topic I would have chosen to read about but I pushed on and was glad that I did. The story is so interesting and makes the reader think about friendships and ones own family life as you follow Wendy and Celeste on their unusual adventure. It was hard to put down because of the twist and turns of events.
I can't wait to read the next book by Kelly!

Five laugh-filled, tear-stained stars to this fantastic novel! I laughed out loud so many times, with moments and lines and dialogue that were hilarious! But there were also poignant, heartfelt moments in this book that made me feel things deep in my heart. Celeste and Wendy are unforgettable characters, two women who only want what’s best for themselves and their families, even as they disagree about the best way to achieve this. Their interactions and their intense emotions are riveting, sometimes difficult, sometimes funny but always raw, unfiltered, authentic and genuine. These two moms, their children, and their husbands are going to stick with me for a very long tome. This is a captivating story that will keep readers’ hearts engaged; an honest and insightful look into motherhood, marriage, finding balance, and just doing the best damn job you know how!

There is something about a Kelly Harms book that transcends the escapist fluff of many books bearing the label "Women's Fiction." I always seem to be able to find a deeper message, or lesson, in her stories.

In "The Seven Day Switch," we meet Celeste and Wendy, suburban neighbors who could not be more different from each other. Celeste is the Pinterest mom who packs organic lunches, runs carpools, and sews her daughter's perfect wardrobe. She has the perfect husband. Wendy is the Type A businesswoman who is always on the go and feeds her kids frozen pizza rolls.

But what happens when they are forced to examine their lives and their goals? Kelly Harms takes the adage, "Put yourself in someone else's shoes" to a whole new level.

"The Seven Day Switch" makes you think about what you have vs what you think you want; it makes you perhaps appreciate that the grass is not always greener on the other side, but along the way she introduces us to wonderful characters, witty dialogue, and a rollicking good time.

I loved this book and I'm grateful to the author, the publisher, and to NetGalley for the ARC.

This story brings back so many feelings from when I was a stay-at-home mom, watching the neighborhood career moms seemingly able to “have it all” ... a perfectly balanced home/work life, while I was budgeting our money from weekly cash envelopes. Our two moms in “The Seven Day Switch” are neighbors who don’t get along, testy and overly polite, and by some crinkle in the universe switch bodies for a long, eye-opening week. Their inner conversations are spot on. I really enjoyed learning about these two women and their intense love for their children. A little kindness and humility goes a long way, bringing a realistic, loving conclusion to “The Seven Day Switch”.

In her latest novel, Kelly Harms takes readers inside the mommy wars in one of the most relatable, poignant and eye-opening explorations of motherhood I’ve ever read.

Stay at home mom Celeste and her career-driven neighbor Wendy, think they have nothing in common other than the fact they both have children. When, thanks to a couple of glasses of questionable sangria, they swap bodies for a week, they find out just how wrong their assumptions were. As the women struggle to fill each other's shoes—and raise each other’s kids—they learn some unexpected and at times uncomfortable truths about themselves and each other.

Laugh out loud funny and full of insightful revelations, THE SEVEN DAY SWITCH is a must read for any mom that has ever thought someone else had it easier. Which, if we’re honest, is pretty much all of us.

Thank you to the author and Lake Union Publishing for the advance reading copy..

The Seven Day Switch is an eye opening experience for Wendy and Celeste, two moms with very different ways of parenting. This book shows that when you are able to see what the other mom's life is like, you can see that there is no right way or wrong way to parent and make your life productive and full filling. A very good read! .

The Seven Day Switch is my favorite book of the year so far. It follows two main characters, Wendy and Celeste, who aren't exactly favorites of each other. Wendy, the workaholic, and Celeste, the stay-at-home mom, wake up in each other's bedrooms (and bodies) after a night of hate-drinking and now have to see what exactly life is like in the other's shoes. Between husbands, kids, sports and carpool, not to mention parenting styles it's easy to feel what the characters are feeling. Having myself been both a working mom and a stay-at-home mom this book resonated with me on a level that I can't explain to someone who hasn't experienced it. The characters are well rounded, flawed and could be neighbors in your own neighborhood.