I’ve been in the mood lately for women in STEM romances, and this book did not disappoint. For fans of Ali Hazelwood, but with a Freaky-Friday twist.

The MFC, nicknamed Ducky, is an American working in Geneva, Switzerland at CERN with the large hadron collider. The MMC is a tall gorgeous British man named Henry. This story is quick paced, exciting, and surprising.

While the story starts and ends with a weird fourth-wall breach that I wasn’t really a fan of, but the rest of it in between was well worth that bit of discomfort. There are a few bits that I won’t spoil, but where plot points that seem like they should be discussed and worked through are somewhat tossed out there and then glossed over, but it doesn’t detract too much from the overall read.

I listened to this as an audiobook and embarrassingly laughed out loud multiple times while walking my dogs. It has some very funny moments, as well as sweet ones, sad ones, tense ones, spicy ones, and so much more.

I will definitely be going back to read the first one in the series, although it’s not necessary to read it first, as I enjoyed this one a lot and didn’t feel I was missing anything. It’s light and fun; nothing earth-shattering, but an enjoyable read that made me laugh, so I’m happy with it,

For those that choose the audiobook, the narrator did a good job of alternating between a male British voice and female American voice to make it clear who was talking, which can be difficult in a body switching story. I found the narration easy to listen to and follow along, and the voices fit well. This is a great story for audiobook, as it enables you to experience Ducky’s shock when hearing her (his) voice for the first time after the swap. Overall, would recommend listening to it if you like reading that way.

Thanks to NetGalley, W. W. Crown, and imprint of Swift & Lewis Publishing for access to the audiobook.

Switched is a modern romcom focused on Serena and Henry, two brilliant physicists who spend the night together before Serena stops things developing any further between them. Unfortunately for her, they experience a body swap at work and they are most definitely stuck together while they figure out how to unswitch.

Switched is the second book in the Ghosted series, although they appear to be standalones with some characters from prior books making a cameo. So even though this was my first Sarah Ready book, I thought it definitely worked as a standalone and I didn't feel like I missed any context by coming into the series at book two.

I liked the immediate funny tone in the first chapter before it went downhill for a few chapters - I found Serena unlikeable to start with and I hate insta-love. But luckily (for me), Serena ends things so badly with Henry that they quickly end up more in the enemies category, which meant hooray - my favourite trope was back in play! I suppose they actually fell into the (brief) lovers-to-enemies-to-lovers trope. With my favourite trope locked in, it further improved from the point of the switch, which happened around the 25% mark. I'm really glad I continued and gave it a chance because post-switch I really enjoyed it, and warmed up a lot to Serena as the book progressed and we learn more about why and how her beliefs about love developed as they did.

In terms of audiobook specific thoughts, the narrator reflects the material well and does a great range of accents and intonations to distinguish the characters and I can't fault her narration. She perfectly embodied the character of Serena.

Disclaimer: I received an ALC from NetGalley, but this is my voluntary and honest review.

Thank you to NetGalley for providing me with an ARC in exchange for an honest review. I did not know what to expect coming into this book, but I thoroughly enjoyed the relationship between Serena Otaki and Henry Joules. The imagery and self reflection from Serena's narration kept me engaged and excited. It does not hurt that I also enjoy the girl who is against falling in love, but does so instantly. The in between them getting together was slow and did not have much of a pull between the two especially with all the science talk, but it soon picked up again. I will be enjoying more of Sarah Ready's writing!

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I love the touch of them being themselves, but understanding each other through the other's bodies and memories. It gave this great connection that was already established between the two.

I really loved Sarah Ready's first book in this character series, Ghosted, so I was thrilled to be selected for Switched. Overall, I enjoyed Switched.. the storyline was fun and interesting but I struggled connecting to the characters or feeling their chemistry. I wish it was dual POV, I think that would've helped a lot. I'd still recommend and look forward to reading the next in the series!

Thank you to W. W. Crown, and imprint of Swift & Lewis Publishing, LLC, Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA), Members' Audiobooks for this ALC

Switched is a light, entertaining book. I grabbed it for my weekend read. The premise was fun for me, I liked the idea of switching, the science, and the romance. What I didn't enjoy was the extremely long descriptions of everything from the FMC, the first 3 chapters she's describing stuff that is not relevant and just after that is where the actual story begins. It does get better after the middle of the book. This was a fun, romantic story.

I want to Thank NetGalley for this Audio Arc that was a “listen now” in exchange for my honest review. I actually came back to change my rating as I had rounded it up to a 3 but I wrote early and hadn’t listened to the last 3 chapters . Now that I have I can’t in good conscience round up to a 3.
The book in so incongruent between the first 90% and the last few chapters. We go from complete juvenile feel to explicit sex. It’s like two different people wrote the book.

I’ll admit I was desperate for an audiobook as that’s how I wind down at night and I was awaiting others to be approved. This title has been available to listen to for a while now and I have skipped over it until I in had nothing else available.

I figured I knew what I was getting into but sucked it up but it was way more of an eye roll than I expected..

This is basically Freaky Friday regurgitated but putting it in a physics world. I generally love YA and even some solid middle grade books but this was a bit much. Definitely meant for the tween to young teen audience except for the physics angle and the random ranked is sex scenes that entered randomly at the end. Lastly, I’ll say that 80% of the book the narrator was fine But the other 20% it was unbearable. Anytime emotion had to be expressed or an alternative voice it was let just say hard to take. It made a juvenile story even more so.

So for young teens that never read a Freaky Friday type story, you make enjoy it? Just please stop before chapter 40 until you’re older. You don’t need the last 3 chapters at all. The physics angle just seemed indulgent like the author wanted to talk about a preferred topic no matter how ridiculous it was.. Apparently in the physical
Book there are diagrams and such throughout the book that add to the experience. Something that’s obviously lost in an audiobook. Some its more endearing that way?

You know what’s bothering me? The relationship isn’t built on anything. Having someone fall in love with basically themselves since the other person is in their body just doesn’t work as it makes a person feel yucky.

Rating
My rating system since GoodReads doesn’t have partial stars and I rarely round up.

⭐️ Hated it
⭐️⭐️ Had a lot of trouble, prose issues, really not my cup of tea
⭐️⭐️⭐️ Meh, it was an ok read but nothing special
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Really enjoyed it! Would recommend to others
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Outstanding! Will circle back and read again

2.5 rounded up.

After reading Ghosted, I thought I would prefer Serena's story. I was excited that it featured a unique take on STEM by making it paranormal. However, Serena was the cause of most of my disdain for this story. I hated her. She constantly discusses how pretty she is. It was exhausting.

For the rest of it, I found it extremely repetitive, as though the author could not trust me to remember things that occurred a few pages back. On top of all of that, I never felt the couple's chemistry.

I did this on audio, and it was dying for duet narration. When they first switched bodies, I found it hard to determine who was speaking. It made it hard to concentrate, and I found myself zoning out. The narrators themselves were great, but the structure made it hard to follow.

At this point, I think that Sarah Ready is not for me.

Thank you to NetGalley and W.W. Crown for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.

I was a little apprehensive going into this book just based on the body swap trope but I decided to give it a go anyway since it has such great reviews thus far. I am actually pretty impressed with the authors ability to do this without making it feel icky (imo). I ended up liking this story and felt it was sweet and heartwarming with a bit of humor as well.

Although I did not read the first book in this series, I didn't feel confused or lost in any way so this can definitely be read as a standalone.

Thank you NetGalley, W. W. Crown, and imprint of Swift & Lewis Publishing, LLC, Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA), Members' Audiobooks and Sarah Ready for a copy of the ALC in exchange for an honest review.

Serena Otaki has her dream job working for CERN in Geneva. One night she meets Henry Joule, and after a passionate night with him she discovers he is her new boss. Rather than complicate matters she quickly tells him it was “a bit of fun”. There is a time jump, Serena and Henry have been working together for 2 years. While at CERN, they are caught in a storm which causes them to switch bodies. They have to work together to pretend to be each other until they can switch back.
This is my first book by Sarah Ready, although I wasn’t keen on Serena to begin with as the book progressed understanding her backstory and the way she dealt with situations made her more likable. The description Serena gives of being a woman in a male body was hilarious and her confusion as to what was happening was brilliant.
I listened to the audiobook so the footnotes were a little confusing and seemed a bit of an intrusion to narrative, probably works better in written format. Kelsey Navarro Foster did an excellent job with the narration however I was expecting it to be a two-perspective book as there were two narrators mentioned). Would have liked more from Henry’s perspective.

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It took my brain a hot minute to remember what happened in book #1 "Ghosted" and why the main character was familiar. Once I remembered who was who, the story took off.

I like that this story could be read as a standalone novel as it focuses on Serena and Henry but I highly recommend reading Ghosted first so you know how Serena ended up in Geneva (and Ghosted was also a great story).

Looking forward to reading the next book in this series.

Kelsey Navarro Foster and James Anderson Foster did a great job narrating this story. I look forward to listening to more books narrated by them in the future.

I liked the concept of this book but I don't think this story was for me. I think the author did a good job of allowing the characters to capture essence of the body they are in so you get an idea of what the body owner was life but I did not like that for 90% of the book, you did not get Henry’s POV. Overall the story was ok, but I expected more insight on both characters navigating the switch.

I am ambivalent about this book. There were many elements I liked but all some that irked me.

First the narration was done well. Good intonations, emotions, accent switches.
Henry was a doll. I need him, I want him he's amazing. Kind, smart, hunky, likes his family and dogs and a virgin. Top that off with a sweet brit accent. Yum!!
Serena, I could do without. I think she totally missed the point of love and relationships and it took her a long time to learn that her suppositions were not necessarily correct. I mean who throws away someone without even trying.

The premise and pacing of the story was right. There were many laugh out moments too. Overall a good read..

Thank you Net Galley for the opportunity to try a new author. This book was very smartly written, fun, and offered an enjoyable story. It’s one of those books that I was smiling listening to.

For fans of Ali Hazelwood and Freaky Friday, this book is a cute little enemies(?)-to-lovers (or is it forbidden lovers? insta-attraction?) set in a science lab. It was so entertaining and super cute! So many romance books have become super formulaic and trope-first, but I really liked that this book fleshed out its characters and also had a fresh plot (at least compared to the other romance books I've read!)

I have had the pleasure of reading a few of Sarah Ready’s books now and I am always blown away by how much research she must put into the characters and the attention to detail in the story line. This one was no different, it was a great well thought out story that flowed nicely. I was a little put off with all the science talk at the start, but that quickly trailed off once we got into the main body of the book. Definitely worth a read, recommend!
I had the audio version which was well narrated and easy to follow. Also using different narrators for the male and female roles which always works better.

I have listened to or read several books by Sarah Ready and enjoyed them, The idea for this story was entertaining and I did enjoy it, but I didn't love it, perhaps because the characters just weren't for me, especially Henry. I also got quite confused by who was talking, telling the story after the switch as the voice did not match the body or dit it?

If you enjoy science geek rom-coms and a little magic, like in Jennifer Garner's Family Switch movie, then this story might be perfect for you.

I could not put this book down!! I loved how it explained how women goes through things every month and also the male perspective!! I laughed so hard!! Pick this book up today!! You will not be disappointed!!

"Switched" starts off as an insta-attraction romance and gets down to the nitty gritty within the first few chapters, before either knows that they are destined to work together. This is just a bit jarring since you wouldn't expect it until way later in the book, but doesn't detract from the story, in fact, it leads to us getting a better understanding of both MCs and how they feel about love (opposites attract kind of deal here). As would be expected, the fling doesn't last and the two are antagonistic to each other until an event comes to pass where they have to come to understand each other better. They continue to learn and grow together as the story progresses, giving us some cute moments and others that hold you with suspense. Henry and Serena find themselves in big life moments and working together to get through these moments, all the while realizing just how perfect they are for each other and falling in love (and acknowledging it).

It was a super cute book and was a pretty good story overall. Narrators weren't the best, but wasn't enough of a factor to give up on it, just super slow on normal (1x) speed. Upping the speed definitely helped.

This was cute. It took me a few hours to get into but then it got better. I did not like the narrators though. But that is a personal issue not an issue with the story itself