Review: Quirky and Adorable
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 17, 2014
*Copy via Net Galley*First off I would like to thank Net Galley for approving me for this book, the read was very much enjoyable, so much that I believe that I read this about four times!(: I was quite surprised to find how much I loved this book more than I intended to. It had everything you would expect in a book such as the cheekiness in the leading characters who were hard not to adore and love. Also it had the aspect if realness you usually do not see in books, including comedic roles, heartfelt moments which includes finding the person you were meant to be with which I guess you could label that as the ‘aww’ moments too.Everything about this book had me aching to end it, to find out what happens and just give it 5 stars which I obviously did and well …5 stars are not given lightly. I didn’t want it to end right then and there cause’ I knew I had more laughs ahead of me and I knew there was something fishy going on through the while relationships within the story and ugh the FEELS.I would be sitting on my father’s couch reading on my phone smiling like some crazy ass lunatic and you know father’s – when they see their daughter smiling at their phone and giggling at random moments they know that something is up, and they are gonna want to know what is going on. All I had to do though was show my dad my book and he knows how crazy I am about my books and he was perfectly fine later on … Until I started freaking out.You see dear readers, there will be certain parts in this book that you will NOT see coming because next thing you know BAM aliens are among us (not that there are aliens in the book, which would be kinda cool, but you know what I mean). OK so there was this scene with Kayla and Wesley (no I won’t be specific) and OMG I swear I could not stop laughing, it got so bad that my little sister walked in and walked right out on the verge of tears. Maybe she thought I was laughing at her? I don’t know but when I tried to apologize she came back and BAM a scene that became bad and embarrassing happened and all I could scream was, “Nooooo!” which of course scared her and well she walked out again.One of the many unique things about the book was the way the chapters were labeled – some of the chapter titles had me cracking up in anticipation and others made me want to put the book down and take a walk, to let things simmer and then I would eagerly run back to my reading space and continue because there was no way I could not finish the book. They were labeled in steps and in format of a journal … a journal that lists steps to find a way to destroy her best friends relationship with the help of her best friends boyfriends best friend (?) because Kayla wants to date her best friends boyfriend and her best friends boyfriends best friend wants to date Kayla’s best friend.Get it?Anyways the way they were labeled had me believe that this plan was a super special mission that was sarcastic and just hilarious all the way to the end.I loved the way the characters were put into place, you have the everything in the book – the geeky-all-around-loving-funny-guy (Wesley), the average-normal-normalest- girl you will find (Kayla), the snob-but-pretty-cool-best-friend-who-is-also-gorgeous-like-always (Reagan) and then there is the cute-jock-of-high-school-who-happens-to-also-be-sweet-and-always-falls-for-the-bestfriend (Talon) <------- What the hell. He even has a kickass name.Damn them cute-jock-of-high-school-who-happens-to-also-be-sweet-and-always-falls-for-the-bestfriend guys. Always upping the regular guys.So back to the characters, ok so it’s like everything happening in all the other books that usually happen happens in this book yet you actually root for the usually happening things because you know that it is perfect which is weird because that is not how it is supposed to be right? But OMG it fits perfectly.Weird I know but once you read it you will understand EVERYTHING.Everything.I also have to say when I began the book I had a whole different expectation for the ending, I already knew right off the bat with who was going to end up with who and why because that’s how the story leads you into thinking it. It’s funny because once you get to about the middle your mind starts to shift and you find yourself rooting for someone entirely different and getting pissed off because the characters just WILL NOT listen to you. And then the ending is exactly the way you wanted after agonizing hours of things not going your way, on the verge of a breakdown and then it happens. The perfect ending. Which is weird if you think about what happens I guess but perfect.‘Switched’ will most likely go and stay in my favorites of all time and I will also most likely re read this again over and over and over ….I highly, highly recommend ‘Switched’, it was comical in all the right places, it was a book that keeps you guessing and switching minds (hence the title) about who is with who and is entertaining. This will keep you occupied for the time being and will stay on your mind to want to read again. Again than you Net Galley I absolutely loved the book and probably will continue on to rave about it in the near future!Thanks for reading and happy reading!I am open to book recommendations and love to talk about books! 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