This book was a cute, fun read that I devoured quickly.

What I loved about this book:

▪︎I loved the picturesque county side setting and the loveable local animal sanctuary. The variety of animals was eclectic, and it sounded like an absolutely charming place. The names of the animals were hilarious (the chicken named Chow Mein 😂) and the wandering donkey made me laugh a time or two.

▪︎The characters of the small town of Little Heaton were so enjoyable and easy to like, and I especially enjoyed Oliver and Stacey. I also loved how the story shows a bit of Rebecca's whole life so you get to really connect with her character and I found her struggle to stand up for herself relatable. She may have made mistakes along the way, but she tried her best to right her wrongs and be the best version of herself possible.

▪︎The slow burn romance was a nice change of pace after my last instalove romance book. The friends to lovers trope is one I find quite enjoyable and this one definitely didn't disappoint.

What kept me from giving the book 5 stars?

The book was a bit slow to start and a little predictable. While I still really enjoyed this one, it isn't a book I'll find myself thinking about after finishing it.

This is perfect for anybody looking for a light fun book to help you escape reality for a bit and leave you with a smile at the end.

What a light and entertaining read. Something I have been craving recently.

Rebecca is meek and mild but longs to be confident and self-assured like her boss, Vanessa. Desperate for a promotion from Vanessa's PA in the event management company she works for, Rebecca is thrilled when she is chosen for a special project. Not so much when she finds out she will be overseeing the refurbishment of Vanessa's second home.

The builders mistake Rebecca for ballsy Vanessa but immediately begin work, soon making up lost time. They wouldn't have done that if they knew who Rebecca really was! It won't hurt if they are not corrected, will it? What could possibly go wrong?

This cute read spoke volumes to me. Being both a PA and currently refurbishing a house, I was nodding and laughing along enjoying the story.

Yes, the characters didn't have much depth. Yes, there were some predictable moments. But I thoroughly enjoyed this light and easy read.

Perfect for someone looking for an uplifting, fun, cute book. I'd fully recommend.

Accidental life swap was lovely countryside romance that revolved around Rebecca who accidentally got a chance to live her boss’ life. It was about believing in yourself, have confidence, stand up for yourself and don’t let others pushover you, and for that you only need inner strength and talent are always there, not a false identity.

Characters:

Rebecca had degree in event management but worked as PA for Vanessa, at her event management company. She was timid, lacked backbone, and let everybody pushover her. I didn’t appreciate her lies. She could manage the work she was assigned but looking at those builders and previous project manager’s work, Rebecca needed Vanessa’s confidence and intimidating demeanor. In achieving what she wanted, she hurt friends. But she developed into a confident and strong person by the end of the book. I must say she was very talented, she just didn’t get opportunity to prove her worth before (I should say she didn’t have courage to take the opportunity) and when she got her chance she rocked. I actually liked the way she rectified her mistakes.

I’m fiery female fan and she was far from that. But I know there might be some who are like her. Let me tell you her lack of confidence didn’t make her weak, she was just nice and didn’t know how to stand up for herself.

Oliver was nice throughout the book. He didn’t hesitate in speaking his mind. Fake Vanessa’s intimidating demeanor didn’t affect him and I like him for that. I also liked his childish side, his board game obsession and confessions while playing it.

Stacey, Oliver’s sister, and her animal sanctuary were amazing. I liked Stacey’s fiery nature. You wouldn’t want to be on her bad side but would definitely love her as your friend.

Vanessa was rich, selfish, horrible, and a tyrant boss. She did all in her power to get what she wanted and even fired her staff unreasonably. But her transformation at the end was biggest surprise.

I liked all builders and people of Little Heaton. All characters were well developed and well described.

What I Liked-

Book was beautifully narrated in meek Rebecca’s voice which was not that refreshing but definitely realistic. Writing was great, easy to read and follow with amazing setting. Picturesque countryside, Little Heaton, Vanessa’s holiday home and animal sanctuary took the center stage here. You cannot not notice quirky animals and their name in this book especially those feathery chickens and wandering donkey. I grew to love them all along with characters. When we are in countryside, how can we forget gossips and close relationship between people… and romance. There was right amount of everything friendship and betrayal, family drama, heartbreak and disappointments.

Plot was equally interesting. Book started with Rebecca’s inner rant on how grimy and disrespectful her flatmate was but all in her head. She never, couldn’t confront him or anyone. You seeing that first paragraph of synopsis? It exactly describes Rebecca. She couldn’t even say no to Vanessa when she asked her to oversee her holiday home renovation in impossibly tight deadline. When she reached countryside and at Vanessa’s home, she met builders who mistaken her and thought she was Vanessa. She couldn’t rectify it quickly, in fact she enjoyed the respect she got, influence she could have on workers, and confidence she channeled through her mistaken identity but then she didn’t plan to fall for one of the builders and thus started all the mess.

I thought this false identity cannot last long, the game will be up pretty soon but I was surprised to see Rebecca managed to keep it secret for so long! She had many occasions to reveal the truth, but she kept the dodging it as she desperately wanted to finish the job within timeline, get a promotion and be in the team of event management-her dream job.

Rebecca and Oliver’s slowly growing friendship and romance was kind of cute. Who would keep playing board games rather than taking their fantasy for each other one level up! But we know them best when they played these board games, we see their other side that they managed to keep hidden from others. Rebecca’s problems with her family and Oliver’s past love life was among those hidden side.

Expanding idea of animal sanctuary, unexpected visits to check the progress of refurbishment, office gossips and some disappointing news made the story interesting. Some twists in the second half, though predictable, were quiet good. I could guess what will happened next most of the time but I must say I couldn’t guess that twist in the end.

Climax was intriguing. I liked Rebecca’s ideas and the way things were set up. That last visit from Vanessa and all events afterwards were wrapped nicely. End was perfect. Epilogue was most interesting.

If you ignore predictability and Rebecca’s lack of confidence, which was tiny lil bit annoying in the beginning, this story is definitely fun and enjoyable.

Overall, it was fun, light-hearted, fast paced and cute countryside romance. This book checked all the boxes I want in Women’s Fiction and Romance. Thumbs up!

The Accidental Life Swap was like diving into a Hallmark Channel movie. It was such a cute read!

Rebecca Riley is an aspiring event planner, but she currently works as a personal assistant for Vanessa Whitely at Vanessa Whitely Events. Rebecca can’t seem to work up the confidence to share her ideas with her boss and land a position on the event planning team.

Vanessa finally gives Rebecca more responsibility, but not with event planning. Vanessa needs a new project manager for the renovation of her vacation home in the country and Rebecca hesitantly takes on the job, especially since the project is behind schedule but she wants to show Vanessa that she can handle more responsibility.

Rebecca heads out to the country to meet with the builders and get the project back on track, but when the builders accidentally assume she is Vanessa, Rebecca goes along with it to be taken seriously. Rebecca continues to impersonate Vanessa until things get too far out of hand.

This story is set in England so the slang used by the characters was hard to get used to, but other than that I loved this story! The characters were very relatable and I couldn’t help cheering for Rebecca the entire time even though she was lying about her true identity. I was very happy with how the book ended also! It provided great closure. This was definitely a fun, cute rom-com and is the perfect light-hearted read!

I appreciate Netgalley and HQ Digital for the gifted copy in exchange for an honest review!

Rebecca Wiley has always been a pushover - she lives with a roommate who she's afraid to confront about his disgusting habits. However, she really wants a promotion at work, so when her mean no-nonsense boss Vanessa asks her to go manage the renovation of her house for a month in the countryside, Rebecca jumps at the chance to prove her worth. While overseeing the renovation, one of the workers mistakes her for Vanessa and she decides to go along with it so she can channel her inner Vanessa to ensure the renovations get done in time. What harm could a little white lie do, right?

While reading this book, I found myself skimming through a lot of it because the plot is so predictable. Most of it was just Rebecca talking to herself and trying to prove she's capable of doing bigger things. My favorite parts were of her bantering with Oliver while playing board games. The rest was just okay for me. I think if you want an easy read with a predictable plot, this is a good pick. If you want more substance, I'd pass.

Thank you to Netgalley and HQ Digital for a copy of this ARC in exchange for my honest review.

A light hearted and engaging read. It's one of those books you pick up when you have a bit of "me" time, either in bed, in the bath or curled up on the sofa.

The plot is predictable, but not in a bad way. You can connect with the characters, you hate them, you love' em It's an easy story to read and it's really enjoyable. If you are looking for a deep and meaningful read then this isn't the book for you. This book is sheer indulgent escapism in it's finest form.

Just realize I got ARC that I need to review before 1 September 😂 I got into reading slump and thank God it was a fun read. I read this in one sit hehe

Thank you @netgalley for the ARC 😉

Rebecca pissed me off! I wanted her to tell the truth but she keeps delaying it!! But her character are relateble to me.

I enjoyed the friendship and relationship that developed through the story. I'm a fan of Oliver! hahaa I love most of the guys character that I ever read lol

Rebecca’s flighty, meek, submissive, innocent at the risk of appearing dumb, and self-conscious. She works as a PA to Vanessa, who owns an events management company. She is sick of her role as a lowly PA and is more than ready to use her skills and talent in the actual creative side of the business. Too bad for her, she is almost invisible to her boss.

All her optimism and dreams for a promotion go right into the drain when instead of listening to Rebecca, Vanessa packs her off to work on a refurbishment project at her recently purchased house.

Rebecca has absolutely zero knowledge about building, construction or anything even related to that. Things get further twisted when she is assumed to be Vanessa herself by the builders working in the house. Now, Rebecca is well aware of her almost nil sense of authority and takes this identity confusion as a blessing in disguise. Soon, she finds herself in the shoes of chic, polished and professional Vanessa living a life away from the hustle and bustle of the city and romanticizing about charming Oliver.

Story was predictable and there weren’t any unexpected twist and turns in the book. Overall, this was a light-hearted fine read to engage yourself for a while. Nothing to keep yammering about.

What a gem of a book! I laughed all the way through and loved to see how Rebecca comes into her own throughout this story, and I especially enjoy how she learns to take the strengths of Vanessa's character traits and makes them her own while staying true to her own kind-hearted self. She shows you don't need to be a tyrant to get people to listen to you.

The board game battles with Oliver were a great addition to the story and I loved the interaction between Rebecca and Oliver as they both continuously fought to outwit each other and win.

The Animal Sanctuary was a wonderful and funny addition to the story. I fell in love with the mischievous escaping donkey tag team, the chickens and the baby kittens, and laughed out loud at the names the author gave some of the animals!

A great romcom!

Rebecca has a degree in events management, but has been the general dogsbody a little bit in awe of her take no prisoners boss, who can’t even get her name right. That’s ok in Rebecca’s book though, as she’s certain to get the promotion that’s coming up – and then she can make the impression that she’d hoped for. But, being called into Vanessa’s office isn’t quite what she expected – she’s to ‘oversee’ the renovation of her boss’ country house – and Rebecca doesn’t bat an eye.

She arrives – people think she’s Vanessa, she’s justifying her not correcting them by “feeling” more confident and able to act in ways that are against her nature. Of course, she’s enamored of one of the builders – and even acts inappropriately – despite her own reservations, and we’re meant to think that a ‘harmless’ shot of the man’s rear-end, shared with a friend because it’s ‘so’ shareable is ok? Were it a male character – he’d be crucified – but there is still a way to go when the reverse is true, apparently.

Becca – for me – was hard to relate to and even harder to enjoy- from her mercurial switches to what she thought was “confidence’ but simply came off as a bad imitation of the much more bitchy Vanessa, to her lying about her identity and genuine belief that when everyone realizes she’s lied and duped them that it won’t be a problem. It’s just a few steps too far into suspension of belief. And while the story was easy to read, it was unevenly paced and full of contradictions in Becca’s personality that had me ready to put this down more than once. Many of the characters were stereotypical and flat for it, and while there were laughs, the story was so untethered to reality that it flew by with barely a squeak – some will love it – others won’t be so intrigued, but I’m not sure it would encourage me to read more of this author’s work.

I received an eArc copy of the title from the publisher via NetGalley for purpose of honest review. I was not compensated for this review: all conclusions are my own responsibility.

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I really enjoyed this book, even though I didn't expect to! It's quite far away from my original genre of crime and mystery, but it was a great nostalgic trip back to the chick lit days of my youth. I got really involved with the storyline of Rebecca, who starts off pretty hapless and with not achieving her potential, but as time goes on she really blossoms. The premise of the book involves Rebecca being thrown in the deep end by her (frankly scary) boss and having to project manage her boss' property development. An innocent misunderstanding leads the builders and the locals mistaking Rebecca for her boss, and she carries on with charade as it empowers her to act like her boss would! Although the ending is not unexpected, it's still a fun ride to get there, with plenty of near miss moments and the inevitable will-she won't-she.

This is a perfect holiday read or just for a bit of escapism!

Vanessa is the boss, and she sends Rebecca to oversee renovations at her house. When Rebecca finds the house, the builders mistake her for Vanessa, and she lets the lie keep going. She tells herself that "being" Vanessa gives her confidence. Most of the book focuses on the renovation, the new friends she makes, and her becoming more confident. There's a tiny bit of romance thrown in toward the very end, which I expected to be a bigger part. This had a cute story, but it was a little slow for me.
I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I could not stop giggling my way through this book. Whilst some of the characters are a bit stereotypical, I still enjoyed this tale of mistaken identity.
Rebecca was the complete opposite of Vanessa so seeing her behave like her tyrant boss was hysterical and how she managed to avoid anyone finding out.

The board game battles with Oliver were great and the fact the decider was Hungry Hippos was brilliant. I can't think of a better way to spend an evening, to be honest.
The Animal Sanctuary was lovely, and I especially liked the escaping donkey tag team, and the territorial chickens (Chicken Chow-Mein, what a wonderful name).

The only thing that irked me a bit was Rebecca’s flatmate. If someone was that disgusting to live with, and he really was disgusting, there must have surely been other places to live. Even if she was on a really low budget, there had to be other slightly less awful places to live then to put up with a Neanderthal like Lee. But as this wasn’t a major part of the story, I could get over it.

The ending was slightly predictable but most rom-coms and chick-lit are so that didn’t bother me in the slightest, the story is in how the hero and heroine get from strangers/enemies to that happy ever after.


A hilarious tale of mistaken identity leads to you finding your real self.

I voluntarily read and reviewed an ARC of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for letting me read this book.
It was a nice read, easy to get into, and had a lovely setting. The main character was a bit hot and cold though. Maybe the it was the continual lying without remorse which niggled at me, or the tepid romance, there was just something that held me back from admiring Rebecca wholeheartedly.
The plot was fun and the story was written well, but I'd have to say the animal sanctuary was my favourite part.

Rebecca Riley always feels she is worth more. Her glamorous boss doesn't appreciate her but Rebecca really needs to get a promotion. How can she convince Vanessa that she is the Events personnel she always needed? When she is sent to oversee a building project for Vanessa, a role that she feels totally unqualified for, she is somehow mistaken for Vanessa. But the builders take notice of her, if only she could have the same effect...

I throughly enjoyed the tale with enough twists to to make the story fresh and I couldn't put it down. I was rooting for Rebecca and squirming at some of the situations she find herself in.

I loved this book!! It has such a cozy fall feel to it. The description of the town wasn't so much you had to skim, but enough to make you feel you were there. I love books that come full circle and you fall in love with the characters and their new beginnings, as well as their surroundings. When a story makes you feel like it could be your story. Very cute novel!!

Super cute Light hearted chic lit read! If you are looking for something light and fun to read, this should be your next go to. It's a quick read that will have you hooked from the first page.
Thank you to NetGalley for the arc in exchange for an honest review.

On the surface this book has everything I usually enjoy in a rom-com. A young-ish woman trying to figure out who she is, a handsome man with a guarded heart (made of gold of course), a beautiful location, and a series of oddball friends. However, as I read I just could not get into the plight of Rebecca, an event planner stuck as a personal assistant to a not-so-nice boss. Said boss sends Rebecca to oversee the remodeling of her new country home and due to a case mistaken identity, hilarity ensues. I found myself skim reading and losing interest in what is a perfectly fine story. I am not sure what the disconnect was, but this swap was not for me.

The Accidental Life Swap by Jennifer Joyce features Rebecca Riley, a woman who’s life gets turned upside down due to a misunderstanding.

Rebecca is a bit of a pushover. She works as a personal assistant to Vanessa, a glamorous woman who runs an events planning company. Rebecca wants to be an events planner–what she got her degree is–but doesn’t know how to make a name for herself in Vanessa’s circle. She’s undervalued and overworked.

But soon Vanessa needs Rebecca. Vanessa needs a project manager to oversee renovations on her lavish country home. Rebecca knows nothing about construction project planning and knows she in way over her head when Vanessa asks her to take on the role.

Vanessa is confident and bold–everything Rebecca isn’t. The construction crew mistakes Rebecca for Vanessa, and the simple misunderstanding gives Rebecca an idea: how about she pretends to be Vanessa for a while?

What could possibly go wrong?

I wanted to love The Accidental Life Swap by Jennifer Joyce but unfortunately I didn’t. While it was entertaining and fun to read, much of it was nauseatingly predictable.

The characters in the book were fairly basic. Rebecca was the main character, but I never really got to know her. This book scratched the surface of character development and never went in deep.

I enjoyed the romance in the book. It was cute. It was sweet. And while there was never a big fireworks moment, I enjoyed following the progression of Rebecca and her love interest.

Did I mention this book was predictable? As soon as any one event happened, I knew immediately what was going to happen next. There were no surprises or deviations from the cookie cutter script.

That said, The Accidental Life Swap by Jennifer Joyce was still a cute read. While I can’t say I highly recommend it, if you’re looking for something light and fluffy, this book might fit that need.

Thank you to NetGalley for providing the Kindle version of this book in exchange for an honest review.

A wonderfully charming light hearted read. The Accidental Life Swap features a lovable heroine, a mistaken identity, a hot romance and ultimately HEA. Althought the storyline was a bit predictable I still thoroughly enjoyed the book.
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