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Aggie is a high maintenance, no strings attached single owner of a failing boutique. Her best friend, Nely, is an overweight, married mother of an eighteen-month-old and subject to an overbearing, meddlesome mother-in-law. Both look at each other’s lives with a touch of envy.
While on a girlfriend’s weekend at a New Age spa, the pair end up getting their spirits switched into each other’s bodies. What follows is a month of mishaps, misadventures, and a new understanding of each other.
The story is a bit cliché having been done in “Freaky Friday” (twice) and other similar stories. The premise is different in that the switch lasts a full month. The evil mother-in-law is also a stereotypical cliché. In addition, the writing is mediocre, making one wonder if Avon is in need of a good copy editor. There were multiple point of view shifts, many within the same page, leading to confusion as to whose head we were in and when. While in one person’s POV, we were given information from another character that the first person had no way of knowing, such as while talking on the phone in Character 1’s POV, Character 2 pounded on the wall – something the point of view character had no way of knowing. For this one sentence, we were drawn out, then abruptly dumped back. There were also a couple of loose ends left dangling or with unsatisfactory ends.
I think with a good editor and a major re-write, this could be a very good story. As it stands, it is mediocre at best. If you can ignore the cliché’s, stereotypes and head-hopping, go ahead and try this story. But if you’re just looking for a fun “switch” story, go rent “Freaky Friday.”
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