BLURB
What do you do when the body you wake up in isn’t yours?
Olly and Scott promised to be best friends forever. They grew up on the same street, went to the same school, and did everything together. But one hot summer night, teenage experimentation caused hurt feelings and confusion, and their friendship was destroyed.
Four years later they’re both eighteen years old and in their final term at school. Scott is a football star and Olly’s preparing for a main role in the school play. After a heated argument in the street—witnessed by their mysterious, elderly neighbour—they wake up the next morning stuck in each other’s bodies.
With no idea how to get back to normal, they have to co-operate in order to hide their secret. Spending time together rekindles their friendship, yet feelings run deeper for both of them. With the end of school fast approaching, the clock is ticking. Unless they discover how to change back, they could be stuck in the wrong bodies forever.
Excerpt
The
sound of music playing pulled Scott from a thick blanket of sleep into
wakefulness. He lay curled on his side; his room was darker than usual, as
though someone had come in and closed the blinds while he slept. His bed felt
weird, softer than it should be, and it smelled different.
He sat
up, blinking in confusion as he looked around. He took in the room, the details
unclear in the half-light that crept around the edges of the blind, but it was
enough for him to realise where he was.
The
posters on the wall were new, but the layout hadn’t changed in four years.
What the fuck?
It
wasn’t possible. Logic told Scott there was no way this could be happening.
He’d gone to sleep in his own bed—he hadn’t been drunk or high. So why the hell
was he waking up in Olly’s room with no recollection of how he got there? And where
the hell was Olly? The music that had woken him was coming from a phone on a
docking station by the bed. He picked it up and pressed some buttons until it
stopped. His brain was fogged with sleep and he couldn’t think clearly.
Scott
got out of bed on shaky legs. His hip ached as though it was bruised. Actually,
his whole body felt weird. Perhaps he was sick? Maybe this was all some bizarre
hallucination?
Pulling
the cord to raise the blind, Scott flooded the room with light. He looked down
at himself, only….
He
closed his eyes and shook his head. When he opened them again, he still didn’t
see himself. His body was too thin, his skin too pale, the hair on his legs
darker than usual, and he definitely
didn’t own any snug purple briefs like the ones he was currently wearing.
Stomach
roiling with disbelief and terror, Scott turned to the full-length mirror on
the wall and blinked.
Olly’s
reflection stared back looking as horrified as Scott felt. Scott raised his
hands to his face, and so did Olly in the mirror.
“This
isn’t happening,” he said.
The
voice was Olly’s too, softer and a little higher-pitched than Scott’s own.
It was
the weirdest, most vivid dream Scott had ever had.
He
pinched himself hard. “Ouch!”
Why
wasn’t he waking up?
Beep beepbeepbeepbeepbeepbeep!
Olly
shot up, heart pounding at the shrill sound. He opened his eyes and blinked in
the sunlight.
Ugh. Too bright.
He
looked around wildly and closed his eyes again, refusing to believe what he
saw. Obviously he wasn’t awake yet because he couldn’t be in Scott’s room. He
hadn’t set foot in Scott’s house in years.
Olly
cracked his eyes open again but still saw the white walls, the posters of
Scott’s football heroes that Olly remembered from years ago, and the freakishly
tidy desk that definitely wasn’t his.
The
alarm clock by the bed was still making an awful racket, so he found the button
to silence it.
“Scott?”
he said hesitantly, then coughed.
What
the fuck was wrong with his throat? His voice was deep and rough sounding. Oh
God, no, please don’t let him be getting a cold. He couldn’t afford to lose his
voice with all the play rehearsals coming up.
He
pushed the duvet off and swung his legs around to get out of bed. He’d find
Scott and work out what the hell was going on. Maybe he had some weird amnesia
after his accident yesterday, although he hadn’t hit his head. There had to be
some explanation for why he was apparently in Scott’s bed rather than his own.
Then
Olly looked down at his legs—and froze.
They
were thicker and more muscular than they should be. Olly only dreamed of having
legs like that. The hairs on them were light brown instead of dark, the skin
more tanned. He looked at his hands, they were all wrong too, thicker and
sturdier than they should be. He lifted one to run it through his hair, the way
he often did in times of crisis.
“What
the fuck?” No long floppy fringe falling in his eyes. Instead he found
short-cropped hair and his ear piercings were gone.
Now
convinced he was dreaming, because that was the only possible explanation, Olly
got up to look in the mirror. Scott’s handsome face stared back at him, the
mouth slack with surprise and the blue eyes wide.
Olly
shook his head in disbelief. No way could this be happening. No way. This was the stuff of Hollywood
movies, not reality. But cold, creeping panic rose in his gut, because apart
from the fact that he appeared to be in the wrong body, everything else felt
normal. Way too normal for it to be a dream.
“No,”
he said loudly, putting his hands up and touching Scott’s nose, Scott’s
cheekbones, Scott’s lips. He felt every brush of his fingertips. “Oh, Jesus
Christ on a bike, this is not happening. No.”
REVIEW
Into You by Jay NorthcoteMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
This book was fun, adorable and creative !
I've had so much fun reading this !
This is one of those YA stories I would never hesitate to read (hence I read so small amount of YA), and Jay nailed it. Again.
The 'body swap' idea is quite creative, added some 'closeted witch' and a black cat !
I'm sold!
A confuse teenager are often found, confuse about his/her sexuality and all. And Scott is mo exception.
He knew since the first time he kissed Olly, Olly is what he wanted. No one but Olly.
But his family came first. Duh, of course. A homophobic father? Ring any bells?
So of course Scott must hide his sexuality with telling Olly, he's into girl. And hurt Olly so bad.
Four long years of separation, not friends anymore, because, well, Olly was sad Scott rejected him.
Teens, who can blame them?
But the 'witch' won't let something slip from their hands, because, it wasn't what supposed to be happen with Olly and Scott.
They should be 'best friend forever', right?
With 'a little help', something's happened, and it forced them to be stay close together again and be friends again. Until what's usually happen in fairy tales, happen to them.
One simple 'kiss' !
Awww....
This one is so cute and gosh, I adore them so much !
Jay did a great job of making it 'believable' that Scott and Olly meant to be forever.
A nice, light, fun, funny, entertaining little story !
I highly recommended this one for those who's often lost their mood for reading.This one, is definitely a mood booster!
Read.This.Book!
*ARC was given by the author for a review, no high rating required.
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