Paperback, 320 pages
Release Date: September 23, 2025
Published by: First Second
Read from: April 19-24, 2025
Stand-alone
Source: Borrowed from my Co-Worker
Content Warning: Classism, Racism, Mental Illness, Suicidal Thoughts, Cultural Appropriation, Alcoholism, Colonization, Deadnaming, Drug Abuse
For Readers of: Dual POV, Graphic Novels, Sparkly Covers, Mental Health, Science Fiction, Texas Local Reads, YA, Magical RealismSENIOR YEAR BUCKET LIST? SWITCH BODIES WITH YOUR CRUSH.
Chi-Chi Ekeh has one huge problem: She keeps having crushes on rich white boys who have no idea she exists. Enter Flip Henderson, the most popular boy at school, who receives Chi-Chi’s private video proposal to go to senior prom.
But when Flip rejects Chi-Chi in front of their entire class, what happens next is completely unexpected: Chi-Chi―shy nerd and scholarship student―switches bodies with Flip. Suddenly Chi-Chi is 6’1” and cool, while Flip gets a crash course on Chi-Chi’s life―that is, k-pop, hair-braiding, and being a poor kid of color at a rich white private school.
With graduation looming and their body swaps lasting longer and longer, Chi-Chi and Flip must form the most unlikely friendship their school has ever seen. But will they survive senior year? And, most importantly, can they find a way back to themselves?
From bestselling author of Check, Please! comes Flip, a thrilling and fantastical tale about self-acceptance, black girlhood, and how walking a mile in someone else’s shoes can teach you how to finally see yourself.
*MY THOUGHTS*
This was so good! I don’t have any idea why I haven’t read it before now. I know it usually takes me forever to eyeball read anything nowadays, but man I should have read this a long time ago.
Ok so plot wise, story wise, I loved this. I thought it was really cool the way she wrote it. I don’t love that she went the Chat GPT route, but here we are. I get it, it is really relevant in today’s world, b0ut really that was the only thing I didn’t like. I was a little wary of them looking at each other’s private parts, but I realized that that comes with the territory. I also didn’t actually mind because she made them older? It seemed like they were on a college campus so I said ok. Otherwise, the rest of it was cool. It got a lot deeper than I thought. I kind of hated that it couldn’t go deeper than what it did, because the suicidal thoughts, the racism, and the classism. Those are some huge heavy things to talk about and just gloss over it. It seemed like a bit of a conversation starter vs actually having it if that makes sense.
The art tho was amazing! I LOVE that she does her own art. It had her signature style and all. Also I loved the way she did the body swap thing. Having it as a mask so you could see who was who and who was in who’s body? It sounds confusing, but the way she drew it made it so much easier to follow. Also, it was good enough for me to pay attention to the art as I read, so I know I loved it. Usually I read it straight through and then go look at the art. I just read too fast and smash through them, so when I made myself slow down and read the words and looked at the art at the same time I knew I had something special.
There were some WTF moments, but for the most part I enjoyed it. I don’t think there’s anyway it could have been better tbh lol It was relevant and funny but also serious. Definitely a weird mash-up, but it worked out really well.
Overall, I give this
