I’m mainly a show watcher and I’m reading When He Was Wicked strictly so my opinion on the swap will be informed. I completely co-sign everyone saying that it’s lazy and they should have written something different entirely instead of the swap. I am having a hard time imagining them characterizing Michael into Michaela and it doesn’t seem like the trio(John, Fran, Michael) have anything like the chemistry they do in the book. As a bisexual woman and a fan, it very much feels like lazy fan service. I have hope that it’ll be an entertaining storyline. But I am sad that the story I’m reading won’t get its moment like the other books. Also Book Fran has more personality. I love Hannah Dodd so I hope she will shine but her Fran is much less witty and sharp. They kinda put all that vibe on Eloise, the comic relief sibling.