I really enjoyed The Flip Side. It made me laugh out loud, cry my heart out and put a great big grin on my face. A perfect summer romantic read.

Sorry I couldn’t get into this book at all. I kept persevering but I was just not for me. Sorry.

Thank you to Netgalley for my copy.

This was such an earnest, heartfelt, laugh-out-loud romcom that I cannot recommend enough! The story was simple but engaging due to the wonderful characters- they didnt all have much time to develop but even those with a few pages contributed so much to the story. This was one of the better-written romcoms I've read recently, that's for sure!

The Flip Side is a hilarious book that I enjoyed reading from beginning to end. There wasn't a dull moment and I thoroughly love it so much. A story of a man who got rejected and broke up with his girlfriend and finding his way back to love from coin tossing, failed first dates and starting over with life.

I was really intrigued by the premise of this story so I requested on Netgalley UK and fortunately got approved. This story makes me laugh out loud, it was poignant and makes me shake my head with the characters' antics. It was real, raw and honest. Something that might just happen in real life too. From going through a messy breakup, moving on and searching for love among millions and to finally meeting the one. It's not a smooth journey but that's what makes it most interesting and unputdownable.

The main character, Josh is a likeable character and his constant companions, Jessie and Jake are likeable too. I love when they're together which happens a lot in this book and they're honestly the kind of friends that you need in your everyday lives. The romantic gesture to search for sunflower girl was extra but I love it. I agree with the characters that people nowadays don't really make a lot of effort when it comes to love and take it for granted so what Josh did, going from city to city in search for the one makes my heart burst with warmth.

I really cannot recommend this book enough. Just read it yourself and you'll know exactly what I'm talking about. You might find Josh's new year's resolution of tossing a coin a tad ridiculous but you'll be surprised that its actually not that bad. It'll save you time from being indecisive and regret later on but you know what, I'll just leave it to fiction because there is no way am I ever going to entrust my life and the decisions I make just from flipping a coin.

After huge dissapointment, Josh is adamant that from now on, every decision will be made by the flip of a coin. Maybe he will finally find a girl from his dreams.

Funny, lovely and fresh summer read.

Josh is certain he’s found the girl that he’s going to spend the rest of his life with. That is until they break up at the very moment he planned to propose. Realising that he might not make the best decisions he is inspired to let the flip of a coin decide his steps for the following year. Will the coin help Josh find the right girl?

The Flip Side is a genuinely funny, enjoyable read. Josh is clueless but very likable, and I found some aspects of his story surprisingly relatable, particularly meeting old classmates at his school reunion. I liked that the story didn’t focus entirely on his search for love but included some entertaining sub-plots featuring his family and his friends Jessie, Jake, and Jake’s boyfriend, Jake. A brief encounter leads to Josh going on an adventure through Europe, taking us on a tour of some real-life well-known bookshops. Having heard of these shops but never having the opportunity to visit them myself, I enjoyed getting to visit them through this book. However it was during the Europe trip that I started to lose interest in the story. An unexpected event towards the end did add some emotional depth and made the ending a little less predictable.

This is the perfect book for someone looking for a warm, silly holiday read. I’m thankful to the publisher for the opportunity to read and review The Flip Side.

A quick read if you need one. I couldn’t, personally, connect with the main character, Josh. From my view he seems really selfish and at times I was just thinking ‘jeez, would you stop moaning’. I even skim read some parts because I couldn’t deal with his negative outlook on life. I have to really connect with a character to enjoy a book so it just didn’t do it for me. But if you like cheesy romance then you’ll probably like the flip side.

The Flip Side was a complete cover request, and I have to admit that I'm so pleased to have been approved. A lovely, laugh out loud romcom which really surprised me, I read The Flip Side in two sittigngs, and didn't want it to end.

Josh has it all planned out, he's going to propose to his live in girlfriend (Well, he lives with her), and they're going to live happily ever after with their rabbit Jeremy - but his bubble is quickly popped when Jade says no and Josh spends the next 29minutes drinking champagne and eating truffles on the London Eye after paying an extortionate amount of money for their engagement package, and trying not to look at Jade.

Now homeless, jobless and Jade-less, Josh has to move back in with his parents. Deciding that he obviously doesn't know how to make a decision for himself, he decides to flip a coin for his every decision - leading to some hilarious moments throughout the book, and several misunderstandings.

Josh was a fantastic main character, he was funny, self depricating and I loved that he didn't just bottle everything up. Another thing I really enjoyed was his friendship with Jessie and Josh and Josh's Josh - really funny and heartwarming moments there. The Sunflower Girl was also super lovely, I thoroughly enjoyed Josh's journey to find her and was grinninhg from ear to ear at the ending.

Highly recommend The Flip Side. Huge thanks to the publisher for approving my request to read this lovely book.

This was a quick, easy and for the most-part a light hearted read about Josh, who following a rejected proposal decides to place his fate at the hands of a coin. The coin takes him down some interesting avenues, Amsterdam is my personal favourite.

This is like a mixture of a Danny Wallace and Nick Spalding book, which is a great compliment from me. The main character decides, after a humiliating proposal which results in him being single, homeless and jobless, to make all major decisions on the flip of a coin for the following year. However, falling in love with a mystery woman at the London Marathon and asking the coin what to do, means he travels around Europe trying to track her down. This is funny book, but it does lose its way in the middle on the search for the “sunflower girl” where nothing much happens. Other than that, a fun read with humour, love, loss and a flipping coin – who could ask for more?

Light, sweet, funny and comforting! I've not read a romance written by a man from the perspective of a male character for quite a while and I'm glad I decided to do so again. Josh is a lovely character and I was rooting for him throughout.

A beach read, a park read, curled up on the sofa read. If you just want to get lost in the possibility of a happy ending for a few hours this book will definitely do the trick. A lovely read.

An enjoyable, quick read. Lighthearted moments to make you smile, good characters and a storyline that keeps you wanting to read. Occasionally it felt like it dragged on too long or got a bit too silly, but this is a good solid read for fans of the genre.

This novel was great fun and like a breath of fresh air. Very funny and engaging from the start, it follows the adventures of a young man who’s just had his heart broken, lost his job and, feeling that too much of his life is characterised by bad decisions, decides to let a coin toss make decisions for him. The central character is very likeable and full of self-deprecating humour. There were also several laugh-out-loud and heart-warming moments in the novel making it a delight to read.

I really enjoyed this book. It's always a good sign when a story has me laughing out loud from the first few chapters and I had to be careful about reading in bed, so as to not wake up my husband!

Josh was a very likeable character, funny and caring, with a great cast of friends. I loved the story of Sunflower Girl and Josh's journey through a difficult and challenging year.

I did predict the ending of the story, which didn't take any of the enjoyment away, and I could picture the closing scenes on the big screen. Yes, this would definitely be a good contender for a Richard Curtis type film.

Overall a great book, perfect for a spot of escapism.

As a debut novel it came across as being very professional and confident and I look forward to James' future stories.

Romance books wouldnt be a genre I would normally go for but this sounded good when the cover caught my eye. It was lighthearted and easy to read. It didnt grip me as well as my normal genre but it was good to change it up a bit and try something different

This was such an enjoyable book to read and it’s the perfect book to throw in your suitcase for a weekend away. It’s warm and gentle, with an interesting premise and refreshingly it is from the male point of view. It’s a quick and easy to read romcom with some lovely funny moments.

After a recent disastrous romantic failure and some bad decision making in his life, Josh decides to toss a coin for every decision he makes in his life for a whole year. The story ultimately follows his meeting of ‘Sunflower Girl’ and his subsequent coin tossing journeys in trying to track her down. The descriptions of Paris and Amsterdam were wonderful and I could relate to the descriptions of the food, art galleries and the other places they visited, having been a visitor to some of these places myself.

I felt the book had a little bit of a slow start, however the pacing is generally good and the book held my interest throughout. The characters are wonderfully developed and very likeable. I loved the delightful close friendship Josh, Jessie and Jake shared and I enjoyed reading about their antics and the wonderful supportive bond they had with each other.

This is a funny, warm and romantic comedy and the perfect summer or weekend read. A great debut novel from this author.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for giving me the opportunity to read and review this eARC.

The Flip Side is the first book I’ve read by James Bailey. It follows the story of Josh. He proposes to his girlfriend on New Year’s Eve but this game don’t go according to plan. On the return to his parents house, he finds a 50 pence coin and decides to make all future decisions for the next year based on the toss of a coin. I found this book to be a quick and easy read, it had great characters, was entertaining and the plot flowed well. I would recommend this book. Thank you to NetGalley, Penguin Michael Joseph UK and the author for the chance to review.

Flip Side' is the debut novel by author James Bailey and is sure to be a success. This is far from my normal Mystery Crime novels but was such a great read. This Romantic comedy was an instant hit with me and I rapidly consumed it wanting to see how it finished. It was very light compared to my usual books but nevertheless was gripping and funny with true laugh out loud moments.

A simple plot, but many good novels are like that where twenty eight year old Josh decides to toss the coin for every decision in his life.This comes after a disastrous romantic failure and Josh decides that with his bad decisions a toss of the coin couldn't fair any worse. What follows is a year in Josh's life where his fate is determined by the toss of his 50 pence piece.

The book is full of humour with Josh and his friends Jessie and Jake who constantly tease him for his bad decisions and the fact that he lives with his parents. The fact that it is a light romantic comedy you may feel that you already know how it is going to end but there is so much more to this book with the escapades undertaken along the way by Josh.

Enjoyable characters and a great summer read that will bring a smile to your face.

I would like to thank both Net Galley and Penguin Michael Joseph for supplying a copy of this novel in exchange for an honest review.

The Flip side is a romance that although entertaining I did find myself skimming through some pages.
After receiving a big fat NO to his marriage proposal Josh finds himself homeless and jobless ( he lived in his ex’s flat and worked at her fathers hotel) he has to return home and live with his parents. I really didn’t like his father and his mother had her moments. As all of his past decisions had ended with him being in this situation he decides he will base all future ones on the toss of a coin for the next year. So everything he does proceeds this way, despite all his friends telling him how crazy he his, it does lead to some humorous moments, his first couple of tries of dating again whilst cringeworthy are well described.
The rest of the story continues in this vein, enjoyable enough and with a satisfying finale.
My thanks to net galley and publisher for the opportunity to review this book honestly.

I don't often read romance novels written from the guys point of view but this was really good. You really felt for the poor guy as he literally lost everything and then trying to build his life up again. I was starting to wonder if it was a rom com for the first few chapters as his coin did take precedent, but then the romance aspect kicked in and it was really sweet. It's a very British novel and not unlike our romcom movies where not everything is polished and goes well, and the main character does make mistakes and says the wrong thing, not unlike every single Hugh Grant movie, but he has a good heart and you're rooting for him all the way through. I really enjoyed this and would highly recommend