Sweet romance that takes us on a chase to find sunflower girl via the flip of a coin. Cosy and gentle.

Really good read. Would recommend to friends and family. I could sympathise with characters (important for any fiction novel!) and looked forward to picking it up and reading the next few chapters! Interesting plot line and a good ending. Will look out for more novels by the author. Thank you.

This was a bit of a slow start, but as I read on I became more invested in Josh's story and his character development. It was a sweet, relatable story with lovely characters.

A humorous light-hearted book which made for an easy going enjoyable read. Perfect reading for a relaxing afternoon. Thank you to Netgalley and the publishers for letting me review this book.

The Flip Side tells the story of Josh, who having been dealt some unfortunate hands, decides he’s going to make his future decisions by flipping a coin. He meets the girl of his dreams, then loses her, and with the help of the coin eventually finds his way back to her. It is an enjoyable book with likeable characters and some really funny parts. You are rooting for the characters and hoping that life works out for Josh. It is a bit of a slow starter then quick to wrap up the story but it is worth a read and a story for a true romantic!

This book was amazing!! I was waiting for a romantic and fluffy book but it's more about Josh and his disaster of a life, and that makes it even better. I hadn't laugh out loud with a book in a long time! I tried reading slow to make it last longer, and that's also a first in a long time too! Great feel good and funny book.

The Flip Side is a lovely change from the books I’ve been reading lately, in that it is told from the male’s perspective. This was really refreshing.

The story is about Josh and how he turns his life around following bad news. I like the idea of this escape and, while not entirely practical for many, think we’ve all had times where we would love to pack a case and just head off on an adventure.

I enjoyed this book. It was refreshing and engaging. The author’s writing style was easy to follow and pulled me in.

Thank you NetGalley for my advanced copy of this book 📚

This was a perfect summer read and a great way to pass the time. It's funny and has great characters that you really warm to.

What could be more romantic than proposing to your girlfriend on New Year's Eve on the London Eye? A private capsule for just the two of you with champagne and chocolates on standby. It would be romantic if your girlfriend said yes instead of no. That's the situation Josh finds himself in when his girlfriend of three tears not only says no but that she's been seeing someone else. If that wasn't bad enough it's Jade's flat that they live in and her dad's hotel that they both work at.

As the New Year rings in Josh has no girlfriend, no job and nowhere to live. After realising that maybe he hasn't made the best decisions he opts to flip a coin throughout the next year to help guide him through all of life's decisions. Not always giving him the best decision but at least he can blame it on the coin.

Follow Josh throughout the year as he attempts to rebuild his life. From what he wants to do for a job to finding love again. Told from Josh's point of view the storyline struggled a little for me. With a funny relationship with his parents, his friendships and then chasing after a girl he'd met once.

Firstly thank you to @michaeljbooks and @netgalley for the ARC of The Flip Side. This is the debut novel of @jamesbaileywrites and is all about our main character Josh. Josh is fresh of his very romantic proposal being rejected and decides to put his faith into the flip of a coin to make his decision for him for the next year, since he doesn’t seem to be that good at making them himself.

It’s not often I read a book where the main character and sole narrator is a man so this was a little different for me. Josh is a kind, good guy. He’s been a bit battered by life and instead of letting it get him down he does the opposite and takes life by the 50p. His story leads him all over Europe as he searches for his sole mate.

Josh has a great group of friends who make for good secondary characters who support Josh without taking any of his limelight.

I loved that the idea was inspired by Josh’s grandfather who he’s close to. I was close to my papa and this is the kind of thing he’d do too.

This is a fun summer read and during this lockdown let me live vicariously through Josh and he went on his travels. If you’re a fan of Nick Spalding I’ll think you’ll enjoy this.

This is an easy,delightful read. There are moments when the reader feels sympathy with Josh,the lead character, and many moments of humour. It coasts along as so much goes wrong in a year of Josh's life. It starts as his girlfriend declines his offer of marriage in hilarious circumstances. That means he loses his job and his apartment because he works for her father. The twenty eight year old goes home to mum and dad. Throughout he is supported by his friends in his pub quiz team who add interest to his story. As all his decisions seem to go wrong,he decides to have a year when all his decisions are taken by flipping the same 50p coin. Thus the title of the book. Things don't go much better as he relies on the coin's judgement. Then,of course,he meets another girlfriend prospect in an art gallery on the day of the London marathon. They lose each other in the crowd before they can exchange contact details or even names! So with the encouragement of his pub team friends he goes to find her. That gives the book a purpose and a satisfying outcome. This is well written,easy to enjoy and a relief from heavier reading. I recommend it..

A great, easy read that is told from the man’s perspective. I loved the concept and the adventure of his journey. Some real laugh out loud moments and great characters along the way.

I read this book in one day - such an easy lighthearted read. The characters are likeable and the storyline makes you feel great

In ‘The Flip Side’ James Bailey narrates Josh’s story as he tries to figure out his life following a failed proposal (and a subsequent break up with his long-term girlfriend) and the loose of his stagnant job in the hotel industry. Left with a broken heart, a rabbit, and back in his childhood bedroom, Josh’s life is a mess. A pretty terrible situation in life for everyone.

I found ‘The Flip Side’ very relatable, from dealing with breakups, complicated relationships with friends and family, and mostly troubles with finding a new graduate job. With Josh setting in the job in the hotel following finishing a degree at King’s College London (it made me smile as it was where I was studying), which was meant to be just temporary but ended up lasting far longer. With the job market being as it is, the months after break up with Jade and losing his job, are understandably for Josh. It also makes for a good and relatable story, with his struggle to find both a new job and a new love. Incredibly awkward tales of dates that go wrong both because of the lack of money and living with the parents.

Flipping a coin as a means to make any decisions, especially important ones, has been an interesting idea, making Josh’s life both simpler and more complicated as a result. In many ways, it took away the responsibility from making any serious decisions on your own, which is particularly hard when you’re feeling so lost, like Josh is. Josh has been a relatable character, and I have enjoyed seeing the narrative unfolding. With the cast of funny and varied supporting characters, ‘The Flip Side’ has been a nice weekend read after a long week. I have particularly liked containing the whole story within a year, from the moment Josh decides to base all of his decisions basing on flipping the coin, to when that’s no longer needed.

I enjoyed reading this book as it was a refreshing change to have a romance written from a main male character's point of view. I seem to have read a few books recently based around a female main character who found themselves in a similar set of circumstances and spend most of the book wallowing in self pity and needy reliance on friends followed by too much trying too hard to find romance in killer heels and Prosecco. Josh is a charming, likeable, relatable character trying to make the best of a bad situation with a more, at times quirky twist. With the aid of a group friends who get get carried away with his quest and the tossing of a lucky coin he follows life through a series of fun and funny scenarios. A bit of escapism travel thrown in and it makes for an light read. I also made a change to be based in a city, Bristol, and not London.

A really light hearted, fun read. This book reminded me a little of Nick Spaldings books and had lots of humorous bits in. A lovely story for modern times with lovely characters throughout.

Thank you to netgalley for this advance review copy. (For reference I read this during Covid lockdown)

A sweet book refreshingly about a male character. A mans proposal gets rejected. Whilst he gets his life back together he decides to let a coin make all of his decisions.

I enjoyed reading this book about a guy who decides to change his life by deciding to do things based on how a coin falls - his life in the hands of fate! I'm a quick reader and this was an enjoyable story that kept me engaged and interested. And of course, he got the girl, in the end!

Absolutley loved this book. It was a really nice, easy read that had lots of laughter in as well as a good old fashioned love story!

I absolutely loved this book!

The story follows the protagonist, Josh, who decides to put his faith into a 50p coin, after realising that until this point in his life, his choices have got him nowhere; he has been rejected by his girlfriend of four years, Jade, after proposing on the London Eye, is completely penniless, has no career, and has been forced to move back home with his parents. By basing his decisions on this coin, Josh runs into a whole host of awkward, but nonetheless hilarious situations, and is led across Europe in the hopes of reconnecting with 'Sunflower Girl', a stranger whose name he never caught, but whom he felt an instant connection with!

This book was the perfect romcom. It was really unique and enjoyable to read this type of book from a male perspective; Josh was a really likable character, and I was rooting for him throughout the book. The pacing was great, the characters were well-developed, and it was a wonderful, light-hearted read that I devoured in a really short space of time!