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The Flip Side

'Utterly adorable and romantic. I feel uplifted!' Giovanna Fletcher

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The Flip Side

By: James Bailey
Narrated by: Jonathan Bailey
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DIVE IN TO THE FEEL-GOOD ROM-COM OF THE YEAR.

It's New Year's Eve and Josh has a high-flying proposal planned.

An exclusive pod on the London Eye, with champagne, truffles and the ring.

It's perfect.

Until she says no.

And they have to spend the next 29 excruciating minutes alone together.

By the time Josh is back on the ground, his whole life is up in the air.

He's managed to lose his girlfriend, his job and his flat.

Realising he can't trust his own judgement, Josh puts his faith in fate.

From now on he will make every choice by flipping a coin.

It's reckless and scary, but Josh has tried the right way and look where he ended up.

And what if the girl of his dreams is just one flip of a coin away?

© James Bailey 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020

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Reviews

James Bailey's debut novel takes the usual rom com formula and turns it on its head . . . refreshing, funny and heartwarming, we could not get enough of this
Utterly adorable and romantic. I feel uplifted! (Giovanna Fletcher)
The Flip Side is utterly charming, funny and very relatable! (Josie Silver, bestselling author of One Day in December)
A wonderful, feel-good gem of a book
A funny, sparky read that feels fresh and modern . . . this book is fab (Sophie Cousens, author of the New York Times bestseller This Time Next Year)
Really sweet, warm hearted story with some very funny moments . . . Thoroughly enjoyed it and it was a lovely way to start the new year (Carrie Hope Fletcher)
The ultimate rom-com . . . a much needed, feel-good read during a time of uncertainty
This is the book you need right now if you're looking for an uplifting, funny read . . . You will find yourself laughing out loud
Thoroughly enjoying ... perfect to kick off your 2021 reading year (Owen Nicholls, author of Love, Unscripted)
Bailey's lovely debut is the very funny tale of the hapless Josh who, after his marriage proposal goes very wrong, decides to make all future decisions by simply flipping a coin
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Honestly, I went for the audiobook because I was craving more Jonathan Bailey content after binging the second season of Bridgerton and he read this with his usual impeccable greatness. This is a romcom from the male protagonist's POV, written by a male author, so I was actually really looking forward to diving into this story.

We follow a guy named Josh during a year of transition, at the beginning of which he gets dumped by his longtime girlfriend and is at a complete loss about which direction his life is supposed to go. He decides to flip a coin everytime he comes at a crossroad, to the dismay of his two best friends.

I have nothing to say about Josh's growth and personal journey, because I think it was done in a realistic (albeit comedic) way. The big flaw of this novel, however, appears to lie with its romcom side. I think it was a little too far-fetched and I was a bit over it by the end of the book... It's not bad per se, but it is something I could have done without, which is an odd thing to say about a romance novel. I still liked it, but I didn't love it, is what I'm trying to say.

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