Score: 4/5 Bookmarks

Steam Rating: 1/2🍆 /5

Thank you to William Morrow for gifting me a review copy of The Flip Side by James Bailey. This was such a fun read!

Poor Josh is having a pretty rough time. He manages to lose his girlfriend, his job, and his apartment (but gets sole custody of the pet rabbit)—all in the space of an hour, and has to move back home. So, he decides that he can’t be trusted to make his own decisions anymore, and starts flipping a coin…for everything. Whether it’s which shirt to wear in the morning, or whether or not he should approach a pretty lady and strike up a conversation, it’s all left up to the flip.

To start it’s all a bit depressing and I was wondering where it was going to go, but by the end I was cheering Josh on and hoping for him (and his coin) to find their way through it all and get the happy ending I wanted for him. I particularly enjoyed the banter with his friends, which I found pretty hilarious.

Was it a little far-fetched? Sure. Did I love it all the same? Yes, yes I did. So if you’re in the mood for a fun rom-com this season I’d definitely recommend this one!

Synopsis:

Penny wise or pound foolish? A heartbroken young Brit decides to turn his love life over to the flip of a coin—in this delightfully British rom-com in the vein of Jenny Colgan, Rosie Curtis, Nick Hornby, and David Nicholls.

To coin a phrase, Josh is suffering a quarter-life crisis. He just broke up with his long-term girlfriend, lost his job, and moved back home with his parents (shudder). Welcome to rock bottom in Bristol. As Josh starts questioning all his life choices, he has a mad thought: Maybe he would just be better flipping a coin. After all, careful planning has landed him homeless, jobless, and single.

What starts as a joke soon becomes serious and Josh decides to start putting his faith in the capriciousness of currency. He doesn’t have anything to lose.

But when the chance of a lifetime and the girl of his dreams are on the line, will the coin guide him to a rich love life or leave him flat broke?