The Flip Side
William Morrow Paperbacks
November 17, 2020
Advanced reader copy
384
Free from publisher
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?
My review:
A super cute rom com that I actually enjoyed from start to finish. Here is what this book had that so many others I've read lately have not. There wasn't any graphic sex! I don't consider myself a prude, but when I'm reading what is supposed to be a light hearted romance, I'm not a fan of having to endure a detailed description of the hot sex between the characters. I'm perfectly capable of filling in the blanks myself, thank you very much. It seems all of the books that fall in this category (here's looking at you Brown sisters and too many others to name) have to throw in an aspect of romance I don't find necessary for the book to succeed. This book had just what I needed to buck the recent trend! It was funny, it had some great characters, a silly but totally workable premise, and a build up to a sweet romance. I could have done without the also typical break up (yawn), but this still kept me interested enough in the characters to follow them through to the end.
Definitely on the light and fluffy side, this one was a bright spot on the rom com scene. I think this one will be just the ticket to read during the hectic season soon to be upon us.
