Greetings from the Flipside by Rene Gutteridge and Cheryl McKay

I expected this book to be funny just from the title and the cover, and I was correct.  I loved the humor found in this book, along with the romance.  The idea of having her write greetings cards was wonderful.  You usually hear about a book being involved, so this idea was new and refreshing.

It did take me just a little while to get into the book because of the writing style.  It's written in both third person and in first person.  Once I got the hang of the writing style, I was hooked.  I'm not really sure why it took me a little while to attach to it, but it did.  I think I knew that I really wanted to like this book, so I kept going, knowing that I would soon grab hold of the style that can be a bit confusing at times.

The story itself isn't necessarily what the back of the books says it is.  That's where the flipside comes in.  I'm afraid to reveal too much more because I don't want to spoil the book.  But I will say that one style of writing is in reality and the other is in her head.

It's not your typical romance novel where you are dealing with 2 actual people, except you are.  It's hard to explain without giving away the story!  However, it is a fun book that does leave you thinking about it at the end.  The book has definitely set itself apart from many of the books I've read just because it is so different.  That in itself is refreshing.

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This week, the Christian Fiction Blog Alliance is introducing Greetings from the Flipside B&H Books (October 15, 2013) by Rene Gutteridge

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Rene is the author of seventeen novels. She also has extensive experience writing comedy sketches, and worked for five years as the director of drama for a church. She has a degree specializing in Screenwriting, for which she earned the Excellence in Mass Communication Award, and graduated magna cum laude.

She is married to Sean, a musician and worship leader, and has two children. They reside in Oklahoma, where Rene writes full time and enjoys instructing in college classrooms and writers conferences.

ABOUT THE BOOK

Hope Landon has been rewriting other people's greeting cards since she was six years old -- there's always a funnier caption. She's all set to chase those creative dreams with her musician fiance in New York City until he leaves Hope at the altar, deciding he must not really love this girl if he can't write a song for her. That may give her something to write about . . .

Hope disappears alone on what was supposed to be the couple's month long honeymoon. Upon returning she learns of her funeral -- everyone in her life concluded Hope must have killed herself after being jilted. Needing a fresh start more than ever, she heads for the Big Apple only to discover it's not that easy to rent a place when you've been declared dead.

Taking shelter at the YWCA, Hope soon lands a job at a Christian inspirational greeting card company as an assistant to Jake, a guy who shut down his organization's humor department. She has lost her faith in love; he needs to find something or someone that will make him laugh.

Is there anything in the cards for these two? Find out in the truly original Greetings from the Flipside by authors Rene Gutteridge (Boo) and Cheryl McKay (screenplay for The Ultimate Gift).

If you would like to read the first chapter of >Greetings from the Flipside, go HERE.
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I received this book free from CFBA and B & H Books in exchange for my honest opinion of this book.