Come Together - Josie Lloyd and Emlyn Rees

Like a lot of books on the market these days, “Come Together” is somewhat like a paperback version of “Friends”. Aimed at the late twenties crowd, it should go down well with anyone who likes High Fidelity, Bridget Jones’ Diary or any similar books. Jack is single. Jack likes being single - it’s fun, and he doesn’t have to please anyone but himself. He’s taking a year out from “proper” work to have a stab at becoming an artist, and works part time at an art gallery because the art is not doing too well. Jack, along with best mate, Matt, are dedicated single guys just out for a good time, and the books ...  Read the complete review

'Come Together' is a novel written by both Josie Lloyd and Emlyn Rees centering around two characters - Jack Rossiter and Amy Crosbie. "He can't read her mind. She can't read his... You can read both" - is the tagline to the book. This intrigued me straight away, and immediately led me to believe that the story would be written from two characters perspectives... and I was right. The chapters within the book are alternately titled 'Jack' or 'Amy' - you've probably already sussed this, but the reason for this method of titling the chapters is that each chapter is written from the alternate character's ...  Read the complete review

I had exquisite fun reading this book. Despite the usual boy meets girl storyline, the originality in it's concept and style is fresh and exciting. Come Together is one of the first books to be written by joint collaboration of two authors, telling the the story from both the man and woman's perspective. As Lloyd and Rees alternately write chapters for him and her, we are given the chance to eavesdrops on two different takes of the same situation. This successfully highlights those all important differences between the complicated mating rituals of the male and females. We meet Jack, a struggling artist and gallery worker by day and a bar prowler ...  Read the complete review

A classic idea - chapter one is told by Jack, chapter two is told by Amy, and so on. Fascinating to watch each of them trying to work out what the other is thinking and then finding out for yourself in the next chapter. Jack is a single guy and, as far as he knows, has no plans to change that- as he says, "single is fun". Amy, on the other hand, is single but doesn't want to stay that way. When the two meet the story explodes and runs at break-neck speed. The meetings between the two are all too realistic and you will need to be an unemotional stone not to find yourself caring deeply for Jack and Amy - the two are immensely likable characters. You ...  Read the complete review

THE RECIPE FOR A BESTSELLER 1) Take two averagely OK writers who would probably do something shamelessly commercial to bolster their sales. 2) Attach them to a gimmick of some description, like a novel told from the two halves of a relationship. 3) Ensure that the couple of authors either a) are a couple already b) would get together for the sake of sales c) would pretend to get together for the sake of sales 4) Hype considerably In the face of such a flawless Delia-style recipe, it hardly seems surprising that we're already on the sequel to come together. It also seems to hardly matter that 'Come ...  Read the complete review