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I really enjoyed this best friends to lovers romance. Jackie and Vince are both divorced and they've helped each other to heal. However, the true healing comes when they give in to their feelings and start seeing each other. I thought this book was really cute and funny. I loved Jackie and Vince's easy relationship with each other. Nothing between them felt forced like it did when Jackie was with JT. A sweet romance with some steam! I'm looking forward to Davis and Grace!

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3.5 stars -- I received a free copy through NetGalley in exchange for an honest and unbiased review/opinion.

This one started off AWESOMELY!  The humour and wit was just spot on, both characters were just my kind of hilarious and snarky and sassy, and I just fell in love!  Seriously, I was smiling to myself and giggling at some of their inner thoughts right from the start.  Jackie was an intriguing mix of sassy and reserved...it was a strange mix that didn't always work for me, but I really loved her drive and how her meticulousness could be seen in who she was both at work and at home.  And Vince was a strange book boy too, he was such a guy guy sometimes, but I loved that he wasn't the typical ultra-successful businessman.  His work wasn't his life, but he enjoyed it all the same.  And I really appreciated seeing him admire Jackie at work, and acknowledge that she was on another level from him.

As the book progressed I felt like we got to see more of what made each of them up as individuals, and normally I love that extra depth...but these two were a bit too human at times, and I became somewhat less enamoured with them.  I didn't fall out of love per say, I was just disappointed in some of their childish moments, and the usual introduction of the lack of communication trope.  And honestly, there were a few moments where I felt like both characters got a bit hypocritical (Jackie with JT, and Vince with Jackie at the end), and so it ended on a lower note than it started.  BUT!!  While this all bummed me out, the rest of what I fell in love with was still present...  It made for a bit of a quandary in my feelings for them both, because I still loved them, I just didn't always like them.  Like real people I guess.

I will say that their chemistry was freaking SMOKING.  Like honestly, I had all of the tummy butterflies, and the wave the hands on my face-ness.  Like that scene on the stairs is responsible for a happy hubby...tmi?

I kind of wish we'd seen more friend interactions for Jackie, with either Bethany or Kayla...didn't really get to know much there.  BUT I LOVED what we got to see of Davis, and I'm very intrigued about his story.  He's an odd one.  But I appreciated his friendship with Vince, it felt very real.

So yeah.  Basically this was mostly a 4 star read, it just lost some verve in the latter half of the book, and hence the bump down a half a star.  I have a feeling Ms. Lemmon is an author I would enjoy reading more of.

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GAH! I am such a sucker for a friends to lovers story and I am a HUGE fan of Jessica Lemmon so rolled into one, I have found a new series to fall in love with. I really love the banter of Vince and Jackie as they go through the motions and the ups and downs. I laughed, swooned and so much more! If you want a fun, fast paced swoon story of friends becoming lovers... snag this bad boy!

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A good start to a new series.

I've been reading Jessica Lemmon's books for a while now and I've really enjoyed most of them. I have to admit though, that it took me a little bit to get into Eye Candy. I'm guessing the problem was mostly me. Sometimes I pick up a book to read and it's just not the right book for my mood. After I read a couple of chapters I set this one aside for a bit and then picked it up again a couple of weeks later.

My second go at the book went much better and I really enjoyed it. It's told in first-person POV, alternating between Jacqueline (Jackie) and Vincent (Vince). These two are co-workers and best friends. Having both gone through a divorce they bonded with each other even though the circumstances of their divorces was different; Jackie's husband cheated on her, Vince's wife just up and left him.

At nearly the same time everyday Jessica watches a jogger who is so beautiful to look at that she becomes rather obsessed with him. Vince has begun to have feelings for Jackie and her obsession with the jogger is really getting to him.

This is a perfect case of poor communication between the two main characters (MCs). Vince is afraid to let Jackie know that he wants to date her and Jackie doesn't tell him that she's got feelings for him.

This story is fairly light-hearted and there are several laugh-out-loud moments. There are also some fairly serious moments when these two finally begin to communicate only to have a complete misunderstanding and a total breakdown in communication.

I have to say that I really enjoyed the secondary character of Davis, who is Vince's male best friend. We got enough information in Eye Candy to make me really want to read his story which is coming up in the next book called Arm Candy.

A review copy was provided by the publisher via NetGalley but this did not influence my opinion or rating of the book.

This review will be posted to Xtreme-Delusions dot com on July 25, 2017.

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So… I’m not very sure how to review this book. This was my first book by Jessica Lemmon, and I have to say that I really really liked her writing and her style. The writing was hilarious at points, and I thought it flowed well and was super enjoyable. To be 100% honest, it was the most enjoyable thing about this book.

With that said, while I thought the book started strong, around the halfway mark, it went down and down and down, and never came up again. I ended up not liking either of the 2 main characters. Jackie and Vince were just infuriating.

The lack of communication, the games, the assumptions, BAHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!! Just NO! They were supposed to be best friends, but they spend the whole book not being fully honest with each other about how they feel. And while I understood the fears and trepidations behind their “logic”, it just didn’t make a good story, it was tiring and repetitive, and I hated it.

The best character in the book ended up being Davis, which makes me slightly hopeful about his upcoming book, which is already sitting on my kindle.

So, while I truly loved the writing and the humour, I ended up not liking the characters all that much, and finding the plot and storyline infuriating.

HAVE YOU READ THIS BOOK? WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON IT?

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Wow! I really enjoyed this book! The two main characters were wonderful!

Jacqueline "Jackie" Butler is a co-vice president at a marketing firm. Jackie has been divorced for 3 years now and is fed up with the dating life. She spends most of her time with her co-VP, Vince Carson. Vince is recently divorced and is starting to see Jackie in a different light....too bad Jackie has been drooling over some guy who runs past their work place around 11:45 am most days! Vince thinks...let's get Jackie set up with Runner Guy and then when he breaks her heart, he can jump in and save her! Vince convinces Jackie that he can coach her on how to get a date with Runner Guy and to do so they must spend a lot of time together. Of course, Jackie does get a date and that's when the fun begins!

Vince isn't too happy about Runner Guy and his Green Monster really starts to show. Vince really wants to tell Jackie how he feels but he is afraid of losing one of his best friends. Through a round of some pretty entertaining "coaching" their true feelings for each other start to emerge, but both of them are hesitant to act on them. After some fun convincing from Jackie's sister, Bethany and Vince's best friend, Davis these two finally will be moving in the right direction for their happy ending.

This story has such great characters and so many fun, laugh-out-loud moments. What Bethany did to Runner Guy was perfect! ;) I'm looking forward to Davis' story next!

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Jacqueline and Vince are best friends and co-workers. Every day at a specific time Jackie stares out her window to ogle a runner who she thinks is hotter than hot. Vince is jealous because even though he and Jackie are friends he wants to be more. Despite his feelings he encourages Jackie to date runner guy because he thinks that she’ll see what a dolt the guy is and then he’ll have his opening. Things don’t exactly work out that way.

Jackie is excited about dating the runner guy but she’s kind of having fantasies about her friend Vince and she’s not sure how he feels about that. She’s getting mixed signals as he’s telling her what she should do with runner guy. It’s all very confusing. Soon Jackie is acting like a teenager and with Vince and she’s not sure how he feels about her.

This was a cute and sometimes funny book. I like friends-to-lovers stories and I had some pretty high hopes with this one as I know what a great writer that Lemmon is. Unfortunately this one just wasn’t what I was expecting.

Friends who become lovers – that’s a difficult and sometimes rocky road to take and that’s when the H/h are being honest with each other about their feelings. That wasn’t the case here. Vince thought that if Jackie dated she would see that the dating world sucked and then he’d have his chance. Jackie dated runner guy and eventually did see what an ass he was but since Vince was being so wishy washy it was hard for her to tell. Then when Jackie did something completely childish, even though it was done in the heat of the moment, Vince gets extremely mad and stops talking to her. I was completely floored at his actions and wanted to hit the man, quite frankly. Between the hiding of their feelings and the huge miscommunication I found myself rolling my eyes instead of understanding what they were going through. I wish I could say better things about this one but it just didn’t do it for me.

Rating: 2.5/3 out of 5

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Eye Candy was a unique and interesting standalone contemporary romance, and I liked reading Vince and Jackie's story. I have read several of Jessica Lemmon's books, and Eye Candy was the first I had read from her that was written in first person POV. I have always enjoyed Ms. Lemmon's writing style and I loved that she wrote Eye Candy from both Vince and Jackie's POV. I really enjoy reading a story from both characters' perspectives, and I love when books are written this way. It's great to see what each of them is thinking and feeling throughout.

I enjoyed the storyline and characters, but unfortunately neither met my expectations and I was slightly disappointed. I liked Vince and Jackie and thought they were good characters, but that special spark was missing from the story and their relationship that really made me fall in love with it and them. I liked that they started off as friends and co-workers, but I didn't like how their relationship and situation progressed. I was very annoyed by the conflict and last twenty or so percent of the book, and when it got to the end I was pretty bummed. I had hoped for a better conclusion and maybe an epilogue, but unfortunately that didn't happen.

I hate writing negative reviews, and I mean absolutely no offense or disrespect to the author, but I have to be honest about how I felt, and Eye Candy definitely wasn't my favorite Jessica Lemmon novel. I am truly sorry for possibly hurting her feelings. That definitely wasn't my intention. I just want everyone to know that my opinion is only one of many, and not everyone will feel the same as I did. I certainly wouldn't discourage other readers from giving it a try because they might love it, and I wouldn't want them to miss out based on my thoughts and feelings.

I didn't enjoy Eye Candy as much as I hoped I would, but I'm definitely looking forward to reading Davis' story in Arm Candy and the rest of the Real Love series!

ARC received via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

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Jacqueline Butler and Vince Carson are Co-VP's at a successful advertising firm and best friends. Both have settled for a comfortable dating limbo since their divorces. But when Jacqueline's daily gawking at a hot jogger, who runs by her office window, is the catalyst to get her to move out into the world again it could be the one to open her eyes and arms to the perfect man right in front of her all along.

In the first book in her Real Love series Eye Candy Jessica Lemmon not only managed to land a great HEA and set the stage for some tantalizing upcoming stories but she continued to show readers just how good a writer she is. This story took off slow and steady, really exemplifying the life slump her leads Jackie and Vince were in. Ms. Lemmon skillfully guided her characters through the dangerous waters of friends to lovers in an insightful and caring way but not without an abundance of amusing and often touching mishaps. Something you can always count on with this author is getting inside the heads of her characters, an experience you do not want to miss as it is like no other and is always so fulfilling. Vince moments showcased Jessica Lemmon's remarkable ability to tap into the mindset of the collective inner dude. Jackie was smart, sensitive and the friend Vince was lucky enough to have and the one we all hope to have at our back. When this couple stepped out of their comfortable friend zone their insecurities and hope heated the pages and removed any options of putting this book down by readers. Significant interactions and well-developed characters filled this work with wonderful moments but it was the sum of the whole not its pieces that make this story a standout compelling read.

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A friends to lovers story that is all snark and romance. Just my kind of book! Jackie and Vince were terrific together. Too bad it took them so long to figure that out!! After watching her ogle runner guy for months now, Vince decides that Jackie needs to stop watching and take action even if it kills him. Sounded like a good plan until "the kiss" then everything changed!

This one's funny, lighthearted, and completely entertaining. I highly recommend it to everyone.

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Eye Candy is a delicious blend of sultry and sweet. With the goddess of savory on hand, there's no doubt that addictive is the name of the game. Through characters like Jackie and Vince, Ms. Lemmon relays the most secret thoughts in the most decadent of ways. Heat and humor mesh well with the heart already on full display. One taste will never be enough.

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I had never read Jessica Lemmon prior to Eye Candy and now I want to read all the books! Eye Candy is a charming, friends to lovers romance in the Real Love Trilogy.

Jackie Butler is a single, co-vice president at a marketing firm. She has been divorced for a few years now and is very unsuccessful at dating. Jackie can’t find anyone who measures up to what she’s looking for. She spends most of her time with her good friend from work Vince, who is also a divorcee.

Vince Carson is the other co-vice president, and Jackie’s friend. Vince has been in the friend zone for so long now, he thinks he’ll never get out. So when Jackie shows interest in a gentleman who runs past her work office daily, Vince convinces her to make a move. And when Jackie makes that move, everything changes. Vince has ulterior motives to get Jackie and the runner together...to make her see that Vince is what she’s been looking for all along.

Jackie and Vince are so wonderful together. They are playful, fun and downright sexy! While good friends, there are so many trials and tribulations they have to go through to make a relationship work. Some issues can be worked out, yet some may make or break their relationship and friendship.

I love a good friends to lovers romance and this is definitely one of them! I am looking forward to book 2 in the series, Arm Candy which is the story of Vince’s friend, Davis!!

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I was so excited to dive into this book from Jessica Lemmon. If it has her name on it, I know it's going to be good! This is a new series from her. And whew, boy! What a start. This book was so fun and easy to get lost in. It hooked me right away and I was taken by Jacqueline and Vince. They had built up an easy friendship and because of their dating/marriage situations upon first meeting, that's all it ever was. So they had a solid foundation behind them when things started to shift. And it was one that was so delicious and utterly sweet that I found myself swooning many times through this read. THE FEELS were real, ya'll! This book moved (too) quickly for me as I wanted to stay immersed in their world. If you need a fun, sweet and sassy friends to lovers read, GRAB THIS BOOK! It's soooo good! Looking forward to future books in this series!

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Great storyline with even greater characters that drew me in from the very first page and kept me totally captivated until the turn of the very last page!

I voluntarily reviewed an advanced reader copy of this book.

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Eye Candy is my first book by Jessica Lemmon and it will definitely not be my last. It was thoroughly entertaining and completely adorable! I'm a sucker for best friends to lovers romances and Lemmon hit it perfectly in her new book. The characters were endearing and the story sucked me right in. The premise has certainly been done before but I never tire of this type of rom-com. It was funny, cute, sexy and fun and I'm looking forward to reading Arm Candy next. Definitely grab this if you are looking for a quick, entertaining read! 4.5 stars

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4 1/2 Stars for this romantic comedy!

Vince and Jackie are the co Vice-Presidents of the company they work for, and that's not the only thing they have in common. Vince's wife left him around a year ago because she just didn't love him anymore. While Jackie's husband left her for his mistress about 3 years ago and she still has not slept with anyone else. Vince and Jackie become friends as she helps him through his divorce ... as she's been there, done that. They decide she needs to have her rebound sex, so she can get on with her life and Vince is going to coach her, as he's already has lots of rebound sex. Along the way, they start to see each other in a different light and begin to fall for each other.

The banter between the characters is so realistic ... especially between Vince and his friend Davis. If you are looking for a light romantic comedy with great steamy scenes, then this is the book for you. I can't wait to start the second book in the series "Arm Candy" about Davis.

I received an ARC copy courtesy of Random House - Loveswept through NetGalley in exchange for a honest review.

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Loved this book so much - great story, great characters. Lots of fun. Jackie sees the same delicious guy jogging past her window most days, so she decides to muster up the courage to approach him. She shares her thoughts with a couple of her best friends, one of whom is a co-worker and, like Jackie, a recent divorcee, named Vince. Watching Jackie pursue J.T. (the jogger) causes Vince to realize that maybe his friendship with Jackie needs to be taken to the next level. All that's left is for Jackie to figure out what she really wants, and which guy is the one to give it to her.

The writing is exceptionally intelligent, the dialogue is witty and creative, the love story is delicately yet passionately described for the reader to enjoy. My favorite part, unusual as it is, was in the acknowledgements when the author credits her husband with pointing out a handsome jogger and giving her the idea for the story. I voluntarily reviewed an ARC of this book from NetGalley.

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Loved it! So so good! Vince is awesome! This story was well written and sexy and charming. I loved every minute of it! I loved all the shenanigans! The hero and heroine are so good together and I can't believe it took that long for the heroine to see they were perfect together. I love friends to lovers romance! I really got a kick out of this! I can't wait to read more of this series!

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Friends-to-lovers story got your mojo going? Then, be sure to take a look at EYE CANDY.

Co vice-presidents Vince and Jackie have become best friends since Vince's wife left him, and you can really see this in the easy camaraderie and rapport between them. I enjoyed their banter, friendly dealings and sizzling chemistry, and even their graduation to sex--the one on the stairs, swoon!--seems natural and the next step in their mutual attraction. Vince is quite the funny guy, a charmer, and I love that the author showed us his vulnerable side--during the conversation with his father and also when he thought Jackie didn't trust him. I especially enjoyed when he used the scheme of being her dating coach to teach her how to snag the guy she thought she wanted--delightful shenanigans ensued.

The story is told from alternate first persons points of view, which in my opinion, helped me as a reader to get into both the characters' heads and see things from each person's perspective. This is better than the solo 1st POV. The pacing was just right with a balanced amount of angst, and we get these tantalizing glimpses of Vince's best friend Davis and his past (I wonder what's up with that?) and his interactions with Grace the bartender, which we can read about in the next book featuring these two as the main characters in Arm Candy.

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An original friends to lover's plot and enough twists to keep me reading! The only thing that could have made it better was the "game" Vince was playing at with the relationship coach thing. He needed Gibbs slapped for real!!

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