Booked on a Feeling was just the cute romance I needed. I'm not normally a friends to lovers fan but I LOVED this one!

The characters were all so likable. Even though Lizzy can be a little too Type A at times I still loved her personality. I especially loved her list-making/ completing obsession because that is so me!

The actual romance was really sweet. Lizzy and Jack are meant to be. Reading about their love for each other was adorable; I smiled throughout the whole book. The romance starts to happen quite quickly which was good even though some parts were a bit slow... it really kept me engaged.

Also, I am a sucker for any romance that includes books, bookshops, etc. so this was PERFECT!

Thanks to NetGalley and St, Martin's Press. I read this one late but it was good. I like rom coms when both POV have a desire for each other. It had a good pace and I like this better than the authors first book.

Jack and Lizzy are the sweetest and most endearing couples in this series by Jayci Lee. I really loved the mutual yearning trope and it is very well done. This book is definitely a slow burn, which can be frustrating but is kind of the point of the trope! I wish there were some flashbacks woven in, I think that would have helped the reader understand the depth and shared history between Lizzy and Jack, but this was a fun book with just a bit of steam!

This book is SO GOOD! Whenever I picked up "Booked on a Feeling", I was whisked away, and absolutely could not put this friends-t0-lovers romance down!

Jayci Lee is such an incredible author! Her writing style is visceral, vivid, detailed, full of heart and emotion, truthful, and her passion for the story she is telling is so incredibly clear. You can really feel what her characters are feeling, and you truly get pulled into their journey from this first page to the last.

Lizzy and Jack have been friends since they were very young, but, have gone on different paths in life. When Lizzy returns to where she spent much of her childhood, the two begin to work together, and soon, their friendship begins to deepen into something more. They are there for one another, and truly bring out the best in each other. They help and understand each other, and watching their love blossom was special. Will these two friends be one another's happily-ever-after? You will just have to read to find out!

If you enjoy contemporary romance books, I highly recommend this novel! It kept me turning the pages, and I look forward to reading what Ms. Lee writes next.

Thank you so much to St. Martin's Press, St. Martin's Griffin, and NetGalley for the ARC of this novel! All opinions expressed in this review are my own.

To those of us looking for a romance that involves book lovers, small town setting, friends to lovers, and lead characters with emotional vulnerability: this is for you :)

Booked on a Feeling was overall a really sweet story of friends coming together and finding their place in the world and in their hearts respectively. I loved how Jack and Lizzy were truly there for one another and for the most part, never denied their romantic feelings which was nice to have.

Was it predictable? Yes, but it didn't take away from the overall romance. Now realizing there are two earlier books in this series, I would definitely pick them up just to see these characters again.

To anyone wanting to dip their toe in romance, I would say this is one to try!

Thank you to St. Martins Press, St. Martins Griffin and NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Release Date: July 26 2022

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Lizzie is steps away from her dream of becoming a law firm partner. That is until she has a nervous breakdown in court. Lizzie goes to Weldon, a picturesque town where her best friend Jack Park lives. Jack has loved Lizzie since forever and as the two spend time together, Jack wants to make his feelings known. When he reveals the truth , can their friendship survive or will it make way for a whole new kind of relationship?

This is the third book in the series. I do think that reading the others would have made me more invested in this book. The book was really slow in parts. Jack was adorable and a great character but Lizzie grated on my nerves. I love love love that this book featured Korean Americans and would like to read more.

I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own.

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"Booked on a Feeling" is the third book in Jayci Lee's romance series, following A Sweet Mess and The Dating Dare. This book was a quick read, and while I enjoyed it it wasn't anything special.
This was a sweet, slow-burn friends-to-lovers romance. I struggled with the chemistry between Lizzy and Jack. Their romance felt "clunky" and there was too much skirting around their relationship status. While I understand the need for this tension in a friends-to-lovers book, it pulled me out of the story and the chemistry.
I did enjoy the bookstore setting and the references to romance. I enjoyed the humor, but the relationship made this a difficult read. This might be more of a "me" problem and my own dislike of the friends-to-lovers trope.
Overall, this book was fine, I don't have strong feelings either way, and I think someone else may enjoy it more than me.

Huge thanks to St. Martin's Griffin @stmartinspress and Netgalley @netgalley for this e-ARC in exchange for an honest review.

This story follows lawyer, Lizzy, and beer brewer, Jack, as they continously spend time together after Lizzy leaves LA for a short hiatus in their hometown. While working together to help restore a bookstore, the feelings fly and the relationship moves to more than just friends.

Man, I wanted to like this story so bad. I like that the main characters are both Asian descent. I like the whole hometown boy works in a brewery theme. I like the hometown setting. However, the plot and characters fell flat for me. There was a ton of tell but not show and I felt like I was reading the same scene over and over again. The characters had next to no ARC and it was just a-lot of Jack pining for Lizzy and lawyer Lizzy hating her job and wanting to leave. I ended up rushing through the story just to be finished.

I gave this story 2.5 out 5 stars. Don't recommend. There are better stories out there.

I really enjoyed Lizzie and Jack’s story. The writing was well done and the tension was good. I also enjoyed the character development and the support the characters gave each other.

Before I had requested this book on NetGalley I hadn’t realized that it tied in with a series of books written by Jayci Lee. Before I started to read the Arc that I received I read the first two books; A Sweet Mess and The Dating Dare. I had seen recommendations for A Sweet Mess floating around the internet but I just never got around to reading it. When I was approved for this Arc my OCD needed to read the first two books to feel good about reading Booked on a Feeling. I am so glad I did! Jayci Lee is an auto-read for me going forward.
Booked on a Feeling follows Jack’s story. Jack is Tara’s older brother from ‘The Dating Dare’.
What inspired me to want to read this book was because it had books on the cover and in the title.
The story was about friends to lovers Jack and Lizzy who have known each other since they were kids. Lizzy was over-worked and took some time off not knowing that it would change her life around for the better. Everything she was ever looking for to make her happy was just under her nose.
I love how Jayci incorporates the romance, humour and cuteness into her stories!
I could relate so much with Lizzy, trying to be someone who her parents would approve of. Even on her vacation she was somehow working but she didn't need compensation for it as she was passionate and happy about what she was doing.
Out of all 3 books in the series I feel like this would be my favourite, but only because of the book theme.

Such a fun rom com! Was it anything ground breaking? No maybe not but it had a friends to lovers trope, witty banter, a small town bookstore that I want to keep rent free in my mind forever and a great group of supporting characters. This was my first Jayci Lee read and I will definitely be going back to read more!

Can’t believe I waited until after pub day to read this book. Such a swoon worthy romance with bookish themes! Can’t wait to see what else the author puts out.

I’m obsessed with the Sweet Mess series and this was no exception. I think the Dating Dare slightly edged Booker on a Feeling out, but just barely. I LOVED Lizzie and Jack’s story. It was so adorable and I loved the love Jack had for Lizzie all these years. I can do relate to Lizzie’s love of a to do list and love of bookstores. It was so cute and fun and I loved catching up with the characters from the previous books. I can’t wait for more!

Jayci Lee has brought us back to Weldon for another adorable romance in Booked on a Feeling. This romance is set in a Welson bookstore where Lizzy, a lawyer in Los Angeles, ends up for a much needed break after having a panic attack during a trial. Jack, Lizzy's childhood friend, helps run his family's local brewery in Weldon. Friends since childhood who don't spend much time together are pushed to interact since they are both in the same small town. This pushes them to change their relationship. Miscommunication has the couple fighting their love but eventually they give in to their true feelings.

Best friends to lovers trope. I enjoyed this book more than The Dating Dare. I like that Lizzy and Jack both had to take time to truly discover what they wanted in life…big city/small town, mother’s dream of being an attorney/work for family’s business and of course each other. Special thanks to NetGalley and publisher for a copy of the E-book in exchange my pure honest review!

This book was a delight. I was a bit nervous, having not read the first two, but it acted as a standalone quite well and I didn't miss any character development. While I felt the characters at times were a bit goofy and not all that realistic, I thoroughly enjoyed their story. Part of me was also quite jealous at the idea of owning my own bookstore and I enjoyed the real life struggles these characters faced.

Thank you to Netgalley for the chance to read this book early in exchange for an honest review. I apologize for the delayed review. Life got the best of me!

Booked on a Feeling features many of the romance tropes that I love! I’m a sucker for a good slow burn when friends turn to lovers. Overall, I enjoyed the characters of Lizzy and Jack and generally found them easy to root for. However, I did not realize that this was the third book in a series, which did cause for a bit of confusion at times. Had I known, I would have read the previous books, though this did not pull me out of the story too much.

This was an easy read, and though the plot got a bit bland at times. I’m not sure if it will entice me to seek out the previous books, but I enjoyed this for what it was.

Thank You to Netgalley and St. Martin's Press for this advanced reader copy. All opinions are my own.

DNF at 65%

I wanted to love this especially because it had to do with a bookstore and the cover was so pretty, but I have realized that maybe Jayci Lee's writing is not for me. I could not get into this book, I tried so hard to like the character but I was just bored and not interested. I didn't really understand Lizzy's motivations all that well and I was annoyed at her actions throughout the book. I did not enjoy the "will they, won't they" and miscommunication I was annoyed at it and I just wanted them to talk. The other bad guy aspect I also was confused because he was not even near them at all and that made it so hard to be believable.

I am glad that there was a real representation of Asian character's in this but the story was just not my cup of coffee.

Jack and Lizzie have been best friends for years.
When Lizzie decides to take a vacation in jacks hometown they realize that they can be something more.
Typical rom com. Small Town, slow burn, something breaks them up, etc...

Booked on a Feeling was a lot better than I expected it to be actually! I thought it would be cute, flirty, fun and swoony and it was all of those things and so much more. Perfect quick summer fun read that you’ll dive right into and eat right up!!