Thank you to NetGalley, Jayci Lee and St. Martin’s Press for this ARC in exchange for my honest review.

This one just screams Hallmark or Netflix rom-com. It’s cheesy where it’ll make your cheeks hurt, it’s full of lovable and flawed characters, set in a small town, and a budding romance of course.

This was angsty. And these characters were so stubborn with their feelings for another, and I almost had to check myself - because I kept thinking “is this book about me?”

Anywho, this was a cute and quirky friends to lovers rom-com, oh and I forgot to tell you the best part. There’s a bookshop in need of saving. Like can it get any stinkin cuter.

Read if you like: friends to lovers, decades long secret crush, childhood friends, it’s always been you, second chance romance, small town vibes, lovable side characters, craft beer and cupcakes, bookstores

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https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58724787

First I wanted to thank St. Martins for providing an ARC in exchange for a honest review. I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

I was going through NetGalley and came across this book and KNEW I wanted to read it. I didn’t even realize it was part of a series until I finished it and log it into my Goodreads. After reading this book I can’t WAIT to read the others in this series.

Booked on a Feeling
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Release Date: 7/26
What I loved:
📚Series, this is part of the A Sweet Mess series and I’m so excited to dive into the other books
👩🏻‍❤️‍👨🏻Jack, I’m a sucker for when the guy falls first and they try to keep it “cool”
📖Bookstores, there are two bookstores that are important to the story and I want to visit both ASAP
👫🏻Childhood friends, this is one of my favorite tropes and Lizzy/Jake are friend and couple goals

Overall this book had everything I love to see in a friends to lovers romance with extras like bookstores, breweries and a small town. Even without reading the others I didn’t feel like I was missing anything but I’m excited to read the others cause I can’t wait to get to know the other characters from this book. If you are looking for a sweet romance with a little spice and other goodness please check this book out!

4.5 stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐💫

Lizzy Chung and Jack Park have been best friends for 20 years. Lizzy works as a lawyer in LA at a prestigious law firm and is on her way to making partner while Jack lives in the small California town of Weldon and works as the bookkeeper of his family's brewery. Following a pivotal career moment, Lizzy realizes just how burnt out and stressed she is, so she decides to escape the bustling city and surprise her best friend. Now they have three weeks to spend together before she must return to reality. However, Jack must manage to continue to squash his decade-long crush on Lizzy (yes you heard that right 🤭) all while spending every day with her helping to update a local bookstore. As the two spend more time together, they are forced to figure out their feelings as well as what they want for their future...

guys this book was so fun and cute! I haven't read a friends to lovers book in so long but this reminded me of how much I enjoy them 💖

The relationship between Lizzy and Jack was so wholesome and I just loved seeing their connection, even with Lizzy and Jack's family! I also liked how this book didn't just focus on their relationship but also their individual stories and decisions about their futures and careers as they figured out what they wanted for themselves. Plus this book included a bookstore and what is not to love about a book about books 🥰

The only thing that kept me from giving this a 5 star (although I was so close) was that I wish I had read the first two books in the series first because characters from those books reappeared in this one which I think I would have appreciated more having known their backstories as well 😊

If you are a fan of friends to lovers stories, I highly recommend this book because it was so well done!

Thank you to St, Martin's Press and Netgalley for the opportunity to read Booked on a Feeling!
I feel this novel is a cute, friends-to-lover story with dual POVs. Our MMC carried a torch for the FMC for over two decades! It absolutely adorable, but the pace of the story is a tiny, bit too slow for my taste. I'm over halfway into the book and the main characters have only shared a kiss.
I tried the audiobook, but to no fault of the narrators', I zoned out several times just because the pacing of this book is too slow.
Again, the concept of this book is good. I loved that it was about a burned-out lawyer who loves needs a moment to recuperate. But the beginning of the book was a tiny bit to long, like a little too much emphasis on the courtroom incident. I enjoyed reading about a high-powered attorney have a panic attack, but I thought the legal jargon may be a bit for anyone unfamiliar with the legal system However, the author's writing is good and there are solid context clues for assistance.
But to summarize, the book is cute, but too wordy and stagnant in certain areas. There is no "take-off" of the story, so it falls a bit flat at times. I found myself bored, and unable to preserve through around 56%. This book has potential. There are just a few elements missing from this rom-com.

This was cute. I liked the friendship turned romance. I think the conflict could have been done better but overall I liked the book

Thank you Netgalley and St. Martin's Griffin for the opportunity to read an early copy of Booked on a Feeling. I was so excited to read this book after reading the first two books in this series. I absolutely loved Lizzy's and Jack's story! I cannot wait to read what Jayci Lee publishes next.

3/5✨

Thank you to St. Martin’s Griffin for the ARC of Booked on a Feeling!

Lizzy is an attorney in LA working her way up to partner but she has a problem. She kinda hates it. Her childhood best friend Jack has dreams to go off on his own and leave his family’s brewery but he’s scared to fail and disappoint everyone around him. He’s also super in love with Lizzy and she has no idea. When Lizzy takes time off from work and spends 3 weeks in Jack’s small town, sparks and dreams fly and they have to decide what matters in life and what they need to be happy.

This was a cute and predictable contemporary romcom. Lizzy is a book lover and so we have some callouts to the romance tropes throughout which was a fun touch. Jack is hopelessly in love with Lizzy and it was just the right amount of pining from his POV.

My biggest complaint for this book was how straightforward it was. You knew exactly where it was going and you even knew how the characters were going to get there. Miscommunication was the key to the fallout and it bothered me because of how good of a communicator Lizzy had been shown to be with literally everyone else. Even Jack before things became romantic! He’s even not bad at communicating.

This was a steady contemporary romance full of friends to lovers, he fell first, pining, miscommunication, and a lil second chance romance. Also Korean food!!! I’m so hungry now. Happy reading!

A childhood best friends-to-lovers book that is absolutely adorable. Lizzy is a headstrong lawyer in LA trying to make a partner, and her best friend Jack is living in his small town while working at his family's brewery. As Lizzy gets closer and closer to her, or should you say her mother's career goal, she starts to panic and looks at her life in a different light after winning her first case. Lizzy decides to vacation for three weeks in Jack's hometown, spending time with him and helping out a local bookstore owner revamp her store. Jack is also making big life-changing moves under the noses of Lizzy and his family. The two quickly transform their relationship into something more while they keep essential details about their plans from each other.

I found this such a cute and easy romance to get through. Jack's pining for Lizzy was so sweet to watch as his inner dialogue showed just how much he truly loved and cared for her inside and out. While I loved the plot and characters, I felt their turn from best friends to being in a relationship was sudden. There wasn't much slow burn or build-up to them elevating their relationship, making it hard to connect at some points. While it did seem rushed, I still thought it was a super sweet story with a great epilogue.

Booked on a Feeling is a cute he-falls-first, friends-to-lovers story, with some mild spice.

Lizzy is an overachieving LA attorney, who feels pressure from her family to climb the ladder, but she's overwhelmed with anxiety, to the point that she actually passes out from a panic attack just before delivering her opening statements in her first solo trial. After the trial, she realizes she's not actually happy, so she takes three weeks off to visit her best friend Jack. Jack, who has loved Lizzy for twenty years, and his family welcome her to town with open arms. Except Jack isn't used to having her so close. Can he keep his feelings to himself for three weeks, or will he finally tell her how he feels?

While Jack and Lizzy are relatable, well-rounded characters, I found their inner dialogue to be superfluous and repetitive. Their insecurities were mentioned a few too many times. They also have some major communication issues, which didn't sit well with me. But this was a cute, quick read and I enjoyed it!

I'm a sucker for a book where the character loves books, or there's a bookstore setting... But this just seemed slow to me, and a bit cheesy. I just couldn't get into it.

I haven't read the first two books in the series, but this book reads well as a standalone. I didn't feel like I was missing any history or anything.

Thank you so much to St. Martin’s Griffin and Netgalley for giving me an arc in exchange for an honest review!

I was so excited to receive this book! It features some of my favorite tropes like childhood best friends to lovers and the small town romance one.

Lizzy is an overachieving attorney working in L.A. After passing out at an important trial, she returns to Weldon, the small town where she spent her summers at with her childhood best friend, Jack. Jack has always had a crush on Lizzy and is thrilled to spend the week with her. As they restore an old bookstore together, sparks fly and their friendship turns into a little something more.

This was the third book in the A Sweet Mess series. You don’t need to read the first two to read this one. It was really nice seeing the other characters make cameos and tie their world together.

I thought Jack and Lizzy were very cute together and their romance had me blushing. Both of them had such sweet personas and I was rooting for them the whole time! The anxiety representation was also really well done and I found myself being able to relate.

Overall, it was a sweet rom-com and worth the read!

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This is the perfect summer romance that is sweet and fills that romance craving we all have! I really related to this character due to my law background, and I kept getting swept up in daydreaming about these characters. It was easy to get caught up in the journey. This summer and a collection of books, including this one, have made me change my mind about friends to lovers trope. I absolutely LOVE it now. These characters and their journey let you go through your own little journey, and that's hard to do with cute romances.

I really thought I was going to enjoy this book but had to DNF. The characters seemed very immature to me and the writing was a little more cheese than I can handle. It's unfortunate because I was looking forward to reading it,

I will have to come back to this book at a later time when life isn't busy. I did want to read it though and will sometime in the future. I'm sorry work is busy with deadlines.

For now it's a will come back to later.

What a sweet, heart-warming rom com!

Booked on a Feeling was the perfect summer read, filled with love, friendship, and BOOKS. I devoured this book in 24 hrs.

I really enjoyed the "friends-to-lovers" and "second chance romance" tropes in this book and loved seeing Lizzy and Jack's relationship blossom. I also appreciated how this book tackled more serious topics, like parental expectations, anxiety, and finding our joy in life.

and again, I LOVED the bookstore settings!!!

Huge thanks to Netgalley and St. Martin's Press for the #gifted copy!

Thanks to the publishers and Netgalley for an e-arc of this book.

As much as I wanted to like this book, I had to stop at only 10% in. I didn't believe that Lizzy would continue to just give her opening statement without the partner n charge of the case not taking it out from under her. I also couldn't believe Jack, in this day and age, doesn't have a website and other things set up in order to grow beyond where he decided to land. When I can't dispend my disbelief, it's not a good sign for me or the book. It was best to put this one down.

DNFed at 10%.

"Sleep is overrated...reading is everything."

That's how this book felt to me at times. I admit I am not usually one for a cheesy romance novel. But I was rooting for Jack and Lizzy. And more than that, I enjoyed the sub-plot of them being in their early adulthood and not having their whole lives figured out. Because let's face it, who does?

Jack has been pining for Lizzy for twenty years, but has been trapped in the friend-zone. His feelings of inadequacy and insecurity have kept him living with his parents and holding on to a job in the family business that he doesn't absolutely love. They have also kept him from pursuing Lizzy as anything more than a friend. So when she comes to visit, he promises himself he will spend the time trying to fall out of love with her.

Lizzy has been best friends with Jack since they were 10 years old. There is no one in the world who knows her better than him. When she wins her first trial, the only person to make her genuinely smile is Jack. Even four hours away, he makes her feel less alone. So when she starts feeling overly anxious at her job as an attorney in the fast paced city of Los Angeles, she runs away to spend 3 weeks vacationing in his hometown.

Will Lizzy find a cure for her anxiety and learn to stop living life on everyone else's terms? Will Jack realize what his true calling in life is? Will Jack fall out of love with Lizzy while she falls into love with him? So much can change in a short three weeks...


Thank you Netgalley for gifting me an advance copy of this book in exchange for my honest review and opinion!

I did not enjoy this book whatsoever. From the synopsis, I thought it would be right up my alley. It wasn’t whatsoever. The writing felt very juvenile and both main characters felt immature. Sadly this book just wasn’t for me.

This was a cute romance. I found myself getting frustrated at some of the silliness of the back and forth before they got together. I didn’t fall in love with either character so I felt disconnected. It was cute though!

Ah, the anxious urge to escape to a small town, work in a bookstore, and fall in love with your childhood friend. This was a perfect summer read, would be great for a day at the beach. I flew through. The characters are so cute.