Booked on a. Feeling is a fun romantic read about LIzzy and Jack long time friends. Lizzy is trying to find her way to a full life and Jack's feelings of friendship have turned to love. You know where it's going but the ride is fun and the author's writing has an energy about it that keeps you engaged. I also enjoyed the backdrop of bookstores. All in all a fun summer beach read! Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for sharing an advance copy in exchange for an honest review.

Such a cute book, they are both so sweet my biggest issue is that I am not sure two people who are supposed to be best friends for 20 years would literally know so little about each other. I feel like they really didn’t know anything about the others life or feelings and if they had just discussed their lives and feelings there would have been no conflict!

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC in exchange for my honest review!!

“I’ve always felt so at home in bookstores, especially the small, cozy ones.”

Lizzy Chung, a practicing lawyer in L.A., is working hard to make partner at her prestigious firm. And she’s on her way…until she passes out from anxiety during her opening statement. Although she ultimately wins her case, her confidence is shaken. Realizing she needs a break she takes a three week leave and travels to the small California town where she summered as a child. And it doesn’t hurt that her bff Jack is still living there, working as a bookkeeper at his family’s brewery. When a local bookstore needs some life infused into it, Lizzy takes on the task. With Jack’s help, they plan to bring it back to life.

Two and a half stars rounded up to three for this cute story.. The friends to lovers trope was done simply but without a lot of depth. The characters were lacking in their backstory so I found it difficult to get invested in them. I loved the mental health representation, but a high powered attorney in the making running away for a vacation after a single panic attack during the trial seemed a bit of a stretch.

The best part of the book was the time they spent in the bookstore trying to breathe new life into it! I can spend endless hours in an indie store and I appreciate how unique each one is.

Thank you to Netgalley, St. Martin’s Press, and the author for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Lizzy is feeling fed up with her life as a high powered attorney in LA. After a panic attack in court she takes a leave of absence and goes to see her best friend Jack (who secretly loves her) in a small town not to far away for three weeks to recoup and try to figure out what she wants out of life. But she doesn't find herself relaxing too much when she starts helping a bookstore owner (of where she is staying above) get the bookstore back to its former glory. And not only is she helping this woman, but she get's Jack involved too. Soon enough they're spending too much time together and their secret feelings for each other evolve. Both are hesitant to break up a friendship as strong as theirs, but are willing to give it a try. That is, until both of them drop bombshell news affecting their relationship status and their careers. Can Jack and Lizzy figure out their futures together? Or will their futures fall in opposite directions, tearing their relationship and friendship apart.

I'm not gonna lie, the first part was kind of dry and hard to get into. I almost DNF'd this book, but I'm glad I was was stubborn and I stuck it out, because it ended up being a cute story. We've got a friends to lovers trope with a big heaping side of figuring yourself out, and not just following the path your parents planned for you. I enjoyed getting the perspective of both Lizzy and Jack. I loved the supporting cast of characters and the Asian American representation on both sides of the main characters. Overall I'd give this a 3.5 but Rounded up.

Thanks To the publisher for the ARC in return for an honest review. This book releases 7/26

Lizzy Chung had her entire life planned out. She was going to make her parents proud, be successful, and live happily ever after. At least that was the plan. But plans go awry, and after a panic attack in court, she jumps in her car and heads to Weldon where she spent her childhood summers with her best friend, Jack Park.

Jack Park has had a crush on Lizzy for so long and is happy that he gets to spend three weeks with her. When Lizzy needs his help saving the local bookstore, he agrees and the sparks fly!

This was an enjoyable read with a sweet romance. It's all about the journey with romance books and this one was a sweet one. When you have feelings for a friend do you take the chance and risk the friendship? The struggle is real!

This is a very nice book for summer!


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Thank you to Dreamscape Media and NetGalley who provided me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All the thoughts and opinions are my own.

Lizzy is a high powered attorney who isn't finding happiness in her big-city coporate job.

Jack is her best friend, who has secretly been in love with her since he was ten but has accepted his long term stay in the friend zone.

When Lizzy decides to take a three week break from her career to reset, she decides to spend it in Jack's small town north of LA, which just so happens to have a indie bookstore in need of Lizzy's help. Armed with a checklist and a best friend she's having some not so platonic thoughts about, Lizzy takes on the project of fixing up The Sparrow Bookstore.

This book was so freaking cozy, just good vibes, good spice, and good characters. Lizzy and Jack were very cute together and the friends to lovers trope is such a fun classic. I did wish that there had been a little bit more development, the friendship wasn't super fleshed out and the side characters, although lovable, were just kind of present not really affecting the story in anyway.

Overall I thought this book was so cute and I think had great representation. Absolutely recommend cozying up with this on a beach for a quick fun read!

I really wanted to enjoy this one. The book cover looked so promising. But, I couldn't get through it. There was not a lot of excitement, the characters lacked chemistry, it was just blah. I felt like there was just too much writing and not enough dialogue. I do give props for the detail of the writing, but it was just a tad too much for me.

Lee does it again! Although there were certainly moments in the novel when Lizzy and Jack's romance seemed untenable, overall this was an engaging read that had moments of drama, a sweet friends-to-lovers romance, and many delightful bookish puns along the way. I also appreciated that both protagonists did not need to hide their Korean heritage - while I'm not Korean-American myself, I enjoyed getting to learn about another aspect of American culture while also being absorbed into a rom-com.

Some of the most boring writing ever. The characters are cookie-cutter, the dialog is flat and stilted -- “I am going to take a walk to prevent vitamin D deficiency.” or “watching his brother drink made him thirsty. Alex had this strange talent for making everything he drank or ate look so good” -- it’s awful! There was no chemistry between the main characters. The only good thing was the description of a meal. Don’t bother with this one.

Booked on a feeling is a sweet romcom about childhood best friends who end up falling love. It takes place in a small town where they are attempting to save the local bookstore. They save the store, and realize what their true dreams have always been.
This book was full of romance tropes from beginning to end. It was predictable, but absolutely lovely. The characters are warm and loving and it makes you wish you could live in Weldon with them.

I absolutely loved that this book was based off of a bookstore and had friends to lovers. I also loved the presentation of the Korean American culture. This book starts off with Lizzy having a successful start to her job as a lawyer, but then that quickly goes downhill after she has a panic attack. Following this event, she moves back to the town she grows up in and reconnects with a childhood friend named Jack. They begin to catch feelings for one another and work to restore a local bookstore. Any books based off books is automatically a good book for me! I greatly enjoyed the authors writing style and how she presented different cultures and mental health issues. .

Booked on a Feeling is a friends to lovers romance. Lee manages to stir both longing and anxiety in readers by successfully conveying Jack’s inner turmoil as he constantly ruminates on his feelings and his fear of losing his best friend. Because of this, he is slow to make any kind of move and this becomes one of the most frustrating aspects of the novel. There are stolen glances and tingling feelings that help build tension, but it also goes on for more than half the book. I liked the tension building and the turmoil, but I also needed things to speed up as well. Thankfully, Lizzy does help by making her thoughts on it known. This was a nice change of dynamics with Lizzy always ready for more while Jack remains more concerned about the aftermath if they don’t work out.

This is a sweet romance and I enjoyed most of it. There are some beautiful passages that I loved in here. Jack and Lizzy have a wonderful friendship, and there is some cute banter between them. I couldn’t help wishing there was more time spent on them being together without seeming like one foot was always out the door. (3.5 stars rounded to 4 stars)

It is a really cute story but I’m not a big fan of cursing or spice, which is why I docked two stars.

3.5 stars
This one was cute.

I love the bookstore setting even though that was only part of the book. I’m gonna start off saying that friends to lovers has never been my favorite trope, so that might effect my opinion. I like that there’s already a basis for their relationship through their friendship. I just don’t like the push and pull of their friendship being on the line if they admit feelings and it always has the miscommunication trope which I don’t like. So I had a bit of an issue with that. Also I didn’t really love Lizzy, she made me mad a few times 😂 But I loved Jack. He was so sweet and would do anything for her. I loved how much he loved his family and did so much for them. The whole time I just wanted him to realize that he deserved so much more than he thought he did. Shannon was a great character I loved her, she was probably my favorite.
The ending was nice and the epilogue was cute. A very them epilogue, it made me laugh.


Thank you to NetGalley for an advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

This is the ultimate friends to lovers book! Lizzy is an overachieving lawyer who is steadily checking things off her life to-do list. She has a plan in mind for her future but what she didn’t plan for was a panic attack during an important trial. Burnt out, she decides to visit her best friend in his hometown to recharge her batteries. Jack has been Lizzy’s best friend since they were 10, but he’s been keeping a pretty big secret from her, he’s been in love with her for decades. Can he keep his secret under wraps or will they both realize that their perfect future was right in front of them all along?

I thought this book was so cute! It was sweet, heartwarming and all around adorable. I love a book where the guy falls first and this is exactly what we have here! As they spend more time together they can’t help but give into their obvious tension and chemistry. Jack was such a sweetheart and Lizzy was so relatable. We’ve all felt the pressure’s of our family and even society to check off those milestones and get that high paying job, but what’s the point if you’re not truly happy. The progression from friends to lovers was so natural and their connection was so genuine. I loved that we see them both realize that they shouldn’t settle for jobs and lives that they don’t truly love, and peruse their dreams.

If you’re looking for a cute, lighthearted and fluffy summer read, this one is for you!

Thank you to NetGalley, St. Martin’s Press, and Jayci Lee for this eARC!

Unfortunately, I couldn't connect with the characters in this one. The writing felt overdone and it took away from what was happening. I will try to read it again at a later date.

Cute romance about two best friends. I loved the dynamic between Lizzy and Jack. The small town charm, with a book store, was a fabulous setting for their friends-to-something more story. An adorable and quick read!

Thank you St. Martin's Press and NetGalley for a copy of the ebook in exchange for my honest review.

Why is this book so cute?
The chemistry. The tension. Oooo the tension is SO good.

I can’t tell you how much I enjoyed this!

My first Jayci Lee book and I’m coming back for more.

That achy, gut wrenching feeling when two characters fall for each other but don’t want to be together for the sake of the other? MY GAAD, that’s my fave feeling EVER. Combined with a healthy amount of Korean culture set in California, it was all perfection. The Asian-American rep was so relatable.

I couldn’t get enough of Jack and Lizzy, Jack’s family (that oh-so familiar upbringing of a child of immigrant parents), Lizzy’s struggle with her mental health wasn’t the focus of the story but there were some feels. One of my pet peeves is when one character’s story gets overpowered by the other. This wasn’t the case at all. It gave as much Jack as it gave Lizzy. I fell in love with both characters.

And the steamy scenes complimented the story so well. So much tension and chemistry. It had some descriptive scenes. I’d say it’s more spicy than Emily Henry but less than Rachel Lynn Solomon.

Thoroughly enjoyed this one.
Comes out July 26!

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ /5
🌶🌶.5 /5
Not closed door but not too spicy

✅️ RomCom
✅️ Friends to Lovers
✅️ New Adult/YA

Lizzy goes to visit her friend Jack in California (who works at his family's brewery) while she decides to take a break from work. 🍻

After spending more time with Lizzy in person, Jack's feelings that he has always had, come back strong and it becomes hard to suppress them any longer.... so it's time to act on them! 💕

A book about self discovery, coping with anxiety, & the pressure of trying to meet your parents expectations. 😅


Thank you NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review this eARC!

I liked this book a lot. it’s such a quick and easy read that’s lighthearted and fun. both Lizzy and Jack are very likable characters that I could relate to. This book is a very cute friends to lovers rom-com which I am a complete sucker for. It’s also set in a small town centered around a bookstore, what more could I want from a book? I think the anxiety representation in this was well done and I liked it a lot. I also liked that Lizzy and Jack are both Korean because reading Asian American centered romance books just makes me very happy.

Personally, I would’ve enjoyed this more in a dual pov format rather than the breaks in the chapters switching between Lizzy and Jack in third person pov. I do think the development of the relationship was a little off though. Jack and Lizzy didn’t really feel like best friends, in my opinion, but that may just have been because there’s a certain distance between them. The dialogue also felt a little weird to me in that it felt like it didn’t flow the way a natural conversation would and felt very written. It was still a very good read though and the things I didn’t like are mostly personal preference.

Overall, Booked on a Feeling is a very cute, lighthearted rom-com that I enjoyed and had a good time reading. Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for the e-arc of this book in exchange for an honest review!

Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars