Thank you St Martrin's publishing press for giving me this ARC! I enjoyed it so much, especially the romance between Jack and Lizzy, it felt so sweet and they complimented each other so well, such as Lizzy's feeling like she has to live up to her mother's expectations and Jack's insecurities about his place at the Brewery. I loved how complex Jack and Lizzy were(even though alot of the book was them simping for each other) but I found Jayci balanced the romance between the characters and thier internal struggle perfectly, espically towards the end. And I will never shut up about Lizzy and I love her quirks and how books obsessed she is(because girl same) snd she's completing my dream of owning a bookstore and I love how she finally was able to find her own dream and not her mother's dream and same for Jack, and I loved how Jayci showed anxiety and how it was portrayed. Though the reason it has four stars is that sometimes I often found that Jacyi tended to over explain, such as she would show an emotion then explain that the character felt that emotion when it was kinda obvious and made the writing style slightly annoying but other then that I loved this ARC!

What an adorable story! Totally loved the friends to lovers 😍👏. They felt so genuine and adorable. This was the perfect book to read for a summer getaway or even just to escape from the comfort of home.

Absolutely loved this book! This author is quickly becoming one if my favorites! This book is from friends to lovers and it so cute! A must read!

Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for the ARC in exchange for an honest review! 📚

My HEART! 🥺😍 That feeling you get in your chest when you take that first sip of bubble tea is what reading this book felt like! I’m a sucker for a good friends to lovers romance trope and Jayci Lee understood the assignment! The cover initially drew me in and from the first chapter I was hooked! Everything about these characters felt genuine. I appreciated the fun, flirty take with charming references to Korean culture as well as the mental health representation.

I absolutely loved the beginning and the ending of this book. They were packed with action, cuteness and two friends falling in love. As a friends to lovers and second chance romance book, two of my favorite tropes, I almost DNFd this a few times. The middle chunk of the book was very repetitive. It felt like I read the same feelings and the same plot chapter after chapter. I had minimal back story on both characters and I never felt attached or invested in either one. I found myself skimming or reading at a very fast pace just to get thru because there was nothing new. No new plot twists or new stories… same ole thing over and over. At about 70% it picked back up again and I made it thru to the end. The epilogue was one of my favorite parts! In the end, I was glad to see what the outcome was, even though it was very predictable. It was still a cute story!

This was a super cute and cozy friends-to-lovers romance. Jack and Lizzy are an adorable couple, but only after years of unrequited love and miscommunication. Lizzy is a big city lawyer and Jack works for the family business in a small town. After decades of friendship, they both have feelings but neither one wants to risk losing the other.

I enjoyed the dual perspective, but there were a few parts where it felt muddy and it wasn’t clear whose point of view was being portrayed. I tended to look forward more to Jack’s point of view than Lizzy’s. In some places, the dialogue was fun and witty banter. In other places, it was awkward and almost forced. I feel like there was something lacking with both character descriptions and character development, so I struggled to really connect to them and stay interested.

Overall, it was a fun read with a slow but enjoyable romance. The backdrop of a small town bookshop was cute, but it wasn’t enough to make me fall in love with the story.

While this lighthearted read was enjoyable, I found it difficult to relate to the characters. Normally I love a "friends to lovers" romance, but this one just didn't really hit the mark for me. Jack and Lizzy were fun characters, but seemed unbelievable at times. I'm sure many others will enjoy this one, but it was not what I was hoping for. Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read and review this book.

It's been a while since I read a romance novel. Granted, my choices back in the day were more recency romance novels so, on a whim (and motivated by one of my favorite stories in You've Got Mail), I decided to request this advanced copy and see what the fuss was all about.

I am not so much invested in the lovey parts of romance and, to be honest, I had to keep reminding myself that the continued references to how hot and steamy the character's feelings towards each other were forefront in all of our minds, but in spite of all of that, I was completely and totally charmed.

Plus, it centers around the love of books! How could I not be?

I think Booked on a Feeling successfully got me interested in picking up a contemporary romance here and there. I never thought I'd go back to the genre, but I needed something that was stress free, easy to read, feel-good, and just fun and this one definitely hit the mark.

This was a cute, sweet, predictable book. Childhood Friends to lovers, and the hero had been pining for her the whole time.

Lizzy and Jack were precious and even though I knew how the story would evolve, it was a fun, easy read.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for this advanced copy.

I had a hard time relating to the characters and found the writing a bit redundant. I had a hard time staying motivated to finish it.

I think this will be a lovely read for so many, it’s heartfelt and endearing, it just wasn’t for me this time.

This was a very fun and lighthearted read! This is a childhood best friends to lovers book with a lot of sweet scenes. It did take quite a few chapters for me to really get into this book but once I did I was really rooting for Jack and Lizzy. My favorite parts of the book were the fact that the primary setting took place in a small town book shop, the extremely well written anxiety representation, and all of the Korean food and culture we got to learn about!

I was disappointed we didn’t get to see more of the chemistry between Lizzy and Jack especially considering that he was pining after her for 20 years. Overall this was a fun and fluffy romcom! Thank you so much to NetGalley and St. Martins Press for providing me with this advanced digital copy!

Lizzy is a super relatable MC - annoyed by anxiety and jaded by life, comfort food, flicks, books and clothes, ‘separate stomach for sweets’ and a gleeful near obsession with todo lists.
Five years out of law school, she lives in LA and is on the path to partnership, but the endless stress and a pre trial panic attack have her questioning her life’s work. So she heads to small town Weldon for a three week vacation (vrbo in friends town) to decompress and reset.

Jack has helped his family startup and run a successful brewery in Weldon. He’s also been quietly nurturing a 20 year crush on his best friend Lizzy. He’s secretly made it a goal to get the sort of job she’d be proud of him for having - and make himself feel useful - one in LA so he’d be closer to her. But if this three weeks in Weldon is all he has to be close to her? Not going to pass that up.

Between early morning runs and volunteering time to help revitalize the bookstore beneath her rental, they are spending more time together than they have in ages. Seeing each other differently, or maybe just allowing themselves a chance to try something new.

His long time pining + her sudden powerful thirst = UST for daaays
Trope heavy and sweet, I liked this one.
Even if I did feel weirdly anxious about how much Lizzy’s education must have cost as she considered changing her life’s path.

Thank you to NetGalley and St Martins Press for the ARC

I have a Netgalley checklist - if the book is about a book, a bookshop, a library, a librarian or any combination of the above it's gets an automatic request from me - those are my sweet spots and Booked on a Feeling came through with flying colors. I loved this book and devoured it over a weekend. Just delightful.

I received an ARC of this book through Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

Content: profanity up to and including f-bombs, non-graphic sexual situations

I'm a book person. For real. My passion is books. But I don't get everyone's obsession with bookstores. I don't have shelves and rooms overflowing with books I've purchased. I am a library loyalist. I have bags of books I've checked out from the library. The idea of a place that matches people (especially children) with the perfect book without taxing their finite resources makes my heart fly. That said, I did appreciate the setting. It's no big shock that authors love bookstores, is it? And a place to get books is a place to get books, I suppose.

This is an okay love story. I would have liked to really feel the connection between the characters more strongly than I did. I really liked the Korean culture throughout, especially the chance to see differing parenting styles and goals within that culture.

This book gives off strong Book Lovers (Emily Henry) vibes. Recommended for fans of that book.

Solid 4 star read! Thank you Jayci Lee for this sweet and sometimes spicy read. I’m a sucker for a friends to lovers story and Jayci wrote a good one with the pairing of Lizzy and Jack. And better yet, the primary setting is in a quaint small town, in a book store! Their chemistry was evident to everyone but themselves, but once they finally realized it, the sparks flew!
Additionally, I appreciated the way Jayci tied in the Korean culture, it truly added more heart to the store.
Lastly, the anxiety representation was well written. It’s important to show that even our book characters struggle with mental health and it’s appreciated when these topics are covered.
Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for the ARC!

This book is the third in Jayci’s sweet mess series but they can all be read as standalone novels and this is the first one I read from the series. I enjoyed this one so much I would go back and read the others though because this book was absolutely adorable! 💗

✨contemporary romance
✨childhood best friends to lovers
✨bookish characters 😍

What’s not to love?!? Lizzy Chung and Jack Park stole my heart. I’m such a sucker for a sweet rom-com. This story had such a feel good quality to it. Their chemistry seemed so natural and not forced at all. There were so many parts that made me so happy 😂 If a man left notes in my current read just to make me smile I would marry him. That’s all I’m going to say 🥺😍

The whole premise of them both helping fix up a book store had me sold 😂 romance and book fanatics?! Yes please.
Lizzy struggles with anxiety and Jack is having a bit of a quarter-life crisis so I found them both to be very relatable on multiple accounts 😅😂 including the karaoke and love for giggly cheesecake 🤍 I have provided the synopsis on the following slide but if you love a light hearted, funny rom-com with a bit of spice then this is for you😍
Such a fun and quick read💗

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 4 Stars for me!
This book releases July 26, 2022 and I highly recommend it!

Special thank you to Net Galley and St. Martins Press for the advanced digital copy of this book in exchange for my honest review! I am so thankful.

Booked on a Feeling by Jayci Lee is a simultaneously sweet & sexy best friends to lovers romcom that’s book 3 in the A Sweet Mess series. This is the first book I’ve read in the series & I think it can easily be read as a stand alone. A lot of it takes place in a bookstore, which is one of my happy places so I loved that.
This book deals with mental health struggles, specifically anxiety & showcases the importance of doing what is best for you & not just your parent’s expectations. It even talks about romance novels being crucial to the main character’s mental health, which I completely agree with & loved the message. I don’t think the romance genre in general ever gets the credit it deserves, so I just wanted to give a shoutout & appreciation for all romance writers! Thank you all for writing the stories people can get lost in.
Booked on a Feeling is an adorably spicy romance about two long time best friends that try to navigate the journey of dating & love. It also has a little bit of second chance romance. This was a delightfully easy novel to escape in for the afternoon.
Booked on a Feeling by Jayci Lee comes out July 26, 2022!

Massive thanks to NetGalley & St. Martin’s Griffin for giving me the opportunity to read an arc of this in exchange for an honest review.

Lizzy and Jack have been best friends for twenty years. Lizzy is a successful lawyer trying to make partner at her firm in LA. Jack is the financial mind behind his family’s brewery in Weldon, a small town 2 hours north of LA. After winning her first big trial leaves her feeling unfulfilled, Lizzy starts to question her career and all of the anxiety and stress she’s facing. So, she decides to take a 3-week vacation in Weldon to be closer to Jack and relax. But, what she doesn’t know is that Jack has had a crush on her all this time. And Jack, unbeknownst to Lizzy and his family, is currently trying to find an identity outside of the family business. As they spend time together, they decide to team up to help spruce up the local independent bookstore. Feelings start to change and sparks fly. But before they can figure out what this means, Jack and Lizzy both have to face their job situations and decide for themselves what career paths to take.

This was a cute romance. Both Jack and Lizzy are Korean, and I enjoyed learning more about Korean culture and food throughout the story. I also really loved the bookstore project in the plot. Jack and Lizzy are both likable characters, and their relationship is sweet. The story was told from both of their perspectives, which was intriguing. But I do feel like Jack and Lizzy’s internal dialogues were a little redundant, with the same self-doubts being rehashed almost in every chapter. Overall, it was lighthearted, cute, and sweet. I liked it, but I didn't love it as much as I had hoped. Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martins Press for providing me with this advanced copy in exchange for my honest review.

3.5/5 stars

This book was so good! A classic feel good rom com with just the right amount of cliches. I never felt bored reading it and finished it wanting another book just of their happy life together!

This was a quick and fun read! It took me a few chapters to get into but once the book started picking up, there were plenty of enjoyable moments. This is a friends-to-lovers book but when Lizzy and Jack were put together, it felt like there was something lacking. Their interactions were sweet and I was definitely rooting for them as a couple, but I wanted more depth and background story (especially since they were friends for 20 years). Their individual growth was well-written, but I would have loved to see more of their chemistry together.

Though it was predictable at times, there was a lot of potential in this book and it would be interesting to see some more developed aspects. I'd recommend this book to anyone looking for a light, easy, and fluffy romcom!