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This is such a cute and funny romance! It’s packed with delicious tropes like brother’s best friend, forced proximity, friends to lovers, and a slow burn. Plus, there’s no third-act breakup, which I loved. Calla and Nathan’s chemistry had me giddy and giggling throughout, and the dual POV added so much to the story. Overall, it was a sweet, fun love story, and I can’t wait to read more from this author!

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For my book lovers who want to read soppy romances but aren’t particularly interested in smut, this is for you!! This is the experience of watching a romcom movie to its absolute core - sweet, feel good, soothing.

This combines the lovely tropes of friends to lovers/ brothers best friends to lovers with a trope I hadn’t yet come across - pen pals to lovers. The letters at the beginning of each chapter were so lovely, creating a love story that spans many years. I love a man who’s obsessed with his woman, and if you do too then this book hits the spot … it’s so cute and romantic.

The dual first-person POV narration style has always been my absolute FAVOURITE and it’s executed so well here - both characters are such balls of sunshine, such golden-retriever energy. They have such a lovely, relaxing dynamic founded first on a compassionate friendship. There is no overly irritating miscommunication trope or third act break-up and instead just a gradual progression of their relationship.

This book has such a lovely wider cast of characters including various family members and friends. They create such a soothing atmosphere and provide such a positive vibe to the book and the environment the characters are in. The plot is easy to follow, making this a quick read for a day when you are after the classic romcom feel.

However, I would’ve liked a little more, and I don’t entirely know what …? Maybe a bit more development of their relationship itself and less of the friendship element.

But overall, I did love this!! I would definitely recommend 🤍

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This is my favorite book of hers by far. I was worried because I LOVED Per My Last Email so so much (I love all of her books but these past two are so fun and sweet- and nerdy!) I was worried I’d set my expectations too high… I was wrong. This was adorable. I loved the emails oh my goodness. They were the cutest and so funny! “hugs and sneezes, Lily”

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Unfortunately the formatting was unreadable for me to read but I do think it I was able to read it I would have enjoyed it.

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I loved Nathan and Calla!!!!!!!
the shiny and lily reveal was soft as fuck and I loved it! The way Nathan appears to be so stoic and that things don't effect him hurt my little heart because all he really wanted was to be loved and Calla was just the absolute perfect person for him.

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This book was seriously adorable! I totally adored it even more than the first one. Nathan was such a dreamy book boyfriend, and I loved how his relationship with Calla unfolded. The whole forced proximity thing with them being roommates was such a hit for me. Calla is just the sweetest, and her friendships with the other girls were so heartwarming.
Seeing Luke and Layla's relationship progress as they geared up for their wedding was amazing. I can't wait for the next book and to dive into the stories of the other siblings.
Overall, I’d definitely recommend this!

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Really very sweet read.

Calla has just graduated and needs a place to stay. She doesn't want to stay with her parents (awkward times). Her brother just moved and mentions his good friend Nathan might have some room.

Nathan. Every time Calla has met him, he has said or done something really weird. And why is he that he can interact with everyone else normally but with Calla... it's mistakes?

Nathan is a sweetheart. He's got a hard time at work, but he's also a musician who gives lessons to kids! (So sweet)

Intertwined into this novel is Calla and Nathan's pen pal emails for years. Years!

I hope to read more about the Wells. Each one is totally different.

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Ahhhhh! This book was so so cute! I liked this way more than book one of the Wells Family series. I felt like there was so much more tension and Juliana's writing seemed to mature more, if that makes sense? Nathan was the cutest, sweetest, most cinnamon roll book boyfriend. I loved how obsessed he was with Calla from the start and how nervous he got around her! I enjoyed Calla too, she was funny and determined and just quirky enough that it was really lovable and relatable. The secret pen pals plot was well written and I actually liked that neither of them knew that they were Shiny and Lily until the end.

Overall, Signed, Sealed, Delivered was a sweet, low-angst and fluffy romance that was a relaxing and enjoyable read. The Wells Family series has such potential and all the characters are so lovable. Can't wait for more from Juliana! :)

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This book was so light and cute and sweet. It was such a cute romance book. I just felt like it was missing something and I cannot put my finger on it. It was definitely a quick and easy read to read between all of the heavy fantasy that I have been reading. It definitely had me smiling and kicking my feet. The characters were adorable and I loved them. I just wish I could figure out what it was missing for me,

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This was such a good book!! The brothers best friend trope is one I enjoy and Juliana wrote it perfectly!

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Signed, Sealed, Delivered is the second book in the Wells Family Series. It follows Nathan and Calla.
This was such a cute and funny romance! Calla and Nathan have the best chemistry! I enjoyed reading their letters to each other throughout the years! This is a closed door romance though you could feel their chemistry. I can’t wait for the next book!

Read if you like:
Brother’s Best Friend
Roommates/Forced Proximity
Friends to Lovers
Anonymous Pen Pals
Dual POV

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This was so cute and fun!! The book contains some of my favourite tropes like brother’s best friend and forced proximity. However, I’m not usually that fond of friends to lovers but in this one it worked so well that I loved it so much either way. The chemistry between the main characters were so great, which made me love them both!

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Thank You so much to NetGalley for the ARC.
Juliana, my friend, you did it 🥺 ! in my opinion one of ur best books and def one of my favorites ! i loveeeeeeee this trope. i have never read the pen friend trope and I’m in love with it and want more more more !
This story made me smile all the way. it was sweet it was cute it was craving more!! Nathan was an absolute dream and such goaaaals the way he talked about Calla all the time. I hope a guy talks about me like that one day🤣 and Calla is just Calla. she’s hilarious and I wouldn’t want her to be any other way.
I wished their story never ended 🥺 also loved how we got glances of Layla and Luke 🥰 love their relationship !
Read this gem and u get
•brother’s best friend
•roomies & forced prox.
•closed door
•pen friends emails

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I absolutely devoured this book! The chemistry between Calla & Nathan is unmatched! This book features a super fun ANONYMOUS PEN PALS TROPE!

Tropes
- closed door
- brothers bestfriend
- slow burn
- forced proximity

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LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE. the way that everything connected in this was so satisfying. i adore these characters so much!!

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I LOVED this book. The premise of this book was so so fun, with loveable main characters and some of my favourite tropes such as brothers best friend and forced proximity. Calla and Nathan are sweethearts.

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Okay I know I am late to reviewing this, it just took me a bit to read it. But man am I sad that I took so long. This was genuinely loved this book. It was just the book I needed to bring me out of a slump of what to read. Calla and Nathan were amazing together. I loved their chemistry. This was a cute, quick read with all of my favorite tropes.

Brothers Best Friend
Forced Proximity
Friends To Lovers
Slow Burn

This was the first book that I read by this author and I definitely will be picking up more by her!

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Oh my goodness did Juliana Smith deliver yet again! This was the cutest read ever and one of those make you feel so good and believe in all of the magic of true love and fairytale happily ever afters. This was a hodge podge of all the favorites- forced proximity, brothers best friend/best friend's sister, we've got a sprinkle of fake dating. Even when it boils down to the friends to lovers trope, which I typically just don't like- this will be the one I recommend forever more.

Smith writes these characters that are just full of life and personality. The humor, banter, sass, chemistry- it flows so well and just overflows the page. We get some drama throughout to keep readers on their toes but nothing that is so over the top that it distracts.

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I adore anything and everything Juliana Smith writes. She is the type of author who I love so much id read her grocery lists or her high school research papers. This story was the second book in a series of standalones and I LOVED IT.

It was such a cute story with a brothers best friend living with his sister and slowly forming a friendship that turned into love. But it was also following online pen pals that had been talking for many years, and it just so happened to BE this pair of people. So all along they were meant to be together and they didn’t even know it.

It was so cute, I loved following our characters from Per My Last Email, the first book, and I’ll continue to devour everything Smith puts out. This was a sweet and wholesome closed door romance that I will recommend for a long time to anyone and everyone I can.

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I want to start this by saying I am OBSESSED with Baggage Claim and I did like Per My Last Email. Unfortunately, I got about 30% through this book and I had to put it away for another time.

I found that the first 30% of the book was extremely corny and a bit too much. I love a cheesy romance, however this one took it a bit too far and I felt as thought the corniness overpowered the romance and the character development too much so I was unable to enjoy the main aspects of the book.

One day I will pick this book up again and I am really sad I didn't love it as much as the other 2 Juliana Smith books.

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