💗PUB DAY
Okay Juliana has done it AGAIN!

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” 😅

I loved Calla- she’s so quirky and cute (let’s count the amount of times I say cute) 🤣💗
Nathan is absolutely adorable and awkward around Calla. From their first time meeting (him giving her boob a good ole handshake) to her staying in the extra room at his apartment- there was always a moment of awkwardness from Nathan and it was just so delightful for my also awkward self. I loved that Nathan was waiting with his hat backwards for Calla to get home so they could watch How To Lose A Guy in Ten Days (thank you Lily) 🥹

I was anxiously waiting for them to find out about the emails and I think that the way they did worked out perfectly.

I also loved getting Luke and Layla in the story- they’re so perfect and their love for one another is so disgusting it’s cute 😌

My heart felt like a warm hug throughout reading this and I just want to reread it again already! 🥹💗 also don’t even know if this review will make any sense but I’ll go back and edit if needed, I was just too excited when typing it 😅

4 stars ⭐️

✨ brothers best friend
✨ forced proximity - roommates
✨ dual pov
✨ anonymous pen pals
✨ closed door romance
✨ slow burn

Thank you to NetGalley for the ARC! This was a super cute and easy read - I flew through it in a day.

I loved the inclusion of all the pen pal emails - so cute! I’m definitely going to go back and read the first book in the Wells Family series ☺️

Thank you so much to @author.juliana.smith and @netgalley for an advanced copy in exchange for my honest review!

💌 𝙈𝙮 𝙏𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙨 💌
Oh my goodness, if I could bottle Nathan up as the perfect book boyfriend and adorable friend, I would! 😍 Seriously, his fumbling cuteness when he is around Calla is one of my favs… add that to his good looks, musical abilities, his love of kids and his friends! 😍

Calla is unapologetically herself… with her pajamas, quirky laundry habits, terrible driving habits, love of baseball and romcoms! Nathan meets Calla in a not so meet-cute way when Nathan was Calla’s brothers roommate (and bff). They both got off on the wrong awkward foot, but quickly remedied that when Calla needs a place to stay and Nathan is willing to open is home to her.

I haven’t read the first book in this series, but the first books main characters are in this book as side characters. I definitely want to check out the first book, as this book was just adorable! I finished it in one day!

The secret pen pals in this is also super cute… it builds anticipation as to when the main characters will find out who the other one is. This book pays a good homage to 90s/2000s romcom movies! Pick this book up now!!

💌 𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙗𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙞𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚:
🩷 You’ve Got Mail vibes
🩷 Secret Pen Pals
🩷 Pen Pals to Lovers
🩷 Brother’s Best Friend Romance
🩷 Forced Proximity
🩷 “Fated Mates”
🩷 Sweet Closed Door Romance

Well, hello you, my favourite Juliana Smith's book! I've been not-so-patiently waiting for you because I knew I would love you so so much, and guess what? I was absolutely, 1000% right. 🥹

Signed, Sealed, Delivered is seriously the sweetest, the most adorable and cutest romance book. It's the most delightful read, featuring some of my favourite tropes executed perfectly: brother's best friend, soulmates and delicious slow-burn. 🫶🏼

I love Calla and Nathan so much and I love everything about them. Their friendship is amazing, their chemistry is unquestionable and their personalities are so fun and unique. Honestly, their story is so wholesome and heartwarming.

I could relate to Nathan on so many levels, but I loved the fact that at the same time I saw a lot of myself in Calla - frankly, the way I was able to connect with both characters is so special to me and I'm just so grateful to Juliana for bringing Nathan and Calla to life, I love them so much.

I won't be going into much detail on their story, but I definitely recommend and advise and urge you to read this book ASAP, because I for sure will not be shutting up about it.

This is definitely my favourite yet and I just cannot wait to see what Juliana has prepared for us. I just know this will be an incredible journey to be a part of.

Thank you so much Juliana Smith for the ARC of this book! 💖

This book was absolutely beautiful.

Calla and Luke have been secretly been pen pals since they were pre-teens but they don't know it. Calla is just out of college and is trying to figure her life out. Luke has the inability to say no to his best friend/former roommate Luke so Calla ends up living with him. Neither one knows what they have gotten into but they start to learn more about each other and realize their first impressions were false.

Why you would love this book:
~Dual POV
~Forced Proximity
~Childhood friends to lovers
~Pen Pals
~Bestfriends little sister

Thank you, Juliana Smith and NetGalley for the opportunity to arc-read this book in exchange for an honest review.

this was the cutest and sweetest book 🥹 I always love Juliana Smith books and this one was not exception. this might even be my new fav book of the author 🤭
I absolutely loved the characters and their chemistry. this was such a cute, sweet and heartwarming book. I’m obsessed and won’t stop recommending this book to everyone.
I won’t spoil anything about this book but do yourself a favor and go read it 🥹 absolutely perfect 🫶🏻

read this book if you love:
✨ brothers best friend
✨ forced proximity
✨ anonymous penpals
✨ no third act breakup

Thank you Juliana Smith for the ARC 💗

Nathan and Calla otherwise known anonymously to each other as Liy and Shiny have been pen pals since their early teenage years. By chance, Calla's brother is Nathans best friend from college. When Calla moves home, she needs help getting back on her feet, so her brother suggests her and Natan roommate together until she does. They grow close. They teeter the line that is forbidden. Confiding in their pen pals for help.

I thought this book was so cute. As an avid 'The Bachelorette" fan, the references had me cracking up. It also had You've Got Mail vibes which is one of my favorites. It is everything a cheesy rom com lover would love.

rom com
dual POV
closed door romance
best friends sister
slow burn
forced proximity
pen pals

Juliana Smith did not disappoint with this second book! We meet Nathan & Calla in book 1 "Per My Last Email" if you haven’t read it I strongly recommend it! While we only get a glimpse of Calla in book 1, her wit does not go unnoticed. Nathan’s secondary character in book 1 was absolutely hilarious! His personality reminded me a bit of Nick Miller from New Girl. When I realized Signed, Sealed, Delivered was centered around these two characters I was so excited to dive right into this book. The back & forth between present day as roommates to the somewhat anonymous emails from childhood into adulthood was so precious to watch. Just as book 1 reminded me of my early 20’s. Book 2 encapsulated my teen years(back in the AIM/MYSPACE days)when you could become friends with a complete stranger and it wasn’t weird. While it starts as an anonymous pen pal /email school project, you quickly see them become friends and a safe place to spill their deepest feelings and most embarrassing moments. On the flip side, seeing the in-person friendship between Calla & Nathan was both heartwarming and laugh out loud funny! This is a series I highly recommend and I can’t wait to see what’s next for the Wells Family!

*Thank you netgalley for providing me this ARC. All opinions are my own and completely honest. Happy Reading!

*Review posted to Goodreads

Happy Release Day Juliana Smith! This book was soooo good. Nathan and Calla were super cute together. The pen pal aspect of the story was amazing! I was yelling at the book, how can you not see what is right in front of you???? 🤣

Definitely a VERY slow burn but I loved the lead up. I also enjoy that we got a continuation of Luke & Layla’s story.

Thanks Juliana and NetGalley for this ARC.

*thank you to netgalley and the author for an e-arc of this book in exchange for an honest review!

Something about Juliana’s book just does it for me! I initially feel in love with her writing when I read Baggage Claim last year (one of my favs in 2022!) & the chemistry and love between her characters is so genuine.

Not only does this book have great character development, but the relationship development between Calla and Nathan from friends to lovers was so so sweet. A perfect balance of sweet, funny, and slow burn kept me engaged and rooting for these two & their love story!

LOVED the addition of emails in this book - such an interesting way to do “I’ve always been in love with you but didn’t know it was you” 🥹🫶🏼

Read if you like:
👩🏻‍❤️‍💋‍👨🏻 brother’s best friend
💖 no third-act break up
👥 dual POV
🧲 forced proximity
🔥 slow burn
🚪 closed door romance

I can’t wait to read the future love stories Juliana gives us!!! 🩷

Another fantastic romance! I really love Juliana’s writing style and how each of her characters are so unique and well-developed. Nathan was absolutely adorable and I fell in love with quirky Calla right away.

The penpal friendship was really cute. I actually liked that we knew where it was going - because the characters themselves had no idea so it was like OH MY GOD HOW DO YOU NOT SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING!!

I enjoy the friends - forced prox/roommates - lovers trope, and I definitely appreciated that it didn’t get too Ooey gooey until the very end. It’s the perfect slow burn with lots of relationship development. Usually once the characters admit they’re in love I mentally check out a little bit but that wasn’t an issue in this book.

This is such a cute story and was so funny to read. I love this series and cannot wait to read more.

RATING: ⭐️⭐️⭐️💫/5 (3.5/5)

Signed, Sealed, Delivered by Juliana Smith follows Calla as she moves into her older brother’s best friend named Nathan’s apartment and they become roommates while she tries to get back on her feet, except Calla and Nathan know each other way better than the other one realizes.

This one was adorable!! It’s a nice quick read, with great lovable characters. I really enjoyed it.

It also has a ton of tropes intertwined between one couple, so it was interesting for the reader to pull all of that apart and watch it all unfold.

It was also dual POV with anonymous emails back and forth - so I loved both of those aspects!!

Honestly my only critiques were while it was good, it just didn’t feel like anything ~crazy~ to me. I have no complaints but just wasn’t really blown away by this one.

Thank you @netgalley for the ARC of this book!! ❤️❤️

I was screaming when I received the email that I was approved to read this book! I loved the first book Per My Last Email and I knew I would also love this one: check out my review https://www.instagram.com/p/Cr3unoXLQV8/?img_index=1

Nathan Huxley (MMC) is the best friend to Layla and Luke in PMLE and his story is with Calla Wells (FMC) who is Luke's sister. Yep, it is a brother best friend/best friend younger sister. Don't forget they have been anonymous email pen pals since they were kids and they are approaching their 10 year anniversary where they will meet each other in person! Lets add some forced proximity to the mix where they will be roommates. This story has all of the elements to be an amazing book and it did not disappoint!

The not cute meeting between the two is hilarious and second-hand embarrassment that you know is going to turn into a funny story for when they end up together. Calla is also a reader and she make sures to educate Nathan about romance tropes and terms. Nathan and Calla have a slow burn romance but when the sparks fly, it is perfection.

I would recommend to anyone who loves romance books with the following tropes:
friends to lover
forced proximity as roommates
forbidden romance because brother best friend/ best friend sister
pen pals
no third act break up

Thank you Netgalley, the author, and Victory Editing NetGalley Co-op for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

✨ ARC review for Signed, Sealed, Delivered by Juliana Smith ✨

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Thank you so much Juliana and Netgalley for giving me the opportunity to read this one as an ARC!

I found this book to be such a quick and easy read - I flew through it!! The slow burned had me on the edge all through but I loved how it developed throughout!!

I really enjoyed reading the emails at the start of each chapter, it was something different to my usual reads!

Give this a read if you like:
- slow burn
- he falls first
- brothers best friend
- Dual POV

Pub Date: 23 Sep 2023 (TODAY!!)

This is my first book by Juliana Smith and oh my days, I loved it! A super sweet, slow-burn romance with wonderful chemistry and banter, plus it includes some of my favourite tropes:

- brother’s best friend
- roommates
- kiss cam!
- friends to lovers

Nathan and Calla are lovely together, and it’s especially nice to see their relationship develop as anonymous pen pals and real life. It was a lovely, comforting read and I can’t wait to read more!

Go grab this book if your favourite tropes: brother's best friend, friends to lovers, forbidden romance, no third act break up - probably my favourite, slow burn.

Calla moves back home to find a new job, but she has no money, so she moves in with her brother's best friend, Nathan, who has a spare room.

It's such a funny and cute romance to set your eyes on. These two have a great chemistry and I lost count of how many times I either smiled or laughed while reading.


Thank you NetGalley, Juliana Smith, and Victory Editing for this arc!

Thank you NetGalley for this digital ARC. This can be a sweet story for other romance readers! I believe if you are a fan of Ali Hazelwood’s Love on the Brain, you would love this book! The tropes include brothers best friend & forced proximity!
Although I love reading romance to me personally it was too cheesy! But this is perfect for those who like a feel good, light hearted insta-love romance.
Nathan is a people pleaser and couldn’t say no when his best friend asked if his sister could stay with him until she could afford own place! The more they spend time together, the more they begin to fall for each other ! Although they don’t know it yet, they already know each other better than they think!

I had high expectations for this book because I like the clichés and the style a lot, and I was perfectly in that mood to read this kind of books. But I just couldn't bear with this book. And it has cost me quite a lot to write the review, because I wanted to reflect on it and find a concrete reason why i didn't liked it, but the reality is that I have not found it. Let's say that there is not something specific about the book that I didn't like, it's more the whole that didn't convince me.

For me it was a very slow book in which things did not move forward, I did not understand the reasoning of the caracthers and in general I did not like how everything developt. I think that the fact that the feelings of the characters were already there when the book starts really affect me, because at the end I can not understand well how everything arises or empathize with the caracthers that much.

I really wanted to love this book, but I don't know if it's because of the moment I read it or why, but it wasn't for me.

Wow! I absolutely devoured this book!!

I loved Nathan and Calla from the start. Both of their personalities are so different but EXTREMELY likeable. Nathan may be a pushover, but the way he treats people, especially Calla, is so endearing. I have the biggest crush on him ever.

This book is full of laugh out loud moments. I was constantly smiling throughout this book. The relationship between the two MCs is so perfect- you’ll be rooting for them the whole time. And the EMAILS!!! Such a fun addition to the story and you get a behind the scenes look at how the foundation of their relationship was built.

I absolutely LOVED it!

Oh, and this is the first book I’ve read with a Bluey reference and I AM HERE FOR IT!

Read this if you love:
Best friend’s little sister
Slow burn
Forced proximity
Pen pals/Emails

Review will be posted to Instagram on 9/23
@spines.and.readwine

Gosh this book was so dang cute! I have no negatives. The characters, the relationship build up, when they finally met up were so perfect!

I really enjoyed reading their emails to each other, they slowly revealed something about each other that they each did or explored in the future. I love funny characters and I was constantly smiling or cackling a bit while reading this book!