I don't usually read friends to lovers, but this has me wanting to pick up more. I loved Lizzy's and Jack's romance and loved how it felt naturally and long lasting. Also, when I usually read friends to lover, we find that the heroine falls first. So, it was so refreshing to have the hero fall in love first. The biggest thing I loved most of the book is that both Lizzy and Jack showed great progress in their life personal and careerwise. Such a great read that is fun and fast.
Thank you NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for my copy of Booked on a Feeling.

Didn’t end up finishing. Didn’t love. Read some reviews & reviewed starred ratings. The first two halters didn’t capture me or keep me interested.

Lizzie is high powered attorney on a partnership track until she has an embarrassing panic attack. She goes to the small town of Weldon, where she used to spend her summers, to recover. Her old friend Jack never left and works at his family‘s brewery. Lizzie doesn’t know that Jack has had a long time crush on her.
Lizzy discovers that the local bookstore needs an update, and she throws herself into the job. Jack is always there, helping her out. As they spend hours together, their feelings for each other grow.

I really liked this small town romance. The characters are great and the book leaves you with a happy feeling. 4 stars.

Synopsis:
Lizzy "Overachiever" Chung, Esq. has her life mapped out neatly:
* Become a lawyer. Check.
* Join a prestigious law firm. Check.
* Make partner. In progress.

If all goes to plan, she will check off that last box in a couple years, make her parents proud, and live a successful, fulfilled life in L.A. What was not in her plans was passing out from a panic attack during a pivotal moment in her career. A few deep breaths and a four hour drive later, Lizzy is in Weldon for three weeks to shed the burnout and figure out what went wrong. And what better place to recharge than the small California town where she spent her childhood summers with her best friend, Jack Park.

Jack Park didn't expect to see Lizzy back in Weldon, but now he's got three weeks to spend with the girl of his dreams. Except she doesn't know of his decades-long crush on her--and he intends to keep it that way. She's a high-powered attorney who lives in L.A. and he's a bookkeeper at his family's brewery who never left his hometown. He can't risk their friendship on a long shot. Can he? When Lizzy decides that the local bookstore needs a little revamp, of course, Jack is going to help her bring it back to life. But the more time they spend together, the harder it becomes to ignore there might be more than just friendship among the dusty shelves and books... 

Sometimes the path to the rest of your life has been in front of you all along.

Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley I received a complimentary copy of this book. Opinions expressed as in this review are completely my own.

Super cute and easy read. Liz you had her life planned out and knew what her next goals were, but they just so happened to be her moms dreams and not her own. It took her a minute to find what she really wanted but she found it along with Jack. Jack and Lizzy are so cute! The angst and tension they had towards ea h other was high level! Super cute and fun read.

3.5 ⭐

I really enjoyed the third book in this series. In this one, we're following Lizzy who is a badass lawyer in LA. When she accomplishes something big at work, she doesn't feel the satisfaction that she thinks she should. Realizing she needs to recharge, she takes a vacation to Weldon and spends time with her best friend from childhood, Jack.

Lizzy can't just do nothing on vacation and decides to help out a local bookstore to revamp the interior and help revitalize the business. Lizzy also spends a lot more time with Jack than she's used to, and she's seeing him in a new light.

Both Lizzy and Jack are trying to figure out their careers and why they're not fulfilled, while also seeing what could develop between them as more than friends.

I loved their banter and just how deeply they cared about each other. And it was great to see snippets of the other couples as well.

I loved how the professional careers got sorted out, and how the conflict between Lizzy and Jack got resolved.

I tried to read this book on multiple occasions, but at about 35% of the way in I had "put it back on the shelf". This was a DNF for me. I loved the idea of the book and the summary sounded great, but the beginning dragged on and on and at the 35% mark, nothing had really happened with either of the main characters yet.

This book wasn't for me. I wanted to like it, I just couldn't get into it. I'm sure others will enjoy this it just wasn't for me.

I thought this was so sweet. The book was great! A really nice love story. I like law books and books about books, so this just worked. The issues in the book are real and I connected to the main character Lizzy a lot!

This was a very sweet rom com with more spice than was expected. The diversity was authentic. Any story that lately takes place in a bookstore is a win.

Cheesy, sweet, and charming, but lacking in true stakes or originality. I enjoyed reading it for the most part, but I’m not one for books that include words like “adorkable,” “foodgasmic,” or “scarecited” (which is a portmanteau of scared/excited of course). And two of those words were spoken by a 30 year old man, which doesn’t seem very realistic to me but maybe we just know different kinds of men. Lots of scenes felt completely rushed, the timing was just all over the place in this one. It’s certainly adorkable, I’m sure there are people who would love it. It’s perfect for someone who needs a break from serious literature and who doesn’t mind characters who don’t take anything seriously at all.

Elizabeth "Lizzy" Chung just finished winning a major career-defining trial for her prestigious law firm and instead of feeling over the moon, she is stressed and overwhelmed. So overwhelmed in fact, she decides to take a three-week vacation to decompress and recuperate... with the help of her childhood best friend Jack Park. Finding comfort in a small town and in a local bookstore, Lizzy begins to realize her feelings for Jack aren't strictly platonic and Jack is finding it harder and harder to ignore his decades long crush on his best friend.

A perfectly satisfactory friends-to-lovers romance... it was just missing the spark. While I rooted for Jack and Lizzy, I found myself searching for the passion in their relationship and I don't think I really found it. The romance could be best described as a "will they, won't they" slow-burn between childhood friends grown up. It was heavy on the yearning but the chemistry between the two was a bit underwhelming for my tastes.

I will say the anxiety representation in this book was very accurate and I did like the way Lee included both characters' journey of self-discovery and self-reflection. The plot was decent but it lacked drama and because of that, the conflict in the final few chapters felt forced for the sake of sticking to the classic romance cliche of making up after a big fight.

Swoooooon! I loved this book. It disproves the notion that the more money you make, the happier you'll be. Lizzy and Jack's friends to lovers feel good romance is sure to leave all readers smiling. I felt it progressed at a great pace and have just enough conflict to keep exciting without making it cringy. I also loved the authors love of checklists!

The opening of this book drew me in by the end of the first few pages. Lizzy's character drew me in because of how much I personally related to her character. The author did a wonderful job providing anxiety representation that was both accurate and made sense to the story, rather than being shoehorned in just to be there. While Lizzy felt like a fully formed character right at the beginning of the book, I didn't feel thay way about Jack. For the first 30-40% of the story, it felt to me like Jack was only there to be in love with Lizzy. However, as the story continued to develop and the characters grew, I really liked Jack and his character's growth and journey.

While it is the third book in a series, they can definitely be read as stand alone stories. If you are a fan of friends to lovers or want a book with well done mental health representation, I really recommend this book.

Thank you to St. Martin's Press and Netgalley for the advanced review copy.

This was a charming, sweet and quick-read romance. Enjoyable, with good characterization.

Recommended for fans of Emily Henry.

I keep wanting to LOVE a Jayci Lee and I always just sort of like them & usually forget about them, which is never a good sign. I think I will keep picking them up, but I am waiting for her to really sweep me off my feet.

This was cute, but nothing memorable. Because the couple here were childhood friends, you just get dropped into the story with no prior development to their connection and history, so it was quite hard to connect to the characters. However, I loved the Asian representation and the small-town vibes in this!

I loved this book. Friends to Lovers is my absolute favourite. I could go on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on about how much I love the childhood friends to lovers. It is the dream romance plot. Unfortunately I cannot fulfill my dream plot considering I have no current childhood friends to fall in love with. But this book filled that lonely friends-to-lovers hole in my heart. I think it's an excellent book. 10/10 would recommend.

You know...I don't exactly have any complaints about this story but there's nothing super memorable about it either. Lizzy and Jack have been lifelong friends. After Lizzy has a panic attack at work she decides maybe she's been fighting for the wrong future and ends up taking a break from being a lawyer. Surprise surprise she winds up encamping in Jack's hometown and realizes she has more than just friendly feelings where Jack is involved. It was a very charming read and I didn't dislike any of the characters. I think my issue lies with Jack being in love with Lizzy his "whole life" but he's fighting the advancement of their relationship throughout. After a few chapters it moved beyond normal hesitation into awkwardness and made his feelings seem less legit. HUGE props to the author on adding so much cultural flair.

enters around Lizzy, an attorney, and Jack, a brewery worker. Lizzy and Jack are best friends since childhood. Lizzy has been living in Los Angeles and working through her life checklist. Lizzy is working on becoming a partner at the law firm where she is employed. After she wins her first case she begins to reevaluate her profession and what really makes her happy. She takes some time off and goes to the small town of Weldon, where her best friend Jack lives. While there they reconnect and their friendship and more. It was a cute story. However, I was thrown a little by the unbelievability of Lizzy's character. It made me not relate as much as I like to with a main character. It's a fun beach read, but I wouldn't read it a second time.

Thank you NetGalley for an advanced copy.

Lizzy Chung needs a well-deserved break after winning a huge trial, so she heads to Weldon where her best friend, Jack Park, lives. There she rents an Air B&B above a struggling bookstore and, since books are one of Lizzy’s first loves, she ends up helping the owner out during her stay. Of course, she enlists Jack’s help in reorganizing the entire store.

While literature might be Lizzy’s first love, Jack’s first love is Lizzy herself. He’s been head-over-heels for her since he was ten years old. This bookstore revamp is just the thing he needs to get Lizzy to realize she has feelings too. Of course, no relationship is easy. Jack wants to relocate to L.A. where Lizzy lives, but Lizzy’s not sure she wants to be in L.A. anymore. The two go their separate ways after words are exchanged…but don’t worry, as with any good romcom, there’s always an HEA!

This is the third book in this series by Jayci Lee. It was great to see the continuation of this story. I love the recurring characters! Jack and Lizzy were well-written and it was very interesting to journey with them as they tried to figure out where they fit in their work and their personal lives. However, my favorite part was seeing the hero as the one with the unrequited love. Usually romance novels tend to focus on female-led pining. So this was a great change. I can’t wait for the next book!