I truly wanted to love this book. Instead, I really did not enjoy it. I thought the two main characters were so frustrating and their back and forth was annoying. For best friends they certainly didn’t communicate well, and by the time the book was halfway through I was just waiting for it to be over. Too bad too cause I loved the premise. A book set mostly in a bookstore!? Yes please. Unfortunately it just didn’t do it for me.

Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

This was a charming friends-to-lovers Romance that also had a small town Bookstore element that really made Booked on a Feeling the feel-good story that it is. Friends-to-Lovers is not my favourite romance trope but with this story, it truly worked so well! Lizzy and Jack are a darling duo with a wholesome connection, funny banter, and relatable backstories and struggles in life. The Bookish aspect of this story was so sweet and was reminiscent of Book Lovers by Emily Henry, what reader doesn't love a book about books!? absolutely adore the way that Jayci Lee tells a story and this series made me fall in love with her writing, Booked on a Feeling is a wonderful addition to the Sweet Mess Series.

This book is made for Romance lovers, fans of Dual POV and those passionate about books!

Thank you so much to Net Galley and St. Martin's Press for this eARC.

“Just so you know, I could never stop loving you. That’s like telling my heart to stop breathing.”

Booked on a Feeling is a fun, light, friend to lovers trope read that is good any time of the year! Lizzy and Jack were completely devoted to each other throughout the entire book. I definitely recommend this read if you enjoy seeing best friends turn their relationship into more!

I have to admit that the first half of this book was slow, imo. I had a really hard time rooting for either character, let alone any kind of relationship. There were too many secrets and things left unsaid.

Once Jack and Lizzie started exploring their feelings for each other, it opened up their channels of communication, and then I was fully invested!! Both Lizzie and Jack are unhappy in their current lives and need to find what truly makes them happy before they can make each other happy.

The quality of the epilogue took my review up an entire star!!! I was going to give 3-stars, and then after the epilogue I changed it to 4-stars. It was such a fantastic way to wrap up this book! Great job by Jayci Lee. I definitely want to go back and read the other books in the series now!

All in all, it was slow to begin with but once the characters started opening up about their feelings I finished the 2nd half of the book in a flash! I definitely recommend you stick with this book until the end!!

“But I know now that I am good enough for you, because no one knows you like I do. No one can ever love you as much as I do.”

Attorney Lizzy Chung is burnt out, so she leaves her life in LA to visit her best friend in the small town of Weldon where he works at his family's brewery. Lizzy lives out one of her dreams and helps the local bookstore owner revamp her store, while realizing her relationship with Jack is beginning to change. It's another fun book in the Sweet Mess series.

This book is a bit too all over the place. One minute Lizzy in LA trying to make partner at her law firm and with zero explanation she is all of a sudden in a different town where her best friend Jack lives for a 3 week leave of absence.. Both clearly have feelings for each other but you really get no background on their relationship other than they grew up together. Both mc’s spend most of their time questioning if they really have feelings for the other. It was just too repetitive and to me skipping over major details.

Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for this ARC.

This book description sounded great - a second chance romance that involves a bookstore! - but there were several issues I couldn’t get past. The two MCs are madly in love with each other at the start of the novel, so there wasn't much tension. Several lines throughout the novel were so bad that they made me not want to keep reading (i.e., "be still my throbbing vagina"; "all he wanted to do was f*** her mouth with his tongue"). Overall, both MCs seemed very immature.

This one was just disappointing. I had to DNF it, mainly because it read like a YA book. I was 30% into it, and nothing was keeping me interested in the story. It was so hard to connect with the characters, there was no chemistry between them, and it kind of just felt like we were thrown into things with no background.

Love a good rom-com set in a small town bookstore! This book was really sweet and a really lighthearted beach read. I really enjoyed this book and getting to know the characters. Best friends to lovers is one of my favorite tropes and this one did not disappoint. I look forward to reading more from this author! O

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

You just know that when things start off with lists they don't really end up being that simple.
I had so much fun reading this book. No only was it cute and fun it was also so well written.
Lizzy and Jack stole my heart here. I loved so many aspects of his story.

I didn't want it to end!

This was so heartfelt, it's everything I crave when I think of a warm, feel good story. I loved Lizzy and Jack, I think they were so sweet and had such a sweet love story. My favorite trope is childhood friends to lovers, where he's more into her and this definitely delivered.

Thank you #Netgalley for an early read of #BookOnAFeeling

3 ⭐️ A very soft, sweet, easy read. The characters were pretty likable and the relationship was super sweet. I do think the “save a bookstore” is a little bit of a classic romcom hallmark theme. Gives off very similar vibes to Book Lovers. Was labeled a friends to lovers trope but I think Miscommunication/ stubbornness played a big role and was a huge trope so if that frustrates you, you may want to throw you’re book but I thought it was well done. Not as funny as previous books by this author. Anxiety representation was well done. Wish Jacks character had been fleshed out a little more.

Unfortunately a bit of a let down after the first two installments, which I really really enjoyed.
This novel still gave you the warm fuzzy feelings but without the laughing at loud- naturally funny writing style the author showed in the first two books.

Still and enjoyable read through and through.

A cute rom-com that reminds me of Legally Blonde meets Pride and Prejudice. The writing style is easy to read which is really nice.

This was a cute story friends to lovers story. I wasn't extremely attached to the characters, but it was fun enough. I don't like how it all wrapped up quickly on the last chapter.

I had fairly high hopes for this book. It looked SO good and intriguing and for the first 20 or so pages I was hooked on Lizzy and Jack's relationship. Unfortunately I fell out of enjoyment shortly after that. I understand building tension but it was taking FOREVER for anything to happen or move forward with the 2 that I was tempted to completely DNF and move on. I instead skipped to the last 5 or 6 chapters and read those. I sadly did not feel like I missed much and even the ending fell a bit flat for me. I think the snail's pace that the book started out with was too hard for me to conquer. I'm sorry.

Lizzy and Jack are childhood friends. When Lizzy hits a point of no return with burnout, she packs up and heads back to her hometown for a vacation and to seek the comfort of her best friend. As she settles into small town life with her friend, she starts to question everything from her career as a high-power attorney to the twenty-year friendship that is starting to feel like so much more.

"Booked on a Feeling" is a cute romance perfect for people who always seek solace in books. It has fun banter and sweet moments, although it does lag a bit with the dense internal monologue of both characters.

Overall, I enjoyed this cute romance and am curious to see what Jayci Lee does next.

I felt like this book was so focused on being a cute romance that it just came across as cringey. I felt like the dialogue was dry and awkward. I had a hard time getting through this one, it felt too much like so many other romances.

I was excited to read a romance with Asian American main characters and maybe I set my expectations a little too high. The premise of the story is sweet, the trope is childhood friends to lovers, and the hero, Jack, has secretly been crushing on Lizzy, the heroine, for forever but has been in the best friend zone.

Lizzy is coping with burnout as a litigator in Los Angeles and takes a three week break in small-town CA, where Jack lives. In the meantime, he’s secretly trying to find a way out of the family brewery business and land a job in LA. Family expectations affect them both.

The elements I loved about this book were the obvious love of independent bookstores with a romance section, Korean American representation, all the food references (foodies will appreciate all the details), and the sweet earnestness of this couple.

What didn’t work for me was the pacing of the book, the dialogue that was more filler than character/plot driving, and what I can only describe as wishy-washiness that are the core of both Lizzy and Jack. Their constant struggle with their wants and who they want to be in the world was something I found tedious, maybe because I’m a “mature” reader and was never that indecisive in my life.

Finally, I think this book has a promising premise but it didn’t deliver for me.

Thank you to NetGalley for an ARC of this book in exchange for my honest review.

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This book was exactly as sweet as it seemed like it would be. It is a forever old tale of two best friends who never realized just how perfect they were for each other until the moment this story happened.

It’s a lovely reminder of how we all need to take a minute to check in with ourselves and find what truly makes us happy. I loved how Lizzy and Jack were able to discover themselves throughout the story and figure out who they wanted to be for themselves before they could decide if they had a life together.

I knocked this down from a 5 (though I would have given it a 4.5 if I could have) because it was predictable and like every other friends falling in love romance. From the get go, you knew exactly how the story would flow - which isn’t a bad thing, I just would have loved to see something different than every story/Hallmark movie out there. Though, I will give it credit that compared to every romance novel I’ve read recently, the intimacy didn’t feel forced or like the book needed graphic details to fit into the romance genre.

All in all this was a very sweet story and a quick read that I’ve already recommended to friends.

I love any book revolving around book lovers, friends to lovers, bookstores, and small towns . So I thought this would be the perfect book for me, but unfortunately it wasn't THE PERFECT book.

Personally, I loved the friends to lovers aspect in this. I thought their sexual tension was top tier and their chemsitry was off the charts. But this book very much reminded me of a Hallmark film with the small town vibes and the main character's storyline; so I found everything to be pretty predictable. Though I do enjoy the Hallmark vibes sometimes, I just wanted something unique to come out of the story.

The anxiety rep was great as well. And Jack was the sweetest love interest ever!

I'd also recommend this book if you love books about books and the friends to lovers trope.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing an e-arc in exchange for an honest review.