Absolutely adored this book. A sweet meta take on friends to lovers. I love that absolutely everything didn’t get wrapped in a bow, although the logistics of Lizzy buying the bookstore at the end was kind of skipped over.

This book was just okay for me. I really wanted to love it- it has all the things I enjoy: friends to lovers, a book about books(tore) and romance. How it just fell a little flat for me.
The beginning was reallllly slow, but once I got a third of the way through it picked up and I found it much more enjoyable. All in all, I liked it, but didn’t love it.

Booked On A Feeling is a contemporary romance told in alternating POV's by our two main characters, Elizabeth (Lizzy) Chung, and her best friend, Jack Park. It's a novel about finding yourself and digging deep to realize what makes you happy.
This is a book for those readers who love friends-to-lovers with spice, bookstore plots, capable and strong female main characters, and sweet and sappy love stories with happy endings.

It was a great concept and I loved the bookstore theme throughout, but it was a miss for me.
I almost stopped reading as the first 30% of the book felt juvenile. It was dry and there wasn't anything happening to keep my interest piqued. However, I persevered, and after about 30% of the way through, things took a better turn! There was wit, banter, and some romantic tension between our two MC's.

The book wrapped up neatly with a perfectly happy ending, and if you're a contemporary romance and rom-com lover, you'll want to check this one out.

I received an advanced reader copy from NetGalley for an honest review.

Unfortunately this did not work for me. I DNF'd at 28%. The premise of this book was cute -- a young, female lawyer realizes that her job isn't satisfying and she takes a break to explore her interests. There is a friends to lovers element as well. However, at 28% of the way in, nothing had really happened and the writing is tedious and disjointed for me. The chapters are long with a break in the middle where it switches from female to male perspective. I would have rather had those be different chapters instead of both parts in 1 chapter.

I wanted to like this because books, high achieving MC, strong own voices/multicultural rep. It just didn't do it for me, and life is too short. Maybe it will work for someone else!

Booked on a feeling is a friends to lovers story where the guy falls first and a dual pov.

Personally I enjoyed it. Although it took a while for me to finish it because I couldn’t really get I to it in the beginning, so I wouldn’t read it for a couple days and then continued. When I got like a third way through the book I devoted it after that, because it was so cute and I just fell in love with the characters.

Booked on a feeling is about an attorney, Lizzy, who goes on a “vacation” after having a panic attack in a courtroom to where her childhood best friend ,Jack, lives. Jack works at his family owned brewery who has had a crush on Lizzy since he was ten.

🌕🌕🌕🌕🌗/5

Cute Rom com to remind us once again to take a better look at why you are such great friends with that guy/girl. Is it just friendship or love?
And that your work and life goals need to make you happy- not just wealthy.
Feel good romance for the summer!

Thanks to NetGalley for my gifted copy of this book in exchange for my honest opinion and review.
Booked on a feeling is an adorable rom com about two childhood friends who don’t realize the other is their person. Lizzie is a rainmaker lawyer on the fast track to partner. Jack is a numbers guy helping his family brewery in their small town.
On a whim, Lizzie decides to vacation in Jack’s small home town. Liszt is thoroughly enjoying the slower paced life and the run down bookstore that she’s decided to help turn around. Through hard work and late nights, Lizzy and Jack realize that there is so much more to their friendship than either of them wants to admit.
Such a cute book. Love the characters and plot line. Solid 4 stars!

Thank you Netgalley and St. Martin’s Press/ St. Martin’s Griffin for the arc for an honest review.

A fun and heartfelt story about best friends figuring out what they want from life. Jack is the biggest gentleman when reading from his POV and makes you swoon. Lizzy is the type of FMC that you want to be best friends with. I mean checklists are pretty amazing. ✅✅✅✅

If you are looking for a book that is a light hearted read where you fall in love with the characters while they are falling in love then this book is for you. A book that screams sexual tension is one that I would buy and re-read and recommend for others to read especially for just an escape.

This book is adorable. I loved it. As a lover of books this story is right up my alley and throw in such a cute romance and it was perfect for me! I haven't been reading rom com all that long but this one certainly made it to a top favorite!

3.5 stars for me. The story line was cute - although I definitely didn’t realize until about 70% through that it’s the third in a series - but there was something about the writing that really detracted from my enjoyment of the book overall. The writing feels immature and overdone at the same time. I do love a good friends-to-lovers though and as a lover of books I was jealous of the bookstore makeover that happened.

Booked on a Feeling is the third book in the sweet mess series by Jayci Lee. A friends-to-lovers, second chance romance trope, and small-town vibes.

The cover and having read the first two books by the author are what had drawn me to the book. I wanted to love this book; a book about books is perfect for me. While I had high hopes for it, the story fell flat. It started very slow, and with all the legal stuff at the start of the book, I was confused about what had happened and how a bookstore would fit into the plot. I hate to say this because I loved the first two books so much, but I found myself bored during the story. It was cute, but it wasn't exciting enough to hold my interest.

I think had the readers known more about their friendship; it would have helped me to connect with Lizzie or Jack better. All I knew was Jack had been in love with Lizzie since she was 10. Other than that, I couldn't tell you how they became best friends. This book didn't do it for me, but others might not feel that way.

Thank you, netgalley and St. Martins press, for this ARC

Arc provided by Netgalley and St. Martin’s Publishing in exchange for honest review.

Booked on a Feeling was an easy friends to lovers, second-chance at live book. I will admit the first couple of chapters took a little bit or me to get into but once I was in I didn't want to stop reading about how their childhood friendship could turn into something much more. I loved Jack & Lizzy’s friendship & relationship. The last chapter really got me!

I would give this book a solid 3.5 stars!

Loved this! Such a happy feel good book. I have only recently gotten into rom-com type of books and this one made the cut for one of my favorites!

First of all, I’d like to extend a big thank you to St. Martin’s press for allowing me to read this Arc of Booked on a Feeling.

Lizzy Chung is your classic overachiever who ends up working herself too hard and needs to take a break. She takes a 3 week vacation to Weldon, where her childhood best friend Jack Park resides. Lizzy and Jack both feel the tension between them as they are working in such close quarters, helping to bring some life back to their local bookstore. The question becomes; are they going to be able to keep their feelings for themselves a secret?

After reading this book, I decided to give it 3.5 stars. It was a really cute story, easy to read, and I thought that Jack and Lizzy’s journey was sweet. As I was reading, most of the story seemed very predictable. I am not a huge fan of the friends to lovers trope in the first place, but I figured I would give it a try. However I felt like the way the two of them acted was very immature, especially for how old they are supposed to be. The way they described their feelings for each other made me feel like I was reading a story about two teenagers, not two young adults. I was a little disappointed that there wasn’t as much of a build up to Lizzy and Jack’s relationship. There was tension, but like I said the tension made me feel like I was reading about two teenagers who didn’t know how to communicate their feelings. Maybe that is just part of the friends to lovers trope.

The story was cute, and if you’re looking for an easy read with predictable chapters, I would recommend.

Thank you St. Martin's Press for the eARC of Booked on a Feeling by Jayci Lee in exchange for my honest review.

If you're looking for that small town, friends to lovers, fluffy read -- this is it.

You immediately feel attached to both Lizzy, an overachieving lawyer, and Jack, the long time best friend. You want to see them succeed and finally piece it all together.

For me -- I found the miscommunication trope to be almost painful to read. I wanted to shake both characters and make them TALK to each other.

Overall, if you're looking for a book to spend the afternoon with, this one will do the job.

3/5 stars.

Booked on a Feeling is the perfect lazy day rom-com for anyone who loves a friends to lovers trope. Lizzy, the overachiever lawyer living in L.A. and Jack, the homebody numbers lover living in small town Weldon have been best friends since grade school. Jack has laughed Lizzy for just as long. He never has shared his feelings with her, but once she takes a hiatus from her firm and seeks stay in Weldon, Jack can no longer keep his feelings inside. They both decide to volunteer their time at the local bookstore where feelings start to show themselves more and more. Both must make a choice on where they want their lives to go from there.

Overall, Booked on a Feeling was a fun lighthearted read. I did find myself getting frustrated with both characters, since they both were horrible communicators. I would read another book by Jayci Lee again.

a cute and light rom-com very enjoyable read. i enjoyed the various characters. i was so happy to find this is part of a series. I’m new to this author but not for long. i’m going to go check out some of the others.

Thank you to St. Martin's Press and NetGalley for the years.

Lizzy Chung is an overachiever and aspiring lawyer working towards being a partner in her current firm. But after a panic episode at such a pivotal moment in her career, Lizzy has had no choice but to take inventory of her life.

Listen, I rarely, if ever love the best friends/childhood-friends-to-lovers trope but this was deliciously done. The chemistry between Lizzy and Jack was palpable from the very beginning and I rooted for them immediately. The pining and the angst were done so very well that I could not put this book down. I needed to know if they’ll make it even if I know they would. For someone very smart, they were ridiculously dense when it came to love, but I for one appreciated the push and pull - it made for a very compelling story.

Booked on a Feeling is a cute and light rom-com about paving one's own path and pursuing that thing that sparks joy in us. Jayci delved into hard-hitting topics such as family problems/expectations and accurately portrayed what it is like to be incredibly goal-driven and yet struggle with anxiety and finding where one fits.

I saw myself in Lizzy and there were a lot of aspects in this story that hit home. I related to her a whole lot especially her struggle with wanting to please her family and discovering her own path even if it goes against their wishes and even our own beliefs about ourselves.

I also was not aware that this is part of a series until I finished it and I am absolutely delighted to find out that it is. There were so many wonderful characters in this book that I wanted to learn more about and you can be sure that I will be reading the others. I’m really curious if we are getting an Alex book because his humor and wit stole my heart and I want him to have a HEA as well. Please Jayci, let me have this.

This also happens to be my first book from Jayci Lee and I am HOOKED! I adore her writing and the tension/chemistry of her characters. I’m hoping this will be the case for the rest of her books. I can’t wait to find out!


Asian MCs
Friends/childhood friends to lovers
Miscommunication Trope
Second Chance Romance

Arc review
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Friends to lovers.
Overachieving lawyer FMC and swoon worthy MMC.
Korean-American MCs.

A bit heavy on the law lingo, can make it hard to follow. POV can also be hard to follow especially at the beginning because it switches mid chapter not at each chapter break. FMC is very relatable. Found the MMC’s whole “I’m hot but could never score the girl of my dreams who is clearly into me.” thing kind of annoying but in an endearing way. Took me until about 18% of the way through to get into it but once I got into it I was INTO IT.

This is sort of a fade to black but it does have some pre-spice mixed in and I definitely wouldn’t say it’s clean.

I haven’t read the first two books in this series, and after reading this one, I now NEED to go back and read them! This was just the loveliest friends to lovers story about discovering what you want from life and going after it.

I LOVED Jack and Lizzy, and they KILLED me with the pining! Jack is just the sweetest little golden retriever, and I adored how he cared for Lizzy. It was awesome to watch him fight his insecurities and go after his dreams! Lizzy is such a bad ass, and it was awesome to see the her discover what (and who) made her happy and fulfilled and to stand up to her mom. I loved the anxiety representation in the story, and it was really unique to show someone dealing with anxiety by changing their environment.

This story was swoony and steamy and just overall a delight. I really enjoyed it!

I was given an ARC of this book by NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press. All opinions are my own.