Booked on a Feeling tells the story on Lizzy who is a successful lawyer living in LA, except she feels no sense of joy from her success. Instead she feels anxiety and pressure. After winning a big case, she decides to take a break and move to the small town of Weldon where her best friend Jack lives to get some R and R before heading back for her next big lawyering case! The plot goes on to tell a romantic tale of friends to lovers.

Now if you are like me and have read all of the other books in the Sweet Mess series, then you may remember Jack as the brother of Tara. He helps run the family brewery. I will also note that Aubrey and Tara make appearances in this book as well. All books in the series are standalone, but they are all so good so please read them all!! Actually read all of Jayci Lee's books. They are so heartwarming and sweet and I would do anything to move to the town of Weldon. The perfect small mountain town!

Overall, a very cute story and well-written. I mean who doesn't like a book about bookstores! Highly recommend.

Dnf at 30%
I really wanted to love this book but I couldn’t it just felt really slow and. I couldn’t deal with that

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Lizzy is the typical overachiever, working at a law-firm in Los Angeles, fast-tracked to partner. This is everything Lizzy wants, right? Maybe not. After passing out in her first trial, she takes some time off work to visit her best friend in the world. One she arrives in Weldon, a charming town several hours from Los Angeles, she is finally able to breathe. Her time in Weldon is a bit more exciting than Lizzy had originally intended, when she starts to realize just how cute her best friend, Jack is.

Such a cute romcom! Absolutely adored the characters, and Lizzy's love of bookstores. It was an added benefit to read the details of fixing up the bookstore in Weldon!

Thanks to Netgalley for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Booked On a Feeling by Jayci Lee
Pub date 7/26

Friends ➡️ lovers 👫🏻

This is the story of Lizzy Chung and Jack Park. She’s a lawyer in LA and he is working at his family’s brewery four hours away. Lizzy decides to take some time off work and hang out with her best friend for a while. Little did she know that so much more would happen.

This story had it all, from being friends to escalating to lovers, to a fight that ended things and then ultimately going back to each other. I was genuinely intrigued throughout the story but thought it could’ve used a little more excitement, which is why I chose to give it 4/5 🌟

This review will be published to both my Instagram blog @manas_library and on my attached goodreads account.

Review will be posted on 4/28/22 at 12:30pm EST.

💕 ARC Book Review💕

Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martins Press for a digital ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Booked On A Feeling by Jayci Lee
Rating: 4.7 ⭐️

This was an adorable friends to lovers romance. One of my favorite tropes so I was super excited to read this book!

What to expect:
💕 Friends-to-Lovers
💕 Korean Culture
💕 Bookstore Love
💕 Just the right amount of spice
💕 It’s always been you
💕 MC deals with Anxiety

Synopsis:

Lizzy, a hardworking lawyer on her way to get partner at her firm, just won her first case. But afterwards she is happy but not as happy or excited as she should feel. Realizing she is burnt out and needs a vacation, Lizzy heads to Weldon. A small town outside of LA where her best friend Jack lives.

Jack currently lives and in Weldon working at his family’s brewery. Jack loves working there and loves his family but it’s not what he wants to do for the rest of his life. He is up for a job in LA, which would put him in the same city as his best friend Lizzy, who he may or may not be in love with.

When Lizzy surprises Jack and comes to Weldon for three weeks, they both realize their feelings and decide to go on a trial run.

I don’t want to give any spoilers for the end of the book, but, if you love cute friends to lovers romance this book is totally for you!

💕Pub Date: Jul 26th 2022💕

4.5/5⭐️

This book was seriously adorable!! Our main character Lizzy is an attorney in LA, working hard to make partner and live up to her mother’s expectations. Like so many people, she struggles with anxiety and panic attacks. Deciding that she finally deserves a break, she heads to Weldon for a three week vacation which also just happens to be where her childhood best friend (who’s been in love with her since he was 10) Jack lives. In these three weeks, Lizzy learns so much about herself, her best friend, and what she truly wants in life. I love Lizzy’s character; I can see so much of myself in her and I found her to be incredibly relatable. I also was such a sucker for Jack! Best friends to lovers is always such a cute troupe to read. This book made me smile, blush, giggle; it’s definitely a book I’d recommend to my friends and one I would read again!

Thank you NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for this ARC in exchange for an honest review! And thank you to @authorjaycilee for writing such a cute, sexy story!

Unfortunately this book fell flat to me. I didnt really connect to either character. I had a hard time believing Jack was a 30yr old man as he acted more like a teenager. Burnt our lawyer goes back home reads like a hallmark movie but unfortunately this didnt have the depth or the charm i look for in a rom com.

✨Book Review - Booked on a Feeling by Jayci Lee✨

Here’s another book for you to add to your TBR list. It’s not out yet but will be available July 26.

Successful lawyer, Lizzie Chung, is living her best life in LA, until she has a panic attack in court and decides to head to Weldon for a few weeks to regroup. Jack Park, bookkeeper at his family’s brewery and Lizzie’s best friend, is more than excited to spend the time with her. Especially because he’s been harboring feelings for her since they were kids. He doesn’t want to ruin their friendship but as they spend more time together, it becomes harder to ignore the feelings. Should he take his shot?

Such a cute book. Cheesy? Yes. Cliche? Yes. But, I rooted for Lizzie and Jack. They were cute and while many issues could have been avoided, it was still a sweet and easy read. It made me think of Hallmark movies; childhood friends to lovers trope, small town setting, awkward moments. If you need a lighthearted book, this is a good one.

Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️STARS

Thank you NetGalley and St Martin Press for this ARC of Booked on a Feeling!

I first want to say I know you aren’t supposed to judge a book by it’s cover but this one is so cute I immediately want to read it!

This was a cute and easy read about life, love and navigating burnout within our careers. Both characters struggle with this during the book and I think this is a great topic to cover because it makes the story more believable!

I love that Lizzy and Jack find happiness in the end!

Eeeek! This book was VERY good. It follows Lizzy, an attorney whose goal to become a partner at the firm she works at seems to be coming up quickly! When she suffers a panic attack during an important-for-her trial, she decides to take a three week break to collect herself. She goes to the hometown of her best friend, Jack. While there, Lizzy takes on a project with the owner of the apartment she is staying in who happens to also own a bookstore beneath the apartment. The project in question? Give the bookstore the update it deserves. Lizzy is able to rope Jack into helping her with this project, and after spending day after day together, the two best friends really have to look at the friendship they have and if there is something more.

I think Lizzy and Jack romance was really quite sweet. The love and care they have in their hearts for each other is obvious as soon as you read the way in which they talk about each other. This value they both hold for their friendship definitely proves to be a massive hill to climb over when it comes to them finally acting on the feelings that both of them are harbouring for each other, but when they finally DO act on them... pure chemistry! Their friendship turns into a romance that is passionate, goofy, and downright adorable.

This book DOES contain a classic miscommunication storyline, but I think that it's justified. Lizzy is finally taking a plunge into waters unknown to her - the sea of "this is not what my parents planned for me." Meanwhile, Jack is ALSO taking a plunge and doing something for himself that he worries will upset his family. Both Lizzy and Jack seem nervous to voice their fears and feelings, which is VALID considering it concerns such major life changes, and make plans behind each others backs. Lizzy's plan takes her from Los Angeles to Jack's current small hometown where Lizzy can explore who she is and be closer to Jack, or so she thinks... All while Jack formulates a plan to leave his hometown and go to Los Angeles where he gets a new job and hopes to be near Lizzy. In an effort to not spoil the book and the rest of the storyline, these decision that Lizzy and Jack make lead them to a lot of self-discovery, which I think was so beneficial to their characters.

Overall, I really like how this story unfolded. Lizzy and Jack were both so sweet and very likeable, so it was easy as pie to root for them and their relationship. It was only after reading this book that I realized there are two books BEFORE this one about side characters involved in the story, so here I come book one and two!

Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for the ARC!

A cute and cozy friends-to-lovers story. Lizzy and Jack have been friends for twenty years, she is an attorney in LA and Jack is a bookkeeper for his family’s brewery in small-town Weldon. When a panic attack threatens everything Lizzy knows, she decides to take 3 weeks off work and spend them in Weldon.

Lizzy and Jack decide to help a local bookstore revamp its image, here they fall in lust (and insta-love) with one another. Unfortunately, their romance didn’t fully do it for me. I love friends-to-lovers, but the problem I had was that they knew each other so well that I felt like the author decided not to do much character building. They both fell a bit flat for me.

I also am not a big fan of the miscommunication trope (even though I feel that most romances do this) and I think the issue could have been easily settled.

One thing I did love was how they portrayed the characters as not knowing EXACTLY what they wanted to be in life, which is so relatable. 30 is still young and you can still make changes in your life, nothing has to be set in stone.

Ultimately, Booked on a Feeling was still a cute and quick read. I loved the bookstore backdrop and I want to read infinitely more books from that perspective. I will also seek out the author’s other books because it was still enjoyable even if it wasn’t the best romance I’ve ever read.

3.5 stars.

4/5 stars
A cute, humorous, cozy, read and I enjoyed the writing. A bookstore being revamped, Korean culture representation ,friends to lovers/miscommunication trope, and enjoyable POV’s from each of the main characters.

The romance over all was super sweet however there were moments of either being too quick and glazing over things or slow with the character developments. I wish there was more backstory to how their friendship came to be because they were such likable characters. Overall recommend if you’re looking for a cute and quick romance read.

I really enjoyed this book! I loved reading about a lawyer who felt out of sorts with her career, and the love interest feeling the same way! Their struggles were relatable and felt honest, and so did their slow burn relationship. At no point, while reading the book, did I think their relationship was rushed/rang false.

I also really enjoyed how *attractive* Lee made Jack sound, and how *steamy his and Lizzie's relationship was.

Lizzy & Jack, Lizzy & Jack, Lizzy & Jack!! This story is about lawyer and overachiever Lizzy and childhood friend and maybe more Jack. I’m personally always a fan of a book that has bookish themes, and this novel certainly reaffirms the magic and joy of small bookshops, independent bookstores, and being a book lover!

I honestly love when authors write about characters experiencing burnout, navigating expectations versus reality, and finding the real joys in life. Lizzy seems to be a perfect example of this reality that many people face when transitioning and growing in adulthood.

I personally haven’t read the other books in this series, but Booked on a Feeling made me want to read more! If you like friends to lovers with a “grow through what you go through” mentality, this book is for you.

I’m grateful to have received this ARC from NetGalley and look forward to seeing more peoples’ reactions and reviews this summer!

Y’all know I’m not usually a friends to lovers type of gal but I can make an exception. Jack and Lizzy made me wish I was a bit nicer to the guys in middle school 😩

What it’s got:
🎀 Friends to Lovers
🎀 Korean Representation
🎀 The iconic “No dad, I’m giving up YOUR dream” but remixed
🎀 Mature and Self Aware Characters
🎀 Also iconic, “If you love something, set it free. If it’s meant to be, it will come back to you” but not remixed
🎀 Existential Crisis/Burn Out
🎀 Small town bookstore makeoverrr

What I really liked about this book was how relatable it was, especially for 20/30 somethings who aren’t sure whether they’re following the right career path or not. This becomes even more difficult with parental influence, especially for first gen immigrant kids who want to make their parents happy since they sacrificed so much to come to the U.S. but also at what cost??

I do wish that more happened in the plot. The first 40% of the book was a bit slow and I felt that some of the dialogue between the MCs were childish? Their thought processes seemed weirdly immature for 30 year olds.

I do think I’ll pick up another Jayci Lee book after this ☺️

I absolutely adored this book! It reminded me so much of love and other words but we got to see so much more of their relationship! Jack and lizzy have my heart and are the kind of characters that make you feel warm and gushy on the inside. I will definitely recommend this book!

If your enjoy friends to lovers trope, you will enjoy this one. This is my first book from Jayci, but I’m excited to check her other books out. I love that you get a bit of second chance romance in the mix too. It was a light and sweet read. I love the cover too so chances are, I’m getting a hard copy as well.

I really enjoyed this book! It had me hooked from the first chapter, and kept me on my toes the entire time! I fell in love with the characters and the romance!

Thank you NetGalley for this eARC!
My feelings about this one are complicated. Booked on a Feeling does include a beloved trope, Friends to Lovers- a plus. It also involves being super into indie bookstores and craft beer- also a plus. The overall story line was great... but. I think this came down to a matter of personal preference for writing style. I just wasn't into the overly descriptive style. A couple times I even thought 'show, don't tell!'
I'm sure other people will adore this book, it just wasn't for me.

I loved this book, I loved being back in Weldon! I really enjoy the way Jayci Lee writes. Lizzy and Jack have been best friends for twenty years, and Jack has loved her for every single one of them. Lizzy is trying to get on track to be partner at her law firm, after five years of working hard, she’s finally realizing how hard she’s been working. She needs a break from LA, from work, from everything. So she goes to Weldon for a couple of weeks since Jack is there and she’s always loved that town. Jack works at his family’s brewery, which is his twin brother and their sisters dream come true. Not Jack’s, he just feels helpful enough to make people happy, but not himself. but now with Lizzy in town he gets to spend real time with her, and she’s helping out the local bookstore owner so of course he is helping them both out. They quickly realize they have feeling for each other, but they keep things pretty surface level, and don’t talk about the future.

I love friends to lovers so so much. They both clearly cared for the other deeply, romantically and non romantically. They had very similar story arcs which I liked! They were just kind of going in opposite directions?! It was so good to see them both going for things they wanted. They were both finally finding their place and what actually made them happy. I didn’t like that they kept everything a secret from the other one. They never clued in the one person that was sort of crucial to their plans! But once everything was said and done and figured out it was pretty great. And the epilogue was SO GOOD. I’m hoping there are still more books to come, I’d love a story about Shannon and maybe Alex???? Together??? Or even separate!? Either way I’ll read anything and everything Jayci Lee writes!

I received this ARC in exchange for an honest receive from NetGalley and St Martin’s Press! It comes out July 26th, and I’m so excited for everyone to read it!!