This was like a vacation in a book! I loved the road-trip Romcom, the grandpa, discovering a part of your grandmother you never knew & enemies to lovers trope.

You With A View by Jessica Joyce is her debut novel. Noelle Shepherd is currently not employed, living with her parents, and is struggling with the loss of her grandmother. She finds a letter from her grandmother from another man who was not her grandmother and the adventure begins. Theo is Noelle’s high school nemesis who happens to be the grandson of the unknown man.

This was an enjoyable read. The characters were interesting and had good chemistry and banter. I loved the road trip. I appreciated how the author dealt with the deep parts of grief in the story in such a thoughtful realistic way. It was great to see the characters change and grow throughout the story.

You With A View is a solid romance with thoughtful themes of accepting who you are and becoming who you were meant to be. I recommend.
I was given a copy and not required to write a positive review.

Thank you to the publisher for the gifted copy.

I heard a lot of good things about this book, and it didn't disappoint. It was another book where the main character is dealing with grief, and her growth and journey throughout the book focused a lot on that.

Noelle's grandma recently passed, and in her belongings, Noelle finds a love letter and some photos from a man that is not her grandfather. She posts a video on TikTok trying to find the man, and someone responds saying it's his grandfather. They make plans to meet and turns out that the man is named Paul and his grandson is Noelle's high school nemesis, Theo.

Turns out Paul and Noelle's grandma had plans to elope and go on a road trip honeymoon. Noelle decides she wants to take that trip, and Paul and Theo go along with her. Use your imagination about what happens next.

I really loved the banter between Noelle and Theo, and their chemistry was smoking hot.

I will definitely read more by this author. 4.5 stars

Whatever the secret sauce* for contemporary romance is, Jessica Joyce has got. it. I loved this book from start to finish, and when I tell you it’s for the Speak Now girlies… it’s like if there was a mashup of I Can See You and Timeless and it *worked*

I feel like I just fell in love AND road tripped through states I’ve never even been to. What a journey, and what a treat!

*the secret sauce is when the book makes you Feel Things™️ because real feelings inspired by fake people is the cornerstone of romance, thanks for coming to my TEDTalk

this book was the one i needed at this point in my life! not only is it the road trip romance of my dreams; it healed a piece of my heart in its pages. the way grief is handled with such patience and quiet care felt like a warm hug💓

Noelle and Theo's love story is filled with chemistry and witty banter, but also so much growth and self-exploration individually and together. if you like a former academic rivals to lovers moment, they are gonna be it for you! the flirting disguised as roasting, the calling each other by their last names?! also, these characters are for the AP/honors students who have a fear of failure as adults and that hit a little too close to home!

there are elements of forced proximity, found family, and a meddling grandparent, which for me was a recipe for success. there are also letters throughout, and the last one in particular had me in tears. this is an absolute must read for the summer!

*thank you to Berkley & netgalley for the ARC and free finished copy!

What an enjoyable read! Heartbreak, learning to live with grief, finding yourself and your happiness this book is so much more than a romcom. The banter however is spot on. I loved their spirits and Theo’s grandad was my absolute favorite. I enjoyed how the author navigated showing both Theo and Noelle’s growth with their work lives and their relationship. I will say the one thing that got to me was something Theo said in their argument (you’ll know it when you read it) but other than that I really enjoyed it!

I enjoyed this book. It is told entirely from Noelle's point of view, as she is reeling from the death of her beloved grandmother and desperately trying to find her footing after losing her job and having to move back in with her parents. She finds herself on a roadtrip with Paul, her late grandmother's first love, and his grandson Theo, who also happens to be her high school nemesis. Noelle must find a way to endure Theo's company, discover the secrets of her grandmother's past, and rediscover who she is.
Noelle was very relatable and the descriptions of the scenery in the book were very well done. I liked the relationship between Theo and Noelle and the way it grew and developed. I feel like they really depended upon each other in high school a lot more than they realized. I had a little trouble with the big inevitable fight at the end--I really thought that Noelle was being a bit harsh and hypocritical. But she soon realized she was acting that way, so that definitely helped.
I would recommend this book if you enjoy contemporary romance and will probably read another book by this author.

I started this one and it was okay, but it didn't really draw me in.... it didn't feel romantic enough, the romance felt secondary to the other story. I made it about 15% but just didn't feel very invested.

You, With A View gets 5 stars from me! Jessica Joyce nailed this story about second chance romances, walks down memory lane, creating new starts, and reigniting your self-confidence.

Noelle's life is pretty dim. She's living at home with her parents and her mother is hovering. She's uncertain about her direction in life and worst of all, she's grieving the loss of her best friend/grandmother.

When Noelle discovers her grandma had a love story she knew nothing about, she types up a post and asks the internet to help her find this man. Noelle’s desperate for anything to keep her grandma feeling close.

An unexpected reply launches Noelle on an adventure to learn about the life her grandmother had before she was even a twinkle in her parents eye. The only catch? The man happens to be the grandparent of her grande school “nemesis”.

Read You, With A View if you’re into:
Second Chance Romance
Starting Over
Forced Proximity
Wanderlust
A Walk Down Memory Lane

A huge thank you to Berkley Romance and PRH Audio for granting me access to this title!!

A book that deals with grief in a positive, even sexy way? Yes please! Loved everything about this book and have been recommending it to all of my friends. Loved all the tropes (enemies to lovers, only one bed! Yes!) and how well it all was written. Jessica Joyce hit it out of the park with You, with a View and I can't wait to see what she writes next.

Don't you just love it when one of your most highly anticipated books lives up to all the promise and more?! Especially when the author is such a sweetheart? (You have NO idea how grateful I am to you for sending me an ARC, Jessica!)

I read this back in February and have not been able to stop thinking about it since. Hands down a new all time favorite!

Jessica's writing absolutely crackles off the page and the forced proximity, high school rivals to lovers romance is the best example of every trope and microtrope it represents. I am so obsessed.

The way Jessica writes Noelle and Theo's physical awareness of each other is just magical. I highlighted SO many passages and every time I see her post an excerpt it makes me want to do a reread. This isn't the most explicit book but it's just so steamy and tender and ridiculously hot. If you like the roasting as flirting trope this is absolutely the book for you. The banter and chemistry is off. the. charts.

This book is also a beautiful exploration of grief, finding your purpose in life after loss, and multigenerational friendship. (Paul is the most adorable matchmaking surrogate grandpa to Noelle!)

Plus, it's set on a road trip through the national parks, one of my favorite pastimes! (Although sadly I've never had a Theo along for the ride.)

If you only read one contemporary romance this year, make it this one. It's unbelievable to me that this is a debut and I'm already dying for whatever Jessica writes next. (Hint: it's second chance and I need it now.)

You, With a View is out now and I'm so jealous of everyone who still gets to read it for the first time!

Thank you SO much Jessica and Berkley for the review copy.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

𝙏𝙬𝙤 𝙝𝙞𝙜𝙝 𝙨𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙡 𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙢𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙢𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙧𝙚𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙖 𝙧𝙤𝙖𝙙 𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙥 𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙥𝙞𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨’ 𝙗𝙧𝙤𝙠𝙚𝙣 𝙚𝙣𝙜𝙖𝙜𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙘 𝙙𝙚𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙧𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚.

📍 Read if you like:
• Enemies/Rivals To Lovers
• One Bed Trope
• Love Letters
• Traveling/Road Trips

I have found a new all-time favorite romance, I finished this last night and I can’t stop thinking about it - I’m completely obsessed! 🤩

I had the pleasure of buddy reading this and we both absolutely loved this book. I’m honestly amazed this is a debut novel, it was so well written and I connected to the story & characters early on.

I honestly couldn’t put this book down 😴 I was engaged from page one to the very end, these characters - Noelle, Theo, and Grandpa Paul - had me grinning the whole time.

Let’s honestly talk more about Theo cause oh man 😅, the banter between both chapters was beautiful and heartwarming. There’s a enemies/rivalry from early on, but the way he talked about Noelle was so wholesome.

There’s a lot of traveling ✈️ with a road trip 🧳 in this book, and I have never wanted to travel more in my life until after finishing this book. Theo’s grandpa, Paul, had a passion for traveling. Also the love letters 💌 Noelle’s grandma left behind had me sobbing! 😭

I felt the immediate chemistry 🧪 from these characters, and oh man, this cover absolutely threw me off - it’s cute and all, but I was not expecting those scenes 🥵😏

I absolutely adored this book, it’s going down as a favorite romance for me 💘 everything about it was perfect. And that ENDING!! It was so beautifully wrapped up, I cried happy tears 🥹 didn’t want it to end 😭

This was a brilliant debut novel with love letters, traveling, lovable characters, one bed, and spice 😝🥰🤗😱 definitely go check this one out!

Thank you so much NetGalley for the eARC and Berkley Romance for the free physical book in exchange for my honest review!

•𝗧𝗪/𝗖𝗪: Grief and Sexual Content

Everything about this book was perfect. I loved every single second. The former academic rivals was so well done and added so much to their individual characters arcs as they both struggled with the idea of who they used to be and failing to live up to their own expectations. They complimented each other so well and having that shared past was so integral to who they are and who’d they become. I love them. I love them. I love them. Noelle felt so real and genuine and het struggles so authentic. Theo was so hot and sweet and charming and charismatic. Their banter could sustain me for dayyyyyyys, it was perfect. “last names as a form of foreplay” is my new favorite trope. Not to mention the surprisingly deep and profound depiction of grief interwoven perfectly with a hot, funny, lively road-trip-with-your-former-rival-and-his-sweet-old-grandpa backdrop. I love romance books that address grief and this has the perfect balance of humor and seriousness, so accurately capturing the grieving process as life moves on all around you and you keep finding yourself sucked into random pockets of profound, overwhelming sadness at the most unexpected times. I wasn’t prepared to cry over this cute little rom-com. They were sad tears but also healing tears. And I’m so glad this book exists to explore the concepts it does so expertly. Overall this is a masterpiece. The characters, the chemistry, the setting, the dialogue, the themes, the emotions. Everything was so well done and I’ll be thinking about them for a long long time.

From the very first page, I was hooked! This book took me on an emotional rollercoaster that I didn't want to end. It follows Noelle, who finds herself back at her parents' house, feeling lost and jobless. But a viral TikTok leads her to discover a long-lost love of her late grandmother and a connection with Paul, her high school rival, Theo’s grandfather. Talk about a twist of fate! 🙀💖
The emotions in this book are beautifully written. I laughed, I cried, and I felt every single moment deep in my heart. Noelle's journey of grief, self-discovery, and belief in herself resonated with me on a profound level. Witnessing her delve into her grandmother's past and finding herself along the way was truly heartwarming. 👵💫
And Theo's transformation! From being consumed by work and strained relationships, he realizes the true meaning of life — traveling, family, and embracing every moment. With Noelle's support, he grows in ways that had me cheering him on. 🌍🌟
"You With A View" ranks among my all-time favorite romance reads. It stirred up emotions in me like "The Notebook" did as a teenager, captivating me with the power of love. Jessica Joyce's writing is pure magic. The characters feel real, and their journeys have touched my soul. This book deserves all the praise and more. ⭐📚
If you love romance, this is a must-read! It tugs at your heartstrings, leaving you with a renewed belief in love and self-discovery. "You With A View" is an absolute gem that I can't recommend enough. Prepare to be swept away on an unforgettable journey! 🌟💖📖

Im an instant Jessica Joyce fan for life after reading this book! The plot, the banter, the feels, the spice, the drama… YWAV has it all!! I rooted for these bickering angels throughout the journey, and LOVED the grandpa’s quiet scheming. I’d follow these characters anywhere.

"𝘐 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘦𝘹𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘥. 𝘕𝘰𝘵 𝘧𝘪𝘹𝘦𝘥, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳. 𝘓𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘐'𝘮 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘮 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴, 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴, 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴. 𝘓𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵, 𝘪𝘧 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘥𝘮𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘰𝘬𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦, 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘳𝘺, 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘧 𝘪𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘐 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵."

Y'all. I'm going to have a book hangover from this one for awhile. This is the first book in awhile that had be in tears towards the end.

I had all the feelings. Like ALL of them. And I wish I could give this book a million stars.

It had everything you need in a romance book:
• Road trip and adventure
• Spice and that slow burn
• Witty comebacks
• Family and found family
• Travel photography
• Finding your path
• Grief, loss and moving on
• High school nemesis to Lovers
• Forced proximity/one bed

I'll just be over here, curled up in a ball, trying to get over this masterpiece of a book ❤

Thank you to @berkleyromance and @netgalley for the advanced copy of this book in exchange for this review!
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You, With a View by Jessica Joyce follows Noelle, who has recently lost her beloved grandmother, and is still struggling with her grief. When she moves back in with her parents after losing her job, Noelle comes across several decades-old photos of her grandmother and a man who was definitely not Noelle’s grandfather. Tucked in with the photos is a love letter. Noelle becomes obsessed with finding out who this mystery man is and uses the photos and the letter to create a TikTok video in hopes of someone recognizing him. To her shock and amazement, her video goes viral and the grandson of the man in the photos reaches out to her. Noelle is even more shocked when they meet up and the grandson turns out to be Theo, her old high school arch nemesis!

The story had my emotions all over the place because even though I was heartbroken for Noelle as she mourned the loss of her grandmother, I truly laughed out loud as soon as she and Theo reignited their old rivalry. It’s so obvious they have feelings for one another no matter how hard they try to pretend otherwise, so it was a lot of fun watching them finally realize it for themselves. I love a good enemies to lovers story and this one was fantastic!

As much as I loved watching Noelle and Theo and their evolving relationship though, it was Theo’s grandfather Paul who truly grabbed me by the heartstrings. He can see how much Noelle is hurting and offers to show her even more photos of her grandmother and tell her the story of their relationship and how they were planning to elope. When they find an old roadmap of a honeymoon trip Paul and Noelle’s grandmother had planned but never took, Noelle, Paul, and Theo all decide to go on the road trip together.

If you’ve followed my reviews for a while now, you know I love to read road trip stories and this is one of the best ones I’ve ever read. It has plenty of road trip shenanigans that kept me laughing my way through the pages, but it’s also just such a wonderful bonding experience for Noelle, Theo, and Paul. Paul continues to share the story of his relationship with Noelle’s grandmother, this time sharing letters that she had written him. I thought it was beautiful watching that relationship unfold at the same time that we’re watching Noelle and Theo realize their own feelings for one another. For those who like steam in their romance reads, there’s a bit of that as well.

You, With a View is one of the best debut novels I’ve read in a long time. I honestly selected it to read because I loved the cover, but I was truly blown away by the depth of the story inside. It’s one of those wonderful books that will make you laugh, make you cry, and will just wrap you up in a warm hug. I think this one is going to stick with me for a long time.

The road trip romance that stole my heart! This was an absolute delight and the chemistry was off the chart. Noelle and Theo were so great and I loved their banter and getting to spend all that time with them. The ending was spectacular and I thoroughly enjoyed the way photographs were used to continue telling their own stories.

This great enemies-to-lovers rom com made me laugh and smirk at the great one-liners thrown at each other. Heavier topics, such as grief and self-love, were also present and added a level of vulnerability and depth to the characters. My heart ached for Noelle missing her grandmother.

Yet, it was the generational relationship takeaways that put this book over the top. Such great reminders that relationships take work and actions speak louder than words.

And if you need a few more reasons to read, there is road-tripping to National Parks on my bucket list (including Angels Landing in Zion) and the best fictional, matchmaking grandpa! ​​​​​

Thank you to @netgalley and @berkleyromance for the advance copy. It published on Tuesday!

Noelle Shepherd’s life isn’t quite going how she had hoped: she’s unemployed, living with her parents, and grieving the loss of her grandmother. As she’s going through her grandmother’s things, she discovers a decades-old photo of her grandmother with an unknown man and a love letter. She creates a TikTok to find this mystery man and much to her surprise, it goes viral and the man’s grandson responds. Turns out that her grandmother was in love with her high school enemy, Theo’s, grandfather!

Noelle meets Theo’s grandfather Paul and learns that her grandmother and Paul were planning on eloping. She decides to take their honeymoon road-trip they had been planned but had never taken place. Paul asks to come with her and insists that Theo join them.

Other tension between Noelle and Theo simmers as the trip goes on and eventually they both give in to the temptation, until Noelle learns of a secret Theo is keeping that has the potential to ruin any relationship they may have.

My thoughts:

I love this book so much! The relationships between grandparent and grandchild were so sweet and really added depth to the plot. There was so much steam between Noelle and Theo and the third-act breakup we all know is coming actually had some real-ness behind it.

I can’t recommend this book enough and it is definitely one of the best books of the summer!

You’ll enjoy this if you like:
• road trips
• enemies to lovers
• one-bed
• witty banter
• sweet multi-generational relationships

Thank you to NetGalley for the digital copy. My review is voluntary and honest.