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Booked on a Feeling

(A Sweet Mess #3)

by Jayci Lee

Jayci Lee's romcom Booked on a Feeling features an overachieving lawyer. A failing bookstore. A childhood friend. And the chance of a lifetime…

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.

Lizzy Chung has had really high expectations placed upon herself from her mother and from herself. She has checked off a lot of successful endeavors, even becoming senior counsel in her law firm. But a panic attack in the courtroom has her heading to her hometown to decompress for a bit.

Here she starts hanging out more with her friend Jack Park, who has secretly had a crush on her forever.

While this book had potential and I did enjoy aspects of it, I couldn’t bring myself to fully immerse myself in the book and half-heartedly read/skimmed the latter half of the book. The pacing felt a bit off for me and jumpy at times, and often taking a long time to get there.

Thank you to Netgalley and St. Martin’s Press for the opportunity to read and review this book.

Booked on a Feeling is the first book I read in this series, and it can be read as a standalone. It was sweet and for the most part enjoyable, but I felt like it missed something. The characters were good, especially the side characters, but there were times when the main characters felt forced or overly repetitive. There were also times when I felt the story dragged on. That said the development of the plot was great and so was the growth you saw in the characters themselves. 3.5 stars.