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A review by taylersimon22
Booked on a Feeling by Jayci Lee
3.0
You can’t help but to fall in love with a romance set in a bookstore! Booked on a Feeling is a Hallmark, feel-good movie without the holiday and with people of color at the center. A super cute reminder to pursue what you love, whether that is a person or a passion.
I didn’t know that this was part of a series, but it’s part of a series in that you see cameos of characters from other books mentioned. If I had read the previous books, they would be a nice shoutout, but even though I didn’t read the previous books, I didn’t think that took away from my experience.
And of course we have to talk about the level of spice for this one! Don’t let the cutesy cover fool you, the intimate scenes in this one are super hot. Caution if you are listening to this audiobook in public because you will blush.
Despite the level of spice, I love me a wholesome best friends to lovers trope. It just feels so good not to have to cringe at toxic relationship dynamics being glorified. Lizzie and Jack were so good to each other, so good for each other. Friends to lovers felt like a natural transition for them.
I recently saw a TikTok about the difference between authors of color writing books for people who share the same culture as them and books for white readers. The main difference is how different aspects of culture are explained. Are they over-explained in a way that feels alienating to the reader with the shared culture, or do they normalize culture? Booked on a Feeling felt very Korean American in that Korean culture didn’t overly saturate the story in a way that felt fetishizing, but the culture also wasn’t completely erased, whitewashing the characters.
Overall, I would recommend this cute read for the beach or as a palate cleanser between heavier reading material. Or even if you just enjoy cute romances!
I didn’t know that this was part of a series, but it’s part of a series in that you see cameos of characters from other books mentioned. If I had read the previous books, they would be a nice shoutout, but even though I didn’t read the previous books, I didn’t think that took away from my experience.
And of course we have to talk about the level of spice for this one! Don’t let the cutesy cover fool you, the intimate scenes in this one are super hot. Caution if you are listening to this audiobook in public because you will blush.
Despite the level of spice, I love me a wholesome best friends to lovers trope. It just feels so good not to have to cringe at toxic relationship dynamics being glorified. Lizzie and Jack were so good to each other, so good for each other. Friends to lovers felt like a natural transition for them.
I recently saw a TikTok about the difference between authors of color writing books for people who share the same culture as them and books for white readers. The main difference is how different aspects of culture are explained. Are they over-explained in a way that feels alienating to the reader with the shared culture, or do they normalize culture? Booked on a Feeling felt very Korean American in that Korean culture didn’t overly saturate the story in a way that felt fetishizing, but the culture also wasn’t completely erased, whitewashing the characters.
Overall, I would recommend this cute read for the beach or as a palate cleanser between heavier reading material. Or even if you just enjoy cute romances!