A review by _onemorechapter_
You, with a View by Jessica Joyce

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

“A word of advice: if you see a woman who is actually crying, staring at her in bewilderment is a horrible strategy to make her feel better.”

💭 PERFECTLY CUTE SUMMER ROMANCE
After Noelle loses her grandma, the closest person to her, she finds some of her things that indicate she had a romance before her grandpa that she never told Noelle about. Noelle and Gram were each other's keepers of secrets so she’s in shock and needs to find out more.
So she makes a TikTok. And it goes viral. The photo she has of Gram’s college sweetheart. And there is one comment… ‘that’s my grandpa’ that changes everything. 
It has her on a new adventure learning things about her grandma she didn’t know, getting to know Paul (Gram’s guy) and getting to re-know Theo, the high school rival (and grandson). Most importantly, she takes some risks and gets to know herself again.
A letter a day being shared, along with a little game of ‘Tell Me a Secret’, This book will leave you to believe in soulmates, not only relationship-wise but friendship-wise too.
Originally, the cover was what drew me in alongside the name. The colours of the cover intrigue you from the get-go wanting you to take your time to understand what’s taking place and admire the view itself.
You, with a view, cover such an important topic to me that I think always needs awareness; grief. Grief is so individual and this book really shows that everyone goes on such a unique journey.

I really did love all three of the main characters for different reasons.
Firstly, Noelle, I feel like she goes through such a journey to find the truth about her grandma and herself. She is very strong in my eyes and I felt like I could relate to her so much. Her relationship development with Theo was great. I actually really enjoyed Theo's cockiness. There were themes of enemies to lovers and forced proximity which were all really well written out.
The letters between Noelle's grandmother and Paul were a beautiful touch. I must say that I didn't expect the ending of their relationship to be the way it was. Paul was like the glue of this story, he took Noelle in and showed her kindness by going along her journey with her. He seemed to ground Noelle and provided her with a fresh perspective on her situation and past with her grandma.

You, With a View, is a beautiful book made up of all the quintessential summer vibes. This HS enemies to lovers, forced to road trip together in search of a missed romance and a connection to the past, was at times laugh-out-loud funny, at other times quite sad, but heartwarming and utterly charming throughout. I came away from the book thinking how two people can be right for each other, but if for whatever reason it doesn’t work out - that doesn’t mean that they won’t love again, or find true happiness with someone else.
This was beyond a romance and dealt with discovering yourself and careers, getting through life and its weird bumps, and the feeling of self-validation/comparison. I found it so relatable. 
The story is told throughout Noelle’s perspective the entire time which breaks my heart a little as it would’ve made the story EVEN better if it contained the point of view from Theo too. The pacing of the book was good.

In conclusion, this was fantastic and for a debut? Absolutely shocking. It was so well written, the characters were dynamic and felt real, and the plot line was entertaining and fresh. You could have handed me this book and I wouldn’t have known at all that it was a debut novel. Anything written by Jessica Joyce will be snatched up by me, without hesitation, in the future.

Road Trips? CHECK
Excellent spice but also serious depth? CHECK
Grump x Sunshine? CHECK
Long lost love stories to make you cry? CHECK
Forced Proximity? CHECK
Rivals to Lovers? CHECK
One Bed Trope? CHECK
He Falls First? CHECK
Multigenerational Romance? CHECK

𝐏.𝐒 I love the Neolle's family dynamics!                                                                                                                                    🔸𝑴𝒚 𝑹𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
🔸𝑮𝒐𝒐𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒔 𝑹𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈: 4.17 (30361)
🔸𝑮𝒆𝒏𝒓𝒆: Contemporary Romance  
🔸𝑺𝒑𝒊𝒄𝒚: 🔥🔥🔥 
🔸𝑹𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏: Yes!
This was such a great read! Right from the very beginning, I could tell I was going to enjoy it. It combined the dreams of romance and the realities of life in a lovely way.
This was wholesome, heartfelt, HOT, and so adventurous. The touch on grief and the relationships with their grandparents were so pure.

🔸 𝑭𝒂𝒗𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝑸𝒖𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒔:
“Remember nothing lasts forever. You have to hold on to the good things, knowing you may be on borrowed time with them. And with the bad, recognize that eventually it will pass.”

“If there’s one thing I’ve learned, it’s that the more perfect it looks on the outside, the messier that shit is on the inside.”

“Maybe it doesn’t have to be my best to still be enough.”

“It’s fucking rude that he’s so good-looking. It offends me.”

“Are you holding yourself back from your natural inclination to choke me?’
He laughs, incredulous. ‘What?’
‘You always touch my neck when we’re doing things.’
‘Things?’ His hips start moving, too slowly, an unbearable drag.
I groan. ‘Kissing, touching, fucking now.’
His expression softens into something achingly vulnerable. ‘I like feeling your heart beat fast for me.’ A secret was revealed in the middle of our sex. ‘That’s how I know you like me.”

“Hope starts with a seed.”

“You were hers,” he whispers. “So, now you’re mine, too.”

“nothing lasts forever. Maybe these rocks will, but it’s a beautiful and painful reminder that no feeling does, bad or good. No moment or mistake.”

“It’s the power of photography. To capture it and let it live past the subject’s lifetime. To allow someone to look at it years later and smile along with them.”

“It takes him three times as long to admit to his own happiness because he never knew he was allowed to have it.”

“but I look for her everywhere, always.”

“No one loves me like you do, Noelle. I wake up every morning thinking it can’t get better, and then it does.”

“Take heart, you two. Nothing lasts forever.”

“It’s life. Some of it may be painful, but it’s not bad,”

“I’d show it to myself, too, so I could remember this moment. Somehow the choices I’ve made, whether they’ve ended up being good or bad, have all done their fateful work to put me right here for a reason.”

“It took time,” I say finally. “Healing always does,” Paul says. “Remember, nothing lasts forever. You have to hold on to the good things, knowing you may be on borrowed time with them. And with the bad, recognize that eventually it will pass.”