You Should Be So Lucky by Cat Sebastian

TL;DR: A slow, sweet story that sneaks under your skin. I was shocked by how much I loved this at the end.
Source: NetGalley, thank you so much to the publisher!

Plot: Eddie has lost his swing and Mark is the reporter tasked with covering his first year as a Robins – and then of course, feelings happen.
Characters: Cat Sebastian has a gift for making me love the secondary characters as much as the primary, I really enjoyed this. And there is a great dog here.
Setting: The setting was solid, but nothing too intense or stand out-ish.
Romance: The chemistry between these two was definitely more of a slow and sweet burn, so if you’re in for hot, heavy, and fast this is a skip.

Thoughts:

Cat Sebastian wrote some of the first queer romances I’d ever read and I’ve been a fan since. You Should Be So Lucky is her newest release and she continues to hit a home runs. This is the story of Eddie and Mark. Eddie is a newly traded player to the Robins, and has seemingly lost his game winning swing as a batter. Mark is the reporter assigned to follow him and write a column for the local paper talking about Eddie’s day to day. The book follows both Eddie’s work to recover his swing and the slow burn between Mark and Eddie.

This was a such a sneaky little book. It takes place over a long period of time, the ‘parts’ divided into months as the the two learn to work and love in the restraints of the time when being queer. The bulk of the story is very focused on their life and the lives around them. That’s what ultimately sold me on this. The story was sweet and it was lovely but the lives of the characters around them really made it rich. The story does focus on being a softer, cozier story but we get hints and notes of the tensions and rules of the time.

The only real issue I can foresee for a lot of readers is the slow pace and Cat’s slightly choppy style. Both of these things made the book a slower paced story for me but it was well worth it in the end. A bonus is the fact that there is an adorable, very lovable dog. So +100 points that don’t matter for that.

5 out of 5 golden key holders