Queen B’s Decree: I wholeheartedly adore this book and its characters. Mark—the prickly reporter, just starting to get back to life after losing his partner; and Eddie—the newly-traded, golden retriever baseball player in a slump that Mark is reporting on.
While You Should Be So Lucky is about Mark and Eddie’s gradual fall in love, it felt like so much more. It delves into grief, homophobia, the realities of being queer in the 1960s, and loneliness. At so many times I laughed, I cried, and days later, I can’t stop feeling for these characters. The way they bonded over late night phone calls, reading scary horror stories, walks with Mark’s dog, Lula; I just couldn’t get enough of the minutia of their lives. It just felt so real.
Ugh, now I’m crying again. Basically this story was tender and sweet, broke my heart then put it back together and my dad will be so proud but maybe I like baseball now? I hope Cat Sebastian keeps writing books in this era because I will never stop reading them.
Book: You Should Be So Lucky by Cat Sebastian
Series: Midcentury NYC #2
Genre: Historical
Hotness: mild salsa
Plot Devices/Tropes: friends to lovers, LGBTQ