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You Should Be So Lucky
by Cat Sebastian
A sensitive, sweet, and sexy queer sports romance?! This one is a gem!
It’s 1960 and journalist Mark Bailey is adrift. He lives in his late partner’s apartment with his dog, Lula, and begrudgingly writes about arts for the New York Chronicle. Right now, though, the biggest story in the city is about sports, specifically Eddie O’Leary, the new short-stop for The New York Robins baseball team.
Eddie’s angry. He’s in a horrible slump and isn’t happy about being uprooted to play on a team that has the worst record in baseball. He mouths off about his new team and is iced out by his teammates. To boost Eddie’s reputation and to sell papers, Mark agrees to write a weekly diary in Eddie’s voice.
As their working relationship grows over dinners and drinks, these two men start to form a deep friendship, which slowly turns romantic. Both eventually come out to each other, and question whether they can even have a serious relationship. Mid-century America and the public spotlight that’s on Eddie seem to make any real relationship all but impossible. Plus, Mark has no interest in living as someone’s secret, which he had to do in his previous relationship.
I loved the care Cat took in exploring the time in which this queer love story takes place; it never seems “teachy” but instead is a legitimate concern for Eddie and Mark’s HEA. The way each character changes as they get closer and closer—and how each helps the other grow—is so realistic and entertaining. I was thrilled with the baseball talk, too! Eddie and Mark’s sweet romance is one to savor. I adored it.
It’s 1960 and journalist Mark Bailey is adrift. He lives in his late partner’s apartment with his dog, Lula, and begrudgingly writes about arts for the New York Chronicle. Right now, though, the biggest story in the city is about sports, specifically Eddie O’Leary, the new short-stop for The New York Robins baseball team.
Eddie’s angry. He’s in a horrible slump and isn’t happy about being uprooted to play on a team that has the worst record in baseball. He mouths off about his new team and is iced out by his teammates. To boost Eddie’s reputation and to sell papers, Mark agrees to write a weekly diary in Eddie’s voice.
As their working relationship grows over dinners and drinks, these two men start to form a deep friendship, which slowly turns romantic. Both eventually come out to each other, and question whether they can even have a serious relationship. Mid-century America and the public spotlight that’s on Eddie seem to make any real relationship all but impossible. Plus, Mark has no interest in living as someone’s secret, which he had to do in his previous relationship.
I loved the care Cat took in exploring the time in which this queer love story takes place; it never seems “teachy” but instead is a legitimate concern for Eddie and Mark’s HEA. The way each character changes as they get closer and closer—and how each helps the other grow—is so realistic and entertaining. I was thrilled with the baseball talk, too! Eddie and Mark’s sweet romance is one to savor. I adored it.