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A review by ditten
You Should Be So Lucky by Cat Sebastian
emotional
funny
hopeful
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
You Should Be So Lucky has me absolutely besotted and in love and so freaking delighted and content. It just made me really, truly happy 💙
"I don’t think I could have a single feeling about you that’s wasted.”
I buddy read the book with Dana and we had the best time! I kept falling even more in love with the book as we discussed it, and I'm so happy to have read it in this way.
You Should Be So Lucky is set in the same world as We Could Be So Good, a couple of years later in 1960. It's a slowburn between baseball player Eddie who unexpectedly gets traded to the New York Robins and reporter Mark (who we met in WCBSG) who finds himself on his paper's sports beat, having to do a series on Eddie.
It's very much opposites attract, Mark's a bit of a prickly semi-feral cat and Eddie's more of golden retriever cinnamon roll. They're both sort of assholes though, and they're also both terribly lonely and dealing with grief in different ways but their jagged edges fit together.
They can't seem to stay away from each other, and it's obvious how fond they become of each other really fast. Mark especially isn't great at opening up but Eddie sees him like no one ever has before, he's way more perceptive than most people give him credit for, and Mark does the same for Eddie. It's the horrifying ordeal of being known and being accepted and loved for everything you are.
"He feels like every part of him is wrapped around Eddie, like they’re tangled up in something dangerous and lovely and terribly, terribly precious."
There's such fantastic character development alongside the exquiste relationship build. Their entire relationship is so sweet, and playful, and soft, and they have fantastic banter that made me laugh out loud several times.
Like with WCBSG, the time period makes being queer incredibly difficult, and being out a non-starter as it's illegal. Both Mark and Eddie struggle with issues relating to this and what it means for them in terms of identity, safety, and happiness, and Cat Sebastian does a great job of portraying this.
"It’s not just the burden of continually lying, it’s keeping your existence a secret. When the world has decided that people are supposed to be a certain way, but you’re living proof to the contrary, then hiding your differences is just helping everybody else erase who you are."
You Should Be So Lucky is such a gorgeous book, it makes me giddy just to think Mark and Eddie, and it was an absolutely fantastic read. I can't recommend it enough.
Thanks to Avon and Netgalley for the ARC. You Should Be So Lucky is out May 7
"I don’t think I could have a single feeling about you that’s wasted.”
I buddy read the book with Dana and we had the best time! I kept falling even more in love with the book as we discussed it, and I'm so happy to have read it in this way.
You Should Be So Lucky is set in the same world as We Could Be So Good, a couple of years later in 1960. It's a slowburn between baseball player Eddie who unexpectedly gets traded to the New York Robins and reporter Mark (who we met in WCBSG) who finds himself on his paper's sports beat, having to do a series on Eddie.
It's very much opposites attract, Mark's a bit of a prickly semi-feral cat and Eddie's more of golden retriever cinnamon roll. They're both sort of assholes though, and they're also both terribly lonely and dealing with grief in different ways but their jagged edges fit together.
They can't seem to stay away from each other, and it's obvious how fond they become of each other really fast. Mark especially isn't great at opening up but Eddie sees him like no one ever has before, he's way more perceptive than most people give him credit for, and Mark does the same for Eddie. It's the horrifying ordeal of being known and being accepted and loved for everything you are.
"He feels like every part of him is wrapped around Eddie, like they’re tangled up in something dangerous and lovely and terribly, terribly precious."
There's such fantastic character development alongside the exquiste relationship build. Their entire relationship is so sweet, and playful, and soft, and they have fantastic banter that made me laugh out loud several times.
Like with WCBSG, the time period makes being queer incredibly difficult, and being out a non-starter as it's illegal. Both Mark and Eddie struggle with issues relating to this and what it means for them in terms of identity, safety, and happiness, and Cat Sebastian does a great job of portraying this.
"It’s not just the burden of continually lying, it’s keeping your existence a secret. When the world has decided that people are supposed to be a certain way, but you’re living proof to the contrary, then hiding your differences is just helping everybody else erase who you are."
You Should Be So Lucky is such a gorgeous book, it makes me giddy just to think Mark and Eddie, and it was an absolutely fantastic read. I can't recommend it enough.
Thanks to Avon and Netgalley for the ARC. You Should Be So Lucky is out May 7