We Could Be So Good: An Emotional Historical Romance with a Heartwarming Friendship, Join Nick and Andy on Their Journey of Love and Acceptance

This book made me smile and laugh out loud, it made me feel warm and fuzzy and it made me tear up. What more can I ask for in a book?! I highlighted almost the entire book and I can’t seem to stop wanting to share all the amazing quotes it hides inside. For now I will just hide away and embrace all these feelings I am feeling right now. So, yes, I guess I owe a review for some time now. I just finished the audio, however, so I thought it was about time I would try to find the words to describe how I feel about this book. Which is A LOT! First of all, the audio was okay-ish I guess. I wasn't sure the narration of Joel Leslie would work for me, but I desperately wanted to re-read and since my time was limited, the audio seemed the right solution. It was just okay. The story itself? I might love it even more after reading it again. There's so much I want to say about how much I love it, but I don't think I am able to find the right words to explain it properly. I only wished for another narrator. Joel Leslie and I used to go well, but lately we don't gel that well anymore. I don't like the way he portrays women, he makes them all sound like they are well in their 80's when most of them are young and vivid. Here I also didn't like how he made Andy and Nick sound like they came from the British countryside instead of them living in Brooklyn, NYC. Even when Andy comes from a money background, he should not sound like this. With one of the characters named Nick Russo, I really…

I loved Nick and Andy, and the emotional arc hit really well - the progression of their relationship was great. I also really liked the supporting cast, and how those relationships evolve. However, I don't think the book really succeeds as historical fiction. Despite including lots of well-researched facts and events, the word choices and syntax of both the dialogue and narration were very modern. I kept hitting a detail like subway tokens and going, "Oh yeah, this is supposed to be 1958, I completely forgot it wasn't contemporary." There were so many places where I was wondering if some word or phrase would have been used in the 50s, and there were lots of jokes and sentence structures that were hard to imagine being used by someone who doesn't live in the age of twitter. In general, Cat Sebastian doesn't seem to care as much about replicating historical speech patterns as some other authors I have read, but none of her other books have thrown me to this extent, so I'm wondering if there was a missing step in the editorial process. I found it distracting enough to knock it down at least one star, but I am sure other readers will love the story enough not to care.

I loved this story from start to finish . Life in those days so well written & yes those were scarey times , I lived them always looking over your shoulder for a cop to trap you . My first Cat book & wont be my last . What I really liked is when they had sex - wasn’t graphic & you used your imagination !!! Ya gotta love the cat at the window !!! How far we’ve come !!! 💜

Loved the book. You really get into the characters and can feel all the emotions. Great story line. Highly recommend!

5 ⭐️ 1.5🌶️ This is a core memory if I’ve ever had one. Nick and Andy will live in a cozy part of my brain, rent free of course, for life. The premise: Nick is a city desk reporter and Andy is the son of that same paper’s publisher and the heir apparent. They have the cutest meet cute but it leads to nothing. They spend a year being BFF’s (and maybe some pining 🤷🏻‍♀️) until an event lands Andy in Nick’s spare room. From there revelations are made, relationships are formed, and characters grow. Nick is (rightfully) terrified at the thought of being assumed, found out, or suspected of being queer. He does everything in his power to keep himself safe and becomes paranoid to a fault. Gradually, he finds that while the society he is in is not accepting, there are people within it that are. This book is an incredibly realistic look at the struggles of queer men in the 1950’s/1960’s. Still recovering from a war, McCarthyism, and actively living in a civil rights movement, the environment is not ideal to say the least. My thoughts: Whew. This was a slow burn romance with mostly vague/closed door spice. Friends to lovers in an era where lovers of this kind can’t exist. Secret relationship. Hurt/comfort. Swoony love. It was just great. Rarely do I read a book and think “I wouldn’t change a thing.” This book changed that. Honestly, read it. If you’re looking for the push, here it is. Read it. Okay, bye.