REVIEW: Batting Style by Louisa Masters (Franklin U 2 #3)

BATTING STYLE

Franklin U 2 - Book Three

by Louisa Masters

Release Date: June 21, 2024

Review

Well, I definitely need to read more from Louisa and the Joy Universe. I’m super intrigued to get more.

Jordan is a force of nature. So eager and open. I love how he lives life without abandon. Yes, he lives a privileged life, but his Uncle does an amazing job at making sure he isn’t completely oblivious to it. But it does mean that he doesn’t see money as an obstacle that can’t be overcome.

Blaise on the other hand knows what it’s like to have to work for every dime. He’s a realist, but not bitter about it. What he is, is proud. So as much as he loves Jordan’s eagerness and desire to make life easier, it is a point of tension at times.

They are absolutely lovely together and their story really captures the age and the possibilities that come with it. The emphasis in this was on communication and supporting each other’s dreams.

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Synopsis

Blaise

There are a few things I know for sure: I’m gay, I want to do costume design for film and television, and a supportive family is what other people have. Oh… and fate’s not my biggest fan. That’s fine, though—who needs fate? I’ve got friends I love, a welcoming community, and a plan. Graduate college? Check. Build up my portfolio? Whenever I can. Impress industry pros? Done. Save the money for my dream internship? Working on it. All I’ve gotta do is stick with the plan, and that internship is mine next year.

And then Jordan Marks walks into my life, and my plan turns into a loose guideline. Suddenly I’m learning about baseball and giving away shifts at work so I can watch him play. My goals are the same, but maybe there’s room in them for the world’s sweetest athlete.

Jordan

I’m pretty sure the gods of baseball don’t care if I wear a suit on game day, but Franklin U and Coach do, so when mine rips, replacing it is an urgent mission. That’s how I meet Blaise Warner and my “I guess I could be bi” musings become full-blown “I wanna learn to handle a bat” demands. Blaise is smart, talented, and has goals… and he’s more than happy to teach me a new batting style.

But as we go from casual to more, the things I never mentioned—like my dads’ connections in the entertainment industry—become heavy secrets. Plus, while our friends know we’re dating, nobody else does. That’s not fair to Blaise, but do I really want to be the latest queer college ball player?

I don’t get a chance to figure it all out before things fall apart, and now we both have to decide what our real priorities are.

About Louisa Masters

Louisa Masters started reading romance much earlier than her mother thought she should. While other teenagers were sneaking out of the house, Louisa was sneaking romance novels in and working out how to read them without being discovered. She’s spent most of her life feeling sorry for people who don’t read, convinced that books are the solution to every problem. As an adult, she feeds her addiction in every spare second, only occasionally tearing herself away to do things like answer the phone and pay bills.

Louisa has a long list of places first discovered in books that she wants to visit, and every so often she overcomes her loathing of jet lag and takes a trip that charges her imagination. She lives in Melbourne, Australia, where she whines about the weather for most of the year while secretly admitting she’ll probably never move.

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