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Red, White & Royal Blue
by Casey McQuiston
This was so unbelievably amazing and I'm so mad at myself that it took me this long to finally read it!. Red, White & Royal Blue put me in such a good mood, it was such a delight to read! I don't ever re-read books but I could totally see myself picking this up a second time if I was ever in need of a guaranteed pick me up
So what's going on here?
Red, White & Royal Blue is an unlikely love story between the son of the president of the United States and the prince of Wales. It follows Alex as he navigates US politics, helping his mother with her upcoming reelection campaign, and trying to decide which path in life to take. He believes he has it all figured out, until he accidentally throws the biggest asshole he has ever met, who just happens to be the prince of Wales, into a $75,000 wedding cake at the royal wedding. This causes a huge publicity stink on both sides of the pond, an in order to save face face the two are forced to pretend that they're actually best friends, which would be easy if they didn't hate each other. What starts as a begrudging hang out turns into casual texting, then to late night calls about a deep fear of turkeys, and eventually turns into something resembling friendship. At least, Alex thinks it's friendship, since he has always believed himself to be straight. What follows is a heartwarming tale of figuring out who you are, the lengths one will go to for their family, and the overall message that true love will stop at nothing.
What I loved
This was without a doubt one of the best book I've ever read. I'm fairly new to the adult romance genre, but I genuinely couldn't imagine a better way to tell this story. Everything from the witty banter, the pining, the longing, the slow burn, the steamy scenes, and watching these two warm up to each other just had be absolutely melting. I really love that this had heavy focus on family too, which I'm finding is pretty rare in romance novels. I really don't have a way to describe the amount of joy this gave me, it really is everything that I could possibly want in a romance. I'll be recommending this book to people for yeeeeears, it's so good! Red, White, & Royal Blue had me literally laughing out loud and smiling at my phone multiple times, it made me so so very happy
What I didn't love
I actually can't think of anything that I disliked with this book. I'm sure I could find something if I thought about it hard enough, but I don't really want to do that. I just want to sit and enjoy this unrestrained happiness
Overall thoughts
Please just do yourself a favour and read this. Just do it. Please.
So what's going on here?
Red, White & Royal Blue is an unlikely love story between the son of the president of the United States and the prince of Wales. It follows Alex as he navigates US politics, helping his mother with her upcoming reelection campaign, and trying to decide which path in life to take. He believes he has it all figured out, until he accidentally throws the biggest asshole he has ever met, who just happens to be the prince of Wales, into a $75,000 wedding cake at the royal wedding. This causes a huge publicity stink on both sides of the pond, an in order to save face face the two are forced to pretend that they're actually best friends, which would be easy if they didn't hate each other. What starts as a begrudging hang out turns into casual texting, then to late night calls about a deep fear of turkeys, and eventually turns into something resembling friendship. At least, Alex thinks it's friendship, since he has always believed himself to be straight. What follows is a heartwarming tale of figuring out who you are, the lengths one will go to for their family, and the overall message that true love will stop at nothing.
What I loved
This was without a doubt one of the best book I've ever read. I'm fairly new to the adult romance genre, but I genuinely couldn't imagine a better way to tell this story. Everything from the witty banter, the pining, the longing, the slow burn, the steamy scenes, and watching these two warm up to each other just had be absolutely melting. I really love that this had heavy focus on family too, which I'm finding is pretty rare in romance novels. I really don't have a way to describe the amount of joy this gave me, it really is everything that I could possibly want in a romance. I'll be recommending this book to people for yeeeeears, it's so good! Red, White, & Royal Blue had me literally laughing out loud and smiling at my phone multiple times, it made me so so very happy
What I didn't love
I actually can't think of anything that I disliked with this book. I'm sure I could find something if I thought about it hard enough, but I don't really want to do that. I just want to sit and enjoy this unrestrained happiness
Overall thoughts
Please just do yourself a favour and read this. Just do it. Please.