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Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
3.0

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I am so sad. I wanted to love this but I just thought it was okay. I was on the fence for SO long because I didn’t know if I would like all the politics. I was right. There is so much politics and campaign talk that it just bored me. I enjoyed a lot of the characters. I found myself actually liking a lot of the supporting characters than the main. I really would love to know more about Zahra and her fiance. I loved her so much. I think she had most of the LOL moments. I found Alex to be a bit self-indulgent at times. Most of this book was how Henry would fit into his life and not the other way around. Where was the compromise? Henry is royalty! Not just a random person on the street. I normally love an enemies to lovers trope but I didn’t really feel that here. I felt like it was just zapped out so fast. I wanted more of that banter but they fell just too fast. I also found it really predictable. Ugh, I enjoyed it and it was cute but not a love for me. Sorry guys!