Red, White & Royal Blue: A Novel
* Instant NEW YORK TIMES and USA TODAY bestseller *
* GOODREADS CHOICE AWARD WINNER for BEST DEBUT and BEST ROMANCE of 2019 *
* BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR* for VOGUE, NPR, VANITY FAIR, and more! *
What happens when America's First Son falls in love with the Prince of Wales?
When his mother became President, Alex Claremont-Diaz was promptly cast as the American equivalent of a young royal. Handsome, charismatic, genius—his image is pure millennial-marketing gold for the White House. There's only one problem: Alex has a beef with the actual prince, Henry, across the pond. And when the tabloids get hold of a photo involving an Alex-Henry altercation, U.S./British relations take a turn for the worse.
Heads of family, state, and other handlers devise a plan for damage control: staging a truce between the two rivals. What at first begins as a fake, Instragramable friendship grows deeper, and more dangerous, than either Alex or Henry could have imagined. Soon Alex finds himself hurtling into a secret romance with a surprisingly unstuffy Henry that could derail the campaign and upend two nations and begs the question: Can love save the world after all? Where do we find the courage, and the power, to be the people we are meant to be? And how can we learn to let our true colors shine through? Casey McQuiston's Red, White & Royal Blue proves: true love isn't always diplomatic.
"I took this with me wherever I went and stole every second I had to read! Absorbing, hilarious, tender, sexy—this book had everything I crave. I’m jealous of all the readers out there who still get to experience Red, White & Royal Blue for the first time!" - Christina Lauren, New York Times bestselling author of The Unhoneymooners
"Red, White & Royal Blue is outrageously fun. It is romantic, sexy, witty, and thrilling. I loved every second." - Taylor Jenkins Reid, New York Times bestselling author of Daisy Jones & The Six
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also after reading some other reviews I see critiques of this book pushing Democrats as an idealized perfect group. I acknowledge their point but also you really shouldnât be basing political points off a romance novel so like, itâs fine for me. I get if it takes you out of the immersion but I just sorta looked past all that
Alex is the first son of the current President and Prince Henry is the grandson of the Queen. The two are so polar opposites and they met oh so many years ago. That one singular event caused a rift for Alex and he had decided to just despise Henry. Henry and his pompous ways. Henry and his perfect answers. He even doesnât break a sweat after playing polo! So how did they wind up falling for each other?
I simply adored they went from enemies to âpretendâ friends for the sake of the two countries to avoid an international scandal to lovers. It is a sweet development as you see them slowly getting closer and closer. One of the many things I kept smiling about was how Henry became less rigid in public and even in private. They have to make a sequel about his best friend Pez! He was much too ephemeral for me.
While this is a story of self-discovery and coming out, it also covers his motherâs campaign for trying to get a second term for the presidency. I would say around chapter 13 is when everything really starts to get interesting and heart-pounding. Thatâs when the arc happens.
I give this book a solid 4 as I still canât stop smiling. BTW, I love the âWhite House Trioâ but equally fell in love with the group when they became a group of six, consisting of Pez, June, Prince Henry, Alex, Beatrice, and Nora! Dear Ms. Casey Mcquiston, please have a sequel.
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