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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I think more people need to read this beautiful book.
I’m personally not a huge fan of political topics in my leisurely reading, but to me, the main topics in this book shouldn’t be a political issue... it should be human nature to accept everyone.
P.S. Any book that calls Mitch McConnell, “Bitch McConnell,” gets an A in my book! (For those unfamiliar, he’s a Majority Leader from my state.) Although “Majority Leader” is a title he holds, I think “Repressed-Old-Fart-Who-Hates-Everyone-Who-Isn’t-A-White-Male-And-Has-A-Huge-Part-In-Ruining-The-American-Government” has a nicer ring to it. Also. He looks like a turtle.
While there are some laugh-out-loud moments, most of the writing seemed rather superficial and juvenile. It was the weirdest mix of pseudo-fan fiction & fantasy playing out in a contemporary setting. I feel it would have worked better for me if all the characters and political figures were fictional. Instead, we're in some alternate reality where President Claremont succeeded from Obama but the Royal family has been led by Queen Mary for 47 years and the next in line (Henry's mother) was married to an action star?? If that can be fictionalized, why couldn't the scope of the American background be entirely fictionalized as well? It just didn't work for me. Also, Harry, sorry Henry, is like...4th in line to the throne and they're scandalized by his actions while the next in line was married to an actor? Seemed a little silly to me.
The excerpts from historical love letters was a nice touch and my favourite thing from the book.
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