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Red, White & Royal Blue

Casey McQuiston

Start date: April 30, 2021

Finish date: May 31, 2021

Discussion: BOTM

Discussion leader: Maple

Why we're reading this: It won the May BOTM Poll
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What Members Thought

Jul 01, 2021 alex rated it really liked it

this is the funniest shit i have ever read

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Jul 07, 2021 Marie rated it it was ok

Okay, now let’s talk about this book’s hype. When I originally saw it all over BookTok, I got excited. I checked the reviews right before reading, and of the ones my friends on GoodReads had posted, most were 4-5 stars. I saw a two star, a three star, and a one star. I was very surprised at those. I’m
always surprised to see a big-hype book getting bad reviews.

Thanks to the overhype on BookTok, I was able to enjoy this less because my expectations were pampered and then not received well. That au ...more

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Apr 22, 2021 ♡ Fen ♡ rated it really liked it · review of another edition

First of all: READING VLOG: https://youtu.be/XUYxU9X6urg
2022 update** 4/5 with reflection- I'm honestly growing out of a lot of books I thought I loved so my ratings will be changing from here on out.
Second of all
5/5 fucking stars
This book is everything and I can't put into words how much I love it, this was perfection,

Story: 5/5
A forbidden love between America's first son and the prince of england???
SIGN ME THE FUCK UP.
“You are", he says, "the absolute worst idea I've ever had.”
This story is l ...more

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Feb 05, 2023 Hershey added it

Shelves: ahhhhhhhh, expectations-at-mt-everest, books-i-own, yay-booktok, hype-with-a-capital-h, my-heart-my-heart, lgbtq, dam-i-got-feelings, fluff-puff-and-jam, diversity-bi-ch

firstly, WHERE IS THE GODDAMN OXFORD COMMA
my hands shake, I can't explain, this is just so infuriating

it has reached peak gayness here

"History, huh? Bet we could make some.”

look I'm not complaining at all but this took me so long to finish (I was reading non-stop for 2 days) and like I couldn't get into it as much as I wanted to. So I'm just sitting in the corner of my house in my pajamas being gay and typing this and thinking what the hell is wrong with me?!?!

Other than the excruciating long h ...more

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