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Red, White & Royal Blue

Casey McQuiston

Start date: July 1, 2019

Finish date: August 31, 2019

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Aug 04, 2019 Hailee rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: bees-shelf, newts-2019, buzzwordathon-2021, fbr-2021

CAWPILE rating: 9.57

Loved this so much. Definitely worth all the hype!!

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Jan 07, 2022 Donnisha Jones rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: library-love-2022, 2022

The characters in this book really shined and made me feel like a part of their world. This was such a happy love story.

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Dec 11, 2020 Loretta rated it it was amazing

Shelves: books-i-own, my-5-star-reads, feminist-romance-is-apparently-a-th, 2020

I walked into this book expecting a sweet and funny diversion. I did get that, but I also got a book that was so hopeful and loving and warm and witty that I was really taken by surprise. It’s a gay romance, mixed in with an interesting, relevant take on politics in the United States, mixed further in with a beautiful look at biological, blended and found families. This book is about educated, literate people written for educated, literate people.

All of the young characters are very privileged a ...more

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Jun 06, 2020 Jennifer Muster rated it it was amazing

I loved this book! It made me laugh, cry, cringe, hold my breath, and jump up and down! Read this book, it really makes you think about what is happening in the world around us.

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Mar 24, 2024 Michelle rated it liked it

Shelves: bee-shelf, read-in-2024

While I appreciate the love wins in the end theme of this book (however delusional it may be), this book was maybe 100 pages too long. I found myself skimming in the end. Even with the added little drama in the last few chapters, we knew how this was going to end.

The characters did not resonate with me. But I find that to be the case with a lot of YA/new adult books. Blame my cold middle aged heart I guess. The "White House Trio" and then the "Super Six" are kind of one-dimensional elite kids th ...more

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Mar 11, 2020 Ashley FL rated it liked it

I wanted to love it, I really did. I started off thinking it was really good and then I ... lost most of my interest. I'm not sure why. It just wasn't for me, I guess. ...more

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