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Red, White & Royal Blue

Casey McQuiston

Start date: June 1, 2021

Finish date: June 30, 2021

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Jun 18, 2020 Amy rated it really liked it

“To every person in search of somewhere to belong who happened to pick up this book, I hope you found a place in here, even if just for a few pages. You are loved. I wrote this for you. Keep fighting, keep making history, keep looking after one another.”
― Casey McQuiston, Red, White & Royal Blue

Throughout the journey, Casey penned a tale of finding love where you'd least expect it. What started out as hatred was disguised as sexual tension. When the President's son and Prince of England met each ...more

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Jan 28, 2020 Renuka rated it it was amazing

Shelves: romance, lgbtqa, 2020-favorites

Umm hello, why did I wait so long to read this. The hype is real. Not only is the entirety of this thing filled with swoon-worthy moments and all my favorite tropes/cliches, but it is also pretty dang original. It sounds like a future of a world I really wouldn't mind living in. ...more

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Dec 18, 2021 Red The Book Nerd rated it really liked it

How to start... How... to.... start....
Let's start off with a 5/5
I started off really enjoying this book. I loved Alex and Henry's banter and their initial attraction. I appreciate what they had to go through in order to be together, especially a royal. We're still at 5/5.

Then there were pages upon pages upon pages of professions of love for each other that I've never experienced before in other books of this nature... nor in visual media, etc... It went a little overboard. Minus one star for m ...more

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Feb 09, 2020 Gigi rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Oh this was the perfect salve to my angsty, bruised, heartbroken and worried soul. Yes it’s a sappy romance with some “yeah I could see that coming” plot lines but it embodies the hope we are all craving. It’s what we all know in our heart of hearts we want for our future...and I am SO HERE FOR IT. I sat and tore through the last 30% of this book openly sobbing at my daughters swim meet. It’s beautiful. It’s the American Dream we all believe in. Please God make it one of our 2020 wishes come tru ...more

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Jun 16, 2025 Niki McDowell rated it really liked it

Shelves: books-i-own

I feel like a lot of similar stories revolve around two people; one of means and status, and the other from a more middle class station in life, so I appreciated that this one was different.

The story is set around the relationship that begins to develop between the Prince of Wales and the son of the President of the United States. Though enemies at the start, they adorably fall for each other and have to work through the navigation of their public personas, combined with the expectations of the ...more

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Dec 02, 2021 Christie rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: library, audio

This is one of those books that I am just so happy that I picked up. I am so happy that has graced my ears and my mine. It was just incredible. I have to say that with the audio version I laughed every time they read the text message thread, those that have read it will understand. It was so current and forward thinking with a female president and with a highlight on LBGTQ and not only in the main characters but in some satellite characters as well. It showed relationships of all types and some ...more

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Jan 30, 2020 Jenifer Jacobs rated it really liked it

Not my typical genre, but it won the Goodreads 2019 award so I went for it. Very sweet love story. Mostly, I just wanted to escape into the world of 2016-2020 in this book instead of the years we are actually living...

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