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Red, White & Royal Blue

Casey McQuiston

Start date: June 1, 2023

Finish date: June 30, 2023

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May 20, 2020 Maryam rated it really liked it

Shelves: ya, audiobook, romance

Really enjoyed it, review to come.

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Feb 06, 2020 Karlita rated it it was amazing

So. Much. Fun. Had me smiling from the first to the last page. And it sucked me in immediately. Sure, it's a beachy, fun, read but not as light as you'd expect. It has some pretty deep themes about family, duty, tradition, love, and accepting and living your true self. And Casey McQuiston does a great job melding these themes together with great words, awesome characters, a great story among a political backdrop. I loved all the characters and their backstories and personal struggles. The two ma ...more

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Jul 23, 2021 Christina rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: contemp-romance

I think I read this book at the wrong time.
Now, a good love story is timeless, of course. And Alex and Henry have a beautiful love story, with lots of drama and angst and plenty of humor and love letters (in email form, of course). There's an element of found family/friendship in the middle of the whirl of a forbidden romance and a US election cycle. I still had to stretch my credulity in a major way to believe that the two young adult (biracial) children of a sitting US president and the young ...more

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Aug 24, 2019 Jessica McLaren rated it really liked it

Shelves: favorites

4.5 stars!

*Very mild spoiler in here*

Oh, man, this book is so far out of my usual realm! I'm almost a million percent certain this is the first book I've ever purchased out of the romance section. (Thanks to The Book Democracy's August Bingo and its many romance-related prompts!) But, ugh, I needed this book right now. It's kind, funny, sexy, warm-hearted, inclusive, snarky. Once I embraced it, I fell in love with it. And I especially fell in love with Prince Henry, and all of the supporting ch ...more

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Mar 07, 2020 Danielle rated it liked it

Shelves: audiobook, 2020

I wish I could give this a 3.5. I really enjoyed this book but nothing was really surprising and there wasn't much suspense and I had everything figured out so early on that I felt like the last third of the book dragged for me. I did enjoy it and find Henry and Alex been stan-worthy, I think my favourite part was all the historical love letters though. History, huh? ...more

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Nov 06, 2020 SGK rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

This was literally the best week for me to have read this book. So grateful to have this refuge from the very real stress of the 2020 election. I stopped watching the news, abs dived into this.

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