The Overbooked Society discussion

Here we can discuss our July BOTM Red White and Royal Blue

Ty wrote: "Here we can discuss our July BOTM Red White and Royal Blue"

I love this book and can't wait to read it for the third time again!

I started reading today and omg

Ikr

OMG RED WHITE AND ROYAL BLUE YESYESYES

HOW HAVE I NOT SEEN THIS THREAD ??

also very random but i got my “haven’t read for a few years now” friend to read it… and she just had a breakdown because of this book right before her therapy session

I DONT KNOW BUT THAT BOOK IS EVERYTHING

i have no idea what to say but… i guess that’s the power of RW&RB XD

I stayed up late to look at rw&rb memes on tumblr :)

Its soooooo good

I LOVE alex and henry so much I cant even write anything

i just finished it today! here's my review <33
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

angelina wrote: "i just finished it today! here's my review <33
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."

arghhhh it is sooo good

I been looking at fan art of rw and rb ..it’s some spicy stuff

Ciara wrote: "I been looking at fan art of rw and rb ..it’s some spicy stuff"

it most certainly is

OMG EVERYWHERE I GO RED WHITE AND ROYAL BLUE IS SOLD OUT AND I WANNA BUY IT FROM THESE CERTAIN BOOKSTORES SO I CAN GET POINTS ON MY CARDS SO IM WAITING TILL IT COMES IN STOCK

I've already read it thrice or I might have read it again (I will re-read it again but not now).

Jods wrote: "OMG EVERYWHERE I GO RED WHITE AND ROYAL BLUE IS SOLD OUT AND I WANNA BUY IT FROM THESE CERTAIN BOOKSTORES SO I CAN GET POINTS ON MY CARDS SO IM WAITING TILL IT COMES IN STOCK"

NOOOOOOOOO

Mary wrote: "My review…. I’m soryyyy

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4..."

Finally, someone with a same opinion !

I..didn’t like the novel ..at least not as much as I expected to, and I was sooo excited. For me, it wasn’t the question of ‘whether it was worth the hype or not ?’, Rather, it is ‘whether it meets my expectations or not ?’
And it doesn’t.

The very first problem I have with it is the relationship development which had a rushed enemies to friends and a kinda cute (but still quick ! ) friends to lovers relationship, which is disappointing because I hoped for a moderate paced enemies to lovers relationship.

I was also hoping for a bit more political drama (not the US election drama), personal identity struggles, relationship problems, obstacles to their romance, self-questioning and stuff like that. And to some extent , it does provide that but unfortunately I felt like the problems either got solved too quickly or had a fairly easy solution.

The novel does have its enjoyable moments and I do believe that the Alex and Henry have good chemistry and scenes together. But I think in the end, Red, white and royal blue was a decent romance that unfortunately weigh more towards a fairytale romance than a complicated Shakespeare-style romance I was hoping for.

I can see why people like it but I obviously don’t think the same.
I’m not gonna give it below 3 stars though because I feel like it was personal disconnection rather than an actual bad novel.