A review by medino
Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

once again, i am in awe of casey mcquinston’s words. i saw so much of myself in alex. on the surface: a half-mexican, half white, generational texan native, bisexual, democrat. internally: a young person chasing dreams while also learning how to accept change in dreams. to be able to read a book while in their ancestral homeland that connected so deeply to me taught me so much about the value of home. what that means. how to navigate it in the fog of uncertainty. i saw so much of myself in henry: feeling so deeply and so intensely while never letting anyone see it either and waiting for the right person to unlock them. 

to read about a book where the character feels alone while slowly remembering/building their own community as i do the same will forever have a special place in my heart. to read about having faith in my fellow texans and knowing that should our people be provided with support, we’d, “prove those bastards wrong”. falling in love with queer stories will always be so special to me. falling in love with this queer story with stay with me forever. 

when queer stories are remembered in history, i hope red, white, and royal blue is there too. history, huh?