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A review by sabs_bookrecs
Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
5.0
*upon re-read. Still amazing but my hatred for 3rd person books has grown over the years so boo for that. Keeping my original rating of 5 stars since that was my first rating.
I am honestly struggling to put this book it to words. It’s the type of book that will make you feel 1000 things at once and nothing I can say will do it justice, but I’m going to try.
The first female president, mixed first kids, LGBTQ representation, a prince of England and the First Son. It’s hard to find books that make you actually laugh out loud and this had me laughing often. At times I was crying happy and sad tears and other times I could not stop smiling. All the cultural/political references were so spot on and I absolutely loved in. It has everyone’s favorite tropes, enemies to lovers, found family, forbidden love, overcoming odds, ugh everything.
The LGBTQ representation was amazing. Alex’s inner monologue is so well written and him realizing his true sexual identity was *chefs kiss*. It was like being in the beautiful bubble of a world with accepting parents, supportive siblings, and happy endings. Alex and Henry’s relationship is honestly one of the best ones I’ve ever read. The author writes love, grief, and every other emotion so perfectly. I literally went out and bought sticky tabs so I could mark all my favorite parts of this book. I stayed up until 2am to finish this and it will forever be one of my go to comfort reads. So happy I read this book and I highly recommend it.
I am honestly struggling to put this book it to words. It’s the type of book that will make you feel 1000 things at once and nothing I can say will do it justice, but I’m going to try.
The first female president, mixed first kids, LGBTQ representation, a prince of England and the First Son. It’s hard to find books that make you actually laugh out loud and this had me laughing often. At times I was crying happy and sad tears and other times I could not stop smiling. All the cultural/political references were so spot on and I absolutely loved in. It has everyone’s favorite tropes, enemies to lovers, found family, forbidden love, overcoming odds, ugh everything.
The LGBTQ representation was amazing. Alex’s inner monologue is so well written and him realizing his true sexual identity was *chefs kiss*. It was like being in the beautiful bubble of a world with accepting parents, supportive siblings, and happy endings. Alex and Henry’s relationship is honestly one of the best ones I’ve ever read. The author writes love, grief, and every other emotion so perfectly. I literally went out and bought sticky tabs so I could mark all my favorite parts of this book. I stayed up until 2am to finish this and it will forever be one of my go to comfort reads. So happy I read this book and I highly recommend it.