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Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
5.0
Red, White & Royal Blue is so cute and charming. The kind of romance that has you blushing and kicking up your heels and obsessing over it. It’s a fake relationship, enemies to lovers, and forbidden romance all rolled into one.
I confess that TikTok made me read it. My fyp flooded with people talking about how much they loved this book right before the movie came out. My curiosity won out and I bought the book fully prepared for it to be overhyped. It wasn’t. This might be my favorite romance of the year.
There’s so much character and charisma coming off these pages. The book is from Alex’s POV, but both boys are charmingly smart-mouthed and the banter between them is top-notch. Watching them go from enemies to reluctant acquaintances, to frienemies, to friends, to lovers with every text, call, and email is everything. And then when the angst hits? oh boy. I was so invested, I was wiping the tears from my face.
The supporting characters are just as fun, quick-witted, and charismatic. June, Alex’s older sister, obsessed with gossip mags, but desperate to use her journalism degree for something bigger. Nora, granddaughter of the VP, sassy and smart, with a photographic memory. They make up the “White House Trio” and I love them. Also notable is Henry’s older sister Bea, a princess with her own not-so-squeaky-clean past who’s willing to do anything for her brother and always has his back.
There are a few spicy scenes and they are very well-written, long, detailed, and drawn out. They are also semi-explicit, so it’s more about how it feels and less explicitly saying what goes where.
I loved this book. I adored it. It’s definitely in the re-read pile of go-to comfort books. Casey McQuiston is a new author to me, but you can bet the next time I see her name on a book, I’m putting it in my cart.
I confess that TikTok made me read it. My fyp flooded with people talking about how much they loved this book right before the movie came out. My curiosity won out and I bought the book fully prepared for it to be overhyped. It wasn’t. This might be my favorite romance of the year.
There’s so much character and charisma coming off these pages. The book is from Alex’s POV, but both boys are charmingly smart-mouthed and the banter between them is top-notch. Watching them go from enemies to reluctant acquaintances, to frienemies, to friends, to lovers with every text, call, and email is everything. And then when the angst hits? oh boy. I was so invested, I was wiping the tears from my face.
The supporting characters are just as fun, quick-witted, and charismatic. June, Alex’s older sister, obsessed with gossip mags, but desperate to use her journalism degree for something bigger. Nora, granddaughter of the VP, sassy and smart, with a photographic memory. They make up the “White House Trio” and I love them. Also notable is Henry’s older sister Bea, a princess with her own not-so-squeaky-clean past who’s willing to do anything for her brother and always has his back.
There are a few spicy scenes and they are very well-written, long, detailed, and drawn out. They are also semi-explicit, so it’s more about how it feels and less explicitly saying what goes where.
I loved this book. I adored it. It’s definitely in the re-read pile of go-to comfort books. Casey McQuiston is a new author to me, but you can bet the next time I see her name on a book, I’m putting it in my cart.