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A review by brennieree33
Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
5.0
"You're never too young to figure out your skills and use them to get shit accomplished."
This book did NOT have the right to make me bawl. But it did. It made me hope for a future for America with a president like Ellen Claremont, a First Family like Alex and June. If anything, that meant more to me than the romance itself, which made me so damn happy I cried. I'm reading every Casey McQuiston book ever. This was so beautiful. I loved every character, every moment.
418 pages
Rep: Mexican, gay, bisexual
- "Straight people, he thinks, probably don't spend this much time convincing themselves they're straight." Alex and I had the same bi awakening holy shit
- "Yes, you preening arse, I've wanted you long enough that I won't have you tease me for another FUCKING second." THAT'S HOT
- "...someone Alex has met in shadows that pass through the way Henry speaks and moves and laughs." I love that concept, that we carry shadows of those who came before us in the way we are.
- "He rolls onto his side and listens, trails the back of his hand across the pillow next to him and imagines Henry laying opposite in his own bed, two parentheses enclosing 3,700 miles." I LOVE that image
- NOT THE POWERPOINT ON DATING/FUCKING HENRY HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
- "Thinking about history makes me wonder how I'll fit into it one day, I guess." Same Alex
- "He wants to match the new freckles across Henry's nose to the stars above him and make him name the constellations." That is so romantic and I adore it
- I wish I had a mom/president like Ellen Claremont
- "[the ring and the house key] two homes side by side." Also, freaking adorable
- "For what it's worth... that is the bravest son of a bitch I've ever met." Henry is so fucking brave. He has so much more to lose than Alex does, and yet he still goes ahead to get what he wants. I feel like that's not acknowledged enough.
- Alex's speech makes me fucking cry. "He is my choice." HOLY SHIT. "History will remember us." Yes, Alex, yes they will.
This book did NOT have the right to make me bawl. But it did. It made me hope for a future for America with a president like Ellen Claremont, a First Family like Alex and June. If anything, that meant more to me than the romance itself, which made me so damn happy I cried. I'm reading every Casey McQuiston book ever. This was so beautiful. I loved every character, every moment.
418 pages
Rep: Mexican, gay, bisexual
- "Straight people, he thinks, probably don't spend this much time convincing themselves they're straight." Alex and I had the same bi awakening holy shit
- "Yes, you preening arse, I've wanted you long enough that I won't have you tease me for another FUCKING second." THAT'S HOT
- "...someone Alex has met in shadows that pass through the way Henry speaks and moves and laughs." I love that concept, that we carry shadows of those who came before us in the way we are.
- "He rolls onto his side and listens, trails the back of his hand across the pillow next to him and imagines Henry laying opposite in his own bed, two parentheses enclosing 3,700 miles." I LOVE that image
- NOT THE POWERPOINT ON DATING/FUCKING HENRY HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
- "Thinking about history makes me wonder how I'll fit into it one day, I guess." Same Alex
- "He wants to match the new freckles across Henry's nose to the stars above him and make him name the constellations." That is so romantic and I adore it
- I wish I had a mom/president like Ellen Claremont
- "[the ring and the house key] two homes side by side." Also, freaking adorable
- "For what it's worth... that is the bravest son of a bitch I've ever met." Henry is so fucking brave. He has so much more to lose than Alex does, and yet he still goes ahead to get what he wants. I feel like that's not acknowledged enough.
- Alex's speech makes me fucking cry. "He is my choice." HOLY SHIT. "History will remember us." Yes, Alex, yes they will.
Content Warnings
Minor: Homophobia