I realized that I haven’t been posting as much as I said I would. I have had time to read, just not as much time recently to write the reviews. I’m also adding three reviews today to make up for lost time. Something that might help is that from now on I will continue to include the Goodreads summaries of books instead of my own to make them more efficient and save time writing.
Goodreads Summary:
When his mother became President, Alex Claremont-Diaz was promptly cast as the American equivalent of a young royal. Handsome, charismatic, genius—his image is pure millennial-marketing gold for the White House. There’s only one problem: Alex has a beef with the actual prince, Henry, across the pond. And when the tabloids get hold of a photo involving an Alex-Henry altercation, U.S./British relations take a turn for the worse.
Heads of family, state, and other handlers devise a plan for damage control: staging a truce between the two rivals. What at first begins as a fake, Instragramable friendship grows deeper, and more dangerous, than either Alex or Henry could have imagined. Soon Alex finds himself hurtling into a secret romance with a surprisingly unstuffy Henry that could derail the campaign and upend two nations and begs the question: Can love save the world after all? Where do we find the courage, and the power, to be the people we are meant to be? And how can we learn to let our true colors shine through? Casey McQuiston’s Red, White & Royal Blue proves: true love isn’t always diplomatic.
My Review:
It’s not a secret to anyone I know that I don’t like romance novels. This mainly has to do with the fact that I don’t like romance dominating plot unless the romance is the plot (or it’s my OTP). Keeping that in mind, I loved this book. I had initially added this to my TBR list because of a comparison between it and the All For the Game series by Nora Sakavic, which I did also enjoy (but I wouldn’t necessarily recommend it to everyone).
Red, White & Royal Blue is a great realistic fiction novel that portrays diverse and realistic characters. At some points, you don’t know who to love or hate. This book completely toyed with my emotions throughout the entire day that it took me to read it. It isn’t a quick read, but I went headfirst into this book and I wish there had been more. My main note would be along those lines: that I wish there was some sort of bonus short story or the book was even longer.
I don’t read a lot of romance novels besides the obvious ones that most people have: Twilight, Serpent & Dove, A Court of Thorns and Roses, etc. Overall, I liked Red, White & Royal Blue better than most of the others that I’ve read because it contained some of my favorite tropes. I think most people love a good “Enemies-to-Lovers” dynamic, especially paired with a secret relationship. I would recommend this book to anybody who enjoys LGBTQ+ romance novels or even realistic fiction in general. Small note: it is rated new adult.
Overall, I would give this book…
⭐⭐⭐⭐.5/⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐.
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