'Red, White and Royal Blue' Book Review #21

I use to read gay fanfictions all the time on Wattpad which revolved around two members of a popular boyband called One Direction. This is Casey McQuiston's debut novel and it slammed the charts! Here is a synopsis from Goodreads:

"What happens when America's First Son falls in love with the Prince of Wales?

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."

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I have been eyeing this book for awhile since joining Bookstagram. Then I ended up winning it in a giveaway hosted by some popular book club pages. Finally, a couple days ago, I picked it up and devoured it.

This book has the perfect amount of fluffy love, family problems, mental health issues, gayness and politics in it. It's truly wonderful.

Alex Claremont, the First Son of America, is absolutely full of sass and love. If I am to be completely honest, when I was reading about his character, I felt as if I was reading about Louis Tomlinson. I absolutely loved it. Now, Henry, the Prince of Wales, was much more quiet, kept to himself but whenever he spoke, it felt like you were listening to exotic poetry. It reminded me tremendously of Harry Styles. Overall, I felt like this was a Larry Stylinson fan fictions and I loved every single bit of it.

Ellen Claremont was not my favorite character in the beginning. Maybe because of the way she talked to him, but I'm sure that was normal to Alex but to me, I was like, what the hell? Anyways, after Alex and Henry's secret romantic relationship somehow became exposed, and Ellen put her job/career/reputation on the line right before the presidential campaign just so her son could be happy with the way he is, I loved her. Mom goals one-hundred percent.

Henry's grandma, however, the Queen, made me want to punch her in the face. Oh, my god. I really don't like people who live in the past and can't accept that things are changing and not everyone is going to agree with you. It honestly bothers me. This world and society is always going to advance right before our eyes and there will forever be people who can't handle that concept. Also, people judging others by their sexual preference irritates the hell out of me. Those people literally aren't bothering you. They're living your life as you're living yours.

This book is great for learning some politics, I've learned. I'm almost twenty years old and I don't really understand politics. Reading this book helped me out a lot thought! Casey did wonderful explaining everything.

I recommend everyone to read this book because it's simply amazing!