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Red, White & Royal Blue

By: Casey McQuiston
Narrated by: Ramon de Ocampo
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Summary

* Instant New York Times and USA Today bestseller *

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

Alex Claremont-Diaz is handsome, charismatic, a genius--pure millennial-marketing gold for the White House ever since his mother first became President of the United States. There’s only one problem. When the tabloids get hold of a photo involving an altercation between Alex and Prince Henry, U.S./British relations take a turn for the worse.

Heads of family and state devise a plan for damage control: stage a truce. But what begins as a fake, Instagrammable friendship grows deeper, and more dangerous, than either Alex or Henry could have imagined. Soon they are hurtling into a secret romance that could derail the presidential campaign and upend two nations.

'Red, White & Royal Blue is outrageously fun. It is romantic, sexy, witty, and thrilling. I loved every second.' - Taylor Jenkins Reid, New York Times bestselling author of Daisy Jones & The Six

©2019 Casey McQuiston (P)2022 Macmillan Publishers International Limited
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  • Categories: LGBTQ+

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"Red, White & Royal Blue is outrageously fun. It is romantic, sexy, witty and thrilling. I loved every second." (Taylor Jenkins Reid, New York Times best-selling author of Daisy Jones & The Six)

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Couldn’t finish it

I gave up half way through, something I don’t often do, but I just couldn’t take cringing through the rest of the book. Too political, too much uncomfortable smut and didn’t care for any of the characters.

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Very UScentric

Story was fine, a few mistakes with royal etiquette but that can be overlooked since the whole thing screams USA. The prince is a supporting character, the whole thing revolves around Alex and his family and friends in the US and its clear that this was not written with a British audience in mind, which is fine, but thought I may have enjoyed it more if the characters were given equal page time and background.

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Doesn't live up to the hype

This book went viral on my social media a while back so I thought I'd see what all the fuss was about. Unfortunately it was absolute rubbish. I don't expect a book like this to be hugely realistic but there were a few things in it that showed it was very clearly written by an American who had very little understand of the United Kingdom, referring at one point to 'the Prince of England' like the rest of Britain and the UK doesn't exist. It was small things like that the ruined my enjoyment quite a bit along with the fairly predictable story line. Definitely doesn't live up to the hype.

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Romance with important message

It took a fair share of chapters to grab interest in the story. I almost returned it because of that. I'm quite glad I didn't.
The love story would not have this much impact without the context of the world we live in.
I cried. Twice.
But not so much for a couple, so for the hope that one day this HEA could've happened. Hope for a more tolerant and open-minded world.

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The 1st son and the prince...a thing?

The idea for a book - is good. Interesting. The bad thing was that the author showed a lack of knowledge about royalty or British royalty. There were a few unrealistic things. The chemistry between Alex and Henry is pretty good. The chapters are a bit too long.

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Great storyline but overtly politically biased

Great story plot, love the drama and passion....

But is scattered through with extreme anti-western and anti-conservative propaganda. Insinuates that all conservatives just don't know what's best for them and that the USA and Britain were 'genocidal empires'... spare me

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Brilliant story

One of my favourites, great story with ups and downs but overall very sweet and well written

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One of my favourite reads!

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I love Alex & Henry’s relationship! The book has mental illness, POC & LGBTQIA+ rep!

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Waving my flag for this one

Recommended by a friend and I'm not disappointed at all. Finished listening and restarted immediately. Totally loved it although it isn't as steamy as my usual listen.

I'd recommend for every romance lover, and have already

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Fun and entertaining

I dont usually go for books in this genre but I found it super enjoyable! Narrator’s delivery of certain parts of the book had me genuinely laughing out loud as I was walking around in public, so while I’m now mortified from how embarrassing that was, it definitely made this story way more engaging!

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Amazing

This is the 15th time I've listened to this book and I'll keep coming back to it. I absolutely adore it.