Red, White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston

Red, White & Royal Blue

By Casey McQuiston

  • Release Date: 2019-05-14
  • Genre: LGBTQIA+ Romance
Score: 4.5
4.5
From 6,097 Ratings

Description

* Instant NEW YORK TIMES and USA TODAY bestseller *
* GOODREADS CHOICE AWARD WINNER for BEST DEBUT and BEST ROMANCE of 2019 *

* BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR* for VOGUE, NPR, VANITY FAIR, and more! *

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.

"I took this with me wherever I went and stole every second I had to read! Absorbing, hilarious, tender, sexy—this book had everything I crave. I’m jealous of all the readers out there who still get to experience Red, White & Royal Blue for the first time!" - Christina Lauren, New York Times bestselling author of The Unhoneymooners


"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

Reviews

  • book vs. movie

    5
    By Jeffreyt93
    the movie is such a poor representation of how amazing this book is. if you haven’t seen the movie i hope you choose not to and just read this story and fall in love with the characters and not the actors who didn’t represent the characters well in my opinion. but this book made my heart explode the first time i read it. finally a gay love story that just has a happy ending and not some tragic breakup or whatever crisis always seems to be written. it’s the prince and prince story i’ve always dreamed of.
  • Just Perfect

    5
    By Rcanno
    As a gay man who has always struggled with identity and always felt the need to conform to norms because it was the only way I knew. This was the book I needed. A little bit of real politics and the sweetest love story. In my opinion this is a masterpiece! I’m actually sad I finished it so quick.
  • 10/10🖤❤️🖤❤️

    5
    By Harleyyyy😘
    10/10 definitely recommend! Watched the movie first unfortunately but even with prior knowledge this paints such a cute story. Better than the movie by far! My new favorite book ❤️❤️
  • Wonderful read!

    5
    By Swimmtrav
    Thoroughly enjoyed reading this book! So many good twists and turns in a good way! Look forward to and hope for a second book about Alex and Henry!
  • Loved

    5
    By JakeRura
    I really didn’t want to read this and I’m so glad I did. Definitely shed some tears, especially at the end. I wasn’t ready for the ending and the vivid description of Austin, TX at night. Made me think about my time in the city and the experiences I have had with dating here. I thought the writing was great and very engaging and wasn’t too over the top with the lovey-dovey language. 10/10 would recommend.
  • Gay Rom-Com Done Right

    3
    By Jamion3
    3.5 Charming main leads help propel this rom com to new heights of representation
  • A bit slow in the middle

    3
    By OGDaveDawg
    I did enjoyed this book….but oh my god….it peaked then stayed stagnant for so long. I got so bored with it towards the middle but I made it through. Do I regret reading this? No. Will I read it again? Probably not
  • Changed my life…

    5
    By brendanbitler13
    Nothing else I can really say but that this is one of the best books I’ve ever read!! It literally changed my life and has stayed with me longer than any other book I’ve read!
  • great book!!

    5
    By emilyhannah33
    one of the best books i’ve ever read, casey mcquiston is one of my favorite authors ever and she does a great job introducing and making you fall in love with the characters in her books. would recommend reading this as well as her other novel “the last stop”.
  • Cheesy good and romantic

    4
    By ᖇOᗯYᑎᑎ
    This books biggest criticism i hear is definitely how dramatic and exaggerated and inaccurate this plot is to which I remind (or inform) readers that this was originally fan fiction for the movie Social Network… so like take it easy. I think it’s also important to remind reader that it’s ok to have a sort of unrealistic crazy dramatic story. the message is clear, the characters are well written so why not be cute and fluffy and funny about it? I think this book is a total rom com (the new movie only proves this more) and it’s a great slightly steamy fun read. (i think it’s also an important style of writing and tone of book for queer audiences who are constantly either underrepresented or shown in only tragic negative ways. queer people deserve just as much relatively simple cute fluffy romance stories as straight people. Not all of us are great big tragedy’s