Red, White & Royal Blue: A Royally Romantic Enemies to Lovers Bestseller
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Casey McQuiston’s instant New York Times and USA Today bestseller. Now a Prime Original movie starring Nicholas Galitzine, Taylor Zakhar Perez, and Uma Thurman.
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, author of Daisy Jones & The Six
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Additional information
| Publisher | Macmillan, Main Market edition (14 April 2022) |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Paperback | 448 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 1529099463 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1529099461 |
| Reading age | 18 years and up |
| Dimensions | 13 x 2.9 x 19.7 cm |
by Kelly Carberry.
I saw the film first and was charmed by it. I still am. The Book is a different matter, I can see why so much was cut from the Book – principally the need to focus on the central relationship. I suspect a deal of political nous was involved as well. It says something for the way that attitudes have changed down the years that the central relationship doesn’t automatically seem impossible. The range of characters in the book is much greater than in the film and the plot is more complex as a result. Which makes the book and film different from each other. I don’t know enough about either film making or book writing to say that the one is better than the other. I enjoyed both.
by Scarlett Laidler
4 stars 2.5 spice
So I started reading this because the film came out. It was on my radar before but I didn’t really think to read it until I realised the film came out and I hadn’t read the book so with a little peer pressure I read it and these are my thoughts.
The plot
This book starts off with Alex the first son of the USA ( the presidents son if you didint know) and Henry the Prince of England who have this rivalry thing going on. So this is an enemies to lovers trope however if you read it then you know this doenst really last long. Anyway after a public scandle these two have to fake being best friends which leads to them eventually becoming more than friends…. you know.
Now my thoughts. I loved the relationship in this is was so sweet exactly what I wanted and some of the scenes in this book had me tearing up and their timeline was also perfect. The individual characters as well just amazing. With all of that this book is written in third person so it can be quite hard to follow along with and understand what’s going on and when there’s dialogue who’s speaking. I also didn’t really like the politics in this book. The politics to relationship ratio is like 40:60 so it isn’t the entire book but still takes up a good chunk. Now ✨️the spice✨️ if you could call it that. I’ve read quite a lot of spice in books and I can say this is the strangest spice I’ve ever read becuse it’s more descriptive than graphic and since it’s written in third person you don’t really get a sence on what they’re feeling and thinking.
Overall I really enjoyed this book and when I watched the film and realised how people felt when they watched Harry Potter slightly disappointed excited and confused.
by Wendy G.
I saw the film first – and after the first time, I watched it at least another 20-times after that – it is just brilliant.
So I had to read the book which is a lot more graphic and has more characters in it.
However, I think Casey McQuiston has written the best romantic novel of the 21st century and I can’t wait for
another novel by her. Love it, love it, love it.
by Kelly Carberry.
I have just received my copy of the special edition of Red, White & Royal Blue but it didn’t come with the union jack dust cover like in the photo was wondering why the book is fine.
by Stephen Bentley
Alex Claremont-Diaz is the First Son of the United States, and he hates Henry, His Royal Highness, the Prince of England. They hate each other so much that they ruin a Royal Wedding. But neither the President or the Monarchy want bad press, so Alex and Henry are forced to pretend to be friends. They don’t have to pretend for long. They do, however, have to pretend they’re nothing more. Honestly, this is one of the most beautiful books I’ve ever read, it’s a beautiful story, it’s amazing representation for the LGBTQ+ community, it discusses serious topics like racism and sexism and homophobia and addiction and grief, it has everything and I am a different person now that I’ve read it. My favourite character is Alex Claremont-Diaz and my least favourite character is Jeffery Richards. I recommend this book because it’s one of the most beautiful books I’ve ever read. It captures a lot of the queer experience while simultaneously discussing other societal issues and representing a lot of marginalised groups and it means so much to me that this book does that. I couldn’t choose a favourite quote so here’s two: ‘But the first time I saw you. Rio. I took that down to the gardens. I pressed it into the leaves of a silver maple and recited it to the Waterloo Vase. It didn’t fit in any rooms.’ & ‘But I’ve kissed your mouth, that corner, that place it goes, so many times now. I’ve memorised it. Topography on the map of you, a world I’m still charting. I know it. I added it to the key. Here: inches to miles. I can multiply it out, read your latitude and longitude. Recite your coordinates like la rosaria.’
by Maisie Dickinson
As an American living in the UK this was a great fun quick read!
by LindaH
I loved every second of the book. It is very well written- a love story amidst a political drama. I must admit I watched the movie first and wasn’t impressed at all. The acting was good but the script and the storyline bordered on ridiculous at times. BUT THE BOOK!!! OMG!! The book explains everything and has SO MUCH of the political context which makes their love story even more EPIC. Also, the movie is a bit sweet American rogue saves hapless prince whereas in the book they are equally matched and help each other. The biggest asset of this book, apart from the writing and plot and characters of course are the family and friends who are fully fleshed characters and actually the support system for these two star crossed lovers. It’s a beautiful beautiful read!!! Take it from someone who doesn’t usually like fiction and hasn’t read one since The Famous Five!! The audiobook is great too. Though I wish the narrator had said bOie like toey and not bOWie like bow wow. That annoyed me.