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A review by alliepeduto
Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
4.0
I’m back! The midterms are over and I felt like I could return to this with less anxiety and more joy. And joyful it was! I cried. Like full blown tears streaming down my face. I felt all the feels and it’s the little boost I needed.
I loved Alex, but I really loved Henry. I enjoyed that we got to see Henry through Alex’s eyes for the story, and my heart hurt for the situations they found themselves in. But we get our happily ever after in more ways than one, and I was grateful to be on the journey!
I left my original notes here but highly recommend and so glad I finished it!
This book is glorious, do not get me wrong. I adore the characters, even at just a third of the way in, but the timing is just not great for me to fully focus on the joy of this novel. I had originally planned to read this while I was on a trip to DC (because duh), but between the recent death of Queen Elizabeth II and upcoming the mid-term elections, it’s a perfect storm of distractions whenever anything comes up in the story related to the royal family and politics…which is case you didn’t know is kind of the majority of the plot.
So I’m going to probably return to this in like late Nov?? Since I mostly read as a form of escapism (especially romance!), I want to make sure I’m in the right headspace to fully embrace this. But the 5 star is still 100% accurate, so I’m leaving it there!
I loved Alex, but I really loved Henry. I enjoyed that we got to see Henry through Alex’s eyes for the story, and my heart hurt for the situations they found themselves in. But we get our happily ever after in more ways than one, and I was grateful to be on the journey!
I left my original notes here but highly recommend and so glad I finished it!
This book is glorious, do not get me wrong. I adore the characters, even at just a third of the way in, but the timing is just not great for me to fully focus on the joy of this novel. I had originally planned to read this while I was on a trip to DC (because duh), but between the recent death of Queen Elizabeth II and upcoming the mid-term elections, it’s a perfect storm of distractions whenever anything comes up in the story related to the royal family and politics…which is case you didn’t know is kind of the majority of the plot.
So I’m going to probably return to this in like late Nov?? Since I mostly read as a form of escapism (especially romance!), I want to make sure I’m in the right headspace to fully embrace this. But the 5 star is still 100% accurate, so I’m leaving it there!