Hello my dears,
I'M BAAAACK! I know I have an unfortunate tendency to fall off the face of the planet and then return with earnest and well meaning promises and fall back off the face of the planet, so let's do that again. I am now making a promise to at least attempt to keep up this blog, and my bookstagram. Anyway now that my apologies and promises are out of the way, on to what I actually want to talk about.
RED WHITE AND ROYAL BLUE. Y'all the lengths I went to in order to get this book. I power walked (read all but jogged) across the square, in jeans and 83 degree humid weather, to the bookstore I thought would have this book. It did not because this book is New Adult not YA. Upon discovering that it was at a different store, I power walked even faster, back across the square while wearing a mask, practically sprinted up and back down two flights of stairs looking for this book. BUT I got it. And after all that effort, I was determined that it had to bee as good all the hype. Let me tell you it was.
Plot!!
Yes, indeed, I did skip my usual character intro, but I'm about to introduce you to the two mains. Alexander Claremont-Diaz is the son of the (Female!) president, a senior at Georgetown, and generally thinks he has everything planned out. As soon as his mother was elected he was cast as a handsome charismatic American version of a young royal. Enter Henry, Prince of Wales, an actual real-life young royal. There's only one problem, Alex and Henry don't get along, at all. When the press gets a picture of the two in a compromising position, U.S. and British public relations take a downward turn. In order to save face, and Alex's mother's reelection campaign, the two have to create an instagram worthy friendship. They turn out to have more in common than either of them thought. Soon Alex finds himself falling head first into a secret relationship with Henry. A relationship that could bring both their worlds, and everything they've been working to protect, crashing down around them. Or can love win in the end?
Review!!
Red White and Royal Blue is a hilarious and fantastic romance that had me laughing and squealing in alternate moments. I knew within the first five pages, aka the moment when there's the first mention of fanfiction, that I was going to love this book. It was almost four in the morning when I finally finished reading it. There are approximately one hundred annotations to this book. Ranging from "This book is going to kill me" (fluff) to "HENRY" the whole range of emotions that books can make you feel. I reveled in every pop culture reference, and noted everyone with a sticky note, they range from Harry Potter to John Green. The characters were all so relatable and felt like real people. Sometimes, no matter how hard authors try, their characters just don't feel real. As much as I want to say I would stick out unrelatable and miserable characters for a fantastic plot, that's not really true but I might stick out a bad plot for characters I adored. The romance itself went from snarky, bickering rivals/enemies to snarky, bickering friends to snarky, bickering boyfriends and it was absolutely wonderful. Basically GO READ THIS BOOK!! Ten of ten paw prints 🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾
Happy Reading,
Merlin:)
