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Casey McQuiston: Red, White & Royal Blue (Paperback, 2019, St. Martin's Griffin) 4 stars

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

When …

Review of 'Red, White & Royal Blue' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

Full disclosure: if this book featured a hetero couple, I probably would've bailed because I'm not into romance as a genre, and the sex scenes don't leave much to the imagination. And yet... I not only finished this book, but I'm giving it four stars. Why? The premise is 100% fun: the hot son of the first woman president secretly falling in love with British royalty in the middle of an election year? Add to it that the Royal is a hot Prince, and the book is really about identity, expectations, norms and the complicated roles we're expected to play in our families and in the world. Even the side characters - though less developed - have interesting identities and plot-lines. I can't believe I'm typing this, but there were actually a few scenes where I got a bit misty-eyed rooting for love, acceptance – and a world in which a divorced woman and mother of biracial children actually CAN get elected to the Oval Office. Please give me that world. I am HERE FOR IT.