Red, White, And Royal Blue

Seriously, this book.

One, I had to push off reading the second half of this book, because of how much these two boys loved each other and the impending sense of doom I felt. I needed several hours, by myself, so I could sob uncontrollably without being judge.

I had the several hours by myself, I sobbed only slightly, and I was not judged. 

I fucking loved this book. It was amazing. The love these characters shared...it was so well written and so inspiring. It made me want to read more, to watch a great rom com, to just write. 

And the representation in this novel. So many YA romances lately are seriously, SERIOUSLY, upping their rep game and "Red, White, And Royal Blue" was stepping. it. up. Race, Class, Sexuality, Gender, et. It was...perfect.

And the almost utopian world (I mean not completely but a female president of a blended, multi-race family) was what I/we needed right now, on the upcoming new presidential election. #votefemale

Let's get you that description now, okay? Okay.

["First Son Alex Claremont-Diaz is the closest thing to a prince this side of the Atlantic. With his intrepid sister and the Veep’s genius granddaughter, they’re the White House Trio, a beautiful millennial marketing strategy for his mother, President Ellen Claremont. International socialite duties do have downsides—namely, when photos of a confrontation with his longtime nemesis Prince Henry at a royal wedding leak to the tabloids and threaten American/British relations.

The plan for damage control: staging a fake friendship between the First Son and the Prince. Alex is busy enough handling his mother’s bloodthirsty opponents and his own political ambitions without an uptight royal slowing him down. But beneath Henry’s Prince Charming veneer, there’s a soft-hearted eccentric with a dry sense of humor and more than one ghost haunting him. 

As President Claremont kicks off her reelection bid, Alex finds himself hurtling into a secret relationship with Henry that could derail the campaign and upend two nations. And Henry throws everything into question for Alex, an impulsive, charming guy who thought he knew everything: What is worth the sacrifice? How do you do all the good you can do? And, most importantly, how will history remember you?"]

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