Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston (#103 in 2019) The first son of the United States, Alex Claremont-Diaz is exactly what you'd assume a president's child to be: attractive, charming, smart, and living lavishly in the White House. What you don't expect is that Alex has a serious rivalry with his arch-nemesis, Henry, the prince of England. When both political get together for a wedding, an altercation between Alex and Henry breaks out. In order to ease international relations between the two counties, the ___ come up with the fantastic idea to stage a "friendship" between the two boys in order to keep the tabloids at bay. There's just one more thing we don't expect: Alex and Henry unexpectedly fall in love, and things just might get a little tougher than anticipated. Most of you know that I'm not typically a romance-lover, but I really enjoyed this! The writing is witty and sarcastic, which is right up my alley, and both Alex and Henry are very believable characters. I haven't read a lot of LGBTQ+ literature, and this was such a breath of fresh air to have a new genre to delve into. I think the last time I enjoyed a romance, it was The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren. What I liked about that one was the comical banter between the two characters who turned their hate into love, and Casey McQuiston does the same sort of thing with this storyline. 3.5 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️💫 I should also note that I did this entire book on audiobook through my local library, and I LOVED this narrator! I have such a hard time with audiobooks because some of the narrators literally sound like Siri or a miserable robot, but this one was totally amazing. The narrator, Ramon de Ocampo, has a great voice and is able to switch between characters and accents with ease. I think I enjoyed this book more through listening to it than I would have with just looking at the pages. Ramon's voice brought the characters to life and conveyed that sarcastic nature in the perfect way. Because I'm an English teacher: Be prepared to hate me for this super nit picky grammatical error that is driving me ABSOLUTELY INSANE: the title of this book does not use the Oxford comma. It's killing me inside. The title is "Red, White & Royal Blue," but judging by the standard conventions of English, it should read: "Red, White, & Royal Blue." There should absolutely be a comma after the second item in the series (white) and before the ampersand. I thought, "maybe it's just me," so I researched to confirm that my grammar instincts were correct... AND THEY WERE. I obviously didn't let hat one thing impact my review whatsoever, but I just wanted to throw it out there.
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