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My favorite #EnemiesToLovers story! I wish I owned the illumcrate version of their books!!!! 💗❤️🤍💙#MarchMagic @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

I cannot stress enough how much I loved this book!

#royalty
#loveathon2023
#loveathon

This was a cute little love story, with a twist, since it was between two young men. Nice change and fun to read!

Loved this book! Read if you liked Boyfriend Material.
First Son of the USA, Alex, is a playboy in the press & a big ole nerd in private. He also has a decade-long, one-sided feud with Prince Henry of England. When a misunderstanding between them turns into a public fight, their PR teams make them seem like bffs.
When Henry kisses Alex at the First Sibling‘s NYE party, Alex‘s entire life shifts as hate becomes something else.
Finished 11/25/2022

Needing a comfort read today. It‘s dreary outside and I‘m feeling pretty dreary & down too. My daughter bought me this collector‘s edition for Christmas so it‘s just the thing I need. Plus, it‘ll work for #52bookclub23 #typographiccover so win, win.

“That's the choice. I love him, with all that, because of all that. On purpose. I love him on purpose.”

“Listen, I don‘t give a damn what Joanne has to say, Remus John Lupin is gay as the day is long, and I won‘t hear a word against it.”

-Henry, Chapter 7, Page 160

“… it doesn‘t matter where you come from or who your family is—you can always be great if you‘re true to yourself.”

-Henry, Chapter 2, Page 45

read: november 22-24,2022

i absolutely adored this book! it was steamy but not smut, romantic but not annoyingly gushy, and very well written! there‘s a healthy balance between the hopeless romanticism and the more serious aspects of grief and anxiety, but this book revolves around being shamelessly queer and i absolutely adored it. loved every character and every plotline, and i didn‘t want it to end ever!! i also love anything british :)

“Keep fighting, keep making history, keep looking after one another.”

-Casey McQuiston, Acknowledgements, Page 421

“History, huh?”

-all over the damn book

i absolutely love how mcquiston writes this theme of changing history for the better. i‘ve been longing for this to actually happen in the US.

“But the truth is, also, simply this: love is indomitable.”

-Alex, Chapter 14, Page 373

“I love him on purpose.”

-Alex, Chapter 13, Page 344

“I completely fucking love you.”

I JUST WANT THEM TO BE HAPPY, OKAY?!?!

“You are the thistle in the tender and sensitive arse crack of my life.”

-Henry, Chapter 3, Page 73

I finally took a proper look at the under-dust-jacket cover of the Deluxe Edition of Red, White, and Royal Blue and the artwork on the endpapers. I immediately burst into tears (one such tear pictured here). This book remains my favorite romance of all time and feels so pivotal in my own journey as a queer person and a reader. FEELINGS. I'm trying to work up the emotional energy to read the bonus chapter from Henry's perspective. I may perish. 💀

Review of Special Edition.

Gorgeous! From the embossed cover to illustrations inside the cover a delight to look at. 25 pages of new content. Definitely earns a spot on my #ForeverShelf.

As for that extra Chapter from Henry's POV - Fandom was gracious enough not to spoil before I had a chance to read so I will extend the same No Spoilers Courtesy. Let's just say it made my heart happy. It's truly a gift. ❤🇺🇸👬🇬🇧💙

Devoured! Absolutely lives up to the hype! What took me so long?!

I totally mistook this with the description of Boyfriend Material (aka no issue about being queer in the public eye) so then I was super surprised that a large part of the plot is grappling with that. But that just made the book feel really real.

Alex + Henry are #relationshipgoals. Almost nauseatingly so, but hey, that‘s romance novels!

Also LOVED all the friends + sisters.

4.5/5⭐ A fun, moving, and heartwarming present-day romance that also serves as an ode and homage to queer history and a rallying cry to continue fighting for an equal future. #booked2022

Excuse me while I swoon over the new end papers in the collectors edition of RWRB 😍

I kinda like the idea of a #yarnbookpairing game! #litsycrafters , what would you make with this Dolce Cashmere while reading or listening to Red White & Royal Blue?

I had to both read the book and listen to the audiobook with this one. My best friend lend it to me and the deal was to give it back when we saw each other again: mission accomplished✨ 4/5⭐️

Easy like Sunday morning✨

Marvel movies + a book kind of night✨

#LetterR recs:

Red, White, and Royal Blue by Casey McQuistin
Ring Shout by P. Djeli Clark
River of Teeth by Sarah Gailey

#AlphabetGame @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

"See attached bibliography may be the sexiest thing you've ever written me"- Henry Wales
I relate to Henry so hard! #Alphabetgame @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Red, White & Royal Blue, unbelievably, lives up to the hype. Of course, it‘s targeted at younger readers, but I can vouch for the fact that it resonates for young-at-heart readers, too. I‘d especially recommend it for fans of The West Wing. Full review: https://keepingupwiththepenguins.com/red-white-royal-blue-casey-mcquiston/

Well this was a fun romance! It came highly recommended by the romance bookclub I recently attended and it did not disappoint. It took me a few chapters to get invested, but then I was all in! And there were a few pop culture references I loved (hello Jurassic Park 🦖). So glad I read this one! 4⭐️

My best friend finished these recently and borrowed them to me✨

My June reread of this book may have made me even happier than reading it for the first time back when it came out!

When real life is upsetting beyond measure, sometimes the only solution is to loose yourself into a book.

PS: the fan art is not mine, but I found fan art for a bunch for different books during Pride month that made me really happy!

In an instant of sudden, void of clarity, he can‘t believe he ever thought he was straight

Enemies to lovers is totally my weakness, and this one delivers all the feels. Alex and Henry are relationship goals and I really wanted to be in their group of friends! This book's dialogue is smart and witty and sharp, weaving international relations, politics, social issues and sexy times all into one. This book definitely lives up to the hype!

I was between rating this book 3.5 or 4 but I ultimately decided on 4 because I would read this book again.

The basis of the plot was honestly a bit familiar for me and felt kind of like an AU fanfic, and that's not necessarily a bad thing because I have the biggest fanfic addiction. But what made the rest of the plot points stand out is that she made the plot her own, with the characters and their developments with themselves and other people.

This book is so sweet. I‘m glad my hold came in early so I could celebrate pride month with Alex and Henry. I wouldn‘t mind a sequel to this one, too.
#CaseyMcQuiston #RedWhiteAndRoyalBlue #PrideMonth #LGBTQ

1. I do!
2. Tagged! I also think of The Gown and NF about the royal family too!
Thanks @peaknit @Kshakal @TheSpineView #two4tuesday

Pride Month is almost over, but I‘m going to try to fit this in (and maybe a few others). We‘ll see how it goes.
#CaseyMcQuiston #RedWhiteAndRoyalBlue #PrideMonth #LGBTQ

2 chapters in. Could use less casual swearing 🤗 The royal family, as portrayed here, seems a lot more, shall we say, woke. Fun mix of fiction with actual history; the First Family are successors to the Obamas etc. The first US female president is a Democrat from Texas 🤔

Hi Group B!
Here's my picks for the next round of #LMPBC
I have lots more if these don't work.

A fued between Alex Claremont-Diaz, a well respected son of the President and Prince Henry of Wales, a royalty in England will lead to some suprising romance blossoming between the two. One accident during a ball has lead them to a new kind of relationship for them. The two grew closer after the incident after finding out they have a lot in common and the rest is history.If you like books that has steamy romance,then this is for you.

SQUEEEEEEEEEEE
My favorite romance
is becoming a
MOVIEEEEEEEEEE

#BookSpin #DoubleSpin
It's almost June!
As of right now this is my list. I may finish up one or two of these before June starts, we shall see.

Just finished my reread of this fun m/m romance. Suspend your disbelief and imagine an English prince and an American president‘s son having feelings. So funny , cute and hot 🔥 - Alex and his prince make for a great escape

#bookspin @thearomaofbooks
May's List
How can it be May already????

Is there any better vacation #reread? #romcom #contemporaryromance

Someone‘s baking biscuits while I read. 😹 #catsoflitsy

I gave my original p/back copy away. Found this beauty on Etsy

The world demands a sequel NOW!

Thank you ShellBeeBooks 😊

#iloveanlgbt+romcom

Unrealistic...but beautiful...

My word count allowance is to short to express how much I loved this cute, fun, and somewhat steamy queer romance. Alex and Henry are everything to me now and I loved the love quotes they sent in their emails, and I love the hope for a better world and all the complex characters.