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A review by kayetaz
Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
5.0
5 ⭐️
Spice: 🌶️.5/5
Format: audiobook
Narration: 🎤🎤🎤🎤.5/5
“History, huh?”
Give me a minute because I’m literally emotional writing this. This is definitely one of the top 3, if not #1, most beautiful stories I’ve ever read. As a bisexual woman, it breaks my heart that same-sex love is still an actively “forbidden” topic, but this book turned a heartbreaking travesty into quite possibly the best happily ever after I’ve read. Alex and Henry’s relationship from their first meeting in Rio to the last page was so wonderfully organic, I cannot believe I just read a fictional novel and not a recount of someone’s real love story.
In the beginning, I was in hysterics from reading their texts and emails and hearing their initial phone calls. “HRH Prince Dickhead poop emoji” lives on in an active loop in my brain now. I was legitimately crying laughing from Alex’s quips and Henry’s dry humor. Adding in June and Nora, Bea and Pez, even Zahra’s sarcasm, and I was in constant stitches. And then we get to New Year’s and my heart starts to slowly fill and fill until it completely burst after the lake house.
This was one of those books that had a hold of my emotions so that when Alex and Henry weren’t talking I actually had an ache in my chest, and that’s very rare for me. And while I’m not very well versed in either American politics or England’s monarchy, I still found the story both easy to follow and enjoyable to witness. Again, I want to believe this all actually happened because it was written so well I don’t want to think they’re not real people in love.
As for my review of the narration, Ramon de Ocampo did such a phenomenal job! But… I do have to deduct .5 points because he pronounced “gif” as “jif” and that cannot go without punishment.
Spice: 🌶️.5/5
Format: audiobook
Narration: 🎤🎤🎤🎤.5/5
“History, huh?”
Give me a minute because I’m literally emotional writing this. This is definitely one of the top 3, if not #1, most beautiful stories I’ve ever read. As a bisexual woman, it breaks my heart that same-sex love is still an actively “forbidden” topic, but this book turned a heartbreaking travesty into quite possibly the best happily ever after I’ve read. Alex and Henry’s relationship from their first meeting in Rio to the last page was so wonderfully organic, I cannot believe I just read a fictional novel and not a recount of someone’s real love story.
In the beginning, I was in hysterics from reading their texts and emails and hearing their initial phone calls. “HRH Prince Dickhead poop emoji” lives on in an active loop in my brain now. I was legitimately crying laughing from Alex’s quips and Henry’s dry humor. Adding in June and Nora, Bea and Pez, even Zahra’s sarcasm, and I was in constant stitches. And then we get to New Year’s and my heart starts to slowly fill and fill until it completely burst after the lake house.
This was one of those books that had a hold of my emotions so that when Alex and Henry weren’t talking I actually had an ache in my chest, and that’s very rare for me. And while I’m not very well versed in either American politics or England’s monarchy, I still found the story both easy to follow and enjoyable to witness. Again, I want to believe this all actually happened because it was written so well I don’t want to think they’re not real people in love.
As for my review of the narration, Ramon de Ocampo did such a phenomenal job! But… I do have to deduct .5 points because he pronounced “gif” as “jif” and that cannot go without punishment.