Red, White, & Royal Blue Review
Category: Contemporary, Romance, LGBT
Tropes: Enemies to Lovers
Find it on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3rmyT5Z
While in many ways, Red, White, & Royal Blue is a contemporary, I’d categorize it more as an alternative-history, in which the Queen of England is not Queen Elizabeth, and the president of the United States is a democrat woman from Texas.
Like I said, what some would argue a fairytale, alternative, reality.
It took perhaps fifty pages for me to recognize that while all the names of our power players were different, the everyday reality and social fabric of America and England is very similar to today.
Red, White, & Royal Blue follow’s America’s First Son, Alex Claremont-Diaz, a stubborn, brilliant, and hilarious college student who is forced to spent time with his arch nemesis, the literal prince of England, after they cause an international incident. In a straight rom-com, enemies turned lovers, Alex realizes that he is in fact, very much so in love with the illusive and mysterious prince Henry. After their relationship is established, Red, White, & Royal Blue shifts its focus to the political and social significance of two men being together. As Alex writes too Henry, “History, huh?”
Red, White, & Royal Blue is a beautiful read. The dialogue and emails between Henry and Alex are hilarious. In addition, plenty of references to other historical LGBT figures which will make Alex and Henry’s relationship feel part of something bigger.
I cannot recommend Red, White, & Royal Blue highly enough.
You can find Red, White, & Royal Blue here: https://amzn.to/3rmyT5Z
romaincrisis
kaledo-art
baratheonpilled
vaporwave
stormborns
yousharknotpass
ellievsbear