#casey mcquistion

[honey-bri-books]

Alex throws his head back and laughs handsomely, loud and false. "Go fuck yourself."

"Hardly enough time," Henry says.

CH. 2 ~ Red White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

[just-existng]

My life is now complete knowing that Henry and Alex got married and finally got the life of freedom and peace they deserved.

[lgbtqreads]

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[meraki-yao]

Hi 😊 i'm really excited about the rwrb sequel and i can't stop thinking about it. Do you think Casey and Matthew would give Alex a political career ?and if it happens could it be a problem for Henry(considering what he told Alex during the Kensington fight scene)?

Hi! Sorry this one took me so long.

Truth be told @mulderscully wrote an excellent post on the topic, I think they covered it better than I could, so I suggest you take a look at the post

But my answer: I don't think so. In the book, Casey made a deliberate decision to write Alex being so sure that politics is his future to him feeling like policy-making isn't what he wanted to do to deciding on taking the LSAT. It was a deliberate choice to showcase the inherent flaws of politics. Alex wants to help communities, help people in need, he said as much during their Paris pillow talk. Law is probably the path that's more flexible and direct, the path that suits him better.

Also in the movie, he's in Georgetown Law. He's in law school already, so we don't know if this epiphany that he prefers law has already happened or not. I'm not familiar enough with politics, American politics to know what would the path to being a politician would involve, so I also don't know if there are other reasons he's a law student already in the movie.

Plus yeah, if he goes into politics, it's gonna bring mostly trouble to Henry. This depends on whether or not he'll abdicate (unpopular opinion but I said this before, I personally don't want movie Henry to abdicate) but the royal family isn't allowed to be directly associated with a particular political leaning. Henry gets a pass at being on stage during Ellen's re-election acceptance speech because he's her son-in-law, he's there as an extended family member, but his boyfriend being a politician is far more direct of a relation. Additionally, as Henry mentioned during the Kensington scene: politics is a cage too, and it's a new one, one that he doesn't know about. At least with the crown he was trained to deal with some aspects of it. Politics is something else.

That's my two cents, but ultimately it's up to Matthew and Casey. We'll just have to wait and see.

[augustsjanes]

@rwrbsociety event 03: love letters — [ should i tell you that when we’re apart, your body comes back to me in d r e a m s ? ]

[inawickedlittletown]

One Last Stop - review

This is a book that was on a list of highly anticipated books for this year and it did not disappoint. I think the reason that this book works so well is that it holds one similar quality to Casey McQuiston’s debut novel, RWRB, which is that every single character is relatable. She captures the stories of characters in their early twenties who are still in the trenches of figuring out how to get their lives together and then also makes them queer. Her books are not YA, but NA, and they fit in that category perfectly. 

The story follows August, a 23 year old who falls for a girl she meets on the subway and then she figures out that Jane is misplaced in time. While the supernatural elements are in some ways handwaved and just there to serve the plot, that doesn’t quite matter because of Jane and August and their love. Not just the connection they have from the moment they meet, but the way that everything develops so slowly and the devotion they have for each other even while both of them can’t ever be sure that they will actually get to be together. In addition to the romance, there is the mystery of figuring out who Jane was and how she got stuck. The slow reveal and the way that Jane remembers is one of the best parts of the book. 

While it is a very sweet and cute romance that often made me smile because it is THAT cute you can’t do much but smile at any of August and Janes’s interactions, this book also touches on queer history and the big difference between being LGBTQ in the 70s and present day and how much better things are today, but how that is owed to the people that fought and persevered and wanted this better future. It also discusses the dynamic of parent/child relationship and the way that parents will always affect their children in good and bad ways. 

The few problems I had with this book are more to do with how everything ties up neatly and how connected things get. I also do think that at times the book’s pace is slow enough that I couldn’t read too much of it at once. But overall, it was an enjoyable read. I don’t think that it can top RWRB, but it can definitely sit next to it.

[honey-bri-books]

People are reading Red White and Royal Blue for the first time, after seeing the movie trailer and I love that, so much. 🥰

[honey-bri-books]

Nora: "You gonna ask him to dance, then?"

Alex rolls his eyes, suddenly imagining twirling around a ballroom while Henry drones sweet nothings about croquet and fox-hunting in his ear.

Chapter 1 - Red, White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston