Red, White & Royal Blue

A Novel

By: Casey McQuiston

Narrated by: Ramon de Ocampo

Length: 12 hrs and 15 mins

Publisher's summary

* GOODREADS CHOICE AWARD WINNER for BEST DEBUT and BEST ROMANCE of 2019 *

One of AudioFile Magazine's Best Audiobooks of 2019; an Instant New York Times bestseller; a *Must-Read Book* for Us Weekly, Vogue, NPR, Entertainment Weekly, Oprahmag.com, and more!

"Narrator Ramón de Ocampo brings out all the emotion in this tender, serious, funny, and warmly hopeful love story...Listeners will be swept up as Alex and Henry face questions of identity and coming out amid familial duties and political machinations." — AudioFile Magazine

What happens when America's First Son falls in love with the Prince of Wales?

When his mother became President, Alex Claremont-Diaz was promptly cast as the American equivalent of a young royal. Handsome, charismatic, genius—his image is pure millennial-marketing gold for the White House. There's only one problem: Alex has a beef with the actual prince, Henry, across the pond. And when the tabloids get hold of a photo involving an Alex-Henry altercation, U.S./British relations take a turn for the worse.

Heads of family, state, and other handlers devise a plan for damage control: staging a truce between the two rivals. What at first begins as a fake, Instragramable friendship grows deeper, and more dangerous, than either Alex or Henry could have imagined. Soon Alex finds himself hurtling into a secret romance with a surprisingly unstuffy Henry that could derail the campaign and upend two nations and begs the question: Can love save the world after all? Where do we find the courage, and the power, to be the people we are meant to be? And how can we learn to let our true colors shine through? Casey McQuiston's Red, White & Royal Blue proves: true love isn't always diplomatic.

Praise for Red, White & Royal Blue:

“Effervescent and empowering on all levels, Red, White & Royal Blue is both a well-written love story and a celebration of identity.” — NPR

"I took this with me wherever I went and stole every second I had to read! Absorbing, hilarious, tender, sexy—this book had everything I crave. I’m jealous of all the readers out there who still get to experience Red, White & Royal Blue for the first time!" - Christina Lauren, New York Times bestselling author of Love and Other Words and Roomies

"Red, White & Royal Blue is outrageously fun. It is romantic, sexy, witty, and thrilling. I loved every second." - Taylor Jenkins Reid, author of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo and Maybe in Another Life

©2019 Casey McQuiston (P)2019 Macmillan Audio

Critic reviews

AudioFile Magazine Editors' Pick

"Narrator Ramón de Ocampo brings out all the emotion in this tender, serious, funny, and warmly hopeful love story." -AudioFile Magazine

"I tore through Red, White & Royal Blue as if it were a pint of Ben & Jerry's. By turns hilarious and angst-ridden, buoyant and strikingly real, this novel is a surefire bull’s-eye for any devotee of classic romance, slow burn fanfiction, or heartfelt storytelling. A political love story too timely and too genuine to miss." - Lyndsay Faye, internationally bestselling author of Jane Steele and The Gods of Gotham

How dare this auther make me feel my own feels!!!

It's too good. This should be illegal. My life is now an empty husk of book hole now that I finished it. I'm not going to tell you anything about it as I dare not ruin its majesty with my shitty recap. Just know that every moment you spend not buying this book is a moment you have WASTED.

The 2016 election AU you didn't know you needed

If you speak sarcasm fluently and wish the 2016 election had a different ending then I highly recommend this book. Sweet, funny, and a great fluffy read.

wholsome

This is just the sweetest love story, with significant politics wedged in. Being from Texas it hit particularly home.

Heartwarming love story with politics thrown in!

This book was addictive and completely a joy to read/listen to. It’s fluffy, and there are very few bumps in the road for the main characters (smooth sailing mostly), but that’s what makes it such a beautiful and fun escape. I went back and forth between reading and listening to the book, and initially the narrator didn’t perfectly capture the characters for me. But as the book went on, I enjoyed him and truly haven’t felt this much tenderness toward characters and a love story in some time!

I'm in love! This is literally so good and now I wanna be a gay man

This book is absolutely amazing! I was laughing AND crying at the same time. I feel like it is so tabu but also so liberating

Progressive, cute, and a little risqué

I enjoyed this title although some scenes are not work appropriate listening material. The story is progressive and I enjoyed it’s pro-LGBTQ themes.

An amazing audiobook

The narration for the story was well done, the narrator got the angst, comedy and even intonation and accents down perfectly.

Im depressed now

I mean I was depressed before but omg I want to feel what Alex felt for H.

Beautifully told and witty

I enjoyed listening to all fifteen chapters! I always read the book before watching the movie, but in this case I did it backwards not knowing there was a book. LOVED the movie and it stayed closely to the book so it was a win win situation.

Lovable characters

This book is my new favorite thing I’ve read it through already then watched the movie but still needed more of these two and so I bought the audio booking thinking I would be able to listen to it in a new perspective but I still find myself listening to it over and over any time I need a pick me up this story is just so heartwarming and the characters are so lovable