Red, White & Royal Blue

It was just so cute. It was just so cute. It was just! so! cute! I went in with such high expectations I figured I was bound for disappointment, but somehow it was even better than I thought it would be. I can't believe it's McQuiston's debut.Plenty of fiction I read contains romance, but I rarely gravitate to romance as a genre. I often get bored with or embarrassed by it. But RWRB just got me. It features characters around my age. It taps acutely into contemporary US politics while providing fun escapism. It addresses a lot (that I didn't realize) I was looking for and not finding in other romance.I have too many feelings about too many things to write a more coherent review now and probably ever. But I would recommend this to fans of [b:The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue 29283884 The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue (Montague Siblings, #1) Mackenzi Lee https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1492601464s/29283884.jpg 49527118], [b:Autoboyography 28919058 Autoboyography Christina Lauren https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1490425916s/28919058.jpg 49135502], [b:Here to Stay 38571446 Here to Stay Sara Farizan https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1519835672s/38571446.jpg 60180442], and [b:A Very Large Expanse of Sea 38720939 A Very Large Expanse of Sea Tahereh Mafi https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1558453377s/38720939.jpg 60301626], all for slightly different reasons.