Red, White & Royal Blue

My thoughts upon rereading it in 2023:

I first read this book back in March of 2020 and you can read my original thoughts on it here. I wanted to reread it in anticipation of the adaptation coming to Amazon Prime on the 13th of August. I was hoping to still love it this time around and spoiler alert I loved it even more. 

I was immediately sucked in again. I didn't want to stop reading it. I was buddy reading it with Yesha and the plan was to read at our own pace and check in every 5 chapters. Well up I flew through this is 3 days and it took everything in me to spread it out over those 3 days because I never wanted to put it down.  

I felt the same way about it this time that I felt the first time. I thought it was cute, adorable and funny with a little bit of awkward thrown in and I got that same gushy feeling I got the first time. The only complaint I had the first time was how the last half of the book was more about the politics and less about the romance and that was why I took off the half star. This time around it didn't bother me at all and I loved it more. I guess maybe because I knew it was coming. I don't really know I am just glad I still loved it this time around and I can not wait to watch the adaptation next month.

My thoughts the first time I read it in 2020

4.5 stars

I have been meaning to read this for a while now and I finally got around to it because it fit a prompt for romanceopoly. I am so glad that I finally read it because I really loved it.

I listened to the audiobook for this in 2 sittings. For the first half of the book I was absolutely in love with the story and the characters and the romance. It was so cute and adorable and funny with the perfect amount of awkwardness. I was fully ready to give it 5 stars just from reading the first half.

After finishing the book though I am less inclined to give it 5 stars. Don't get me wrong I absolutely loved pretty much everything about this book but the last half was more about the politics of it all and less about the romance which was what I was living for.

I was getting the same gushy feelings for the romance in this book that I did for the romance in Simon vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda so when it became more about the politics and less about their budding relationship I was kind of pulled out of it a little.

That's really the only bad thing I have to say about this book. I really loved it and can't believe I waited so long to actually read it.