Red, White & Royal Blue

3.5

overall, this was a “feel-good” story - Spoiler everything works out and there's a hopeful, happy ending .

hm...some people had a problem with the idealistic portrayal of the issues within the story - completely understandable...reality is oft-times complicated. but sometimes that's what makes stories like these work, yenno...it's a fun form of escapism.

things i liked:
“enemies” -> lover tropethe portrayal/journey of alex's sexual identity crisis and how we came to terms with it
the White House Trio friendshipthe First Family dynamic
Alex Claremont-Diaz. – i mean, he's so bloody dramatic, a hardworking, feisty politics nerd who loves and cares so damn much...case in point: Spoiler he went the extra, like, 3660 miles to give shit to his babe for ghosting him, shouting at him in the freaking rain like it's a jane austen novel (OKAY BUT THAT SCENE THOUGH HAHAHA) i also love that he's biracial and how important his Mexican ancestry is to him....other notes:sometimes the writing was a little disjointed? like, one scene would be happening and suddenly there's a time jump?? with no transition, so like (oh my god i'm starting to sound like alex with all the “like”s) you'd have to reread the scene ? i think it might've been a bit more effective if there was a smoother transition?
like, it was an original concept - like in movies, when they show one scene and then skip frame to the next scene, but in book format. i think if the “skip frames” were formatted differently (or it may've just been an issue w/ the ebook version)....to make the distinction clearer?
(EDIT: i think it was just the ebook version i had)

M/M, lgbtqa