Red, White & Royal Blue

After hearing so many glowing reviews of this book, I thought I was in for a real treat.

Welp, no. It was so stupid that I sped up the audiobook by 1.5x.

Did I know it was a romance and probably something of a modern-day fairy tale? Sure, so some suspension of disbelief and schmaltz is expected. The romance was okay and there were a few comic moments early on.

But, Texas going Democrat in 2020? Basically no security on the First Son of the US or Prince Henry? A Democratic Presidential candidate removing her son from her campaign team when trying to keep said son's relationship from the press?

Plus, the female characters, even those central to the story, were cardboard.

And, as left-wing as I am, the politics in the book were overdone and bashed you over the head.

For the record, books filled with text or email exchanges recreating email headers with time stamps is really boring. I'm sure this filer was why the book was over 400 pages and way too long.