Red, White & Royal Blue

A Novel

By: Casey McQuiston

Narrated by: Ramon de Ocampo

* 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

Happy Crying

First of all, I want to warn you not to listen to the last 20% of the book in public. Unless you're not bothered by others seeing you happy-cry.

'Red, White & Royal Blue' is a love song to politics, equal love, and the world as we wish it would be. It's very much a 21st century version of 'The American President', complete with a version of President Shepherd's 'I've love two women' speech. Only this time it's delivered by Alex Claremont-Diaz, First Son.

The love story between Alex and Prince Henry is sweet, funny, and smart. I know I'll be listening to it again in the future.

A few notes:
1. The narration by Ramon de Ocampo is spot-on
2. The novel is written in 3rd person/present continuous tense. It was jarring in the beginning, but my ears finally got sort of used to it.

President's Son & Prince

I heard a great deal about this book and when it appeared in my Kindle Unlimited, I had to give it a read/listen. I enjoyed this book more than I expected to. It was funny, romantic, heartwarming and sexy. Alex and Henry were fabulous and I loved their snarky, sweet, sexy, funny banter. The emails and texts were a highlight of the book. It had a political background and a ton of extra people surrounding them that were often difficult to follow. Alex being the President's son has a grudge against Henry and when a mishap occurs, they must spend time together. Time together turns into romance and develops into a caring relationship. Alex was a jerk that I eventually liked, but I adored Henry. The politics got a bit too heavy, especially in the last chapter. When the focus was on the two, it was a much better book. The only thing I was disappointed in was the heat. This book was not hot enough, if you are going to write a sexy romance, then bring the heat! I listened to this on audiobook and Ramon de Campo did a fabulous job. Now I have to see the Prime film with those two gorgeous guys.

The best book in the world: Red White and Royal blue

I absolutely love this book. I think it’s beautifully well written and is just an amazing book. The narrator took some time to get used to because I was not excepting his voice to be the voice reading the book. However he did the British accents flawlessly and I still thought it was a good performance. Overall I love this audiobook and would listen to it again a million times. I love how it covers so many different topics but they are all connected by the underlying theme of the story. Hope and love is stronger than anything that you can throw at people. That sounds really cheesy but I promise it’s accurate and perfect for this book. To anyone deciding if they want to spend their hard earned credits to listen to this love story my answer is yes. It’s so much more than just a love story. This book is one of the BEST books I’ve ever read. Please I’m begging you, listen to it.

Beautiful love story for our time

Oh I Soooo wish this had a different reader. The story and the dialogue were great. I laughed out loud on multiple occasions. However it was all inspite of the reader. His horrible British accent which often attached itself to folks who were not British and his pronunciation (David Bowie - Boh eee, not Bow eee) was horrid.

Absolute incredible and narration.

Beautiful story and cleverly done. The characters are absolutely endearing, and the development is relevant and modern while still complex.