Red, White & Royal Blue

A Novel

By: Casey McQuiston

Narrated by: Ramon de Ocampo

Length: 12 hrs and 15 mins

Publisher's summary

* 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

THIS WAS AMAZING

This book was a engaging listen. The narrator's performance brought the words and story alive. I can't reccomend this book and performance high enough.

Laugh out loud - and timing is pitch perfect!

I don't even remember putting this book in my library, but I'm sure glad I did. It was funny, clever, authentic and timely. Casey McQuiston has a great sense of humor and I look forward to more fun reads from her.

Love this book so much

I’ve listened to this book three times now and I love it more every time. There aren’t many books that I watch the time on dreading it’s coming to an end. The characters are complicated and well rounded. You care about every single person in the book. Even the secret service people have enough personality that if she wanted she could write stories about them too. The writing is extraordinary and complex. All to often when reading MM romances you have to sacrifice quality in writing to get the kind of stories you want to read. This book doesn’t do that. The arch of the relationship feels completely plausible. I honestly cannot say enough about this book. The narration is also excellent. Ramon de Ocampo manages the accents and the Spanish perfectly.

Absolutely wonderful!

This book is such a wonderful, tender, and hilarious story. All the reviews say it fills you with hope—and it really does. And Ramon de Ocampo does an absolutely fantastic job narrating every part!!!

This need to be a TV series.

If you liked Love Victor, Young Royals, or Heart stopper, you need to listen to this. It is as good as the above mentioned series from their respective streaming platforms.

Red, White & Royal Blue, for any reader, and particularly the gay man that has been hurt. Here’s the hope.

The journey of recognition of their love and the power it gave them to share and show that love to all as a strength that is so often not realized by people because of fear. I found it amazing. Tears came down from my eyes on several unexpected times.

Amazing novel.

I what I liked most was the plot of the story which was amazing!!! I took notice of the differences between the movie and the novel. I prefer the novel because it presented more of the story than the movie, but I also love the movie and the amazing actors chosen for the movie. Specifically the two main actors which are gorgeous, hot, handsome and beautiful!!!!!I really enjoyed and love both, the movie and the novel.

Happiest Adventure

The narrator kept me locked in! All of the different character voices stayed consistent and fun!
The book has so many twists and turns, I was making shocked faces and laughing the whole time.
Came because of the movie, stayed for the amazing story! Deep character development and a refreshing love story perspective.

Narrator doesn’t know how to say David Bowie

Love this story, love the narration, love everything about it. EXCEPT that when the narrator says David Bowie and “bow and arrow”, he butchers it so terribly that it shoots me right out of the story.

Amazing emotion, and absolutely stunning character impression

The narrator does a perfect job doing each of the characters in their own way. The story is perfectly steamy and romantic, while also hilarious.