Red, White & Royal Blue

2023 reread before the movie: ended up dnfing again after about 4 chapters in. The writing is just not for me.2022: First of all, thank you to those who recommended the book! It's been quite a while since I picked up a romance book, so thank you for helping me start my romance journey haha!Okay now to the review..(；・∀・) 2.5 round up; I can't say I was fully engrossed.. I was already slightly disengaged during the first 50 pages, maybe even 20. Maybe because I don't read politics as much? But as I went on, I feel like the characters weren't necessarily loveable (Alex being my least favorite), there's excessive swearing I feel could have easily been replaced with other vocabularies to deliver the same message/tone. Why resort to swearing every page when you can replace it with more colorful vocabulary? I also think because the plot was so predictable, I tried to read as much as I could catch the more essential parts, and move on. I think I also didn't personally enjoy the author's writing style.. Argh. I'm going to give it another shot with [b:One Last Stop 54860443 One Last Stop Casey McQuiston https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1598019346l/54860443.SY75.jpg 71323146] that I'll pick up soon.