They’re a great writer, and there are parts and lines in this book that I laughed out loud at, and I liked their writing enough to go out and purchase One Last Stop, their most recent publication, which is a queer romance but with girls this time, which I think might feel a little bit better to read. So like, if you’re into gay fanfic, you’ll probably love this book, because I will give credit where credit is due: McQuiston is funny. What rubbed me the wrong way mostly was that the author, who I know is queer, writes this gay romance between two men as if they learned about gay men through reading gay fanfiction written mostly by women, for women. I wasn’t a huge fan of this book, but I’m also not a huge lover of the enemies-to-lovers trope or the we’ve-got-to-keep-a-secret plot device. I did not believe the hype about this book and I am feeling the vindication, but also I do recommend this book, for two very seemingly contradictory reasons. They write queer fiction, having published Red, White, and Royal Blue in 2019 and One Last Stop this past year their goal is to normalize queerness in fiction and write stories that would have helped them feel less isolated as a queer teenager (McQuiston, 2021), and y’know what? Same, Casey. They’re from the deep South and they’re openly queer, and they use they/them pronouns. Casey McQuinston is a new contender in this movement, this cultural moment, if you will. So I guess there’s a new genre now called “New Adult Fiction,” that’s sort of a YA crossover for post-adolescent adults aged 18-30ish – writing “similar to YA that can be published and marketed as adult-a sort of an ‘older YA’ or ‘new adult'” (St. The boys’ two families’ solution is to stage a fake friendship between the two, and everything begins to go according to plan until *ahem* someone (Alex) begins to catch feelings… and these feelings, which develop into an illicit romance just as Alex’s mother is gearing up for her reelection campaign, could upend democracy as we know it! The drama is kicked into high gear when a photo of a negative encounter Alex and Harry is leaked to the press, resulting in a threat to American/British international relations. Presidency in 2016, Red, White, and Royal Blue tells the story of Alex Diaz, the son of the U.S.’s first female President, and his enemies-to-lovers journey with England’s Prince Harry. Set in an alternate universe where a Latina Democrat from Texas wins the U.S. Sometimes you just jump and hope it’s not a cliff.
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