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Red, White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston Review

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This is the debut novel by Casey McQuiston and my gosh is it amazing! This book is everything. It will give you ALL the feels! It follows Alex, the First Son of America as he falls in love with his sworn enemy Prince Henry of Wales. This was the cutest story and made me squee so many times. After a confrontation with Henry at his brother's royal wedding, Alex and Henry are covered in a very expensive wedding cake and both sides have to do damage control. Plan of action. Make it look like Alex and Henry are best friends. After a weekend in England doing interviews and staging fake photos, Alex discovers that perhaps Henry isn't the uptight royal he believed him to be. Perhaps there is more to him than meets the eye. A friendship soon blossoms and the back and forth texts between the two would unfreeze any cold dead heart and if that isn't enough, the secret romance that soon begins will have you heating up and keep you turning the pages. I loved everything abo...

If I Tell You - Alicia Tuckerman Review

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This coming of age story follows, Alex, a teenage girl living in rural Australia living in fear that someone will find out her secret, that she is a lesbian. Living in a small town with small minded people, Alex knows that she will not be accepted for who she is, so she is happy living in secret until she can move away and be who she wants to be when she graduates high school. Enter Phoenix Stone, the out and proud lesbian whose family just moved to town. She doesn't care what anyone has to say about who she is and thinks every day is for living the life you wish. Alex soon starts to have feelings for Phoenix and realises that in life sometimes you just need a little courage to jump! I flew through this book! It was so beautifully written and within reading the first few pages I felt transported to a country town and honestly could feel the summer heat coming through. I loved all the Australian vernacular and honestly hope Alicia Tuckerman writes more novels set ...