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I'm almost done! I'm gonna finish on time! I'm gonna do some faves. And next year I'm gonna finish without having to frantically cram the last week of the year! Ha ha ha. Maybe.

Rumor has it that Red, White & Royal Blue was written by a slasher after the orange felon's election in 2016, her fantasy response of what the world should be like. The book was recommended to me by slashers, but I hadn't got around to reading it before the movie came out. Usually I would read the book first, but my zoom movie group picked it so we all watched together.

It's a delightful film about the secret romance between the son of the female American president and the British prince. Both men are good-looking and charming, their initial antagonism, the building attraction, and their eventual relationship all very fun.

The British prince is played by Nicholas Galitzine, who I've seen in several other roles (also the prince in Amazon's recent Cinderella), and has recently bulked up to star in He-Man. He is an up and comer I expect to keep enjoy watching.

I won't say the movie is perfect, though right now all I remember of our mild critiques is Uma Thurman's Texas accent is bizarre.

I read the book afterwards, also enjoying it very much, and actually I'd recommend that order. The book has a lot more detail, more on the secondary characters of the sister and the assistant who is trying to keep the relationship quiet, that I think I would have been disappointed to not see in the movie.

It's on Amazon Prime and only available there afaik. Red, White & Royal Wedding is in pre-production. I'm very pleased to see a gay romance being so successful it spawns a sequel. It's about time.

I don't know that it was written by a slasher but it certainly feels like it. Not quite enemies to lovers, more like forced grumpy acquaintances to lovers. Very fun!