I liked the characters in this book a lot, but I also felt slightly disconnected from them. Reading this (completely unintentionally) around the same time as Meghan and Harry’s interview with Oprah also pushed this to the forefront of my mind. It also really made me step back and think ‘ wow, would it really be such an issue having a gay prince/bi FSOTUS? Huh, yeah, I guess it would‘.
Although I can’t account for how realistic any of the handling or discussions around the sexuality of either of the characters, I did find them it all very entertaining to read about. There is a lot of coming-out and coming-of-age discussions in this book, that also centre around being in the royal/presidential family. And you too.īoth Alex and Henry are struggling to come to terms with their sexuality, and end up falling in love with each other. Thinking about history makes me wonder how I’ll fit into it one day, I guess. Enter Henry, the Prince of England, and Alex’s (FSOTUS) enemy. Instead, we have a female president and a bisexual Latin FSOTUS, which felt like a breath of fresh air. Trump just doesn’t exist in this world, and that itself was such a joy to read about. For a start, it’s just so refreshing to see an alternative history of the American presidents. That being said, I can see why this book was so well loved. Maybe it just didn’t quite reach the high expectations I had for it, but I sadly didn’t quite feel the connection I was craving when it came to this book. I had very high expectations of this book, especially because it felt like the most talked about contemporary of 2019 in the book community/on bookstagram. What I’m slowly realising about myself as a reader is that I am definitely becoming more fussy when it comes to contemporary books. What is worth the sacrifice? How do you do all the good you can do? And, most importantly, how will history remember you? The plan for damage control: staging a fake friendship between the First Son and the Prince.Īs President Claremont kicks off her reelection bid, Alex finds himself hurtling into a secret relationship with Henry that could derail the campaign and upend two nations.
International socialite duties do have downsides-namely, when photos of a confrontation with his longtime nemesis Prince Henry at a royal wedding leak to the tabloids and threaten American/British relations. With his intrepid sister and the Veep’s genius granddaughter, they’re the White House Trio, a beautiful millennial marketing strategy for his mother, President Ellen Claremont. First Son Alex Claremont-Diaz is the closest thing to a prince this side of the Atlantic.
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