Gabe Cole Novoa
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- Novoa, Gabe Cole
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- Jae, Ava (pseudonym)
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- 3.6
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I loved the addition of a trans character, but I think my two main issues were that it didn't feel like a great P&P retelling, and YA is a genre I struggle with (but keep trying from time to time, because I still find ones that really grab me.)
The tone of the book, and our main character Oliver, felt too young. I think it's great to have a teen character in a regency-era book discovering how to navigate the world while being trans (and largely having to hide it), so I think the issue here is that I'm just not the target audience. I also felt like the romance was very rushed, but again, I think that's pretty common for YA romances. The dialogue felt very modern at times too, which made it feel less like a P&P retelling.
I think if this had just been a regency-era book with a grumpy love interest that our main character eventually wins over, I would have had less of an issue. It's easy to slap Darcy's name on some snobby guy, but there's so much more to the story of P&P and it felt like so much of it was cut out (maybe in part because this is YA, idk.) To make matters worse, Mr. Collins and Mr. Wickham were made to be straight-up evil in this retelling and it just felt so unnecessary. I enjoy hating on Collins because he's a silly, insufferable git, but he's not a bad guy! He's just delusional. Having the two of them essentially team up against Oliver felt forced.
If I'd read this between the ages of 14 and 16, it probably would have been a hit. YMMV.… (meer)