Most Ardently: A Pride and Prejudice Remix
Most Ardently: A Pride and Prejudice Remix
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Just the Series: Remixed Classics Vol. 9   

Series and Publisher: Remixed Classics   

Annotation: A trans boy searches for a future--and a romance--in which he can live and love openly as himself in this heartwrenching YA reimagining of Pride & Prejudice , the ninth book in the Remixed Classics series.
 
Reviews: 2
Catalog Number: #381915
Format: Publisher's Hardcover
Publisher: Feiwel & Friends
Copyright Date: 2024
Edition Date: 2024 Release Date: 01/16/24
Pages: 294 pages
ISBN: 1-250-86980-3
ISBN 13: 978-1-250-86980-7
Dewey: Fic
LCCN: 2023019184
Dimensions: 22 cm.
Language: English
Reviews:
School Library Journal Starred Review (Fri Dec 01 00:00:00 CST 2023)

Gr 8 Up —As the second eldest, the clock is ticking for Oliver Bennet to find a husband. He refuses. Forced into gowns, Oliver is wrongfully assumed to be another Bennet daughter. While dressed in trousers that validate his identity, Oliver visits a gentleman's club for the first time. An initially tense connection between Oliver and Fitzwilliam Darcy slowly blossoms into something more. With Darcy, will Oliver finally get to kiss a boy as a boy? Novoa's interpretation of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice is a testament to the power of queer spaces and community. Oliver and Darcy's push-and-pull relationship is magnetic as they navigate societal challenges in 1800s London. Though Oliver is constantly deadnamed, the narrative itself is respectful. A historical note offers important context about some creative liberties. VERDICT Brimming with wit and chemistry, this queer revision of a much-beloved source text is nothing short of masterful. A must-purchase.—Alec Chunn

Kirkus Reviews

Oliver Bennet is not like the other Jane Austen characters you know; he's not interested in "having a wife. Or, more importantly, being one."As the second-eldest child in the Bennet family, Oliver is expected to marry to maintain the family's wealth and not be a financial burden. But Oliver's family knows him as Elizabeth, assigning him an identity that causes him great discomfort, as he knows he's a boy. Rather than finding a suitable husband, Oliver is much more interested in letting his family (and the rest of the world) know his true identity. If he happens to find love along the way with someone who embraces who he really is, all the better; in the meantime, he's grateful for the support of older sister Jane, who accepts him as her brother. When Oliver, forced into a gown by Mama, meets the enchanting Fitzwilliam Darcy at a ball, he's taken aback by how coldly the other boy treats him. However, after a subsequent chance encounter at a fair, where Oliver is dressed in trousers, the boys become friends-and, eventually, something more. Novoa builds on the source text's narrative, including detailed descriptions of queer life in Regency England as well as the period's clothing and domestic life. The story is entertaining and fast paced, but a lack of narrative tension serves to keep readers from feeling fully immersed. Cast members are cued white.An accessible queer retelling with a low-conflict storyline. (author's note, historical note) (Historical romance. 12-18)

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School Library Journal Starred Review (Fri Dec 01 00:00:00 CST 2023)
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Reading Level: 6.0
Interest Level: 7-12

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! In the Remixed Classics series, authors from marginalized backgrounds reinterpret classic works through their own cultural lens to subvert the overwhelming cishet, white, and male canon. This bittersweet Pride & Prejudice remix follows a trans boy yearning for the freedom to live openly, centering queerness in a well-known story of longing and subverting society's patriarchal and cisheteronormative expectations. London, 1812 . Oliver Bennet feels trapped. Not just by the endless corsets, petticoats and skirts he's forced to wear on a daily basis, but also by society's expectations. The world--and the vast majority of his family and friends--think Oliver is a girl named Elizabeth. He is therefore expected to mingle at balls wearing a pretty dress, entertain suitors regardless of his interest in them, and ultimately become someone's wife. But Oliver can't bear the thought of such a fate. He finds solace in the few times he can sneak out of his family's home and explore the city rightfully dressed as a young gentleman. It's during one such excursion when Oliver becomes acquainted with Darcy, a sulky young man who had been rude to "Elizabeth" at a recent social function. But in the comfort of being out of the public eye, Oliver comes to find that Darcy is actually a sweet, intelligent boy with a warm heart. And not to mention incredibly attractive. As Oliver is able to spend more time as his true self, often with Darcy, part of him dares begin to hope that his dream of love and life as a man could be possible. But suitors are growing bolder--and even threatening--and his mother is growing more desperate to see him settled into an engagement. Oliver will have to choose: Settle for safety, security, and a life of pretending to be something he's not, or risk it all for a slim chance at freedom, love, and a life that can be truly, honestly his own. The Remixed Classics Series A Clash of Steel: A Treasure Island Remix by C.B. Lee So Many Beginnings: A Little Women Remix by Bethany C. Morrow Travelers Along the Way: A Robin Hood Remix by Aminah Mae Safi What Souls Are Made Of: A Wuthering Heights Remix by Tasha Suri Self-Made Boys: A Great Gatsby Remix by Anna-Marie McLemore My Dear Henry: A Jekyll & Hyde Remix by Kalynn Bayron Teach the Torches to Burn: A Romeo & Juliet Remix by Caleb Roehrig Into the Bright Open: A Secret Garden Remix by Cherie Dimaline Most Ardently: A Pride & Prejudice Remix by Gabe Cole Novoa


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