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3.9 AVERAGE
3.9 AVERAGE
medium-paced
Spoiler
The realist in me couldn’t help but wonder what Lucy did when she got to the future - would she have to complete all of high school? She has no birth certificate or SIN!!! How is she going to have a job!!!Hahaha but this was actually super cute - had a great time.
emotional
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Not really a P&P read-alike but for the time period. Still, good stuff. Charming and swoony coming of age tale that offers time travel, Sapphic romance, ambiguously gay sidekicks, and the evergreen teen topic of how to get into art school. Check it out.
I have mixed feelings with this book. First I was so HYPED that I could barely believed when I got the audio book on libby. Then one of the narrators has the most velvet voice possible and the other sounds like Keira K. Then.. it takes more than half of the book to really get to the slow burn and once we reach it, it ends. Fast. I wish we had at least 3 to 4 extra chapters around 80% of the story, that we could savor it for a little bit longer. It leaves with a rating between 3.5 and 4. It definitely worth the read, but avoid having higher expectations.
I really loved this book, way more than I expected. I thought it would be a light read, but it's quite well developed and packs an emotional punch. Highly recommended!
***Spoiler Warning***
I was definitely impressed with Pride and Prejudice and Pittsburgh.
I had read She Gets the Girl, the book Rachael Lippincott wrote with her wife, and loved it. I didn't know what to expect, as I've only known the author to write contemporary romances, but was pleasantly surprised.
The writing felt different than Rachael Lippincott's other, non-regency era, rom-coms. In her other sapphic books, such as She Gets the Girl, or The Lucky List, she had a very distinct style of writing, but with this one, there were several times throughout where I was like, "Wow, this is Rachael Lippincott?". I don't know if it was intentional or not, but the different vibe the writing had, I think helped the story.
While it did take me a few chapters to really get into the book, afterwards, I read it in basically one sitting. Audrey and Lucy were an incredibly cute couple, and I was rooting for them from start to finish.
I was surprisingly satisfied with how Audrey got sent back in time. While obviously, her time-traveling by the flip of a coin, takes some imagination to picture, I liked how simple the method was. I liked that it wasn't some big, over the top, magic potion or way-back machine. I liked how straight the point it was at doing its job.
I really appreciated that, when Audrey offers the chance for Lucy to come back to present day with her, she doesn't automatically assume that they'll be together for ever and ever. I liked that she would support Lucy, whether or not they were actively dating.
I loved the epilogue and seeing Lucy finding her way through 2023 and modern-day America. I loved seeing her try all of the crazy things that Audrey told her about, and finally getting a loving, non-abusive family. I also enjoyed seeing her openly share her love for Audrey, and not have to keep it behind closed doors.
The one thing I will say is, in some ways, I feel like the reactions to Lucy and Audrey being queer were a little unrealistic. When Lucy figures out that she likes Audrey, she accepts it pretty much in stride. While I am incredibly glad that she doesn't curl up into herself with confusion, and or, self-loathing, we don't get much in the way of if Lucy ever considered liking women in a non-platonic way before meeting Audrey. I think we get a mention of her noticing women in a way she doesn't men, but that's it. It just kind of felt like she took in the fact that she liked women, a little fast considering the time period she's originally from.
I am really glad that we didn't have like, ten chapters of her battling with internalized homophobia though. While it is important to highlight and represent different queer journeys, it was nice to have this book just be a fairly light and fluffy read.
The other thing I will note is that the historical fiction aspect of this book is probably not historically accurate. As I am not a historian, I cannot say definitively whether it is or is not. I'm guessing that most people who are reading this book, or looking to read this book, aren't looking for historical accuracy coming from a regency romp, I just wanted to put it out there.
This was an incredibly cute sapphic love story and I enjoyed it from start to finish. I liked the main characters and side characters, and the author did a great job of making me dislike Lucy's father and her fiancé, would-be husband.
There were, of course, some cringey moments throughout, but compared to other YA/NA sapphic novels I've read, it ranks pretty low on the list of cringey romance books.
I was definitely impressed with Pride and Prejudice and Pittsburgh.
I had read She Gets the Girl, the book Rachael Lippincott wrote with her wife, and loved it. I didn't know what to expect, as I've only known the author to write contemporary romances, but was pleasantly surprised.
The writing felt different than Rachael Lippincott's other, non-regency era, rom-coms. In her other sapphic books, such as She Gets the Girl, or The Lucky List, she had a very distinct style of writing, but with this one, there were several times throughout where I was like, "Wow, this is Rachael Lippincott?". I don't know if it was intentional or not, but the different vibe the writing had, I think helped the story.
While it did take me a few chapters to really get into the book, afterwards, I read it in basically one sitting. Audrey and Lucy were an incredibly cute couple, and I was rooting for them from start to finish.
I was surprisingly satisfied with how Audrey got sent back in time. While obviously, her time-traveling by the flip of a coin, takes some imagination to picture, I liked how simple the method was. I liked that it wasn't some big, over the top, magic potion or way-back machine. I liked how straight the point it was at doing its job.
I really appreciated that, when Audrey offers the chance for Lucy to come back to present day with her, she doesn't automatically assume that they'll be together for ever and ever. I liked that she would support Lucy, whether or not they were actively dating.
I loved the epilogue and seeing Lucy finding her way through 2023 and modern-day America. I loved seeing her try all of the crazy things that Audrey told her about, and finally getting a loving, non-abusive family. I also enjoyed seeing her openly share her love for Audrey, and not have to keep it behind closed doors.
The one thing I will say is, in some ways, I feel like the reactions to Lucy and Audrey being queer were a little unrealistic. When Lucy figures out that she likes Audrey, she accepts it pretty much in stride. While I am incredibly glad that she doesn't curl up into herself with confusion, and or, self-loathing, we don't get much in the way of if Lucy ever considered liking women in a non-platonic way before meeting Audrey. I think we get a mention of her noticing women in a way she doesn't men, but that's it. It just kind of felt like she took in the fact that she liked women, a little fast considering the time period she's originally from.
I am really glad that we didn't have like, ten chapters of her battling with internalized homophobia though. While it is important to highlight and represent different queer journeys, it was nice to have this book just be a fairly light and fluffy read.
The other thing I will note is that the historical fiction aspect of this book is probably not historically accurate. As I am not a historian, I cannot say definitively whether it is or is not. I'm guessing that most people who are reading this book, or looking to read this book, aren't looking for historical accuracy coming from a regency romp, I just wanted to put it out there.
This was an incredibly cute sapphic love story and I enjoyed it from start to finish. I liked the main characters and side characters, and the author did a great job of making me dislike Lucy's father and her fiancé, would-be husband.
There were, of course, some cringey moments throughout, but compared to other YA/NA sapphic novels I've read, it ranks pretty low on the list of cringey romance books.
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Loveable characters:
Yes