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3.9 AVERAGE
3.9 AVERAGE
This was truly the sapphic hallmark romance of my dreams. If this was a cringey Christmas film, I fear I would watch it every single year. It’s not even remotely festive, it just had that ✨vibe✨.
I looooooved the2023 to 1812 time jump !!!! So cute.
I really enjoyed the background characters too – I wish we got more of an epilogue ofAudrey and Lucy’s adventures in London, where they learned how everyone they knew in 1812 had lived their lives… that would’ve made me cry.
Speaking of crying, I may have shed a tear at the insinuation that Lucy’s mum sent Audrey to her. Sobbing 😭
I looooooved the
I really enjoyed the background characters too – I wish we got more of an epilogue of
Speaking of crying, I may have shed a tear at the insinuation that Lucy’s mum sent Audrey to her. Sobbing 😭
emotional
lighthearted
medium-paced
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
It's a five star read for me, but maybe not universally. It's exactly what I was looking for, a quick easy read, something that draws you in and doesn't let go until you read the last page. I read this in a single sitting, with no breaks. The easy cartoon-cover romance I was expecting.
funny
hopeful
fast-paced
Just not interested in the characters honestly, it hasn’t gripped me. Also don’t think I vibe with the time travel element within a YA contemporary setting
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This was so sweet and so real and emotional that I genuinely cried at it and was so happy at the end. Despite the 'time travel' storyline being implausible and the culture shock of time periods being largely glossed over, it has a great heart and beautiful interplay of complex emotions.
adventurous
emotional
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
fast-paced
bad! commits two insurmountable sins:
1) it’s extremely inaccurate. i think it’s one thing to have anachronistic dialogue in standard regency romance (i can deal with that, i got through all of bridgerton)(although this does have some egregious moments, even by that standard), but by evoking pride and prejudice it sets itself up as for the austen weirdos, who have watched the adaptions and read the books and will be attuned to turns of phrase! i think if you’re going to write/edit a book like this, it’s your solemn duty to do your homework, and adapt your ear to this stuff! it’s not that hard to do, which i know, because i’ve apparently done it, and every odd phrase sounded like an alarm bell in the middle of a sentence. worse than all of that, though, is the misuse of modern slang, and making english characters say americanisms, purely because they would have been so easy to fix, during a just slightly conscious edit. tldr, i wish they’d gotten just one period drama lover, one british person and one 20 year old to read through the book before publishing it.
2) it’s not even a little bit based on pride and prejudice. the gall, of attempting to elevate ur regency romance above the wide and churning sea of that subgenre, by evoking its urtext in the title, and then not having the story have anything to do with austen, is staggering! the closest it gets is a man does a lake dip, which a reference to mere supplementary material. i think the titling is actually extremely rude to the authors working hard to make their historical fiction stand out with tension and chemistry. although i guess the lie worked, because i read this, and i wouldn’t have otherwise.
also and this doesnt really bother me, but there’s not much pittsburgh either, so the title is just false advertising from start to eventual finish
1) it’s extremely inaccurate. i think it’s one thing to have anachronistic dialogue in standard regency romance (i can deal with that, i got through all of bridgerton)(although this does have some egregious moments, even by that standard), but by evoking pride and prejudice it sets itself up as for the austen weirdos, who have watched the adaptions and read the books and will be attuned to turns of phrase! i think if you’re going to write/edit a book like this, it’s your solemn duty to do your homework, and adapt your ear to this stuff! it’s not that hard to do, which i know, because i’ve apparently done it, and every odd phrase sounded like an alarm bell in the middle of a sentence. worse than all of that, though, is the misuse of modern slang, and making english characters say americanisms, purely because they would have been so easy to fix, during a just slightly conscious edit. tldr, i wish they’d gotten just one period drama lover, one british person and one 20 year old to read through the book before publishing it.
2) it’s not even a little bit based on pride and prejudice. the gall, of attempting to elevate ur regency romance above the wide and churning sea of that subgenre, by evoking its urtext in the title, and then not having the story have anything to do with austen, is staggering! the closest it gets is a man does a lake dip, which a reference to mere supplementary material. i think the titling is actually extremely rude to the authors working hard to make their historical fiction stand out with tension and chemistry. although i guess the lie worked, because i read this, and i wouldn’t have otherwise.
also and this doesnt really bother me, but there’s not much pittsburgh either, so the title is just false advertising from start to eventual finish
emotional
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes