A review by tjalexandernyc
Most Ardently: A Pride & Prejudice Remix by Gabe Cole Novoa

5.0

 I’ve been very impressed with the Remixed Classics series being put out by Feiwel and this one!!! This one. It’s a Pride & Prejudice retelling where our young Bennet is a trans boy. Absolutely delightful on so many levels and a joy to read. I have only a vague recollection of the original P&P text so I can't say exactly how it differs, but each twist and turn felt fresh to me. Oliver Bennet is a gem of a main character, and his struggle with living a dual life is so #$%&ing real. The struggle is nicely balanced by the support he finds with trusted friends and family, so if you're feeling tender when it comes to reading stories with misgendering I would say proceed with caution but do try to proceed because the triumphant payoff is, in my opinion, worth it. 

On a personal note: I hesitated to share this because I think the main purpose of reviewing of the books I've read is to let y'all decide whether or not a book would be a fit for you, but I think there's also something important about recording my personal reading experiences too, so I will! Anyway, it was  

wild for me to read this when Eden’s End, my trans regency romance (adult), is coming out next year. I had a tiny bit of panic that, oh no, there are some similarities in our stories (as you might expect for two trans men MC’s in the same time period)! People will be mad! But then I remembered that we have, like, five total traditionally published trans historical romances in the world and no one should be mad about having more. Two cakes!