Most Ardently: A Pride & Prejudice Remix

Overall this was very sweet and I think the premise of Darcy being queer but feeling forced to marry a woman is a great explanation for his overall ~deal~. I did catch myself being like “wow Mr. Bennet is remarkably accepting of trans identity for a Regency era man....” but then I remembered an interview I'd read with, I think Alexis Hall? someone who said something like “all we want for queer historical romance is the same suspension of disbelief for straight historical romance, like it's very unlikely that a governess would blissfully wed a duke so why can't we embrace the duke being queer and happy?” and you know what? Yeah!

I think probably for the presumed target audience of younger queer readers they will be more likely to just accept and enjoy the story. which they deserve!!