#most ardently

[banananinjathebomb]

“ I love you. Most ardently.”

Pride and Prejudice (2005)

#jane austen #mr darcy #lovers #dark academia #my love #lover era #dark acadamia aesthetic #jane austin quote #love #trees and forests #elizabeth bennet #letters to my love #light acadamia aesthetic #naturecore #light academism #to be loved #i love you so very much #most ardently #pride and prejudice

[transbookoftheday]

Most Ardently by Gabe Cole Novoa

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 to 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.

#most ardently #remixed classics #gabe cole novoa #transmasc #trans book of the day #trans books #queer books #bookblr #booklr

[lgbtqreads]

Happy (Upcoming) Trans Day of Visibility 2024!

March 31st is Trans Day of Visibility, and we’re celebrating as we do by highlighting a whole bunch of wonderful trans books! For even more recs, check out previous years’ posts.  Books to Read Now Middle Grade Magical Princess Harriet by Leiah Moser “To put it simply, Harris Baumgartner was late to school on the first day of the seventh grade because something he saw in the abandoned lot at the…

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#TDOV #Cass Donish #Crystal Frazier #Gabe Cole Novoa #Izzy Wasserstein #Just Happy to Be Here #Katherine Packert Burke #Kelly Caldwell #KT Hoffman #Lee Mandelo #Lilah Sturges #Lily Seabrooke #Lucy Uncensored #Mel Hammond #Most Ardently #Naomi Kanakia #Nico Lang #Ray Stoeve #Talia Bhatt #The Prospects #The Summer Love Strategy #These Fragile Graces This Fugitive Heart #Trans Day of Visibility #Trans Romance #Transfem #Transgender #translit #Transmasc

[ladder-ghost]

#the dedication of this book gave me energy to draw on the page #I have not yet recovered from it #like I was not into pride and prejudice until this remix #most ardently

[readyforthegarden]

#this is a cry for help I love him #i need him #i want him #most ardently #my gifs

[fourthleafluck]

I was sold on this book from the moment I heard "trans Pride and Prejudice", and then it was indeed SO SWEET. Love these cuties

This 2BDC: a bookmark for Most Ardently by Gabe Cole Novoa

#queer book draw challenge #qbdc #queer romance #queer books #lgbt books #id in alt text #book art #2bdc #most ardently #gabe cole novoa #remixed classics

[haveyoureadthistransbook]

Most Ardently by Gabe Cole Novoa

goodreads

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, not to mention attractive.

As Oliver spends more time as his true self, often with Darcy, part of him dares to hope that his dream of love and life as a man can 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 his own.

Mod opinion: I haven't read this book yet and probably won't read it myself as most retellings aren't really my thing, but if you like Austen retellings this one sounds like a really interesting one!

#most ardently #gabe cole novoa #polls #trans lit #trans literature #trans books #lgbt lit #lgbt literature #lgbt books #trans man #own voices #retelling #romance #historical fiction

[eldergrim]

Trans Thoughts

I so desperately need it to be known that the book "Most Ardently" by Gabe Cole Novoa has made me feel so seen and heard. Never have I thought a book could so perfectly encapsulate the emotions I feel as a TransMasc. I might also add that I am Demisexual and Homoromantic, and I very much appreciated the Gay romance in this book because I feel like whenever I look for books or stories with Trans characters the Trans character is always Transfem or attracted to/ in a relationship with someone of the opposite gender. Not to say that this isn't bad but to me personally, it's so hard to find books that I can fully relate to. Anyway, this book was an amazing read, very enlightening to the trans experience in my opinion, and just all around so beautiful. Thank you, Gabe Cole Novoa! And to everyone else, I highly recommend you go out and get this book!!

#ramblings of grim #transmasc #transmasculine #transgender #gay men #gay romance #transgender romance #trans man #most ardently #gabe cole novoa

[the-final-sentence]

But it was real, and nothing and no one could take that away from him.

Gabe Cole Novoa, from Most Ardently

#Gabe Cole Novoa #Most Ardently

[ashandthorns]

Time for some pining. New collaboration announcement and tea blend coming 1.18

#tea #tea lover #tea time #books #booksbooksbooks #most ardently #pride and prejudice #pride and predjudice 2005 #mr darcy #gabe cole novoa

[confusedpandabear]

Just putting it out there:

Pride & Prejudice Damianya AU.

#panda text #somebody write this before i do it myself #most ARDENTLY #damianya #spy x family

[banananinjathebomb]

There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others. My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me.

Pride and Prejudice (2005)

#lovers #jane austen #lover era #my love #dark academia #mr darcy #dark acadamia aesthetic #jane austin quote #nature #pride and prejudice #elizabeth bennet #lizzy bennet #light academism #trees and forests #to be loved #i love you so very much #most ardently #love #letters to my love #light acadamia aesthetic #forest #naturecore

[carolinebingley-wouldve-hated-me]

Mr. Darcy learns how to court properly

#pride & prejudice #pride and prejudice #pride & prejudice 2005 #mr. darcy #perioddramaedit #myedit #jane austen #most ardently

[lgbtqreads]

Better Know an Author: Gabe Cole Novoa

This author and I go waaaay back, so I’m thrilled to be chatting today with Gabe Cole Novoa, who’s made a serious name for himself in trans YA both historical and fantastical. He recently released two YAs back-to-back, the Remixed Classic Most Ardently and the fantasy The Diablo’s Curse, and he’s here to talk about both of those, getting The NYT Call, what comes next, and more. Welcome, Gabe! Q:…

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#Beyond the Red #Gabe Cole Novoa #Most Ardently #Remixed Classics #The Diablo&039;s Curse #The Wicked Bargain #translit

[ladder-ghost]

“Oliver’s toes sank into cool mud as he stood at the edge of a large, placid lake. He’d removed his shirt already and stood in just his trousers with the sun warming his bare chest—flat from his clavicle down to his hips. The smooth expanse of his skin, like glazed ceramic, was so easy. Natural. His.[…]

So, with a grin, he stripped off his trousers and leapt into the lake, his breath catching in his chest as the cool water enveloped him[...]He’d never swam like this—so easily, so carefree. It had never felt so natural to be in the water, to feel it kiss the bare skin of his flat chest.

“Darkness was closing in on all sides, but he didn’t want to wake up, he didn’t want to wake up, he didn’t want to—

Oliver sat up in bed, chest heaving. His hands leapt to his chest and the softness of his breasts curdled in his stomach like a glass of spoiled milk. The wrongness of it. His eyes burned with tears and he covered his mouth as a sob spilled out. The unfairness of it all twisted in his chest like a knife. It was so easy for most boys, so unthinkably simple.”

Excerpt From

Most Ardently: A Pride & Prejudice Remix

Gabe Cole Novoa

https://books.apple.com/us/book/most-ardently-a-pride-prejudice-remix/id6445896117

Felt that carnally. An avid description of dysphoria. I’m reacting to this as I’m reading and if this man gets outed I will actually bawl.

#most ardently #crying about it #maybe I should do a little essay about it when I’m done #high school literature core

[aroaessidhe]

2024 reads / storygraph

Most Ardently

YA historical romance

retelling of Pride & Predudice following a closeted gay trans boy who’s expected to attend balls and look for suitors

he sneaks out at night dressed as a boy, and ends up spending a lot of time with a boy who’d been rude to him at a function, but is more open with him like this

as they grow closer, and he faces increasing pressure to get married and to be a proper woman, and has to decide how he’s going to face his future

#Most Ardently #aroaessidhe 2024 reads #this is very sweet I enjoyed it #I can’t really speak to it as a retelling because I’m not intimately familiar with the original but. pretty good I think. #I liked how he was already out to some people& his coming out to everyone else was pretty smooth/accepting (other than his mother initially #really the only transphobia comes from the antagonist a bit and I guess in general him being closeted for most of the story #- like there’s no real fear of super bad things happening as a reader #and of course marlowe lune’s cover is fantastic #romancing over shared interest in books is always good