I've been trying to read this for a year... the premise seems really cute and I'm saving it for a rainy day.

This was not my cup of tea. It could have been edited more thoroughly. The cover is the kind that will be passed over. Not recommended for library purchase.

I really loved the idea of this novel. I think it's really unique to need to link up with someone else. It gives Ender's Game and Xiran Jay Zhao's Iron Widow. The first few chapter didn't grip me though. It felt slightly underwritten, and this is totally my fault, but the allusions weren't clear to me in the way that I wondered if they were necessary/actually connecting. This probably becomes more apparently later in the book, but I found myself wondering early.

I've been wanting to read a Pride and Prejudice retelling set in space for the longest time, so I was so happy to get my hands on this ARC, and it did not disappoint. The world-building was interesting but not too heavy for a novice sci-fi reader like me. I thought the way that interplanetary travel and its challenges and restrictions were used to recreate some of the social issues/scenarios from Pride and Prejudice was fascinating. The romance moved a little more quickly than I like from a Pride and Prejudice retelling, but the dynamic was still compelling. A new favorite.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for granting me free access to the advanced digital copy of this book.

I received a copy of this book for a fair and honest review. I thought this was an interesting take and re-telling of Pride and Prejudice. I would never have thought that it would take place in space. I love Lizzie and Will's interactions. They way they can't stand each other and find out they are almost a perfect match for what they want as a dream job and want to go to the same university. Will goes out of his way to keep Lizzy down. She does not let it get to her too much. The ending was wondering. It is well worth the read.

To Travel the Stars is a charming Sci-Fi Romance that weaves threads of Pride and Prejudice through the story of Lizzie Bennett and Will Darcy with just as much perfection as the original but with a narrative that takes place amongst the stars.
I enjoyed this imaginative variation which was written well and delivered a delightful rendition of its own that will surely keep the reader engaged and captivated.

I really wanted to like this book. I absolutely love the premise of Pride and Prejudice in space, but I felt like it got a little lost in translation. I think this would have done better as completely original, instead of trying to follow P&P.

I will admit I am not much of a sci-fi girlie, the world was interesting, and I liked a lot of the world building, but where it really lost me was in the characters. A huge part of what makes P&P so successful is its ability to develop and flesh out these two characters to the point that the reader is rooting for them. This just fell flat for me in that department. The interactions between the characters just wasn’t believable enough to develop their relationship.

I do think other people would like this, but I think it’s more geared for the YA sci-fi romance crowd than the classic Austen crowd.

<b>Incredible futuristic day spin-off of the classic novel by Jane Austen.</b>

Setting up Pride and Prejudice in a futuristic environment is probably the best fan fiction I have ever read - and I am not usually a big fan of fan fiction. Putting the characters in the time when space travel is possible and all the implications of the society in that time-

Well, let's just say it isn't that surprising to believe nothing much would be changed in that front.

Elizabeth Bennet is an ambitious woman not afraid to go after what she wants, no matter how hard she might have to work for her dreams to come through. Mr Darcy trapped in his family's expectations is a nice touch.

I do love that the author included queer people and normalised their inclusion in this book. The only thing that rankled me in that regard is that sometimes characters seemed to know other people's pronouns when meeting them for the first time, even when it wouldn't be explicitly mentioned. They would use any pronouns surprisingly correctly whether it's a he, she or they. It makes it seem like they could read minds, or maybe there was some external way to recognize it on their person, though the author never actually mentions it in the story.

That would have been the only thing I would have liked corrected, even if it's just using the wrong pronoun the first time and being corrected.

This story is a spin on the classic novel Pride and Prejudice but set in space! The romance is between Lizzie Bennett and wealthy and cocky, Will Darcy, who must interface with Lizzie (a compatibility test). With a 99% compatibility score, the two are forced together and obviously a romance ensues. I absolutely adored the premise for this book but unfortunately the characters fell through for me. They were very one dimensional, and by the end of the book I did not care wether or not Lizzie and Will got together. I did really enjoy the concept, and I will definitely give this author another go.

"To Travel the Stars" by Amy Sundberg is a YA novel that is an inventive retelling of Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice". Set in a futuristic world, the story follows 17-year-old Lisette Bennett, also known as Lizzie, as she pursues her dream of becoming an FTL (faster-than-light) pilot and exploring the stars. However, Lizzie's plans and aspirations are at risk because of her background, as she comes from a large, poor family in the isolated and Meryton V space station. The story was an interesting retelling, though I could have seen more exploration outside of the Pride and Prejudice story. Altogether, though, it was an engaging story with enjoyable characters. I would recommend it to anyone who has a love for classic books and also enjoys sci-fi.

To Travel the Stars is a decent retelling that brings a classic story into a futuristic realm. It succeeds in crafting an intriguing world but falls short in delivering fully fleshed-out characters and a well-paced romance. It's a worthwhile read for fans of both science fiction and Austen's work, but it just doesn't have the charm and wit of the original.

I have recently become very obsessed with pride and prejudice so this ARC came at the perfect time for me! This was my first book by Amy Sundberg & I thoroughly enjoyed it. It was a very easy read that sucked me right in. If you are into sci fi, remixes on the classics or just discovered pride and prejudice this one is for you. 😊

Pride and Prejudice in space - if Lizzie wanted to be an FTL pilot - with a more diverse cast than anything written by Austen.

As always with re-tellings, there is a balance to maintain between the original text and the changes in settings and characters to provide an interesting story. To Travel the Stars does a good job adjusting character motivations to match the new setting and still follows the general plot points of the original tale. It was a fun read, even though I knew the villains going into it. I would enjoy an original further take on this story.

Okay Pride and Prejudice in space? I should have loved this book but it was not done as well as I hoped and I couldn't get through it. It's almost as if the author picked up interactions and lines from the book and plopped them into this new sci-fi setting without any acclimation. The romance also was not convincing and sadly did hold any of the original's charm.

"Things haven't worked out the way we hoped, have they?"

📖 To travel the stars, Amy Sundberg

Did I go looking for this book on Netgalley at the beginning of July for fantasy bingo?

Yes! And I was also interested in what the space "Pride and prejudice" look like.

And this cover attracted me. It wasn't included in the kindle copy itself because I had the ARC copy.

The story is an "adaptation" of Lizzy and Darcy, both of them want to become pilots in space, but he is a privileged member of the space community and she belongs to the lower class, as her family cannot afford a compatibility implant. Nevertheless, she tries to achieve her dreams - but what if Darcy is her rival.

Overall, the book unfortunately didn't grab me... I don't read a lot of fantasy and sci-fi anyway, this was mostly really about ticking off the challenge. The story and the names are familiar, since it really follows the original PP, but there are so many elements of technology, planets, robotics that one really gets a little lost in this story.

This was a soft retelling of pride and prejudice. I wish I had gotten into this. But it took me forever. It was cute, but I had wanted more from it.

So much fun as a new age sci fi pride and prejudice retelling. The world building can be overwhelming at times which stalled my progress but overall I thought the characters were intriguing and the PINING in this book was top tier

I'm not exactly sure what drew me into To Travel The Stars as I don't read much Science Fiction anymore and I've literally never read Pride and Prejudice. It was difficult to get into. So for now I'm temporarily setting it down.

Though Lizzie Bennett has grown up on an isolated space station in a poor family, she dreams of becoming an FTL pilot. She also hopes to find an excellent interface partner, someone she can pair up with permanently via their neural implants. People with the expensive implants (which are so important to careers that her parents went into debt to be sure each of their four children had one) can look for others who want to work in the same field. Then they can run a simulation and find out how compatible they are. Lizzie is hoping for a 95% compatibility rating or higher.

When the station hosts a prestigious seminar, she is thrilled to get in. But she is dismayed to find that several of the other students, visiting from the planet below, are wealthy, privileged and snobbish. Will Darcy has every advantage, and he wants to be an FTL pilot too. Amazingly, they have a 99% compatibility rating. But there’s no way Lizzie could imagine being paired up with him, inside his mind. Not that he’d even deign to be her interface partner.

To Travel the Stars is a Pride and Prejudice retelling set in space. Unfortunately, it has absolutely none of the original’s fine qualities. It simply takes the body of Jane Austen’s beloved story and dresses it in futuristic clothing. Rather than using the plot and maybe some other details of Pride and Prejudice to create a fresh take, To Travel the Stars lifts too much entirely from the classic, even dialogue. It’s only slightly adjusted for the new framework in many places. I didn’t care about the characters much at all until the end, and then my attachment level was what I should have been feeling closer to the beginning. The author depends too much on readers being fans of the original so she can go light on important development of characters and background. I so wanted to enjoy this story, since it combines things I love, but it fell so flat for me. (And it never even explained what an FTL pilot is.)