2⭐️1.5🌶️

Sci-fi romance
Space romance
Pride and prejudice
Grumpy sunshine
Miscommunication
Dynamic family
Slow burn


The images didn’t fit well on my kindle. There are over 50 images/illustrations throughout the book, that lost their luster being in black and white on my kindle. The illustrations are spectacularly beautiful… but my kindle just didn’t do it justice.

Let me be very clear.

Just because a piece of work is public domain, does not mean that this kind of “adaptation” isn’t plagiarism. If Austen were alive today, she would be suing. This book is not a retelling or reimagining of the classic story… It is literally Jane Austen’s writing, in space. The beginning of it feels like it was copied and pasted, which was a letdown when I was looking forward to a more original interpretation.

The idea of a space P&P retelling is interesting. I found that so much from regency England seemed to decently fit into the futuristic setting, it just didn’t seem futuristic… the juxtaposition was not my favorite.

I wish that the author would have taken her wonderfully developed world building and completely ran with it, creating her version of this classic, instead of sticking so closely to Austen’s dialogue and writing style.

My takeaway from reading it was that this is a book that should have stayed on Ao3. Or maybe it should have been a coffee table book with p&p quotes to reference for the images. A graphic novel would have been amazing!!!

Thank you NetGalley and Union Square & Co for an eARC for this book. All opinions are my own.

Let me start off by saying the cover is beautiful and that's what originally had me wanting to read this book.

While I do like retellings, this one felt more of the same exact book of Pride and Prejudice with just space words thrown in throughout. Not really my style. If you like Pride and Prejudice as well as Science fiction, this might be for you.

Thank Netgalley, Union Square & Co. publishing and Nerdy Inc for this eArc in exchange for my honest review.

A retelling of Pride and Prejudice, but like the title says, in space. I normally love Pride and Prejudice retellings but this one was just ok for me. I didn’t love the diary entries and normally I enjoy different writing styles like that. Maybe others who like the writing more will enjoy it!

THOUGHTS AND THINGS:
Let me start by saying I have never read P&P or seen the movies 🫣 I know, I know. It's been on my never ending TBR and I didn't want to spoil the book with the movies.

But, this book was the perfect way to ease into a classic. It was so much fun and the mixing of the two opposites, 19th century society and space just worked for me. I could 100% picture a regency-eral ball set in space and ate it up!

I loved the slow burn romance and the family drama. Plus the 50+ illustrations are absolutely stunning and add so much to the story! You're seeing layouts of spaceships, dress designs, handwritten letters, and so much more. It just a fantastic reading experience. Swipe for a few highlights 👉

I will say, I would highly encourage you to pick up a physical copy over reading an ebook. The illustrations and letters are much harder to see and read on a tablet than they are in person. Plus, the finished copies are printed in full color 😍

READ IF YOU LIKE:
👨‍🚀 Jane Austen/Classic Literature
👨‍🚀 Science Fiction
👨‍🚀 Space Odyssey
👨‍🚀 Historical Romance
👨‍🚀 19th Century Dialogue
👨‍🚀 Stunning Illustrations
👨‍🚀 Unique Mashups
👨‍🚀 Story Retellings
👨‍🚀 Text Threads
👨‍🚀 Handwritten Letters
👨‍🚀 Reading Physical Books

Taking on Pride and Prejudice, and taking on the challenge of finding a new spin on this story, is brave - and there's a lot about this that takes something familiar and makes it new.

The interior lives of the characters and the way they interact is the highlight of this book - I love seeing more inside their heads from this author's perspective, the way they think and feel about each other, and the way it makes their connections feel more powerful. Making Lizzie a pilot/interested in aircraft was also a fun addition. Darcy's more overt admiration of her to others was also a unique change, and his defensive stance about her specifically with Bingley's relatives was very fun.

The space part was the hard part - I had trouble visualizing if they were on ships or on planets, what it looked like, or even why that particular setting was special to this telling of the story. Conceptually, very cool, and the visuals are STUNNING. I could flip through this all day.

Overall, a lot of parts that were individually great, but it didn't quite add up to my hopes.

This book truly breathed a breath of fresh air into such a classic book. Taking a well known story and beloved characters and adapting it into something new is not always easy nor does it go over well! But Alexis Lampley not only did that but she FULLY understood the assignment. Applause all the way around. You should cancel your TBR and pick this one up when it comes out!

A fun twist on a timeless classic! The sci-fi elements added such a great levity to the story - as someone who has read the classic story dozens of times, this rendition added a new life to the story and made it feel new.

Thanks to NetGalley and Union Square & Co. for access to this title. All opinions expressed are my own. I am auto-approved for this publisher.

Someone on the World Wide Web once said You can't judge a book by its cover, but you can sell a bunch of books if you have a good one.

This book has a beautiful cover.

The Bennet sisters, Mr. Darcy, Wickham, Bingley, and Mr. Collins- the beloved characters in Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice are still going to balls and trying to wed but they all live in space.

It's the same material but in a flashier location. There was a bit of newness with conversations and journals between the chapters and the illustrations were beautiful and eye-catching.


But it was a hit-and-miss for me.

Publication Date 15/10/24
Goodreads Review 17/10/24
#PrideandPrejudiceinSpace #NetGalley.

As a die hard fan of the original Pride and Prejudice, I'm always looking for a retelling of the story. This book was charming and a great way to revisit old characters. And the illustrations were awesome.

📚 Read if you like: Pride & Prejudice retellings / adaptations, historical romance but in space, sci-fi romance, enemies to lovers
⭐️ Rating: 3.5/5

I saw this on NetGalley and immediately knew I had to read it! I’ve loved P&P for a long time and love reading all the different adaptations (yes even Pride and Prejudice and Zombies) of the classic by Jane Austen and I was intrigued by the sci-fi twist on this one! They’re in space on different moons and spacecraft around Londinium and I like how she used classic lines but set in a totally different place with different means of communication.

I didn’t think the writing was particularly groundbreaking but I still had a lot of fun! The best part for me was all the “bonus material” (for lack of a better word) in between all the chapters! There’s gorgeous artwork, diagrams of different stations and ships, personal comm logs as well as those between different characters. I felt like those added a lot to the story and helped with the overall vibe.

All in all, I had a lot of fun reading this! I definitely recommend to those who love Pride and Prejudice or even those who want an easier way to get into a classic. Thank you so much to NetGalley and Union Square for the eARC in exchange for my honest opinion.

I love Pride and Prejudice. I love Elizabeth and Darcy. Heck, I love outer space.

This was fine. A solid read. It’s the same story but in space. Just like the title reads. One thing that I did really enjoy was the multiple POV! The illustrations were also beautiful!

I couldn't finish this book. As much as I love the story of Pride and Prejudice, the actual text has long been something I can not get through. This book felt too much like the original text smattered with some spacey words and locations and suffered from that. It could have been a lot of fun, had the author had taken the time to make it their own, rather than relying so much on Austen's words.

Thank you Netgalley for the e-ARC! I've historically not had good luck when it comes to enjoying classics, which is why I've avoided Jane Austen up til now. It was hard to resist how pretty this book's cover was, though, and I wanted to give it a shot even if I wasn't sure if space might be enough to make Pride and Prejudice interesting.

In the biggest twist of my reading career: I loved it. It is very literally Pride and Prejudice, in space, so I get where longtime fans of the original might be coming from when they complain about that aspect, but I enjoyed the little details of the changed setting, the hints of worldbuilding that altered the original to science fiction, while retaining the original dialogue and writing style. I wasn't sure if that style would fit together with a sci-fi setting when I started the book, but it really worked for me, and honestly increased the whimsy and romanticism for me.

The absolutely gorgeous artwork throughout was certainly a treat too! I'll have to get myself a physical copy of the book as soon as I can, just so I can page through and experience the colors and designs again. One of my favorite reads of autumn so far, that's for sure.

Thank you to NetGalley and Union Square & Co for providing the ARC.

I love Pride and Prejudice as much as the next hopeless romantic, but what I was hoping for with Pride and Prejudice in Space was great retelling but futuristic. This book is bordering on a scene for scene copy of the source text with enough of it changed to give it that sci-fi feel. Don't get me wrong - I relish any reason to reread P&P, but I would just as soon pick up the Austen version over this, especially with how similar they are.

Thank you to NetGalley and Union Square & Co for this arc!

Pride and Prejudice has always been my favourite book, and I generally enjoy any retelling of it. This was no exception, I appreciated the blend of accuracy and imagination throughout the novel but my favourite thing about Pride and Prejudice in Space had to be the fun illustrations scattered throughout. These depictions of fashion, ship designs, and travel destinations gave a clear image of Lamprey’s Pride and Prejudice and I loved this immersion factor.

DNF around 18%

A retelling of Pride and Prejudice set in space has so much potential. There are so many great "futuristic" retellings out there. Unfortunately, this book is not one of them. For one, most of this book is just the story of Pride and Prejudice, scene by scene (even paragraph by paragraph at times) with a few changes to make it "in space" such as jargon or renaming planets. I was hoping there would be some kind of world-building explanation to clarify why this futuristic setting still abides by the social class rules of Regency England, but there wasn't. Instead, this book was just a mesh of the original text with a "space" bent. It didn't add anything to the story or really feel like the author's own original idea. The title is much more literal than I expected.

The highlight of this book is definitely the addition of mixed media art in the form of chat logs, journal entries, and other similar "files." Unfortunately, those didn't really seem to add anything to the story either. Instead, it made it painfully obvious that the book was just portions of the original text tweaked to fit with the new setting. The author even attempted to make some of the journal entries and chat logs have the more formal language of a classic novel, but it comes across weird and half-hearted in an attempt to give the story a unique spin.

This book comes across more like glorified fanfiction instead of a retelling or even imagining. I'm not sure the rules about plagiarism in regards to books that are in public domain, but this book definitely toes that line. I'm surprised a publisher approved of this without more effort to retell the original.

It's fair to see that I am mostly a Austen purist. I have read a number of Austen-inspired mysteries, but the recent Pride & Prejudice adaptations [like Pride & Prejudice & Zombies] haven't enticed me to try another version of this much-loved classic. For me, Pride and Prejudice is the best romance book ever written. I saw the 1995 adaptation as very impressionable teen and fell in love. The book is even better. So what has enticed me to pick up this new version? It's in space! Once I took a look at the cover I absolutely couldn't resist.

Here is why you need to read Pride and Prejudice in Space:
- First and foremost, Alexis Lampley keeps to the story that we love so much. There are moments where I felt like I was reading the original text, especially some of the most memorable lines...

"You're mistaken, my dear. I have the utmost respect for your nerves. They've been my companion for twenty years at least."

What goes with this text is "space" and she makes it fit within the text so seamlessly that you might be mistaken for thinking the original wasn't set in space. Lizzie is still our headstrong heroine, but she is also interested in how spaceships work, and instead of taking a walk across the countryside to visit her sick sister, she takes quite the solo journey in a spaceship.
- The world building and illustrations are phenomenal. The illustrations are so good, especially of the space ships and other areas that comprise the world. The reader also gets added details through com messages between characters and various journal-style entries. This all adds to a believability that Pride and Prejudice could have really been set in space!

I'll be honest I picked up Pride and Prejudice in Space for the illustrations and the concept of "space" but I stayed for a wonderful, new take on a classic and I really just have one question... when will it be on the screen? Because this would be epic on the big screen! Whether you've read the original text or not, I highly recommend Pride and Prejudice in Space. It's a fun take on a classic.

So excited to buy this book! I love Pride and prejudice retellings but sometimes they get a bit boring. This one was anything but and it gave a wonderful fresh of so to my favorite classic

Thanks to Nerdy Ink for gifted access to this eARC via Netgalley. All opinions below are my own.

I am a sucker for a Jane Austen retelling, I have read all of them I can get my hands on. What I look forward to most is the chemistry and intensity of the characters when put in a new setting.

This retelling is very close to the original, while the world building is amazingly unique, the plot and dialogue are almost too close to the original for me to have been wow-ed. The world building was so good, I would have hoped for a more nuanced retelling of Elizabeth and Darcy and Jane and Bingley. Taking place on a moon based setting with spaceships I'd hoped for unique clothing, societal rules and futuristic discourse. Instead the clothing was very regency inspired with most of the rules and emotional resonance of the regency era. If you haven't read a lot of retellings of this story, it's a good place to start, giving you the nuts and bolts of the story without being inaccessible.

That said, there is amazing original art throughout the story, which resonated with me, I have several illustrated editions.

I'm not quite sure how I feel about this one. Something about the communication logs really threw me off. The back-and-forth between the semi-formal third-person narration and the first-person more contemporary feeling dialogue was distracting. And maybe I'm wrong about the tone and it's just the space words making it feel that way.

Pride and Prejudice is an all-time fave of mine so I appreciate the respect shown in this retelling. The space and sci-fi concept is wild and had fun reading.