it's a truth universally acknowledged that when a pride & prejudice retelling publishes, i'm there to check it out. unmarriageable is the modern pakistani take on jane austen's classic. and while at times i thought that the story hewed too closely to the source material, with the characters hitting the same beats and saying the same thing as the original, this was still an interesting take on lizzy and darcy's story.we follow the binat family as they make their way through dilipabad society encountering the binghas, the darsees and the dey baghs. (see what i'm saying here? it's almost too on the nose.) but here's the thing, if you love the original, and i certainly do, why would i complain about that? what makes this story fresh is the fact that the characters are muslim and live in pakistan. and it's actually really cool to see this culture contextualized on the page this way.
unmarriageable might not be making any huge waves from a plot perspective, but the rich character and cultural details that adorn the narrative more than make up for that fact.
**unmarriageable will publish on january 22, 2019. i received an advance reader copy courtesy of netgalley/random house publishing group (ballantine) in exchange for my honest review.
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