"Pride" is a "Pride and Prejudice" remix set in modern-day Brooklyn with the Haitian-Dominican American Benitez family. More YA than the original, "Pride" is compressed into the summer before our protagonists' senior year in high school. The depth of the story and some of the characterizations suffer from that, I think. Zuri (the "Elizabeth") could be considered a little flat as a character. She lacks some of Elizabeth Bennet's good humor and her wit is of an entirely different kind. But her poetry is scattered throughout the narrative and adds a beautiful layer of depth and artistry. Without that, neither her character, her relationship with rich kid Darius Darcy, or the storytelling in general would work particularly well for me. The family — exuberant and silly at times but lovingly portrayed — and the neighborhood are also beautifully rendered. As a pure P&P retelling, I'd probably give it 3 stars, but as an urban, Afro-Latino #ownvoices YA retelling, I'd give it 4.