Dreadfully Ever After by Steve Hockensmith

Dreadfully Ever After by Steve Hockensmith

 Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

I was not sure I needed to read another Zombie Pride and Prejudice sequel, but for my blog I just had to knuckle down and do it.

Well, having admitted to not being into the idea of this book, I must admit to getting into it quite quickly and what is more, once I  started I was drawn into what was quite a gripping story.

The book opens with Darcy getting bitten by a child dreadful.

Elizabeth finds herself with no choice other than to go to her noted Aunt in Law, Lady Catherine De Bough for help to save Darcy.

Lady Catherine de Bough uses the terrible situation to put Elizabeth into a compromising situation and taking Darcy to Rosings, her estate, with plans to at last unite her daughter, Anne with Darcy.

This tale shines a whole new light of Anne De Boughs long debilitating illness.

And that’s it, I don’t want to tell you any more you will have to read the book and find out how it all turns out.

It’s fast and furious and strangely enjoyable.  A thumbs up to this one after all.

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Dawn of the Dreadfuls by Jane Austen and Steve Hockensmith

Dawn of the Dreadfuls by Jane Austen and Steve Hockensmith

(Pride and Prejudice and Zombies)

It is very nearly a year since I read Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen and Seth Graham-Smith: I was in Fiji when I read it and it took me all of two days to complete and my comment at the time was it was great fun.

Well, it has just taken me two days to read Dawn of the Dreadfuls, it has some pretty outlandish characters but still tries to stay true to the style, while of course still filling the pages with masses of zombie slaying.

Although written by a different author if you enjoyed the silliness of the first book you will love this one too.

There are some wonderfully odious types amongst both the living and the dead, how can you not be won over by a book that starts thus ” walking out in the middle of a funeral would be, of course bad form. So attempting to walk out on one’s own was beyond the pale.”

This book has illustrations by Patrick Arrowsmith.

The book is full of zombie mayhem, dark and melodramatic as you would expect, I know that these ‘Quirk’ classics as they call themselves are not everyones cup of tea but for those who like a joke go for it.

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies 

by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith

My youngest Son, Sabastian was always totally terrified of Zombies as a small child and his older siblings teased him terribly, even comedy like Shaun of the Dead he found  difficult to watch. But now being older he is changed and his mission is to destroy every cyber Zombie in every internet and xbox game.

This Book Pride and Prejudice and Zombies is about 85% original Pride and Prejudice with Zombie bits added, some of those bits fit remarkably well like the bit where Miss Lucas is bitten by the undead and agrees to marry Mr Collins as she will be in need of a husband to behead her at the end, this is quite sensible and answers the question of why anyone could possibly consider marrying Mr Collins.

On the other hand Lady Catherine de Bourgh as a ninja warrior woman is stretching it to snapping point! Zombies I can handle but one of the best villanesses ever being re-invented as a guru and role model to the Bennet girls – Purlease.

Read this for the fun of it, laugh and enjoy.

I am sure that the love story of Elizabeth and Fitzwilliam will be brought to a whole new generation, going into battle against Zombies is a pretty normal way to fall in love.

In keeping with my OCD, I have already purchased Dawn of the Dreadfulls (by Steve Hockensmith) which is set four years before Pride and Prejudice with Zombies.  Sense and Sensibility with Sea Monsters (by Ben H Winters) Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter  (also by Seth Grahame-Smith) – I am also on the look out for Mansfield Park and Mummies: Monster Mayhem, Matrimony, Ancient Curses, True Love, and Other Dire Delights (by Jane Austen and Vera Nazarian).

There is also available a set of 30 postcards of the girls doing there slaying in style. available from Chronicle Books LLC.

My Daughter loved the book and here is a picture of her in full on Zombie make-up, she is a Make-Up artist and often practices on her self, she has also done a rock group in  full on Zombie make up for a Halloween gig.  Below this I have also put a link to a brilliant Zombie short spoof red bull add that she did – she is awesome.