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Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dreadfully Ever After

by Steve Hockensmith (Goodreads Author)

3.73 of 5 stars 3.73 · rating details · 1,637 ratings · 234 reviews

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies and its prequel, Dawn of the Dreadfuls, were both New York Times best sellers, with a combined 1.3 million copies in print. Now the PPZ trilogy comes to a thrilling conclusion with Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dreadfully Ever After.

The story opens with our newly married protagonists, Elizabeth and Fitzwilliam Darcy, defending their vill...more

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Published March 22nd 2011 by Quirk Books

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Jul 18, 2011 Tammy Dahle rated it 4 of 5 stars

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This book promises romance, heartbreak, martial arts, cannibalism, and armies of shambling corpses. It deliveries! I have loved these books published by Quirk Classics. The first one that hooked me was Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, next I read the prequel Dawn of the Dreadfuls. Now comes the exciting conclusion to the trilogy Dreadfully Ever After. I was thrilled to have the opportunity to read and review Dawn of the Dreadfuls by Steven Hockensmith. It's the perfect recipe of genr...more

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Apr 22, 2011 Doskoi_panda rated it 4 of 5 stars

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dreadfully Ever After in which the warrior women of the Bennett line combat intrigues, scandals, dreadfuls, ninja and high society by utilizing their varied martial arts skills and the manners and etiquette of a gentleman's daughters.

I am going to start this by stating that I enjoyed Pride and Prejudice (Austen). I also enjoyed Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.
If anything, this latest installment may have been even more fun, probably because it didn't have the ori...more Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dreadfully Ever After in which the warrior women of the Bennett line combat intrigues, scandals, dreadfuls, ninja and high society by utilizing their varied martial arts skills and the manners and etiquette of a gentleman's daughters.

I am going to start this by stating that I enjoyed Pride and Prejudice (Austen). I also enjoyed Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.
If anything, this latest installment may have been even more fun, probably because it didn't have the original novel to which to adhere. Or stand up to, for that matter, though it does remain in keeping with the "comedy of manners" feel of the original. The story opens a few years after the close of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, with Jane and Bingley settled comfortably with their offspring at Netherfield, Lizzie and Darcy still happily married (though childless), and Kitty and Mary are still at home (through the contrivances of their mother, who, having married off three of her daughters discovered that she wants to keep the remaining two at home to wait on her. She uses her personality to discourage would-be beaus, much to Kitty's vexation.) Elizabeth and Darcy are returning to Pemberly after having visited Jane and her newborn, when disaster strikes - Darcy is bitten, and Elizabeth begins her search for a cure by contacting and following the instructions of her formidable enemy, Lady Catherine de Bourgh.

I liked that this installment focused on some of the lesser characters - Kitty, Mary and even Anne are much more fully fleshed out and given greater consequence in the plot, something I think that Austen would approve of, even if she may not have quite approved of their more unladylike activities (fighting, seduction, misdirection and bouts of brazen hussy-ness, to name a few.) Darcy is unexpectedly humanized, Anne de Bourgh displays unusual vitality and even the ninja are brought forward into the light. Well, as much as they can be at any rate.

The descriptions of the spread of disease (cholera) in London, the battles with the unmentionables, and the insights into the point of view of the zombies are all excellent touches, and should satisfy even the bloodthirsty mobs of ancient Rome. The humour is excellent; Austen's wit and satire tweaked into black comedy, as even parasols become weapons against the undead.

4 stars (of 5)
Crossposted to Amazon.com, BookMooch, Librarything and GoodReads.(less)

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Mar 01, 2011 Paul rated it 4 of 5 stars

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. For those that have not read Pride and Prejudice and Zombies as well as Dawn of the Dreadfuls please note that this review contains some minor spoilers.

The final novel in the Pride and Prejudice and Zombie trilogy is published today. Dreadfully Ever After by Steve Hockensmith picks up the story four years later. Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy are now happily married and living at Mr Darcy’s country estate, Pemberly. Elizabeth has hung up her flintlock and katana, as it is improper for a...more For those that have not read Pride and Prejudice and Zombies as well as Dawn of the Dreadfuls please note that this review contains some minor spoilers.

The final novel in the Pride and Prejudice and Zombie trilogy is published today. Dreadfully Ever After by Steve Hockensmith picks up the story four years later. Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy are now happily married and living at Mr Darcy’s country estate, Pemberly. Elizabeth has hung up her flintlock and katana, as it is improper for a married woman to be involved in dealing with ‘the stricken‘. Everything should be perfect, she has the man of her dreams and leads the life she has always wanted but instead she feels unease with her life. She is unsure if she wants to start a family and misses her warrior lifestyle.

During a long country walk Darcy is attacked and bitten by a zombie and the death of Elizabeth’s husband seems all but inevitable until Darcy’s aunt, the formidable Lady Catherine De Bourgh arrives. She has heard rumours of a possible cure but before Elizabeth can investigate further Lady Catherine demands Darcy is placed in her care. It falls to The Bennet clan to try and locate the key to Darcy’s salvation. Meanwhile Darcy is to be looked after by his aunt and cousin, Anne, both of whom appear to have their own reasons for wishing to help out.

The book then splits so we have alternating chapters following the Bennet’s adventures in London and Darcy trying to stave off his conversion to a flesh eating zombie.

In my review of Dawn of the Dreadfuls, the Pride and Prejudice and Zombies prequel novel, I thought the text was missing some of the verbal flourishes you would expect when reading a book based on Austen. In the case of Dreadfully Ever After I am pleased to report I have no such quibbles. As a direct sequel to Pride and Prejudice and Zombies this is exactly the novel I was hoping for. This final book ties up all the loose ends of the trilogy very nicely.

It was great to get further insight into the characters of Mary and Kitty Bennet. Kitty in particular goes on quite a journey as she has never really been free of her sister Lydia’s shadow. As Lydia is not in this novel, having already found happiness in Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, it is Kitty’s turn to shine. Other characters that have appeared before are brought back from both of the two prior novels, and in some cases given their own shot at redemption.

Once again there is some fantastic zombie dispatching methods. We finally learn what drives the zombies to behave as they do and there is a rather inventive aside that details an attack seen from the dreadful’s perspective.

I would be happy to recommend Dreadfully Ever After. The author seems much more comfortable writing about an alternate regency England this time out and splitting the action between the countryside and London allows for some great contrasts. The reader gets a real sense of how the ongoing problems with the undead have affected the nation’s capital.

Hopefully you have enjoyed my short foray into the world of mash-up novels over the last few posts, I certainly have. Proof positive, if it were needed, the adding of zombies to a novel can indeed only ever be a good thing.(less)

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Mar 11, 2011 Rich Stoehr rated it 3 of 5 stars

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The third (and hopefully final) book in the Pride and Prejudice and Zombies series commits an unfortunate sin - it takes itself just a little too seriously.

If Dawn of the Dreadfuls felt like someone explaining a joke that didn't need explaining (which it did), then Dreadfully Ever After feels like someone who doesn't know when to drop the punchline and let it lie.

I give this latest installment in the Pride and Prejudice and Zombies phenomenon credit for this, at least: I didn't expect what happe...more

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Apr 17, 2013 Dan rated it 3 of 5 stars

This is an odd culmination to a fun series. Dreadfully Ever After follows Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (and it's prequel Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dawn of the Dreadfuls to conclude the story of the Bennett sisters in a zombie-filled version of regency England.

The story loosely revolves around Elizabeth, Mr Bennett and the remaining unmarried sister attempting to obtain a cure for the zombie disease in London after Darcy is bitten. Despite this being the plot, the book mainly focuses o...more

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Aug 04, 2012 Indah Threez Lestari rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: in-english

738 - 2012

What's in your head,
In your head,
Zombie, zombie, zombie?
- The Cranberries -

This is a story of Mr. Darcy and Lizzy, again!

Sebagian fans Pride and Prejudice menganggap perlu ada lanjutan kisah cinta antara Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy dan Elizabeth Bennet, sehingga muncul ribuan fanfic dengan berbagai versi, sebagian malah sudah diterbitkan secara resmi. Tapi, apakah novel parodi Pride and Prejudice and Zombies perlu ada sekuelnya? Yah, sepertinya penerbitnya menganggap perlu (sangat mungkin k...more

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Jun 14, 2012 Cassie-la rated it 4 of 5 stars

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REVIEW ALSO ON: http://bibliomantics.com/2011/03/25/t......

I thought it couldn’t be possible to make Pride and Prejudice and Zombies into a trilogy without Jane Austen. I couldn’t have been more wrong. I immediately realised this when I picked up Steve Hockensmith’s prequel Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dawn of the Dreadfuls which deals with the Bennet sisters training in the Deadly Arts and zombie slaying. It also deals with lots of ninjas.

The book was good, but it was missing one thing: Mr....more REVIEW ALSO ON: http://bibliomantics.com/2011/03/25/t......

I thought it couldn’t be possible to make Pride and Prejudice and Zombies into a trilogy without Jane Austen. I couldn’t have been more wrong. I immediately realised this when I picked up Steve Hockensmith’s prequel Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dawn of the Dreadfuls which deals with the Bennet sisters training in the Deadly Arts and zombie slaying. It also deals with lots of ninjas.

The book was good, but it was missing one thing: Mr. Darcy. Thankfully Dreadfully Ever After features him in spades, although he has a tendency to have fevered dreams involving blood pudding and Lizzie’s intestines.

Dreadfully Ever After is set a four years after Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, briefly touching upon Jane and Bingley’s wedded bliss (specifically their extreme fecundity) and Elizabeth’s dissatisfaction with her wife-ly duties (mainly, putting aside her katana). Kitty is equally unhappy, with her mother having married off three children and suddenly no longer caring about the future of the other two. Mary is the same old Mary with her nose stuck in a book, and Lydia is mentioned only in passing as being an errant whore who has children that most likely don’t belong to Wickham. Suffice it to say, everyone is pretty true to character.

Unlike the other books, which deal with Elizabeth and Jane, Hockensmith focuses this story on the lesser understood/explored characters, specifically Kitty, Mary, and Mr. Darcy. Albeit zombie-esque Mr. Darcy. He’s a little bit cannibalistic and a little bit sexy.

Without the silly influence of Lydia, Kitty is much less vapid, and only occasionally spouts “La!” after every joking remark she makes. She is charged with the task of seducing socialite Bunny MacFarquhar, whose father Angus runs the Bedlam Royal Hospital, rumored to hold a cure for zombiesm. For some reason I much preferred when the story focused on Kitty, partly because of her decision to become more of a strong female character, partly because of her adorable love story with Lady Catherine’s ninja Nezu, and partly because I kept imagining her as Kitty Pryde minus Lockheed.

Mary is her usual intellectual self, and is constantly touting Mary Wollstonecraft, women’s rights activist and mother of Frankenstein author Mary Shelley. Rather than seducing socialites to gain access to the cure like Elizabeth and Kitty, Mary uses her brains and subterfuge to enter Bedlam. Like Kitty, she is also thrust into a romantic relationship, albeit with a limbless man living inside a box pulled by two well trained dogs. If you read Dawn of the Dreadfuls, you will most certainly remember this blast from the Bennet past. If not, you’re in for a twist, thankfully not of the M. Night Shyamalan kind.

Finally, there is Mr. Darcy (which you must say with a British accent for the pronunciation to be 100% effective). After Darcy is bitten, we begin to learn the inner-workings of his mind as well as that of an unmentionable. He gains an insatiable urge for raw meat, is able to walk among zombies without fear (while simultaneously pretending to be a tree a la the wood coming to Dunsinane), and can see the life force of objects. It is revealed that zombies see everything in a dull gray color, except for things with a strong life force, which is visible as a glowing bright light. For some reason, cabbage has this same life force, although it is never explained why. Just as it is never explained why Bunny has a pet rabbit named Brummel who has an affinity for dressing like a dandy.

Despite the fact that the story no longer features the words of Austen, Hockensmith still focuses his narrative on the subjugation of women. Elizabeth is torn between her duties as a wife and her desire to chop off zombie heads, Kitty wants to strike up romance with a ninja despite it being taboo, and Mary has a thing for agoraphobic quadriplegics that can’t be brought home to Mom. Their foil is the frightening Lady Catherine de Bourgh, who after beheading her husband is able to kill unmentionables without shame, and gains the freedom that most Regency era women in Austen novels seem to desire. The same can be said for her daughter Anne, who due to a mysterious affliction is able to represent alienated girls everywhere as the first mall goth of her time.

The only downfall of the novel is the illustrations, which seem even worse than they were in Dawn of the Dreadfuls. All the Bennet girls look like old women, and occasionally old men. The woodcut style is not flattering in any way, and the artist seems to have a lot of trouble figuring out perspective. As with the prequel illustrations, all the characters are drawn with giant torsos and small legs. Thankfully, the remaining Quirk Classics are not cursed with hideous looking women and diminutive legged men.(less)

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Jun 12, 2012 Liviania rated it 4 of 5 stars

My aunt and uncle bought me PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES shortly after it came out. Not for any occasion; they simply saw it and thought of me. After the novel became a hit, Steve Hockensmith took over to write a prequel. DREADFULLY EVER AFTER is the sequel and the final novel in the trilogy. I have not read the prequel, but I have read PPZ.

DREADFULLY EVER AFTER has a large advantage over the original mash-up since Hockensmith's prose does not have to directly compete with Jane Austen's. It m...more My aunt and uncle bought me PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES shortly after it came out. Not for any occasion; they simply saw it and thought of me. After the novel became a hit, Steve Hockensmith took over to write a prequel. DREADFULLY EVER AFTER is the sequel and the final novel in the trilogy. I have not read the prequel, but I have read PPZ.

DREADFULLY EVER AFTER has a large advantage over the original mash-up since Hockensmith's prose does not have to directly compete with Jane Austen's. It makes for a smoother reading experience. Now, Hockensmith is no Austen, but he does weave class issues and other societal troubles into his zombie tale.

My main problem with the series is the fact that the main characters are Shaolin warriors and pal around with ninjas. I get that it's cool, but it feels so weird to me. It's too close to how Britain actually was in the 1880s. (By which I mean, obsessed with Japan, not overrun with ninjas and zombies.) It keeps pushing me out of the time period.

The story in DREADFULLY EVER AFTER picks up four years after PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES. While on a walk with Elizabeth, Mr. Darcy is bitten by a dreadful. Elizabeth, despite her pride, goes to Lady Catherine de Bourgh for help. She and her younger sister Kitty are to seduce Sir Angus MacFarquhar and his son Bunny, in order to gain access to the cure housed at Angus's hospital.

I rather liked Angus and the silly fop Bunny, which I did not expect. The characters play well off of the Bennets' tempraments in this 'verse. I was expecting them to be forced to seduce people more loathsome, so the MacFarquhars truly were a pleasant surprise.

Meanwhile, Lady Catherine is unsurprisingly trying to regain control over Darcy and put her plans for her family back into place. It's kind of amazing that she stays so much the same when other characters are greatly transformed. Also meanwhile, Jane is having a difficult pregnancy. (Which I kept forgetting about.)

There are those who loathe the concept of mash-ups. DREADFULLY EVER AFTER won't change their minds. For those who are willing to have some fun with Austen's milieu, it's a good choice. It's fast-paced and funny, if not overly faithful. I enjoyed it more than PPZ, to be honest. (less)

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Aug 26, 2012 Karyn rated it 4 of 5 stars

I was dubious about a sequel to Pride and Prejudice (and Zombies) that included no text from Jane Austen, but was relieved by how Hockensmith approached it. This is not a Jane Austen novel with a few zombies thrown in as was P&P&Z... instead, it is a Regency zombie adventure, through and through. Hockensmith uses the general language and structure of Austen, but beyond that, there is no attempt to stay true to the original Austen classic - it is just zombies with some characters we know...more

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Oct 17, 2012 jennifer rated it 5 of 5 stars

This is the sequel to Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, so continues the story of Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy four years after their wedding.
While walking together, the couple are attacked and Darcy is bitten by the undead. Fortunately, he is the nephew of Lady Catherine, one of the greatest slayers in England, and she knows of a doctor with a cure for the plague, but saving Darcy's life comes with strings attached, as Lady Catherine has always hated Elizabeth and her family. To give Darcy a...more

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Dec 29, 2012 Neb rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: alternate-history, historical-fiction, supernatural-thriller

This isn't really a review, since I didn't finish the book. I'm a fan of Hockensmith, but I think I'll stick to his more original work. This is something written in a world created by Jane Austen (original source material, which I love) and Seth Grahame-Smith (P&P&Zombies). I'm not a zombie genre fan, so that doesn't help. I also find the choice of Eastern martial arts as the "go-to ultimate fighting styles" a bit annoying. Since I haven't read P&P&Z I don't know why this choice...more

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May 24, 2012 I love books rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

La vita di Elizabeth Bennett farebbe invidia ad ogni ragazza che si rispetti: appesi il moschetto e la katana al chiodo, Lizzy lascia che sia Darcy ad occuparsi della lotta agli innominabili, come suggerisce il buon costume. Trascorre molte delle sue giornate a casa della sorella maggiore Jane, ormai madre, osservando come le sue nipotine abbiano portato ancora più felicità ai Bingley: eppure Lizzy non è più la stessa, e Darcy lo sa. Seppur con molta titubanza, Lizzy confesserà all’amato marito...more La vita di Elizabeth Bennett farebbe invidia ad ogni ragazza che si rispetti: appesi il moschetto e la katana al chiodo, Lizzy lascia che sia Darcy ad occuparsi della lotta agli innominabili, come suggerisce il buon costume. Trascorre molte delle sue giornate a casa della sorella maggiore Jane, ormai madre, osservando come le sue nipotine abbiano portato ancora più felicità ai Bingley: eppure Lizzy non è più la stessa, e Darcy lo sa. Seppur con molta titubanza, Lizzy confesserà all’amato marito il motivo della sua inquietudine, ma proprio in quel momento la peggiore delle sciagure si abbatterà sulla sua vita: Darcy viene morso al collo da uno zombie, contraendo la pestilenza e firmando la sua condanna a morte. Incapace di accettare un tale infausto destino, Elizabeth cercherà di impossessarsi di una fantomatica cura, nascosta nella zona più infestata di Londra, ma per riuscirci avrà bisogno di aiuto..

Se possibile, ho amato questo volume ancora più del primo: in Orgoglio e pregiudizio e zombie infatti conosciamo già le linee guida della vicenda, per quanto possiamo stupirci di fronte a certe scene o certi comportamenti sappiamo che il lieto fine arriverà. In questo secondo libro invece tutto è nuovo, ogni avvenimento è una scoperta, ogni scelta una sorpresa inaspettata.
Personaggi principali sono Lizzy, suo padre (finalmente!!) e le sue sorelle Kitty, rinsavita dopo l’allontanamento della civettuola Lydia, e Mary; saranno soprattutto loro a cercare di conquistare con ogni stratagemma la preziosa pozione che potrebbe salvare Darcy. Le loro avventure per le strade di Londra sono davvero avvincenti, sono davvero contenta per lo spazio che è stato dato alle due sorelle Bennett “meno importanti”; il lettore ha la possibilità di rivalutarle totalmente, e non è cosa da poco.
Sono rimasta colpita inoltre dalle descrizioni di Londra, viene rappresentata come una città sull’orlo del declino, infestata quasi totalmente dagli innominabili ma comunque ancora rispettosa delle tradizioni. Mi ha ricordato le città in stile steampunk :)
Non si sente il cambio di autore (almeno, io non l’ho percepito affatto), lo stile rimane molto fluido e la narrazione è ben equilibrata, si alternano momenti di azione a scene più rilassate, più riflessive (soprattutto quelle di Darcy).
Navigando su internet ho scoperto che negli States è stato pubblicato anche un terzo libro della serie, un prequel che racconta l’adolescenza di Elizabeth :) Spero di poterlo leggere presto, ormai adoro questi libri!

Assolutamente consigliato!(less)

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Aug 22, 2012 Urszula rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: horror, jane-austen-and-sequals

I have just finished reading “Dreadfully Ever After” and I must say that I have enjoyed it quite a bit. Honestly I could not take this book too seriously. It included everything that was possible in this strange world of zombies. The Bennett Family was a group of very skilled fighting ladies, there are dead and not-so dead zombies, there are ninjas galore and science experiments on children, racist remarks, and there is a Man in a Box.

This story starts with Mr Darcy turning into a zombie and th...more

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Oct 15, 2012 Jessi rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: paranormal, historical

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There has been a theme of late, in my reading. For example, I am currently listening to Sense and Sensibility while reading The Walking Dead comics. I completely blame Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, for this currently awesome trend.

Following a few years after Elizabeth and Darcy married, wedded bliss hasn’t allowed Elizabeth to be the warrior she is meant to be. After an accident involving Darcy and a rather nippy dreadful, Elizabeth goes on the hunt for a pos...more

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Jun 16, 2012 Philae_02 rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: paranormal-fantasy

I won this book from the Early Reviewers Program, and all I have to say is “Wow!” There was never a dull moment in this sequel. I had originally jumped on the bandwagon for the first quirk novel – the PPZ, to which I absolutely loved. And in response to this one, the sequel is probably one of the best sequels I have ever read. The plot is entirely new – the only thing PP-related are the same characters (along with some new ones, and even one from the Deadly Dreadfuls prequel, which I didn’t read...more

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Jan 31, 2013 Bill rated it 4 of 5 stars

After reading "Dawn of the Dreadfuls" I was kind of concerned about what I was getting myself into with this book.

Fortunately, I was pleasantly surprised. Hockensmith cobbled together a pretty decent book in this installment. Naturally, nothing will really compare with PPZ, but at least there is enough of an interesting conflict that drives this book. The humor hit a little bit better, and, as happens in a trilogy, we finally get the payoff of a reasonable conclusion.

The characters are all pre...more

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May 17, 2012 Shauna rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: read-for-blog-review

Disclaimer: I got this book free for review.

In P&P&Z, we read of the exploits of the warrior tribe of Bennett sisters and their on-going search for suitable husbands. In the end, Miss Elizabeth Bennett found her match not only in love, but in combat as well. She and Mr.Fitzwilliam Darcy were wed much to the chagrin of The Great Lady Catherine de Bourgh, aunt of the groom.

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Jan 22, 2013 Ida rated it 3 of 5 stars

I wasn't sure I would like this book as much as Pride and Prejudice and Zombies for a couple of reasons. The first being that the author was different and the second was that it wasn't a modification of an actual Austen work. So in that sense, BOTH authors were different. Honestly, the lack of actual Austen story did decrease my enjoyment a little. But on the other hand, the plot is decent and like any good Austen fan fiction, this story gives plausible explanations to mysterious aspects of the...more

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Jun 09, 2011 Enjee rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: goodreads-first-reads

I received a copy of this book under the Goodreads first reads program.
I enjoy anything remotely connected to Jane Austen, but I find I tired of the zombie craze rather soon.

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Dec 09, 2012 Yofish rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: read-on-tape

Really 3.25

Turned out that this was the third of a trilogy. Still had some of the same characters as the original Austen book, but was far off. Elizabeth and Darcy have been married, when Darcy gets accidentally bitten by a zombie. The rest of the time is trying to get him a cure. There are some interesting observations and juxtapositions (of English society and battling "unmentionables"), but it sort of devolves into one battle after another. Turns out that George III wasn't crazy; he was just...more

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Nov 05, 2012 Georgiana 1792 rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: diario-di-pensieri-persi, old-friends-new-fancies, sfida-fantasyosa

Il mash-up come mezzo per fare satira

Sono stata favorevolmente sorpresa da questo romanzo, che più che un mash-up si dovrebbe considerare un sequel (diciamo entrambe le cose).
Hockensmith riprende i temi di Jane Austen e quelli di Grahame-Smith (e i suoi, se consideriamo il prequel di Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, The Dawn of the Dreadfuls, L’alba degli Abominevoli — su cui non ci possiamo pronunciare, non avendolo letto) e realizza un seguito gradevole e coerente a entrambi i generi mixati n...more

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Apr 15, 2012 J.M. Moris rated it 2 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Those who read the first two in the series

When I learned there was a new installment in the amazing "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies" trilogy, I immediately went out and bought it, eager to learn how our beloved Elizabeth and Fitzwilliam Darcy's zombie-fighting adventures concluded. The first release (the second in the trilogy), "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies," brilliantly merged classic Austen literature with zombie-fighting mayhem. And even though I didn't find the second release (the first in the series), "Dawn of the Dreadfuls," t...more

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Mar 25, 2012 OpenBookSociety.com rated it 5 of 5 stars

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PP&Z: Dreadfully Ever After is the sequel to Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. It takes place 4 years after the end of the previous novel. Elizabeth and Jane Bennet have married and Kitty and Mary remain at home. Mrs. Bennet has declared that this is perfectly fine with her as her girls must care for her in her old age. Elizabeth has married her Sweetheart, Fitzwilliam Darcy and Jane has married Charles Bingly and now has just g...more Review Brought to you by OBS staff member Angie

Beware of spoilers

PP&Z: Dreadfully Ever After is the sequel to Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. It takes place 4 years after the end of the previous novel. Elizabeth and Jane Bennet have married and Kitty and Mary remain at home. Mrs. Bennet has declared that this is perfectly fine with her as her girls must care for her in her old age. Elizabeth has married her Sweetheart, Fitzwilliam Darcy and Jane has married Charles Bingly and now has just given birth to her 3rd child.

Now that Elizabeth is a married woman, she has been forced to give up her warrior ways, but she and Darcy (what she calls her husband) take strolls alone and when no one is watching he loves to fight Zed dash dash dash dash dashes with her. He loves that his wife comes alive when she is slaughtering the Dreadfuls with him, but he notices that she has become quite melancholy most of the time and he’s worried about her. On a walk home from visiting Jane and the new baby, Lizzy confesses that she is relieved that they don’t have children yet and she’s worried about what Darcy will think of her. It is while he is distracted by this conversation that he lets his guard down and is bitten in the throat by a child of a house worker that has become an unmentionable.

Lizzy realizes that the only hope she has to save her husband from certain permanent death is to rely his aunt, Lady Catherine de Bourgh, who claims to have a cure. Lady Catherine has made no secret of her contempt of Elizabeth, therefore she requires Elizabeth to make a choice: she can either have her husband restored to health or she can keep her reputation intact. If she does as lady Catherine asks, she will forever destroy her reputation in society and likely lose her marriage. If she doesn’t, she will be forced to decapitate her beloved. How far will Elizabeth go to save the man she loves? And what will her sisters do to help her?

Mr. Hockensmith did not disappoint!! This book has the same wit and charm as Dawn of the Dreadfuls. It is an original work rather than a true mash-up and he nailed the language and attitude of the era perfectly. He’s given a love interest to my favorite Bennet girl, Kitty, and he brought back a surprise guest that sewed up some loose ends quite nicely. I loved this book and enjoyed every chapter. The ending was somewhat of a surprise to me. It didn’t conclude like I thought it would, but it gave a nice “contentedly ever after” feeling. I don’t know if there is enough of the Bennet’s story left for an additional book, but I’d like to know what happens 10 years later.

I would say that this is a MUST READ for any Pride and Prejudice and Zombies fan.(less)

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Apr 03, 2012 Jaymee rated it 4 of 5 stars

Still a fun read, though not as hilarious as the prequel, "Dawn of the Dead". If the prequel describes the back story of the sisters and their training in the martial arts, this sequel brings the readers in a post-apocalytic world where the sisters' training is once more needed--this time, to save Elizabeth's husband, who has been bitten by an unmentionable. The characters are more fleshed-out in this book, and I especially like the part about visiting the hospital and finding the ever-elusive c...more

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Mar 05, 2012 Cheryl rated it 2 of 5 stars

Ninjas and zombies. I should have been adequately entertained. Alas, similar to when I read the prequel of this Quirk Classics series, I was bored. I'm so frustrated with myself for not liking this book as much as I thought I would. It's got everything I want. Jane Austen, zombies, ninjas, Darcy/Elizabeth shipping material (who doesn't love that romance), and so much more. Wahhh. It took me too much time to get into it, and by that time, I was bored out of my mind. It was repetitive and not as h...more

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Jan 28, 2012 Felicia rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2011-read

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What I Loved: This was a fun, quirky end to the Pride and Prejudice and Zombies series. My favorite character by far was Kitty. She was spunky, fun and very dangerous when pushed. Though this was a story about Elizabeth saving Darcy, I felt it was more about Kitty and Mary coming into their own. Finally showing who they were and what they stood for. It was about time the two youngest sisters got in on the action and had stories of their own!

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Mar 05, 2012 Tfrances rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: zombies

Great ending for an awesome zed filled trilogy. I love the first Pride and Prejudice and Zombies and the prequel Dawn of the Dreadfuls. This was a satisfying conclusion to the story.

Within the first few pages, Mr. Darcy is bitten by a dreadful. The following story finds Elizabeth trying desperately to save him. Lady Catherine attempting to thwart her plans while pretending to help (not really a spoiler if you remember the character of Lady Catherine). Kitty taking a more prominent role in the fa...more

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Oct 21, 2011 Cara rated it 3 of 5 stars

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dreadfully Ever After by Steve Hockensmith. This is the third in a series. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies is the first, Dawn of the Dreadfuls is the prequel.

Lizzy and Darcy are back. Lizzy, married and no longer considered a warrior, is bored. Darcy is at a loss on how to please her and make her happy now that she can no longer carry weapons and kill the unmentionables (aka zombies). Unfortunately for them, Darcy is striken with the strange plague and it is up...more

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Sep 09, 2011 Shuffy2 rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: jane-austen, zombies

Zombies attack, Darcy is is bitten by a dreadful- what is Elizabeth to do? She knows she should kill him but she does the next best thing....she calls his aunt.[return][return]The story starts 4 years after their marriage; Elizabeth should be at home starting a family but she still finds the lure of a good fight intriguing. With Darcy now in a precarious position, she is separated from him at the urgency of Lady Catherine telling her she must do it in order to possibly save him. Will her scheme...more

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Sep 01, 2011 Sarah BT rated it 4 of 5 stars

About the Book: Four years after the events of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy have settled into life at Pemberly. But on a walk Mr. Darcy is attacked by a dreadful and falls into the strange plague. Elizabeth knows that the correct response is to behead her husband, but she can't bring herself to do it. She enlists the help of Lady Catherine de Bourgh, who claims there may be a cure and Elizabeth must go after it, using her womanly wiles to seduce Sir Angus MacFarquhar,...more About the Book: Four years after the events of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy have settled into life at Pemberly. But on a walk Mr. Darcy is attacked by a dreadful and falls into the strange plague. Elizabeth knows that the correct response is to behead her husband, but she can't bring herself to do it. She enlists the help of Lady Catherine de Bourgh, who claims there may be a cure and Elizabeth must go after it, using her womanly wiles to seduce Sir Angus MacFarquhar, who holds the key to the cure. Enlisting the help of her sisters, Elizabeth must go undercover to save her husband.

GreenBeanTeenQueen Says: Dreadfully Ever After completes the story of Elizabeth and Darcy and their escapades with dreadfuls. This is a hilarious take on what happens next. I hadn't read any of the Pride and Prejudice and Zombies books until my mom told me they were hilarious and I needed to pick them up-and if Momma GreenBean tells you to read a book, you have to read it-especially since I didn't think my mom was a zombie fan at all! So I listened to Momma GreenBean and I'm so glad I did-this book was hilarious!!

The book maintains the feel of the original it's based on, but adds dreadfuls, ninjas, warriors and fighting into the story seamlessly. There are plenty of laugh out loud moments-the dialogue is prim and proper, yet funny, and it makes the book so much fun. Kitty and Mary join Elizabeth in this adventure and I was glad to see their characters a bit more fleshed out-they always seem to get overlooked.

This is a sequel and the end to the triology, but the book can stand on it's own. If the story has to wrap up, I think this is the way it should end! We get one last adventure with our favorite characters, they're spunky and sassy, and there's a bit of romance as well. Elizabeth's final battle with Lady Catherine is exactly what readers have been waiting for and doesn't disappoint.

A fantastic end to the Pride and Prejudice and Zombies story and very fun read!

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