Pride & Prejudice & Zombies: Dreadfully Ever After [Impressions & Giveaway]

March 22, 2011 in Books with 11 Comments

Guest Post by Sarah Solomon

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dreadfully Ever After. Picking this up should be a no-brainer. Did you see what I did there?

Trilogy’s can be a toss up. Sometimes the final installment is a desperate attempt to squeeze a lucrative idea until it’s dry. And sometimes it’s the last piece of the puzzle that reminds you why you keep coming back in the first place. Examples of the latter include gems like Return of the Jedi, The Return of the King, and finally, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dreadfully Ever After.

The killer combination of Jane Austen’s social commentary paired with the scourge of the walking undead has become a cult classic. Give me a person who isn’t amused with the Bennet family as honorable ninja warriors and I would think he is part of the walking dead themselves.

In this final installment by the venerable Steve Hockensmith, our Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy has been bitten by an unmentionable and teeters on the precipice of life and un-death. It is up to Elizabeth and the more secretive members of Bennet clan to seek out rumors of a cure in London. However this requires new feats of cunning and strength from both Elizabeth and Lydia – as temptresses. Elizabeth is facing moral dilemmas along with shaolin swords, and the fate of her beloved Darcy rests in her well-trained hands.There’s still plenty of fighting and gore to be had, but it’s juxtaposed quite nicely with the elegant writing style and the unique personality of each character.

The only thing that’s better than a parody novel is a well written parody novel. What I’ve always admired of the Quirk Classics is how they’re not destroying these time-honored novels, but leveraging them with amusing and contemporary material. As the weather turns for the better and one can finally take their reading out of fluorescent lighting and into sunshine, choose a book that is not only guaranteed to amuse but won’t leave you wishing for something with substance.

I wholeheartedly recommend Dreadfully Ever After and have a feeling you will enjoy it as much as I have. And Geekadelphia is giving the chance. Leave a comment to win a copy of Dreadfully Ever After! We’ll pick one of you at random in a week or so.

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11 Responses to “Pride & Prejudice & Zombies: Dreadfully Ever After [Impressions & Giveaway]”

Dominic March 22, 2011 at 12:50 pm #

This sounds Amazing. With a capital ‘A’. I hope this keeps the tradition of the the well written parody.
Amanda March 22, 2011 at 2:33 pm #

Jane Austen and zombies – two great tastes that taste great together!
Connie March 22, 2011 at 3:09 pm #

These books tickle me so.
Matthew March 22, 2011 at 7:17 pm #

I hope it’s OK to start reading the third installment and then go back to the first two …
Jess March 22, 2011 at 10:02 pm #

I loved the first books…
TK March 23, 2011 at 11:58 am #

I’m both excited and nervous about the quality of this book, so it’s better if I get it for free.
Jefferson March 23, 2011 at 2:35 pm #

I read the first book and then the graphic novel adaption. Fun stuff.
Kelsey March 26, 2011 at 9:52 am #

Great review! I’m just dying to read this!
Beth March 26, 2011 at 11:20 pm #

I’d love to read this.
Joey March 27, 2011 at 4:43 pm #

Great books. They are so much fun to read. If you like these I also suggest Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters by Ben H. Winters and Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith
Linda April 1, 2011 at 12:03 am #

I’m quite surprised there is a third. I liked the first instalment, have yet to try the second but it is sitting on my shelf.