Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Dreadfully Ever After!




I just got a review copy of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dreadfully Ever After (Quirk Classics) by Steve Hockensmith. This is the finale to the now trilogy of works. This book is a wonderful look at 4 years after Pride Prejudice and Zombies. Miss Bennet is now Mrs. Darcy and as a lady she can not carry her sword - which she does get to work around. However this book gives us a broader look at England under the Dreadfuls, London in detail and the way that the aristocracy lives in this time.

This book was just a blast to read and it moved very quickly and we got to meet (again) some old faces and a lot of new ones.

One of my favorite parts is the appearance and fight of the 'Fops'. It is a wonderful way to show how style can survive over substance even with zombies.

The book reads a lot faster than Dawn of the Dreadfuls and it has multiple viewpoints and a tricky plot that needs to be enacted in order to save Mr. Darcy. I couldn't put the book down and really enjoyed it.

Now we just need to know what happened in Scotland....

More zombies please Quirk!