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Pride Prejudice and Zombies
Dreadfully Ever After
by Steve Hockensmith

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Pemberley Ball: Epilogue continued

At the sound of the alarm, the Bennet sisters assemble into formation to defend the Pemberley estate from the unmentionables.

Lord Swineberg the 3rd
See!!!! I was right! There were zombies at the ball!

Lady Blodeuedd
Feels like a wallflower as she has spent much of her time at the ball lurking behind a flower. She is horrified by what Lord Swineberg the 3rd exclaims and quickly gathers her belongings while running towards the nearest carriage.

Miss Tabiadora Jensen
Tis true tis true - I am a zombie! I carry the plague! Will hurt but for a moment - then you will feel no pain evermore! Come into my bone gnawing embrace my dears.

I do believe the Duchess de Borde might be able to do me harm - not some Lord Swineberg the 3rd. Pish posh

As for the Duchess de Borde, she takes a fortifying swig from her flask and replaces it within her décolletage and...

*Harumph* exclaims the mildly intoxicated Duchess! First there were waving tentacles to be dodged and now a grim melee of disenchanted dead to be dispatched posthaste.

Of course, by all appearances the valient Lord Swineberg & his rapacious rapier were doing a magnificent job all on their own.

Daintly stepping across a body carelessly placed between her and the buffet, the Duchess popped a cherry between her lips while she studied the rum-cake with a contemplative eye.

Well, as the saying goes 'too many cooks spoil the broth' - thus the Duchess saw no pressing need to offer her services in the depatching department. A tentacle whipped out from beneath the buffet and snatched the last slice of rum-cake.

*HARUMPH* snorted the Duchess as she brought her flask down hard upon the offending alien. Bad manners, no matter how other worldly, were simply NOT to be tolerated!

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Pride Prejudice and Zombies
Dreadfully Ever After
by Steve Hockensmith
When we last saw Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy—at the end of the New York Times best seller Pride and Prejudice and Zombies—they were preparing for a lifetime of wedded bliss. Yet the honeymoon has barely begun when poor Mr. Darcy is nipped by a rampaging dreadful.

Elizabeth knows the only acceptable course of action is to promptly behead her husband (and then burn the corpse, just to be safe). But when she learns of a miracle antidote being developed in London, she realizes there may be one last chance to save her true love—and for everyone to live happily ever after.

Complete with romance, heartbreak, martial arts, cannibalism, and an army of shambling corpses, Dreadfully Ever After brings the story of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies to a thrilling conclusion.

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Dawn of the Dreadfuls by Jane Austen and Steve Hockensmith

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies:
Dawn of the Dreadfuls
by Jane Austen and Steve Hockensmith

Release date: March 24, 2010
Genre: Zombies
Paperback: pages
Rating: 4

Description from Quirk:
In this terrifying and hilarious prequel, we witness the genesis of the zombie plague in early-nineteenth-century England. We watch Elizabeth Bennet evolve from a naïve young teenager into a savage slayer of the undead. We laugh as she begins her first clumsy training with nunchucks and katana swords and cry when her first blush with romance goes tragically awry. Written by acclaimed novelist (and Edgar Award nominee) Steve Hockensmith, PPZII invites Austen fans to step back into Regency England, Land of the Undead!

My two-bits:
In-a-word(s): zed word

Yup, I'm pretty excited with this book. I was looking for more zombies in Pride and Prejudice and Zombies and hooo-eeee, did I get a dose in this zombie gem of a book!

I like reading about the birth of heroines in the Bennet clan. Their training sessions were amusing.

What are they wearing?

Are those swords?

The Bennets have always been eccentric, but now they've gone quite mad!

Holy Father, what hast Thou loosed in fair England?

-various whispers from the community, chapter 9

The book is filled with fight scenes and zombie gnashing.

Flickers of romance and creepy guys appear and get quelched.

The only thing I was hoping to read was more about Master Liu. But maybe that will be in another book.

Fun read! But really, zombies are serious business as all they want are brains and flesh and etc. So along with reading this book you it would be helpful to read a zombie survival guide.

Hmmm, would love to read a guide written by Elizabeth Bennet or better yet Catherine de Bourgh. How did she hook up with ninjas?!?


Amusing quote:
I imagine some mad maiden aunt or idiot son spent many a year up here," Dr. Keckilpemningy said. "It's what one does in the best families. I've found. You're not considered a true aristocrat until you've got at least one daft relations howling away up in the attic.
- Dr Keckilpenny, chapter 28, page 194

Series:
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies - my review
Dawn of the Dreadfuls (prequel)

The fun starts now for all of you who would like to read this...

*** Giveaways ***

from me 2 copies of Dawn of the Dreadfuls
(one sent from Quirk) -ends March 24

from Quirk up to 50 Quirk Classics Prize Packs
(retail value of prize packs are up to $100) -ends March 5

All-Out-Worldwide-Zombie-Blog-Explosion 2010 pack includes:

- An advance copy of Dawn of the Dreadfuls

- audio books of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

- audio books of Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters

- a password redeemable online for sample audio chapters of Dawn of the Dreadfuls

- an awesome Dawn of the Dreadfuls poster

- Pride and Prejudice and Zombies Journal

- box set of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies Postcards

* whew *
lots-o-good stuff, eh?

*review copy received - Thanks to Tiffany of Quirk

Dreaded Dreadfuls

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies:
Dawn of the Dreadfuls
by Jane Austen and Steve Hockensmith

Quirk Books has agreed to send
a lucky winner a copy of this mashup for my giveaway!
So, there will be 2 winners!
Thanks TK!

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