Dreadfully Ever After by Steve Hockensmith
Paperback, 320 Pages
2011, Quirk Books
ISBN: 1594745021
Series: Book 3 of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Synopsis
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.
Review
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies brought zombies to a beloved classic. Dawn of the Dreadfuls explained how the Bennet girls became warriors. Dreadfully Ever After takes everything we've learned so far and creates something more thrilling than the previous books combined.
Dreadfully Ever After takes the story up years after PPZ ends. Jane is happily maternal and Lizzie is happily without children. Being Darcy's wife already means she can't battle zombies. Why would she want children to further weight her down? When Darcy is bitten by a zombie, in an area than can't just be amputated, Lizzie is forced to turn to Lady Catherine who despises her. As Lizzie is sent on an unusual mission in order to save her husband's life, readers are treated to all the zombie mayhem they could wish for.
Mrs. Bennet has given up her matchmaking ways, hoping to keep her remaining daughters to take care of her. Mary and Kitty now face the life of a spinster, but at least they can continue to fight dreadfuls. Each takes the future of potential spinster-dom differently, but alas, each also manages to embark on a romance of sort so of her own.
Dreadfully Ever After is as sweet a romance as a zombie novel will allow. It's thrilling at times and horrific at others. Dreadfully Ever After is the perfect way to end the PPZ trilogy, keeping readers shocked and entertained the whole way through.
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