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heathercottledillon's review against another edition
5.0
I. love. this. book. Granted, it's not too hard to impress me when it comes to funny zombie stories. But this one really cracked me up! I love the contrast between the proper English language and manners of the characters with the wacky zombie elements. It's so ridiculously random that I laughed out loud several times. I also enjoyed seeing more involvement from Lizzy's sisters, Mary and Kitty, as well as their father. The main storyline is predictable, but there are some twists thrown in and I found the conclusion very satisfying. If you've enjoyed any of the monster mashups that have been so popular lately, I highly recommend this one!
smcrain's review against another edition
4.0
For how much I absolutely hated the first book of this series; which I screamed 'how is this not plagiarism?' the whole way through; I find I actually enjoyed the other two books in this series. After the hack job, that is the first book, did well the publisher finally decided to hire an actual writer to pickup the series. Admittedly, I really enjoyed the wild ride that Steve Hockensmith took with the story. Whereas Seth Grahame-Smith's tale had barely an ounce of originality to it; Hockensmith took the sequel/prequel in the craziest and most unexpected directions. I honestly still think back on trying to give a summary of this and will laugh to myself because it's just so out there. It was very much a fun piece of fanfiction with twists and turns a plenty. Hockensmith took the prompt of write P&P except with zombies, and just had fun with the world. At the same time the author kept still respectful of the original, gave more depth to the characters and inserted enough of his own voice and story to make something new and different.
callmecat's review against another edition
4.0
So fun, so funny. I love how the series flows together. This is a nice continuation of the first and second books.
_m_sarai's review against another edition
3.0
a fun read, in my opinion the first was a little better.
cburgbennett's review against another edition
2.0
i definitely like the first book more. i found this one boring. there were a few funny parts, but not as many as the first book.
sarahanne8382's review against another edition
3.0
The sequel to Pride and Prejudice and Zombies doesn't have half the charm of the original, and starts awfully slowly, but manages to pull itself together enough in the end to be fairly enjoyable.
Four years after their wedding Elizabeth Darcy is bored with life as a proper English wife, forbidden to practice the Deadly Arts she loved so much, but when Fitzwilliam is bitten by a Dreadful, she must come out of retirement to find the rumored cure.
The novel also serves as a vehicle for marrying off Mary and Kitty as well as further explaining the origins of the Dreadful Plague (which is apparently only affecting Britain), and tying up a few other loose ends.
If you're a completist go ahead and read this one, otherwise it's not good enough to stand on it's own.
Four years after their wedding Elizabeth Darcy is bored with life as a proper English wife, forbidden to practice the Deadly Arts she loved so much, but when Fitzwilliam is bitten by a Dreadful, she must come out of retirement to find the rumored cure.
The novel also serves as a vehicle for marrying off Mary and Kitty as well as further explaining the origins of the Dreadful Plague (which is apparently only affecting Britain), and tying up a few other loose ends.
If you're a completist go ahead and read this one, otherwise it's not good enough to stand on it's own.
ameserole's review against another edition
4.0
I will read anything related to Pride and Prejudice.
You name it. I will have probably read it or it's on my TBR. But there can be that rare occasion that I never knew that book ever existed, well.. then I would add it to be my TBR.
Long story short: I love P&P guys.
So, Dreadfully Ever After picks up right where Pride and Prejudice and Zombies left off. Darcy and Elizabeth are still married; However, Darcy has also still been bitten from a Zombie. So of course Elizabeth's life sucks major balls right now because she has to ask my least favorite person for help: Lady freaking Catherine.
UGH! That freaking Lady! I just dislike her so freaking much because she despises Elizabeth for some odd reason and is going to be her vindictive self and plot to separate her and Darcy. Which of course she does split them up just because she has the "ability" to help Darcy. So of course she gives Elizabeth and her family a list of demands that she obviously agrees to. BECAUSE WHO WOULDN'T DO ANYTHING IN THEIR POWER TO SAVE THE LOVE OF THEIR LIFE?!?!
Either way, this book gave me tons of mini heart attacks because I thought I wasn't going to get my god damn happy ending.
Overall, I enjoyed this book but it doesn't really compare to the first book in this series. Although nothing compares to the OG of Pride and Prejudice.
You name it. I will have probably read it or it's on my TBR. But there can be that rare occasion that I never knew that book ever existed, well.. then I would add it to be my TBR.
Long story short: I love P&P guys.
So, Dreadfully Ever After picks up right where Pride and Prejudice and Zombies left off. Darcy and Elizabeth are still married; However, Darcy has also still been bitten from a Zombie. So of course Elizabeth's life sucks major balls right now because she has to ask my least favorite person for help: Lady freaking Catherine.
UGH! That freaking Lady! I just dislike her so freaking much because she despises Elizabeth for some odd reason and is going to be her vindictive self and plot to separate her and Darcy. Which of course she does split them up just because she has the "ability" to help Darcy. So of course she gives Elizabeth and her family a list of demands that she obviously agrees to. BECAUSE WHO WOULDN'T DO ANYTHING IN THEIR POWER TO SAVE THE LOVE OF THEIR LIFE?!?!
Either way, this book gave me tons of mini heart attacks because I thought I wasn't going to get my god damn happy ending.
Overall, I enjoyed this book but it doesn't really compare to the first book in this series. Although nothing compares to the OG of Pride and Prejudice.
katsbookishthoughts's review
4.5
Pride and prejudice where violence of all kinds is lauded. Expect death, mutiny, and deception. All this with hints of wry humour make up this series.