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A review by ateague73
Dawn of the Dreadfuls by Steve Hockensmith
4.0
This thing starts off really awesome. Mrs. Bennet is especially awesome.
The book is a prequel to [b:Pride and Prejudice and Zombies|5899779|Pride and Prejudice and Zombies|Seth Grahame-Smith|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255569929s/5899779.jpg|6072122]. The action takes place about 5 years before the beginning of P&P&Z and documents the advent of the most recent zombie scourge. Netherfield is inhabited by the pompous cad, Lord Lumpley who is interested in conquering Jane Bingley. When zombies are sighted in the town of Meryton, Master Hawksworth comes from the mysterious "Order" to train the Bennet girls to be zombie-fighting warriors.
The whole thing goes great gun until the end. The author seems to have written himself into a corner. As a prequel, he has to be sure that no characters he invented for this book lives, since they are clearly not in the next book. Unfortunately, they all die horrible, gruesome, stomach-turning deaths.
Also, the action of the climax takes place at Netherfield Park. The fact that the Bennet girls experience such horrific events at this house makes it unlikely that they would be in a hurry to return to the same house for a dinner invite in the next book.
The book is a prequel to [b:Pride and Prejudice and Zombies|5899779|Pride and Prejudice and Zombies|Seth Grahame-Smith|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255569929s/5899779.jpg|6072122]. The action takes place about 5 years before the beginning of P&P&Z and documents the advent of the most recent zombie scourge. Netherfield is inhabited by the pompous cad, Lord Lumpley who is interested in conquering Jane Bingley. When zombies are sighted in the town of Meryton, Master Hawksworth comes from the mysterious "Order" to train the Bennet girls to be zombie-fighting warriors.
The whole thing goes great gun until the end. The author seems to have written himself into a corner. As a prequel, he has to be sure that no characters he invented for this book lives, since they are clearly not in the next book. Unfortunately, they all die horrible, gruesome, stomach-turning deaths.
Also, the action of the climax takes place at Netherfield Park. The fact that the Bennet girls experience such horrific events at this house makes it unlikely that they would be in a hurry to return to the same house for a dinner invite in the next book.