Title: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies Author: Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith Genre: Regency Romance, now with Ultra Zombie Mayhem! Publisher: Quirk Books Publication Date: April 2009 Paperback: 320 pages Stand alone or series: Stand alone novel, derived from Jane Austen’s classic Pride and Prejudice. Why did we read this book: It’s like the best of both worlds, isn’t it? We have a classic regency romance for Ana, plus the blood and guts and brain munching undead for Thea. It’s like…this book was made for us. The mothership has called us home… Summary: (from Amazon.com) “It is a truth universally acknowledged that a zombie in possession of brains must be in want of more brains.” So begins Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, an expanded edition of the beloved Jane Austen novel featuring all-new scenes of bone-crunching zombie mayhem. As our story opens, a mysterious plague has fallen upon the quiet English village of Meryton—and the dead are returning to life! Feisty heroine Elizabeth Bennet is determined to wipe out the zombie menace, but she’s soon distracted by the arrival of the haughty and arrogant Mr. Darcy. What ensues is a delightful comedy of manners with plenty of civilized sparring between […]