I was so disappointed with this book I couldn't even finish it. I had previously read "Pride & Prejudice & Sea Monsters" by Seth Grahame-Smith and thought it was great because it was close enough to the original to let you actually envision the characters, yet twisted enough to make it humorous. This book does not deliver what I had hoped for in a parody from this publisher.

I had wondered how they would manage to add sea monsters to a story like "Sense & Sensibility" and keep it interesting and entertaining like "P&P&Z" was to read. It turns out that this author couldn't deliver what Grahame-Smith did in his remake. This was more like one of those crappy juvenile parodies that are really nothing like the original except for the names and a few well-placed quotations.

Overall, I was sorely disappointed to have wasted my money and I'll have to make sure if something like this is published again, to only purchase it if it is by Seth Grahame-Smith and NOT Winters.

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I was very disapointed in this book...I couldn't even finish it. It was recommended to me by a Border's employee. It started off good but I quickly found the sea monster storyline becoming increasingly annoying and ridiculous.

From Quirk Books and the authors of the New York Times Best Seller Pride and Prejudice and Zombiescomes a new tale of romance, heartbreak, and tentacled mayhem!
Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters expands the original text of the beloved Jane Austen novel with all-new scenes of giant lobsters, rampaging octopi, two-headed sea serpents, and other biological monstrosities. As stated in the book “The unfathomable creatures of the sea have turned hostile by an unknown alteration.”
As our story opens, the Dashwood sisters suffer the loss of their father and are evicted from their childhood home and are forced to live on a mysterious island full of savage creatures and dark secrets, thanks to the generosity of Sir John. While sensible Elinor has fallen in love with amiable Edward Ferrars, her romantic sister Marianne is courted by both the handsome Willoughby, and the hideous, cursed, man-monster Colonel Brandon.
Instead of London for the winter the sea station beta is the fast paced town where much of the plot comes to a head, and as the waters rush in it’s survival of the fittest-and only the swiftest swimmers will find true love!
While the newer version has it’s liberties it is a fun read.

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