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In a word, no. They're unreadable. Which logically means I haven't read them and I haven't, but I dipped into a few when a bunch of them were free for Austen's birthday last year. Generally speaking, the authors have no feel for Austen's language, no real knowledge of Regency England, no sense of the larger themes, no feel for the characters and even no memory for what happened in the books themselves.
Back before Austen became an industry, I did read a P&P sequel by Emma Tennant, Pemberley (1993). Among the howlers, she had Darcy's mother named Susan and his father named Fitzwilliam. Almost 20 years later and I haven't forgotten, lol!
What amazes me is that people who presumably are fans of Austen can read this dreck. If there's a gem out there among the dross, I haven't seen it.
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