{my thoughts} – I really enjoyed reading this book. It was fast paced, romance, engaging, had a bit of mystery, history and teenage drama.

Colette is apparently an a middle class teenager that is taking her first trip to Paris for a class field trip. She has two best friends Hannah and Pilar that fall on the rich scale. It has been months since Colette shared the same status and was only allowed to continue attending her school with her friends because she was accepted for a scholarship. This also makes things difficult for her when they go shopping together because she can’t just spend what she’d like, in most cases she doesn’t have the funds to waste.

When they get to Paris with their class they learn that there has been a murder in which a teen had been beheaded. This murder advances into a string of serial killings in which the killer has been unable to be identified. The string of murders start to lead Colette and a classmate Audrey as well as their tour guide on a mission to find out exactly what is going to be taking place and why things are taking place.

This book was a very nice read. If you’d like to know what takes place inside it’s pages: I’d suggest reading it. A lot happens in such a short amount of time a lot of things that you wouldn’t ordinarily think would take place.

{reason for reading} - I obtained a copy of this book from a fellow blogger in exchange for a review and I was accepted to review it through netgalley. ( )

Interesting blend of historical fiction and chick lit. Character development wasn't so great but Colette was likable after awhile. ( )

Marie Antoinette, Serial Killer is a fun ghost story about a supernatural series of murders. With history, culture, and language elements, it's an interesting and invigorating read. Collette Iselin goes from the cream of the crop with her rich family and snotty friends to living on the edge of poverty and attending her prestigious school on scholarship. She hasn't told her best friends for fear of social rejection, so she is constantly walking on eggshells around them. She wants nothing more than to move away to live with her rich daddy, but for now, she's stuck with her poor mom and annoying brother. Despite their financial issues, her mom has saved up enough for her to take a class trip to Paris, France, where Collette's life takes a massive turn. She'd anticipated for it to be life changing, but I doubt she was expecting to encounter the ghost of Marie Antoinette trying to kill her for revenge. Revenge for what? You'll have to read to find out.

I loved this book. Even though it was written for middle grade children, it's a fun and enchanting afternoon read for any adult. It has cross-content connections to Social Studies in French history and culture, and it's a fantastic addition to any classroom. From a diversity standpoint, Collette in the story has lived in poverty for over a year at the start of the book, and her parents are divorced. Her family also lives in a small apartment, so students could relate to her experiences if their families are also non-nuclear. ( )

Marie Antoinette, Serial Killer: Incredibad Teen Fiction as good as it sounds

Found at Goodwill, this Katie Alender thriftstore find was well loved by it’s previous owner. With pages dog eared so fantastically that the corners were physically missing (I have been told this is ‘purse wear and tear’), this was bought for the pure joy of reading rediculous fiction. It was unregretably enjoyable, while understandably juvenile in most ways, leading readers with any intuition down barely disguised channels.

Spoiled and entitled American teen Collette Iselin. She holds a secret back from her rich Bratz doll friends- Collette has moved into a tiny apartment, wears carefully purchased thrift clothing, and is on scholarship at their elite Private school. Daddy, recently Mid-Life-Crisised to his own space, has left poor Collete in a social ladder dead zone.

In preparation for a ‘life changing’ trip to Paris with her French class, Collette finds a mysterious box in the claustrophobic confines of her apartment storage facility. Handed down from her Great Grandmother, the box contains a beautiful antique necklace heirloom. Meanwhile, Paris teen socialites are being beheaded mysteriously.

Any guesses what happens next?

You are probably right. And a boy is involved. And teenage introspection. And heavyhanded language. And and and..

Pretty great book for what it is worth ;) ( )