Book Review: Marie Antoinette, Serial Killer

 Marie Antoinette, Serial Killer by Katie Alender 

♦publisher: Scholastic
♦release date: September 24, 2013
♦hardcover, 304 pages
♦intended audience: Young adult

Follow Colette as she discovers the truth behind her family’s medallion the secret order of the key and the truth behind the murderous ghostly image of Marie Antoinette.

For Colette, a class trip to Paris seemed like the perfect getaway, to immerse herself in the French culture and maybe learn a little about her family roots. However, with her parents’ divorce and family secrets hidden from her friends, her trip is headed for disaster. No longer the wealthy and privileged girl among the “it” girls, Colette struggles to find a way to hide who she is, while pretending to be what she isn’t.

Grabbing a family medallion found in the garage, adds to the style to her thrift store clothing, Colette jets off to Paris and tumbles into a world rich with Parisian history, tours and even murder. Even the headlines of the recent serial killings can’t distract her focus from the fact that the symbol of her families’ forgotten medallion is splayed everywhere in Paris.

With help from the adorable French tour guide Jules and a new found friend – Colette learns that help can come for the unlikeliest of places. Sending her on a journey of a lifetime, discovering the key to unlocking the truth lies within her.

When a ghostly image of a woman in a light blue dress and powdered wig appears to Colette, everything starts to change. This drives Colette even deeper into the mystery, urging her to discover the truth behind the murdering ghost, while weaving you in and out of the streets of Paris; from Marie Antoinette’s private tower, to the catacombs that lie deep beneath the city streets. All laden with heart pounding scenes of suspense and mystery.

Leaving Colette to make the decision between following her heart and the ghostly apparitions, or follow the path set for her by socially obsessed friends.

Marie Antoinette Serial Killer is a story that winds the true inner workings of friendship-highlighting the fractures, insecurities and the lengths one will go to fit in.

Katie Alender takes you on a sweet mesmerizing ride through the streets of Paris, bringing you into a story which makes Paris come alive, rich in detail, like Queen Marie Antoinette herself. Delicately weaving you into a ghost story full of murderous intent, revenge, mystery and even betrayal.