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    Marie Antoinette, Serial Killer
    Marie Antoinette, Serial Killer
    Marie Antoinette, Serial Killer
    Audiobook8 hours

    Marie Antoinette, Serial Killer

    Written by Katie Alender

    Narrated by Elea Oberon and Erin Spencer

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    Paris, France: a city of fashion, chocolate croissants, and cute boys. Colette Iselin is thrilled be there for the first time, on her spring break class trip.

    But a series of gruesome murders are taking place around the city, putting everyone on edge. And as she tours the sights, Colette keeps seeing a strange vision: a pale woman in a ball gown and powdered wig, who looks like Marie Antoinette.

    Colette knows her status-obsessed friends won't believe her, so she seeks out the help of a charming French boy. Together, they discover that the murder victims are all descendants of people who ultimately brought about Marie Antoinette's beheading. The queen's ghost has been awakened, and now she's wreaking her bloodthirsty revenge.

    And Colette may just be one of those descendants . . . which means she might not make it out of this trip alive.

    Acclaimed author Katie Alender brings heart-stopping suspense to this story of betrayal, glamour, mystery, history--and one killer queen.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherScholastic
    Release dateOct 1, 2013
    ISBN9780545643696
    Marie Antoinette, Serial Killer

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    • 5/5
      I liked this book! The beginning was a tad cheesy, but the love, mystery, history and manner of the writing kept me hooked.
    • 4/5
      Dragged just a bit but it’s good. I like how it ties history with the story. I dig those kinds of books. A book that tells you a story, that tells you a story of how it started way back when, to back to telling you the original story and how it effects it. Get it??
    • 3/5
      Interesting blend of historical fiction and chick lit. Character development wasn't so great but Colette was likable after awhile.
    • 3/5
      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 ;)
    • 3/5
      The most important thing in Colette's life is her social standing, something that depends directly on her family's wealth and her friendship with Hannah, the most popular girl at her expensive school. But now her life is being turned upside down by her parents divorce, no longer will she live in the big house surrounded by expensive things, now she is forced into a small apartment with her poor mother and annoying brother. How could her life get any worse?The one good thing in Colette's life right now is her school trip to Paris, with its promise of romance and high fashion this will be best trip of her life, so long as she can hid the fact that she, and her family, are no longer wealthy. A task that proves harder then she anticipated due to her visions of a woman in a powdered wig and elaborate ball gown, a woman who seems to be at the heart of a recent serial killing spree, and it looks as though Colette may be her next victim.Marie Antoinette, Serial Killer brings to life a Queen from the past, out for revenge on the descendants of those who have wronged her. A story of a superficial girl, history, romance and death set in the heart of France. Colette is a girl as self centred and materialistic as her so called friend Hannah, and although there is a cute French boy to show her the way, it will take a serial killer for her to appreciate the finer things in life. A book that becomes more involving with each chapter read.
    • 4/5
      An interesting Young Adult story. I found the main female character, for the most part, very annoying and hard to like. However, I am not the target audience for this book. The story line had enough twists and turns to keep me entertained, even if I didn't like most of the characters. It was a light entertainment whilst travelling to/from work.
    • 3/5
      My biggest regret about this book is the fact that the final cover has the blood splatter removed from her face. It was just so much more sinister that way. My only other complaint would be the loopy, low-ascender cursive writing in which the murders are written. I'm not someone easily tripped up my typeface, but sometimes this got aggravating. Please note that I did read this book as an ARC-- maybe the final copy is different.Marie Antoinette, Serial Killer is a little cheesy, a little intense, and a lot of fun. You get a little history and a little tour of France along with all the murders and mystery, which is a great perk of reading the book. Sadly, there's not much history because most of the historical facts have been altered for the purpose of the story. Still... it will give you a window into a very prominent and interesting woman in history and it just might get some readers looking up Marie Antoinette on Wikipedia.Katie Alender has crafted a murder mystery of girl-power proportions. It's a modern girl-power story crossed with horror and history genres, with a little bit of suspense and drama. Girl-world comes across in the wealthy, privileged class of girls on their school trip to Paris who worry about social status as much they worry about looking trendy and attending the right parties (Gossip Girl, much)?Colette's friends Blair Hannah and Pilar are shallow and silly, which immediately make Colette much more likeable as the heroine of the story. The boys are romantic and dreamy, the murders are gory and many, and the ghost of Marie Antoinette is dangerous and vengeful. The story has everything you could ever want in girl-world: love, betrayal, attraction, friendship, rule-breaking, and luxury. Oh, and the ghost of Marie Antoinette.The book is a fairly fast read and while it is enjoyable, the lack of real horror in the mystery or murders kept it from being as powerful as it could have been. Still, Katie Alender writes a great preteen novel with enough pretty things (boys included!) and excitement to hook in the younger teens.
    • 3/5
      Marie Antoinette is a serial killer. That was enough to draw me in, however it also made me a bit hesitant with the title being so obvious. Either way, I still wanted to give it a try. Colette is introduced as a self absorbed, claustrophobic, American who lives with a seemingly selfless brother and mother, and just happens to have two typical, self absorbed, rich, best friends. Colette and her friends are going to Paris for nine days as part of a school trip and she is convinced it will change her life. When they all arrive in Paris it is everything Colette dreams of, until she finds out about the murders. Pushing that nagging feeling about the murders out of her mind, Colette discovers that her family has more to do with France than she ever imagined. With a title like Marie Antoinette, Serial Killer, it is pretty clear that the rest of this story is obvious. Marie Antoinette, who has been long dead, comes back to life to kill. The only mystery to this is why she came back to started beheading all these people and how Colette becomes involved. The story is predictable enough that it caught me off guard for a few instances, but not by much. Those little twists were, however, wasted on the predictability of the story. Announcing that Marie Antoinette is the serial killer right in the title, eliminates any chance of mystery the book had to offer. Having to figure out who the killer was would have made it a more intriguing read and probably just more enjoyable and less predictable. The characters seemed to be one dimensional, having little to no character development. The most character development came from Colette, but even that seemed forced. Her eventual revelation at the end was too quick and unnatural that it came off as both cliche and unbelievable. The story overall was anti climatic, even when Colette realized the serial killer is indeed the long deceased Marie Antoinette, which we all knew by reading the title of the book. Paris was the main pull for me to read this book and I was greatly disappointed in the portrayal of what Pairs felt like to Colette. Colette seems to be describing what she is seeing rather than how she is experiencing it. I didn’t feel like I was her in Paris but rather she was telling me what she saw structurally. There was little to none on what any one else living in Paris was doing, only what was directly in front of her. If anything this was the biggest let down of the book. Marie Antoinette, Serial Killer is a good book for a quick easy read with light mystery. Don’t expect too much from this book as it will surely let you down.
    • 2/5
      Due to copy and paste, formatting has been lost.Before you read this review, I want you to read the synopsis. Breathe it in, think about the awesome premise and the possibilities of Marie Antoinette as a ghostly killer. Then imagine all of those hopes dashed. These are the feelings that I had coming out of Marie Antoinette, Serial Killer.Colette didn't really have any personality to speak of. She upset me with her constant snobbiness, and her apparent lack of kindness. Shallow doesn't even begin to describe her. At one point in the book, she becomes "friends" with someone, only to tell them that they aren't good enough for her unless she needs something. What a friendship that was - but I can understand where she gets it from. Because her best friends, Hannah and Pilar? They irk me. They're terrible friends too.I have to say, as much as I disliked her for most of the book, she does grow a bit towards the end. She becomes a better friend, and she does show some bravery; but it doesn't make up for the fact that she annoyed me through most of Marie Antoinette, Serial Killer.The only truly bright part in this novel was Jules and his family. They brought light and happiness into this novel, which is why I don't get Jules. As a character, I truly liked him. He's not around very much, but when he is, he seems like a nice guy. So...why is he falling for Colette?But lets move on to what you've all been waiting for. Marie Antoinette and the murders! Writing wise, I feel like the murders were done fairly well, if a little weak. But the ghost of Marie just didn't impress me; I felt like her character was shone too briefly, and that she just wasn't menacing enough. The mystery behind "why" she was murdering them was easily solved, and it was just lacking in the drama department.So, if you're looking for a chilling book about Marie Antoinette, this isn't for you. If you're looking for a story about a girl in Paris trying to solve a mystery, though, this might be for you. It just depends on what you're looking for.
    • 3/5

      This and other reviews can be found on Reading Between Classes

      Cover Impressions: I like this one a lot. The piercing blue eyes draw you in and the blood splatter elevates it from the "pretty girl in a dress" typical fare. I do wish there was something in the background; a room, a palace, even the Eiffel tower. Also chuckling at the tagline.

      The Gist: Colette's life has fallen apart. Her parents are separated, she has had to move into a tiny apartment and, despite being able to stay at her fancy prep school, she can't tell her snotty friends or they will ditch her. BUT, there is one shining hope - a class trip to Paris that Colette hopes will change her life. Upon landing, however, she discovers that there have been several gruesome murders in the city, and that they may have something to do with the mysterious family heirloom that she discovered in a long forgotten box.

      Review:
      I am a huge fan of Katie Alender's Bad Girls Don't Die series. So, naturally, I was all in when I found out that she was releasing a new book. I don't know a great deal about Marie Antoinette, but the premise seemed really interesting. The thought of the famous queen hunting down and decapitating those who had wronged her made me giggle and the promise of a Parisian setting had be intrigued. I loved following the characters through some famous sites and hearing tidbits of history (punctuated by the appearance of a few dead participants!). The plot is fun and unfolds at a brisk pace. Once the mystery is laid bare, there is a real sense of urgency that kept me reading late into the night.

      I did have a little difficulty connecting with the main character. Even though Colette is the better of her friends, she is still pretty shallow and vapid. I had a hard time taking her seriously and I kept rolling my eyes at the very "teenagerness" of her every thought and comment. I remember not being particularly fond of the main character in the Bad Girl's Don't Die series, but Alender had three books in which to let her grow and mature, this (as far as I know) is a stand-alone and Colette's transformation is a little too quick. It was nice to watch her finally make some good choices when it comes to her friends. The other characters are fun, but not particularly well developed. Audrey didn't have much personality other than being the complete opposite of Hannah. Brynn seemed completely unnecessary. Hannah was completely heinous - Regina George would be proud of this one and I honestly felt bad for Pilar, she seemed so sweet and talented and kept putting up with Hannah's abuse.

      The love interest is sweet, but doesn't overtake the plot. This is not the story for someone looking for passion in Paris! Jules is cute, sweet and respectful. He is the complete opposite of Armand, who had developed a strange fixation on Colette and gave me a serious case of the heebie jeebies (also, I completely pictured him as Gaston from Beauty and the Beast). I did really enjoy getting to see the relationship between Jules and his family, but the way it impacted Colette's own relationship with her brother was a little unrealistic. By the end, Colette is a completely changed person. She stands up to her friends, is generous with her mother and kind to her brother. If this had happened at the end of a series of books, it could have felt like a genuine change, but the fact that it all occurs in 10 (I think) days, makes me doubt that it would last beyond the first few days at home. Overall, the ending is a little too clean and easy. All the loose ends are tied up, everyone is safe, Hannah is alone, Colette is a better person and everything goes back to normal.

      I am definitely an Alender fan. I will stick around for any other books that she writes, but here's hoping that she goes back to the series format that allows for some realistic character development.


      Teaching/Parental Notes:

      Age: 12 and up
      Gender: Female
      Sex: Kissing
      Violence: Death by decapitation
      Inappropriate Language: None
      Substance Use/Abuse: None
    • 2/5
      This was cute. This is also more like 1.5 stars but she gets an extra star for the Paris setting. First of all let me say that the cover is awful. I was hoping that it would get a better final cover but apparently this is the final cover. Which is really unfortunate.

      The story. Colette is an insecure girl who is friends with the school mean girl. They all go to Paris on a school trip and there is the hint of a love triangle and people being murdered left and right. Colette eventually figures out how she is connected to all of this well after the reader does. I didn't like Colette much. I thought she was kind of wimpy. I know we are supposed to feel for her because she is an insecure teenage girl but I am not really sure why anyone liked her.

      I will give the author credit for mentioning in the Afterward that she made up parts of the history. I do appreciate this clarification. Mostly though I felt like this book could have been so much more. There was the potential for a really good story weaving in the French Revolution and Paris both of which are exciting settings.

      Unfortunately the book lived up to the cover.
    • 3/5
      I received an ARC of this at ALA, and am so glad I did-its as much fabulously ridiculous fun as you would expect. This book has ghosts, romance, history, character development, friendships, horror, and tension, and is a quick and highly enjoyable read. Definitely pick this up when it comes out in October!
    • 4/5
      Marie Antoinette was beheaded and now is she bringing the same fate to others today? If so, how and why.Colette Iselin, visiting Paris on a school tripm keep seeing a strange vision,m a pale woman in a ball gown and wig. typically a teen which translated into selfish and mean, egotistical,not selfless and brave as you would hope. Wanting others to think highly of her, she was able to appear authentic in the book and grow on the school trip as any parent would hope. Coming of age in Europe. What a concept author Katie Alender offered.Know nothing of Marie Antoinette? This is your chance, young or older to learn of her, Paris and a French romance. A good murder mystery for the summer or anytime. For the young adult and young thinkers.