Colette Iselin's life has really gone downhill in a year's time. Her father has had a midlife crisis and divorced her mother, which snowballs into their lifestyle changing from super nice to mediocre at best. She has a younger brother that she really doesn't get along with. Her mother has to work in order to keep her in the upscale private school that she still attends. Her best friends are Hannah and Pilar, both of whom come from wealthy families. She hasn't had the nerve to tell them about her situation so she keeps pretending that everything is normal.

Her French class is heading to France for spring break and she couldn't be more excited. Everything seems to go well until the killings begin. It seems there's a serial killer cutting a path through Paris by cutting off the heads of young, beautiful, and wealthy victims. It's not long before the murderer becomes apparent when she shows herself to Colette. The ghost of Marie Antoinette is upset and she's taking her revenge on those that she feels deserve it.

The problem is that Colette is also on the list of victims and she must find out why before it is too late.

MARIE ANTOINETTE SERIAL KILLER may sound like a juvenile title and it is written for young people. However, I loved this book! It covers all of the emotions from lightheartedness to sadness to anger to fright. There's a definite creep factor to the scarier scenes that you'll take with you long after you finish reading that final page.

Katie Alender goes a long way when it comes to encouraging and influencing young people to read and enjoy it. These are the same young people that tend to prefer playing video games and texting to reading. If you know anyone like that, please put MARIE ANTOINETTE SERIAL KILLER in their hands. Not only will they read it until the very end, but they'll love it and thank you for sharing it with them.

The characters in this book are very three dimensional. You'll find yourself saying over and over again, "Oh I knew someone just like this!" Being able to relate to the characters will also help you immerse yourself in the story that is being told. You'll find yourself walking through those dark closed in catacombs with poor Colette as she struggles with her intense fear of tight dark places. You'll also want to slap a couple of her friends and try to turn them into nice people.

Seriously, just read MARIE ANTOINETTE SERIAL KILLER. No matter what your age, you'll be giving yourself a real treat.