Showing posts with label marie antoinette serial killer. Show all posts
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Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Guest Review: Marie Antoinette, Serial Killer by Katie Alender

Annie from Just One Chapter is stopping by today to share her thoughts on Marie Antoinette, Serial Killer by Katie Alender. Here's Annie's links if you'd like to stop by and check out more of her reviews =)

Goodreads Summary:

Colette Iselin is excited to go to Paris on a class trip. She’ll get to soak up the beauty and culture, and maybe even learn something about her family’s French roots.

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

Colette knows her popular, status-obsessed friends won’t believe her, so she seeks out the help of a charming French boy. Together, they uncover a shocking secret involving a dark, hidden history. When Colette realizes she herself may hold the key to the mystery, her own life is suddenly in danger . . .

Acclaimed author Katie Alender brings heart-stopping suspense to this story of revenge, betrayal, intrigue — and one killer queen.
Publication Date: September 24, 2013


Annie's Review:

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.

Rating: 5/5 Stars

Saturday, August 31, 2013

Stacking the Shelves #54

Stacking the Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Tynga's Reviews and features books you've added to your shelves, both physical and virtual.

I was so excited to pick up Good by S. Walden this week! I loved Going Under and this book sounds like another great one. I loved The Collector too, so I was psyched to pick up the sequel The Liberator.

Bought:
Good by S. Walden

The Liberator by Victoria Scott

For Review:
Relativity by Cristin Bishara

Unspoken by Jen Frederick

Sia by Josh Grayson

Now and Then by Brenda Rothert

Dead Girls Don't Lie by Jennifer Shaw Wolf

A Little Too Far by Lisa Descrochers

Waiting on the Sidelines by Ginger Scott

Marine Antoinette, Serial Killer by Katie Alender