Marie Antoinette, Serial Killer by Katie Alender | Rating: ★★★★☆
As a note, a finished copy of this novel was sent to me by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. This does not effect my opinions in any way.
In what would seem to be a fast track to terrible literature: Marie Antoinette, Serial Killer proves us wrong in its unique story telling and vivid imagery. Don’t let the title fool you: Katie Alender sure has a knack for writing this creative story that could have gone horribly wrong if it’d been any other other.
It’s clever, it’s sweet, it’s thrilling and it’s just overall a fun read to take with you on a day off or to read in between time. It isn’t a retelling of a story like Pride & Prejudice & Zombies or Gossip Girl: Psycho Killer. Instead, it is a tail that tweaks with history and leaves readers in a swirl of shallow minded teenagers, historical secret societies, dark comedy, death and… love?
(It will, however, appeal to fans of those titles.)
And, of course, the setting is beautiful: Paris. Alender does a fabulous job describing the scenery to us, one can almost feel as though you are right there in the midst of it all.
It isn’t for the weak of heart, though.
While any of the ghost of Marie Antoinette’s victims all die the same way (beheading, of course!) and aren’t particularly of the gore genre, if you are in any way shape or form squeamish by even the slightest bit of murder, it is important to skim through the short chapters.
