Book Review: “Cake Eater” by Allison Dahlin

If you like Marie Antoinette, futuristic settings blended with historical places, and petty online drama, Allyson Dahlin's book is the one for you. 

  It perfectly mixes a Marie Antoinette- centric version of the French Revolution with a futuristic setting. It starts off in Austria, in her mother's palace, where she is informed that she will be marrying the Dauphin of France: Louis-Auguste. 

   Online drama and lavish parties ensue, with Marie and Louis's relationship on the forefront, having only each other to trust. 

     The descriptions of the futuristic gel-glo day outfits and sparkly pink evening gowns were absolutely amazing. However, it paints Marie Antoinette in a very different light; instead of the thirty-year-old woman who helped drive France into ruin, it's a seventeen-year-old ruining her carefully crafted public image and becoming hated by the overall public. 

    Overall, I recommend this book; it's a solid 8.5 out of 10.