I thought this book was very good and gave a teenage reader, like myself, a glimpse of what life as a princess would be like. Kathryn Lasky made it so that when you're reading it, you're there with Marie Antoinette. And experiencing the difficulties of being a princess/queen/dauphine. Being upset with her soon-to-be husband and being beheaded after her husband and leaving her children behind. I thought this book was overall wonderful and a great read!