The time-traveling fashionista at the palace of Marie Antoinette

Ah, okay, reading this one so closely after the first one meant that a lot of the charm had worn off for me. I mean, it was cute. Wouldn't super recommend it to most adult readers–Louise's complete obliviousness to all known history gets a little grating (especially given that she's allegedly a 7th grader in “AP French”, which just seems like poor fact checking on the editor's behalf...) . These books WOULD be great for younger tween readers, though–very clean. Like, when Louise time travels back to Marie Antoinette's Versailles, she declines a glass of champagne because her mom would disapprove. And she almost kisses a boy but gets interrupted.

Oh, and I read this one in print and I really like the color illustrations of all the dresses! (I read the other one in ebook and it had b&w illustrations that weren't as pretty.) There's also limited historical information in the form of a little timeline and a chapter where Louise gets back to the future and reads about Marie Antoinette on Wikipedia.

And I do really like the series' insistence that being interested in fashion isn't just a silly girl thing. It's serious business (that might possibly lead to time travel).