It was an interesting light read. I probably should have read it in the original French though. I thought that the translation probably could have been better.

This book was amazing! I absolutely loved it. I read it, liked it, and returned it to the library, only to want it back a few months later. I would read this book as many times as possible if I had time!

Les Orangers de Versailles was my favorite book growing up. I read it at least 20 times. I really liked rediscovered it as a graphic novel (and i might plan a reread of the series soon).

However it felt a bit rushed to me. Maybe it is because it is intended for a young audience but it seemed too short compared to the novel. It really is faithful otherwise and i enjoyed my reading.

Years ago, like when I was about 11 I think, I read this book but in my own language. Now years later, I bought the english version ebook on Amazon and it was even more amazing than I remembered. Reading this book was like a hello to my childhood. So nice!

The Orange Trees of Versailles is the story about Marion who goes into the service of the Marquise de Montespan. When the marquise learns about Marion's gift to create and recognize amazing scents she lets Marion make perfum for her. Marion is overly glad and delighted because of this but when she learns that the marquise gives credit to others she feels utterly betrayed. On top of that Marion finds out about the marquise's plan to poison the queen. She must use her gift for smells to try and save the queen, but will she be in time?

How I loved this book! Ah... it was simply wonderful! The writing was lovely and fast paced. The chapter were rather short in my opnion, but I didn't mind that.
Marion was a great heroine. She was sweet, kind of naive, but very talented with her sense of smell. I'm so glad everything worked out for her in the end.
The other characters were great also. I loved Lucie and Martin. So cute! The marquise was awful but definitely an interesting character. I loved the history aspect in this book and how some events and characters that really happened and excisted were in it. My favorite aspect of historical fiction.

If you're going to read this book I strongly suggest that you read the information about the history and everything that comes after the story. It's very interesting to read. So don't skip it!

Première déception parmi mes emprunts de la semaine : les orangers de Versailles. Ce petit roman jeunesse a reçu tant de bonnes critiques que je pensais pourtant l'adorer sur le champs ! Hélas, la plume de l'auteur m'a déconcertée dès les premiers chapitres. J'ai eu tout d'abord énormément de mal avec les transitions, comme l'impression que les scènes se succédaient dans un flou constant.

De plus, l'auteure passe d'une atmosphère douce et délicate au côté le plus sordide de Versailles en quelques lignes. Ces moments chocs me prenaient totalement par surprise.
Alors certes je trouve cela bien que, pour une fois, un écrivain prenne la peine de montrer la part sombre de cette époque qui n'était pas faite que de fêtes somptueuses à Versailles, de balade en calèche et de superbes toilettes. On oublie un peu trop souvent la puanteur qui régnait dans toutes les grandes villes, le manque d'hygiène les plus basiques, le peu de cas que l'on faisait d'une vie humaine, la mortalité infantile …

Mais ce domaine macabre et sordide n'a pas été amené de manière judicieuse à mon sens et à plus servit à m’écœurer qu'autre chose. J'ai tout de même pris le temps de finir le roman mais je ne pense pas lire la suite, et je suis bien contente de ne pas m'être donné la peine de l'acheter. Next.