Au Revoir, Crazy European Chick is a face-paced, action-packed thriller filled with car chases, thugs, graphic killing scenes, exploding buildings, sexual tension, and a random bear fight, and is so intriguing that the book is hard to put down.

There are plenty of holes in the plot, but for youth readers looking for an engaging read, this novel is perfect.

The plot involves Perry Stormaire, a normal high school senior who is busy applying to colleges and rehearsing with his band. His life dramatically shifts when his parents pressure him into taking Gobi, the Lithuanian exchange student who’s been living with his family, to the prom.  The night of prom, Perry learns firsthand that Gobi is actually a highly trained killer, on a determined mission to avenge her sister’s death. Perry goes on a wild ride through the streets of New York City as Gobi commandeers the Jaguar his father lent him for the prom in order to take out her targets. Perry ends up with some terrific material for his college application essays.

A nice touch was having each chapter open with a college application question which the chapter then proceeded to answer in a roundabout way, and these play into the climatic ending.