Major Characters: Lady Sophia Rohan, Frances, Emile, the Prince Sabastian (also, Lady Crystallia), King Leo, Queen, Princess Juliana, Prince Marcel, Peter, Madame Aurelia, Princess Louise, With Frances’ help, he ignores his father’s expectations of him as Prince and goes out at night dressed as a woman named “Lady Crystallia.” Working together France promises to keep his secret, but will her promise get in the way of her potential as a dressmaker? When she is discovered by Prince Sabastian he immediately hires her to sew him dresses. Plot: Frances is an unknown seamstress working in Paris at the dawn of the modern age. Will he be the Prince Frances needs him to be in order to gain her dresses some much-deserved attention? Will he be the Prince his family wants him to be? Playing his role as Prince during the daytime and Lady Crystallia at nighttime, the Prince is set on a collision course with himself. In fact, Prince Sebastian is not only wearing the dresses, but also secretly sporting them as Paris’ new raging fashion icon “Lady Crystallia.” And to make matters worse the Prince’s parents are trying to find him a bride. While Frances cannot reveal that she is the Prince’s dressmaker, the Prince cannot reveal that he is wearing her dresses. To begin, the two main characters have some serious secrets. The best part is that it’s fairy a tale for the whole family to read and to talk about. Jen Wang’s The Prince and the Dressmaker is one of the most thoughtful contemporary fairy tales to hit the 21 st century young adult reading world in a while.
As someone who enjoys fairy tales (a lot) there are only certain times when I think: Wow, and I thought traditional fairy tales were entertaining!
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