Princesse Sara #1

A lavishly illustrated French album, Princesse Sara #1 — Pour une mine de diamants — introduces us to a dark-haired young princess absorbed in a book, her elegant Victorian dress and the moody, lamp-lit Gothic cityscape behind her setting a wonderfully atmospheric tone. Beside her sits a charming doll in a blue dress, while bats drift through the twilight skyline, hinting at a world where fairy-tale romance mingles with something more mysterious. Created by Alwett, Moretti, and Boccato for Soleil's Blackberry imprint in 2009, this first volume promises a richly detailed adventure that wears its storybook heart proudly on its sleeve.