Ugly Princess #2

Volume 2 of Natsumi Aida's Ugly Princess brings more of the charming shōjo romance that made this series so appealing, published in France by Éditions Akata. The cover captures a rosy-cheeked girl in a maid's cap and blue dress, cheeks cupped dreamily in her hands, while a dashing young man in a regal blue-and-gold ensemble gazes down at her amid a shower of sparkles. It's a sweet, warmhearted image that perfectly sets the tone for a story about unlikely connections between two very different worlds.