The writing style fluctuates from clever and original to overly verbose and often confusing in its jumble of senses. The bargain they strike sends her on a dark and magical journey throughout the land. Evangeline desperately prays to the Prince of Hearts, a dangerous and fickle Fate famed for his heart that is waiting to be revived by his one true love-and his potentially lethal kisses. Despite inheriting a steady trust in magic, belief in her late mother’s homeland of the mystical North (where fantastical creatures live), and philosophy of hope for the future, her dreams are dashed when Luc, her love, pledges to marry Marisol instead.
When her father passes away, Evangeline is left with her cold stepmother and kind but distant stepsister, Marisol. This appealing twist on the classic fairy tale “The Frog Prince” creates space for examining different aspects of Vodou and compelling social justice issues that still affect people today.Īn eerily atmospheric journey through Jazz Age New Orleans.Īfter praying to a Fate for help, Evangeline discovers the dangerous world of magic. Chapters alternate between the third-person perspectives of Tiana, Naveen, and Facilier, with each having a distinct voice. The setting is richly steeped in the history and culture of New Orleans. Her end of the bargain is to put a concoction made by the Shadow Man into the gumbo served at her restaurant, a deal that surely cannot end well: Even though Tiana seems to have everything she wants, evil forces are clearly at play. Facilier uses a conjuring trick to force Tiana to make a deal that will help her protect the people she loves. He was trying to use it to gain access to the fortune of Eli LaBouff, the richest man in New Orleans, by wooing LaBouff’s daughter, Charlotte, who dreams of marrying into royalty. She is in possession of an amulet that Facilier, the Shadow Man, got one of his minions inside Prince Naveen’s inner circle to steal it allows its wearer to impersonate the prince.
It’s Mardi Gras in 1920s New Orleans, and Tiana, a young African American woman, is running out of time. A young African American woman’s love for her family and community leads her to make a bargain with unforeseen consequences in this retelling inspired by Disney’s The Princess and the Frog.
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