Boy Princess by Seyoung Kim

     Boy Princess begins comically when Prince Nicole is forced to pose as his sister, Princess Elena, and marry the neighboring kingdom's second prince, Jed. However he is soon sucked into the politics of his new kingdom and the brother rivalry between the crown prince and Jed. Jed and Nicole's relationship is tested and threatened by the crown prince's own desires to eliminate Jed. The story also includes the crown prince's relationship with the apothecary, Shahi, who is forced to stay in the kingdom as a hostage for his tribe's loyalty and forced into sexual acts. There is comic relief in the relationship that grows between Prince Glewhin, crown prince of the Erin Kingdom, and Princess Reiny, Jed's little sister. The story wraps up and concludes all relationships in a positive way with a one shot that shows the relationship of Jed and Nicole's reincarnations in a high school setting. Overall, the story is beautifully drawn and within the art it sucks the reader into an enjoyable fantasy realm. The pacing of the plot is well done and does not change direction so suddenly to confuse readers.
     However, even though the story was drawn out well the clothes have much to be desired. An example would be a picture of Jed in a rural setting where a dress-like tunic with no pants and a slit up the side. Not a dinky slit, like he might have torn it while chopping some wood. Oh no! This is a tear that goes all the way up the thigh. What was the author thinking? I don't know. I could see this if he was trying to seduce Nicole, but at the time he was chopping wood. I am pretty positive people, let alone princes, did not chop their wood like that. Not to mention, the relationship between Jed and Nicole started off interesting, yet became very boring by the end of the story. I was more interested about the relationship between Shahi and the crown prince, the back story about Jed's mother and father, the back story about Jed's mother and Shahi's mother, the relationship between Glewhin and Reiny; basically everything but Jed and Nicole, which is not so great if the story is supposed to be about their struggle to be together.
     Overall it was a good read. I would read it again, but it will take me awhile to get used to Jed's, or the author's, preference of clothes. I would rate it a 7.8/10.