The Marble Queen by Anna Kopp

The Marble Queen

Anna Kopp, Gabrielle Kari

Dark Horse Comics · Paperback · March 5, 2024

A sapphic YA graphic novel with sword fighting, political intrigue and magic where the princess needs a marriage alliance for the welfare of her kingdom, but she unknowingly accepts a proposal from a mysterious country, having come not from the prince, but his sister.

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Who it’s for
A warm, dark comic read with romance and fairy-tale resonance.
Genres
YA Fantasy Comics, YA LGBTQ+ Comics, YA Romance Comics
Published
Dark Horse Comics, March 5, 2024

About this book

A sapphic YA graphic novel with sword fighting, political intrigue and magic where the princess needs a marriage alliance for the welfare of her kingdom, but she unknowingly accepts a proposal from a mysterious country, having come not from the prince, but his sister. The Marble Queen is a YA fantasy graphic novel that's the political drama of Nimona meets the heartfelt romance of The Prince and the Dressmaker, but this time in a sapphic romance surrounded by a mist of magic.

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Princess Amelia's kingdom, Marion, is in shambles after months of their trade routes being ravaged by pirates, and now, it seems the only option left is for her to save it through a marriage alliance. When she gets an exorbitant offer from the royalty of Iliad—a country shrouded in mystery—Amelia accepts without question and leaves her home to begin a new life. But she lands on Iliad's shores to find that her betrothed isn't the country's prince but the recently coronated Queen Salira. Shocked, Amelia tries to make sense of her situation and her confused heart: Salira has awakened strange new feelings inside her, but something dark hides behind the queen's sorrowful eyes. Amelia must fight the demons of her own anxiety disorder before she can tackle her wife's, all while war looms on the horizon.

Fairy-Tale Gloom

A warm, dark comic read with romance and fairy-tale resonance.

Come here for

  • LGBTQ romance in comics form
  • folklore-tinted, darker YA mood

Expect

  • sustained narrative immersion
  • collector-friendly genre blend

Where it sits

YA LGBTQ+ Comics78%
YA Romance Comics54%
YA Fantasy Comics39%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • YA Folklore & Fairy Tale Comics
  • YA LGBTQ+ Comics
  • YA Romance Comics
Authors
Anna Kopp, Gabrielle Kari
Publisher
Dark Horse Comics
Published
March 5, 2024
Format
Paperback
Reading lane
YA Folklore & Fairy Tale Comics