I'm in the process of adding my blog/IG posts onto Goodreads, and I learned that there was a sequel to Daniel Haack's (author) and Stevie Lewis's (illustrator) "Prince & Knight." This one is called "Prince & Knight: Tale of the Shadow King."
["Have you heard the thrilling tale
of the prince and his dear knight?
Their love for one another
inspired everyone in sight.
Our brave and dashing heroes, the prince and the knight, are happily married and their kingdom is prospering, but soon, a fog of darkness that blocks the sun spreads across their land. They get word that the cause of this is a dark and mysterious Shadow King, and they rush off to find and stop him, but encounter many obstacles along the way. Will they be able to restore the light to their kingdom?"]
The book was, under the surface No, there wasn't a subtle thing about it. This book was about acceptance of being who you are (even if its not who you're "supposed to be") and loving who you love (even if its not "the norm").
"Like the colors of the rainbow, I'm glad we're not the same."
It was beautiful!! I wish it were longer (but maybe there will be a third book?). But the fact that this book (and the original) even exists is something that I didn't think was possible ten years ago (and DEFINITELY wasn't possible 30 years ago). Our world is shit (let's me honest), but there are moments and pieces of it that are glorious and need to be shared (like this book).
They also wrote a sapphic book called "Maiden & Princess" that I need to get to buying/reading.
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