Before babies are born, they are given a girl or a boy heart. When a playful angel named Tink tricks a baby into taking a girl and a boy heart, he is sent to Earth in order to make sure that the baby grows up to be a girl. The baby turns out to be the child of the king and queen, and to protect the family line, the world is told that the baby is a boy. Raised in the public eye as Prince Sapphire, but raised at home as a girl, Sapphire must discover which identity is the real one, protect the throne, find true love, and battle an evil duke and an unrelenting witch. As long as you don't analyze the gender roles and depictions too hard, it is a light fun read. And if you do look at the gender depictions, you can at least try to laugh at how outmoded they are.
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