"royalty is a dark curse under a jewelled veil" Marinette Dupain Cheng has secrets. Quite a lot of them, more than she should have. She is Ladybug; The Parisian superheroine that battles daily against powerful supervillains with her partner, her identity secured by a polka dotted mask. But while her partner is just like every other teenager under the mask, Marinette wears another facade beneath her alter-ego's magical suit. A Princess undercover as a Parisian teenager. The Princess of China. Forced to leave China due to the threat of rebels, the royal family of China camouflages under their disguise of being bakers. But their time of stepping back up in front of their people isn't far away as Princess Marinette's eighteenth birthday approaches. Along with her eighteenth birthday, comes Marinette's coronation. What happens when the Queen makes the mistake of sending the invitations of the coronation to Marinette's oblivious friends? And their plan of disappearing from France quietly goes down the drain as her friends follow them to China, making it harder to keep her identity a secret. Let's add boy troubles, liars, rich blonde brats, nosy friends, ready-to-kill rebels and oh, not to forget, a homicidal cousin. Sounds like a party, huh? Can Marinette sort things out in a messy whirlwind where every aspect of her life is thrown together to make a detestable mixture? [tw: strong language, mild violence, mentions of death and gore, panic attacks]