They were just toddlers, but ever since then, Thabiso has been conscious of a connection to Naledi even when her parents broke all promises and ran away with her to America. More than twenty years earlier, Goddess Ingoka had spoken through her priestesses and had chosen Naledi as the future queen and betrothed her to His Royal Highness Prince, Bringer of Light and Love, Thabiso Moshoeshoe of Thesolo. Finally, driven beyond bearing by a terrible day, she tells Likotsi to take a hike in succinct Anglo-Saxon. Recently, she’s been receiving spam email from one Likotsi Adelele from the Kingdom of Thesolo, reminding her that she is the betrothed of the most exalted Prince Thabiso and asking her to provide official pieces of documentation to verify her identity. The pressure of keeping up with the quotidian while safeguarding her future is intense. One monetary mistake could have a domino effect on her life plans of becoming a notable scientist. She works two jobs to pay for college and her living expenses, and she has no time and no money for leisure.
Naledi, a brilliant PhD student, is currently studying epidemiology at The Institute. Her adult relationships since she moved to college have reinforced this feeling, so she maintains an outwardly friendly demeanor while keeping people at arms’ length. She has only a hazy memory of her parents, and her upbringing has left her wary and feeling unwanted, as though she has “defective Velcro” – no one sticks with her, no one can love her. She was orphaned at an early age, and was in and out of foster homes throughout her childhood. Naledi Smith née Ajoua is an independent New Yorker through and through. What could have been a clichéd plot is made magical by Cole’s writing. This is a fanciful story, a modern fairytale, in which the prince of a make-believe African kingdom finds his long-lost betrothed and proceeds to beguile, lose and win her all over again. I have liked everything I have read by her so far, and A Princess in Theory is no exception.
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