The Court of Mac and Cheese

Made for Worst VN Jam 2025

Tagliatella Rigatoni is alone in this world due to her parents' death and her unique purple eyes. When her eighteenth birthday arrives and she doesn't receive a Hsalhaerot and all the magic that comes with it, she's forced to leave her home and run from a horrible fate.

In her exile, she's personally picked by the fae prince, Aeddgeloard Darkn'brood, to compete in the Deathly Death Games of Death for the Death God. As an unspoken danger approaches, love blooms, things happen, and time to find the Maccanchees, the ultimate spellbreaker, runs out... will Rigatoni and Aeddgeloard save the world... or will they plunge it into the darkness?

From the award-winning author Naarel comes a breathtaking, never-done-before Frog Prince retelling. A tale of love, fantasy, and fae lore, blended into an unforgettable read.