Tokyo Ever After
2021 • 256 pages
Ratings32
Average rating3.4
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Ratings32
Average rating3.4
Emiko Jean’s New York Times bestseller and Reese Book Club Pick Tokyo Ever After is the “refreshing, spot-on” (Booklist, starred review) story of an ordinary Japanese American girl who discovers that her father is the Crown Prince of Japan! Izumi Tanaka has never really felt like she fit in—it isn’t easy being Japanese American in her small, mostly white, northern California town. Raised by a single mother, it’s always been Izumi—or Izzy, because “It’s easier this way”—and her mom against the world. But then Izumi discovers a clue to her previously unknown father’s identity...and he’s none other than the Crown Prince of Japan. Which means outspoken, irreverent Izzy is literally a princess. In a whirlwind, Izumi travels to Japan to meet the father she never knew and discover the country she always dreamed of. But being a princess isn’t all ball gowns and tiaras. There are conniving cousins, a hungry press, a scowling but handsome bodyguard who just might be her soulmate, and thousands of years of tradition and customs to learn practically overnight. Izumi soon finds herself caught between worlds, and between versions of herself—back home, she was never “American” enough, and in Japan, she must prove she’s “Japanese” enough. Will Izumi crumble under the weight of the crown, or will she live out her fairy tale, happily ever after? Look for the bestselling sequel, Tokyo Dreaming, out now.
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2 primary booksTokyo Ever After is a 2-book series with 2 primary works first released in 2021 with contributions by Emiko Jean.
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I think it's more of a 3.5.
This was a very impulsive read for me which I picked up after reading a lovely review of the sequel Tokyo Dreaming. It's YA contemporary which is so not my thing anymore, so I didn't have much expectations. It turned out to be cute and fun, emotional at places, a tad bit predictable but overall enjoyable just like The Princess Diaries. I definitely liked the parts about Izumi wanting to belong somewhere and trying to reconcile her American upbringing with a more conservative Japanese imperial culture, and all the narrative about her learning to speak Japanese, write Kanji and learn the etiquette was very nicely written. The romance is probably a bit of instalove but it's kinda a staple of the genre at this point and I won't begrudge it. Overall, I had fun and I wouldn't mind picking up the sequel.
Dnf 34%. I had no interest in any of the characters and what happens next. I also didn???t like the mcs attitude.
“You make me wish for all the things I shouldn't.”
I have been wanting to read this for so long and I am so happy I finally picked it up.
The idea of going your whole life without knowing who your father is only to find out that he is actually royalty and you're a princess who now has to learn to adjust to this new, extravagant life? I am obsessed.
This was such a fairytale romance and I loved every minute of it. I absolutely squealed and kicked my feet like a high school girl whose crush just asked me out. I am not afraid to admit that!
I have the biggest crush on both Izumi and Akio. I am sickeningly in love with him that it's not funny.
I loved being able to read how the relationship between Izumi and her father developed. It was so beautiful watching them learn how to love and accept one another as who they are.
Sometimes predictable and cliche rom-coms are a necessary read and this is one of them.
