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A review by thelibrarian390
Tokyo Ever After by Emiko Jean
4.0
It's a classic Princess Diaries-like American is a Princess but doesn't know it and has to American-bumble her way through learning to be royalty and someone has it out for her and the royals are scandalized because she's an illegitimate child/American/did something that's a royal no-no.
This was still a good read though. I didn't like the ending but... I already know there's a book 2 coming so, I can let it go. -potential spoilers ahead-
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Izumi finds out late in her senior year that her father is one of Japan's crown princes. She contacts him in a very roundabout way that is never really flushed out or mentioned again. She takes time off of school (REALLY! SHE JUST GOES TO JAPAN FOR LIKE, 2 MONTHS WHEN SHE SHOULD BE ATTENDING HIGH SCHOOL!) and fumbles her way through learning to be a royal. It's very glossed over, because the important thing is that she's American, she's not great at a lot of things, her twin-cousins hate her and don't want her around, her lady-in-waiting is exasperated by her but actually wants to be her friend and her body guard is a gruff man that's annoyed by her lateness and her Americanness. They, of course, grow closer, fall in love and someone outs them to the media and it is SCANDAL. Izzy thinks it was her twin cousins because they're constantly telling her she doesn't belong. She leaves Japan without telling her dad (But he's the prince. How could he not find out?) to wallow in self-pity at home when she thinks she's been rejected by her body guard turned lover. Her dad follows her back home. Reconnects (sort of) with her mom, invites them both back to Japan. They both say no. They both change their minds. Izzy's BFF4L (who is a terrible and crazy driver) gets them to the motorcade in time to tell the Prince they made a mistake. Izumi addresses the rumors and what happened when she returns to Japan, starts living life as a princess and finds out it wasn't the twins that ratted her out. She reconnects with her lover and that's where it ends. Just him telling her he'll some day make more money (read, can provide for her and their children) and that he loves her. I thought the ending was barftastic, but... we'll see where Emiko takes book 2.
This was still a good read though. I didn't like the ending but... I already know there's a book 2 coming so, I can let it go. -potential spoilers ahead-
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Izumi finds out late in her senior year that her father is one of Japan's crown princes. She contacts him in a very roundabout way that is never really flushed out or mentioned again. She takes time off of school (REALLY! SHE JUST GOES TO JAPAN FOR LIKE, 2 MONTHS WHEN SHE SHOULD BE ATTENDING HIGH SCHOOL!) and fumbles her way through learning to be a royal. It's very glossed over, because the important thing is that she's American, she's not great at a lot of things, her twin-cousins hate her and don't want her around, her lady-in-waiting is exasperated by her but actually wants to be her friend and her body guard is a gruff man that's annoyed by her lateness and her Americanness. They, of course, grow closer, fall in love and someone outs them to the media and it is SCANDAL. Izzy thinks it was her twin cousins because they're constantly telling her she doesn't belong. She leaves Japan without telling her dad (But he's the prince. How could he not find out?) to wallow in self-pity at home when she thinks she's been rejected by her body guard turned lover. Her dad follows her back home. Reconnects (sort of) with her mom, invites them both back to Japan. They both say no. They both change their minds. Izzy's BFF4L (who is a terrible and crazy driver) gets them to the motorcade in time to tell the Prince they made a mistake. Izumi addresses the rumors and what happened when she returns to Japan, starts living life as a princess and finds out it wasn't the twins that ratted her out. She reconnects with her lover and that's where it ends. Just him telling her he'll some day make more money (read, can provide for her and their children) and that he loves her. I thought the ending was barftastic, but... we'll see where Emiko takes book 2.