A review by bberee
Tokyo Ever After by Emiko Jean

3.75

im so so in love with this book !!! im a sucker for romcoms and this is basically everything i’ve ever wanted in a romance. 

it had so many lovable characters and i could actually say that izumi is one of them. in any normal teen romance book, she wouldve been written in a “not like other girls”, internalized misogyny generic archetype. emiko jean makes it a point to say that she is definitely a unique, regular teen girl in way that is classy and not annoying, alot of other authors could take notes!!

the romance is CHEF’S KISS!!;&:& it checks all the boxes and the tropes were done FLAWLESSLY and that alone deserves an award.

but, i do i feel like parts of the book couldve been done better. the climax was written in an underwhelming way (maybe bc a friend was hyping up the plot the entire time i read it so i feel like i got spoiled a little) and i felt the plot was also, a bit predictable? 

the ways in which the betrayal was done by yoshi couldve been a bit more tense, in addition to the ending being rushed. i kind of expected akio and izumi to just have screaming match in the rain and akio being like “IZUMI WHAT LETTER😭😭” or maybe thats the cliche in me. but idk i expected more!! i wanted camp and dramatic chasing scenes. but i will say izumi chasing after her dad did make up for it, it was a sweet moment.

overall i love a good romance read and this got me out of a slump!!