5/26/2023 0 Comments Tokyo Ever After by Emiko Jean![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In addition to her lack of Japanese language skills, Izumi struggles with constant scrutiny from some of her particularly judgmental relatives, her hot yet chilly bodyguard and members of the press. Izumi is intrigued: Surely it’s impossible that her dad could be someone so distinguished, right? But when Izumi’s mom-and soon after, an entourage from the Japanese Embassy, followed closely by an entourage from the Japanese tabloid media-confirms the truth, Izumi is whisked off to Tokyo to meet the royal family she didn’t know she had. Then Izumi’s friend Noora discovers an evocative love note hidden in one of Izumi’s mom’s books, dated with Izumi’s birth year, and traces it to none other than the crown prince of Japan. But unlike her friends, Izumi has no clear idea what’s next after senior year or why she feels so adrift. (“Think less organized crime, more ‘Golden Girls.’”). Sure, she loves and admires her single mom, and she absolutely adores her small group of pan-Asian friends, who’ve dubbed themselves the “Asian Girl Gang,” or AGG for short. Seventeen-year-old Izumi Tanaka has never felt like she completely belongs in her insular, mostly white Northern California town. Emiko Jean’s Tokyo Ever After sets a thoroughly modern fairy tale in the Imperial House of Japan. There’s no shortage of YA novels in which a commoner gets involved with a royal family and/or discovers their royal lineage, but as enjoyable as this trope is, most of these novels involve British or European monarchies. ![]()
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