This is one of my new favorite books, ahhhh I really really loved this book!!! Read my full buddy read review here!!! :)

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Charming, beautiful, validating, clever, personal, relatable, irreplaceable

Tokyo Ever After is a book I have been waiting to read since I was a little girl watching The Princess Diaries. I always had in my mind this little voice saying, “oh, but that would never happen to you, I mean, you’re Asian.” And as much as I loved the Princess Diaries, I never, ever, thought for one second that a similar story could even exist. Until Tokyo Ever After. I can’t even begin to tell you how monumental this book was for me.

Quick Summary: Tokyo Ever After follows Izumi, a normal Asian American girl, who has created a comfortable safe space in her group of Asian friends in a majorly white town. While trying to find out more information about her father, one of Izumi’s friends finds him, but he is not what they expect. It turns out “Mak from Harvard” is the Crown Prince of Japan and Izumi is his only heir, making her a Japanese princess.

It was such an easy read, but I found myself crying nearly every chapter. It was even worse because I read nearly the entire book waiting in line for rides at Universal Studios (the lines are worse than at Disneyland!!), so I was crying in public the entire time. When I tell you how much I cried, I should probably also tell you that this book is not sad. It was just really personal and emotional for me. It hit me so personally that I couldn’t help it. Every small detail hit me so hard, that I can confidently say this is one of my new favorite books.
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