Okay, this was cute and exactly what I needed right now. I pretty much spent the entire time picturing this book as a movie playing in my head, so I'm just waiting for an announcement saying someone bought the rights. Hollywood needs to stop re-doing the same movies, especially with books like this one.

I got major Princess Diaries vibes, but it was Asian, which I think makes this 100x better. I think my favourite part was when Izumi gets to explore Kyoto. It sounds beautiful and yes I was picturing it in my head anime style for some reason and it works really well. Kyoto sounds wonderful and peaceful and relaxing and I really want to visit now.

The romance ahhh. I loved it. And I'm usually picky. But enemy to lovers works, especially when one person is the bodyguard. Akio was super sweet, and I liked the way the relationship developed.

As for Yoshi and Reina...I kind of knew what was going to happen (thanks to someone kind of spoiling it for me), but it also made sense plot-wise, I just didn't want to accept it. I wasn't 100% sure how Reina felt about Yoshi. I really thought the author was going for a grumpy bodyguard who is secretly in love with the prince kind of thing, but it did not turn out that way and what ended up happening was a million times better. I love Izumi and what she did and Yoshi 100% deserved it.

There were some cringe moments, like when Izumi and her mom chase after Izumi's dad on the highway, but it was also epic and just perfectly tropey too. Would be a really fun scene if this was a movie.

Basically, I'm saying this should be a movie.

3.5/5 stars (only reason being that it was hard for me to read and focus what with everything going on around the world, but still would recommend if you're looking for a light, fun contemporary that should definitely be a movie)