As annoyance turns to attraction between Izumi and the hot bodyguard, the reader will be delighted to learn he has a taste for writing poetry. Izumi wears her heart on her sleeve as she finds her way in her new world, even if all her decisions aren’t always what’s always been done. After all, what are best friends for if not to call your newfound dad the Asian George Clooney? The supporting characters are delightful, with her friends’ irreverent texts providing the perfect foil to all the Japanese customs Izumi must learn. This book has it all – splendid palaces, forbidden romance and laugh-out-loud humor. Izumi is determined to navigate this new world, with the help of her very hot, very annoyed bodyguard and her equally annoyed lady-in-waiting, so she can get to know her father and find out if Japan is where she’ll finally feel like she belongs. Suddenly, Izumi is whisked away to a world where everything – from her airport attire to the way she walks – is considered wrong, and where every detail, even a bathroom stop, needs to be meticulously planned by security. Izumi’s entire world is shaken when a book inscription leads her and her sleuthing friends to the fact that her father just might be the Crown Prince of Japan. This is the Princess Diaries retelling we all needed. Look for the bestselling sequel, Tokyo Dreaming, out now.Click the image to get the dress and 40% off Rent the Runway! Will Izumi crumble under the weight of the crown, or will she live out her fairy tale, happily ever after? Izumi soon finds herself caught between worlds, and between versions of herself-back home, she was never “American” enough, and in Japan, she must prove she’s “Japanese” enough. There are conniving cousins, a hungry press, a scowling but handsome bodyguard who just might be her soulmate, and thousands of years of tradition and customs to learn practically overnight. But being a princess isn’t all ball gowns and tiaras. In a whirlwind, Izumi travels to Japan to meet the father she never knew and discover the country she always dreamed of. Which means outspoken, irreverent Izzy is literally a princess. But then Izumi discovers a clue to her previously unknown father’s identity…and he’s none other than the Crown Prince of Japan.
Raised by a single mother, it’s always been Izumi-or Izzy, because “It’s easier this way”-and her mom against the world. Izumi Tanaka has never really felt like she fit in-it isn’t easy being Japanese American in her small, mostly white, northern California town.
Emiko Jean’s New York Times bestseller and Reese Book Club Pick Tokyo Ever After is the “refreshing, spot-on” ( Booklist, starred review) story of an ordinary Japanese American girl who discovers that her father is the Crown Prince of Japan!
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