Goodreads Buy Indie Amazon B&N Book Depository Audiobook This post uses affiliate links and I may receive a small commission for purchases made through my links at no additional cost to you. Will Izumi crumble under the weight of the crown, or will she live out her fairytale, happily ever after?

Izzy 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, Izzy 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 Izzy 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. Will she crumble under the weight of the crown, or will she see the challenges out to have her own happily-ever-after ending? That is what Emiko Jean’s Tokyo Ever After is all about.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. You need to deal with crafty cousins, a vexatious press, a scowling bodyguard who might still turn out to be her soulmate, and thousands of years of tradition, customs and culture to learn almost overnight.Īs the challenges that come with her newfound status dawn on her, Izumi must now reconcile two versions of herself – back home, she was never “American” enough, and in Japan, she is required to prove that she is “Japanese” enough. What Izzy does not know, however, is that being a princess is not about wearing fancy gowns and glittering tiaras. She is also excited about discovering the country she never thought she would. Her humdrum life becomes happening all of a sudden as she travels abroad to meet the father she never knew.

One day, Izumi discovers a pivotal clue to the identity of her missing father, who happens to be the Crown Prince of Japan! Having lived out an uneventful seventeen years of her life in a small town, Izumi Tanaka is perfectly mindful of all the ways in which her family is different from those of her classmates.

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