All I needed to hear was The Princess Diaries+Crazy Rich Asians and I wanted it.
Special thanks to Flatiron Press Books for sending me an arc!
This was an arc BUT that does not affect my opinion of the book in any way.
This was a combination of The Princess Diaries and Crazy Rich Asians - and it was about a girl named Izumi who has spent her whole life in America believing there was nothing all that special about her, apart from the fact that Japan is where her parents come from. She lives in a mostly white community and has always felt like an outsider. Izumi has never met her dad and lives with her mom in North California so when she finds a secret letter in her mom's closet from her dad - she accepts the challenge to find her biological father. Which she does then finds out her father is royalty - Not only that but he is the Crown Prince of Japan The Crown Prince did not know he had a daughter so he calls her to come to Japan and visit for 2 weeks. Now her two different worlds have collided and all she wants to do is fit in! Will she find comfort in any of the countries /places or will she forever be an outsider?
Writing:
The writing was pretty good. Based on all the other books I've read before the writing was standard, I think it could have been better. There are also a lot of undeveloped scenes and dialogues in this book that left me confused. For someone who knows almost nothing about Japan and the culture, I loved the way this book explained everything clearly to me but it was still lacking some insight in some places. But overall the writing made me ✨feel✨ things.
Izumi:
Izumi was just a fun, kind, and charming character to follow. I really appreciate her respect towards people! I love a character who knows the word ✨boundaries ✨ I also love how she knew nothing about Japan because I got to learn things with her but it was kind of unrealistic when she learned how to paint Kanji in like a few days... On that note, Izumi was really fast to adapt to Japan and the language AND BEING ROYALTY when she knew nothing about it at first which was kind of surprising and not realistic.
Overall:
Overall I really enjoyed this book! Hopefully Emiko Jean will change the dates and HOPEFULLY, fingers crossed we get the sequel this year! I know that's too good to happen though...
~Till Next Time!
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