![]() ![]() Unlike the Disney teen flick of the early 00s that we all treasure with Anne Hathaway, there is a touch more romance and a bit more honesty in how much teens speak, and more importantly, swear. Yes, the monarchy is on her dad’s side, she has trouble acclimatizing to the new world she encounters, and she’s still in her teens, but there is something else. I think it is fair to say that Tokyo Ever After is highly inspired by The Princess Diaries, (directly or indirectly) but it is still deeply refreshing. In the latest series from Emiko Jean, we follow the young Izumi Tanaka as she comes to terms with being a Japanese-American and, unbeknownst to her to begin with, the daughter of the Imperial Crown Prince of Japan. I believe I accomplished my mission, as I started the year with three highly suggested books and I somewhat fell in love with one briskly, Tokyo Ever After. After hitting a modest goal I set myself, the aim was to start a momentum that was never inspired in me as a child/teen, those particular books never catching my interest. ![]() Last year, I took a running stab at reading a lot more despite my previously mentioned Dyslexia. ![]()
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