Tokyo Ever After

My younger self was swooning over this Princess Diaries like novel. So glad I got to read it. This book was very cute and definitely young adult.

I feel the way she went about contacting her father was super weird. If my dad were a Prince who I'd never met there is no way I'd contact some random dude he used to be friends with and announce that to him prior to getting in touch with my father unless I absolutely had to. Just tacky to me.

I also felt like her friends characters could have been developed a lot better. The girls seemed like a group of average girsl so when Noora was giving the valedictorian speech towards the end it seemed out of the blue. At times, the younger kind lingo seemed a little overdone. I don't know if it was necessary for the feel of the book as sometimes it didn't seem to have any of that feel at all.

The reveal for who ousted her also seemed a little odd. Only motivation was money? Really? Seemed kind of lame. A deep hatred for her while pretending to be her bff would have been more interesting.

Overall though, I did enjoy this book. I wanted more of the Tokyo Tattler articles since they added a deeper perspective and maybe more about the mom and dad love story. Either way, I'm excited to see what the next book brings with Akio and Izumi's love story.