I love it when books treat all their characters with nuance and care and invite us to reconsider our judgements, even seemingly righteous ones.Īmong the new faces is Eriku, Izumi’s new tutor. We get to see new sides of previously disliked characters and Tokyo Dreaming is better for it. Instead, she shakes things up with realistic, albeit painful, conflict. Emiko Jean refuses to take that easy way out. It would’ve been easy to just give us some new shiny faces and leave all the existing relationships as they were. This latter aspect in particular truly won me over. We meet new characters and are invited to reevaluate familiar ones. Tokyo Dreaming was simply delightful! Most importantly, I think it does what any good sequel should: mix things up, expand the world and explore new perspectives. So I am happy to tell you now that you have nothing to worry about. As many of us readers, I’ve been disappointed by sequels a lot. So while I was incredibly excited to read Tokyo Dreaming, I was also cautious. Sequels are delicate things, they easily fall short. Returning to a beloved world in a sequel is always a little nerve-wracking. I received a free digital ARC from the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest and unbiased review Familiar Faces and New Feelings Tokyo Dreaming is a delightful sequel that masterfully picks up the threads of the story and continues weaving them in unexpected ways. Which means upping her newly acquired princess game.īut at what cost? Izumi will do anything to help her parents achieve their happily ever after, but what if playing the perfect princess means sacrificing her own? Will she find a way to forge her own path and follow her heart? At the threat of everything falling apart, Izumi vows to do whatever it takes to help win over the council. And on top of it all, her bodyguard turned boyfriend makes a shocking decision about their relationship. The Imperial Household Council refuses to approve the marriage citing concerns about Izumi and her mother’s lack of pedigree. Her parents’ engagement hits a brick wall. A royal wedding is on the horizon! Izumi’s life is a Tokyo dream come true. Her parents have even rekindled their college romance and are engaged. Her stinky dog, Tamagotchi, is living with her in Tokyo. She has a perfect bodyguard turned boyfriend. Now, she’s overcome conniving cousins, salacious press, and an imperial scandal to finally find a place she belongs. When Japanese-American Izumi Tanaka learned her father was the Crown Prince of Japan, she became a princess overnight.
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