A review by sc104906
My Almost Flawless Tokyo Dream Life by Rachel Cohn
4.0
I received an eARC through Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
When Elle’s mother is sent to prison for drugs, she is put in the foster care system. Elle learns quickly how to live with few material possessions and how to count on only herself. On her sixteenth birthday, Elle is contacted by a long-lost family friend, who intends to take her to Japan to live with her father. Thinking that anything could be better than where she currently lives, Elle goes to learn about her new father. She quickly finds that he is a well-connected and affluent business man in Japan. While she sees very little of him and her other newly found family members, she is desperate to learn more about this side of her history. Elle attends a prestigious boarding school with other high-power students, she will need to adapt quickly if she hopes to be successful and please her father. This novel updates the classic Cinderella story and takes it to Tokyo.
I enjoyed this novel and wish that it would have lasted longer. The ending came together too quickly. I did enjoy exploring the characters and their connections with each other.
When Elle’s mother is sent to prison for drugs, she is put in the foster care system. Elle learns quickly how to live with few material possessions and how to count on only herself. On her sixteenth birthday, Elle is contacted by a long-lost family friend, who intends to take her to Japan to live with her father. Thinking that anything could be better than where she currently lives, Elle goes to learn about her new father. She quickly finds that he is a well-connected and affluent business man in Japan. While she sees very little of him and her other newly found family members, she is desperate to learn more about this side of her history. Elle attends a prestigious boarding school with other high-power students, she will need to adapt quickly if she hopes to be successful and please her father. This novel updates the classic Cinderella story and takes it to Tokyo.
I enjoyed this novel and wish that it would have lasted longer. The ending came together too quickly. I did enjoy exploring the characters and their connections with each other.