Edokko by Loren GreeneMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
I received an advance review copy for free from Booksirens, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.
Okey, so first of all, Loren Greene is becoming one of my favorite writers in the fictional travel genre because of her nice writing style.
This is the second book in the Sakura + Maple series where another Canadian girl travel to Japan for her to live some adventures and for us to enjoy. In this story, the author has the sixteen years old heroine , Lily, a city girl who is so excited for her year as an exchanged student in Tokyo, dreaming about all the shopping that she will be doing and the cute uniform that she will be wearing while taking photos with her cool Tokyoite friends.
However, her plans fall apart when at the last moment, the host family planned for her staying cancels and the only one that will accept to host her is in a far away rural small town that has nothing to do with Tokyo and to make things worst, her shy host sister doesn't like to talk to her and let's not start with the vile classmates or the ugly uniform that has nothing to do with her Tokyo dream. What will Lily do? Will she accept her faith and do nothing?
I started not liking very much this book mainly because of Lily's character but then as things started to change in her way of thinking in becoming less superficial and more accepting of the others.
Also, I liked that Grace and Kana were present in this book and helping Lily with her troubles. The first book might be my favorite of the two but still this one was also an enjoyment to read.
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