 | Never thought I'd end up here Author: Liang, Ann | |
| Price: $14.99 | ||
Summary:
After making a cultural blunder at her cousin's wedding, seventeen-year-old Leah travels to China to connect with her roots and winds up falling for a former classmate on the trip, who she previously blamed for ruining her life.
Reviews:
Kirkus Reviews (06/01/25)
Booklist (+) (12/01/25)
Full Text Reviews:
Booklist - 06/01/2025 *Starred Review* Leah Zhang doesn’t have much going for her. She quit modeling, fumbled a traditional Chinese blessing and ruined her cousin’s wedding, and is now on a two-week trip across China with none other than her irritating childhood nemesis. Leah doesn’t know who she is or what the future holds, but she knows this much: she’s going to get revenge on Cyrus Sui, even if it means making him fall in love with her. This task proves much easier than it initially sounds, as the two are thrown together again and again on their journey. The more time she spends with her fellow travelers, the more Leah blossoms into who she really is and the harder it becomes to remember that Cyrus is her enemy, not her friend—or boyfriend. Leah and Cyrus are kindling sparking off each other as the flame of their love grows. Liang’s prose is stunning, the book full of jaw-dropping descriptions of settings paired with incisive insights into the teen characters’ psyches. Leah doesn’t see herself clearly at all, and her first-person narration reflects this, but through nifty storytelling tricks, Liang is able to give readers an accurate image of our leading lady. By turns laugh-out-loud funny, achingly earnest, and deeply romantic, Liang’s latest rom-com is a journey of self-discovery and self-love that is a true delight. - Copyright 2025 Booklist.
