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Never Thought I'd End Up Here
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Expected 3 Jun 25From the author of the instant New York Times bestseller I Hope This Doesn't Find You, Never Thought I'd End Up Here is another hilarious and romantic romcom from Ann Liang, this time following a former model determined to get revenge on the boy who ruined her life.
Leah Zhang has spent her whole life in LA - it's all she's ever known. But after accidentally wishing her cousin ill health and a very depressing marriage at her wedding, her parents stage an intervention. She's forgotten most of her Mandarin, has zero regard for etiquette, and can't hold a conversation with her own grandparents for longer than a minute. Their solution? Send her on an intensive two-week travel program across China's most beautiful cities. To them, it's the perfect opportunity for Leah to get back to her roots. To Leah, it's simply a much-needed escape.
But before Leah can even begin to enjoy the luxurious hotels, stunning scenery, and mouth-watering cuisine, she finds that also on the trip is her former classmate and least favorite person cynical, sarcastic Cyrus, who's somehow only gotten more annoyingly handsome since they last saw each other.
While Leah might be tempted to shove him off the peak of the Yellow Mountain when nobody's looking, she can't get rid of him just yet. After all, she might never get another chance to get revenge on the boy who ruined her life.
Yet the deeper they wander into China's provinces, the deeper Leah finds herself falling in love - with the boy she once thought she despised, the home she never thought she'd call her own, and the parts of herself she thought were already lost.
Leah Zhang has spent her whole life in LA - it's all she's ever known. But after accidentally wishing her cousin ill health and a very depressing marriage at her wedding, her parents stage an intervention. She's forgotten most of her Mandarin, has zero regard for etiquette, and can't hold a conversation with her own grandparents for longer than a minute. Their solution? Send her on an intensive two-week travel program across China's most beautiful cities. To them, it's the perfect opportunity for Leah to get back to her roots. To Leah, it's simply a much-needed escape.
But before Leah can even begin to enjoy the luxurious hotels, stunning scenery, and mouth-watering cuisine, she finds that also on the trip is her former classmate and least favorite person cynical, sarcastic Cyrus, who's somehow only gotten more annoyingly handsome since they last saw each other.
While Leah might be tempted to shove him off the peak of the Yellow Mountain when nobody's looking, she can't get rid of him just yet. After all, she might never get another chance to get revenge on the boy who ruined her life.
Yet the deeper they wander into China's provinces, the deeper Leah finds herself falling in love - with the boy she once thought she despised, the home she never thought she'd call her own, and the parts of herself she thought were already lost.
320 pages, Hardcover
Expected publication June 3, 2025
19.3k people want to read
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Ann Liang
10books9,702followersAnn Liang is the New York Times and Indie bestselling author of the critically acclaimed YA novels This Time It’s Real, If You Could See the Sun, and I Hope This Doesn't Find You. Her books have sold into over twenty foreign territories. Born in Beijing, she grew up traveling back and forth between China and Australia, but somehow ended up with an American accent. She now lives in Melbourne, where she can be found making overambitious to do lists and having profound conversations with her pet labradoodle about who’s a good dog.
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July 28, 2024WAIT WHAT, NO WAY. ann liang i love u sm <3
no one will ever understand how much she works and COOKS!! 2025 is going to be 😭
no one will ever understand how much she works and COOKS!! 2025 is going to be 😭
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September 13, 2024COVER REVEALLLL someone check up on me pt. 2
she officially announced it i feel sick someone check up on me i’m not okay
she officially announced it i feel sick someone check up on me i’m not okay
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April 20, 2025I DONT THINK I CAN WAIT MUCH LONGERRRRR
GUYS I NEEEEED THIS RN
I stayed up till 11pm last night for the cover reveal hehe
and guess what? on insta Ann Liang posted some teasers of the cover and I put them together like a puzzle AND SHE RESPONDED SAYING "omg yesss 💗💗💗"
MY LIFE AS A READER HAS BEEN FULFILLED
GUYS I NEEEEED THIS RN
I stayed up till 11pm last night for the cover reveal hehe
and guess what? on insta Ann Liang posted some teasers of the cover and I put them together like a puzzle AND SHE RESPONDED SAYING "omg yesss 💗💗💗"
MY LIFE AS A READER HAS BEEN FULFILLED
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September 24, 2024everything that was once beautiful to me is now mediocre after seeing this cover
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April 14, 2025� pre-release � 🚞 �12.09.2024 � GUYS, THE COVER DROPPED. The way I squealed!!! the green, the train� it stunning 🤭 I believe that Ann Liang is incapable of doing ugly covers
08.2024 � AHHH, she officially announced it. I'm not ok 😪
28.07.2024 � OMG WHAT, I'M SO EXCITED 🥹
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April 7, 2025guess who just got approved for the *physical* arc?
🙋♀️🙋č♀�
um this is lwk ur sign to just email that publisher for that anticipated read 💋
🙋♀️🙋č♀�
um this is lwk ur sign to just email that publisher for that anticipated read 💋
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September 13, 2024WHAT IS THIS? ANOTHER BOOK?? I’M NOT COMPLAINING, KEEP EM COMING🙏
Edit: I just saw that she announced it officially omggg
Edit 2: WE HAVE THE COVERRRRRRR (it’s not as pretty as I’m not Jessica Chen but still slays)
Edit: I just saw that she announced it officially omggg
Edit 2: WE HAVE THE COVERRRRRRR (it’s not as pretty as I’m not Jessica Chen but still slays)
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September 14, 2024ANN LIANG FOR PRESIDENT WHOS WITH ME
NEW COVER ALDKALDKADLAKHFAL WHY IS IT EVEN MORE GORGEOUS THAN I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE
NEW COVER ALDKALDKADLAKHFAL WHY IS IT EVEN MORE GORGEOUS THAN I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE
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July 28, 2024I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THE BOOK BUT ITS ANN LIANG SO?? I EXPECT NOTHING BUT MARVELOUS WORK
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April 15, 2025⋆˚✿˖°𝓝𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓻 𝓣𝓱𝓸𝓾𝓰𝓱𝓽 𝓘’� 𝓔𝓷𝓭 𝓤𝓹 𝓗𝓮𝓻𝓮°❀�.⋆˚𝜗𝜚˚⋆
𓂃� 𝙋𝙧𝙚-𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙙 ✧�
Ann Liang’s about to cook so hard Gordon Ramsay might retire.
I’m so excited for the release I could explode � and that cover?
Absolutely gorgeous. She’s not playing.
⋆｡°� Expectations? Unreasonably high.
⋆｡°� Emotional damage? Imminent.
⋆｡°� Shelf space? Cleared.
𓂃� 𝙋𝙧𝙚-𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙙 ✧�
Ann Liang’s about to cook so hard Gordon Ramsay might retire.
I’m so excited for the release I could explode � and that cover?
Absolutely gorgeous. She’s not playing.
⋆｡°� Expectations? Unreasonably high.
⋆｡°� Emotional damage? Imminent.
⋆｡°� Shelf space? Cleared.
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July 28, 2024IM SO EXCITED FOR THIS 🙏🏽
anything she writes i will read 🧎♀�
also 2 books in 2025?? yes please.
anything she writes i will read 🧎♀�
also 2 books in 2025?? yes please.
Shelved as 'countdown-collection'
September 13, 2024UPDATE: SHUT UP SHUUUTTT UP!!! THE COVER 🤩🤩🤩✨✨✨⭐
OMG OMG THIS IS NOT A DRILL EVERYONE
2025 is ANN LIANG’s YEAR!!!!!!!
OMG OMG THIS IS NOT A DRILL EVERYONE
2025 is ANN LIANG’s YEAR!!!!!!!
Shelved as 'to-be-released'
September 14, 2024mother is cooking 🙏🙏 2025 IS GOING TO BE AMAZING OMG
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October 17, 2024Edit: EVERYBODY THIS IS NOT A DRILL I REPEAT THIS IS NOT A DRILL WE HAVE A COVER
Edit: I read the synopsis online, and apparently we're getting another I hope this doesn't find you 🤭🥳
Anything Ann Liang writes, I read💸🧎♀�
Edit: I read the synopsis online, and apparently we're getting another I hope this doesn't find you 🤭🥳
Anything Ann Liang writes, I read💸🧎♀�
Shelved as 'yet-to-be-published'
August 24, 2024THE SYNOPSIS?? HELLO??
۫ ꣑ৎ never thought i'd end up here- comes out june 2025
''It's going to be a summer Leah will never forget...Leah Zhang has spent her whole life in LA - it's all she's ever known. That is until her parents grow tired of her broken Mandarin and zero regard for etiquette, and send her on an intensive two-week travel program across China.
There's a competition running throughout the program where the winning duo will receive a glowing letter of recommendation to the college of their dreams. Leah is forced to partner up with her former classmate and least favourite person ever: cynical, sarcastic Cyrus, who's somehow only gotten more annoyingly handsome.
But the deeper they wander into China's provinces, the deeper Leah finds herself falling in love - with the boy she thought she despised, the home she never thought she'd call her own, and the parts of herself she thought were already lost.''
give me that right now thank you very much 😋
۫ ꣑ৎ never thought i'd end up here- comes out june 2025
''It's going to be a summer Leah will never forget...Leah Zhang has spent her whole life in LA - it's all she's ever known. That is until her parents grow tired of her broken Mandarin and zero regard for etiquette, and send her on an intensive two-week travel program across China.
There's a competition running throughout the program where the winning duo will receive a glowing letter of recommendation to the college of their dreams. Leah is forced to partner up with her former classmate and least favourite person ever: cynical, sarcastic Cyrus, who's somehow only gotten more annoyingly handsome.
But the deeper they wander into China's provinces, the deeper Leah finds herself falling in love - with the boy she thought she despised, the home she never thought she'd call her own, and the parts of herself she thought were already lost.''
give me that right now thank you very much 😋
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July 27, 2024WHAT?
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October 20, 2024EVERYONE DROP WTV YOU'RE DOING COZ MOTHER. IS. COOKING.
CAN WE TALK ABOUT THAT COVER HOLY SHIT????
ANN LIANG ILYSM AND IM CONVINCED 2025 IS GONNA BE MY YEAR, ARGUE WITH A WALL.
CAN WE TALK ABOUT THAT COVER HOLY SHIT????
ANN LIANG ILYSM AND IM CONVINCED 2025 IS GONNA BE MY YEAR, ARGUE WITH A WALL.
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August 23, 2024
� °�*� pre-release 𓏲 ๋࣭ � ˖ �
I can't wait for this book to come out so I can throw my money at it. 💸💥📚
I can't wait for this book to come out so I can throw my money at it. 💸💥📚
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April 7, 2025her covers are always ethereal + give me the asian rep
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October 8, 2024THE COVER THE COVER THE COVER THE COVER THE COVER THE COVER OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG ITS REALLY HAPPENING
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July 27, 2024I NEED THIS NOWWW. 😧😧
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September 14, 2024౨ৎ ˖ ࣪⊹
september 13, 2024
cover + description reveal? 😻 ineedthisbookrightnowgimmegimme
౨ৎ ˖ ࣪⊹ july 27, 2024
GASP.
cover + description reveal? 😻 ineedthisbookrightnowgimmegimme
౨ৎ ˖ ࣪⊹ july 27, 2024
GASP.
March 9, 2025
ANN LIANG IS SERIOUSLY WHO I WANT TO BE WHEN I GROW UP SHE JUST DOESN’T STOP WRITING !! CAN’T WAIT FOR THIS NEW BOOK FROM HER 💟
UPDATE: ARC SECURED!! ✈️💚🇨🇳 i’m so excited to pick this up oh my GOSH
UPDATE: ARC SECURED!! ✈️💚🇨🇳 i’m so excited to pick this up oh my GOSH
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August 23, 2024I LOVE YOU ANN LIANG I WILL GIVE YOU MY FIRSTBORN BABY
I CAN ALWAYS TRUST IN HER TO DELIVER DELICIOUS ROM-COMS
I CAN ALWAYS TRUST IN HER TO DELIVER DELICIOUS ROM-COMS
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September 13, 2024GUYS WHAT???? omds
OH MY GOFD COVER???
OH MY GOFD COVER???
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July 28, 2024literally a book that has no plot yet and a blank cover� but it’s written by ann liang�
*adds to tbr*
*adds to tbr*
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September 13, 2024omg?? so excited for this and i haven't even read one of her books yet <33 this takes place in one of my home countries so it's screaming my nameeee 💕💕
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March 19, 2025whoever got the arc for this, keep your windows unlocked!! (they didn't have it on canadian netgalley)
ALSO i saw one of the tropes is "what letter?" and immediately thought of anne with an e. someone give it to me now please!
and i might do a br when it comes out yayy
ALSO i saw one of the tropes is "what letter?" and immediately thought of anne with an e. someone give it to me now please!
and i might do a br when it comes out yayy
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July 28, 2024WHAY WHT HOLD UP NAUR WAY YAY
January 18, 2025
i love the cover!!
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