Never Thought I'd End Up Here

 By: Ann Liang  

Location: FIC LIA

Genre: Romance

From 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.

Madiie lists the troupes

📍 Shanghai streets, noodle stalls, bullet trains
— A fake travel vlog series with real feelings
— Grumpy x Soft-But-Guarded
—Forced Proximity (Hi, flatmates. Bye, personal space.)
—childhood enemies to strangers to Almost-Friends to Soul-Tied Lovers
— Emotional Baggage Claim: Carousel Never Stops Turning
—Healing Through Quiet Moments and Sarcastic Teasings
— One bed. One plan. One suitcase full of emotional damage.
— That cursed letter no one wants to talk about
— Bubble tea-fueled banter
— So much tension I had to fan myself with a dim sum menu
— She likes everyone but him x He hates everyone but her!!
— C-drama vibes
— Revenge arc but make it emotionally fulfilling.
— Former model x literature nerd?? I’m listening.
— Overdressed GF and underdressed BF is a whole aesthetic.
—Travel romcom in China