Never Thought I'd End Up Here
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Chapter Book · Ages 13–17 · 2025 · Est. 7 hour read

Never Thought I'd End Up Here

A former model seeks revenge on a boy who ruined her life during a transformative journey across China.

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320 pages· 77,139 words· Est. 7 hour read
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Leah Zhang, a former model, is sent on a cultural journey across China after a wedding mishap. Her plans for revenge on Cyrus Sui, the boy who once shattered her world, are complicated by unexpected feelings. As they traverse breathtaking landscapes, Leah grapples with her past, her roots, and a budding romance with the very person she vowed to despise. Will Leah find the closure she seeks, or will she discover something entirely unexpected? Dive into a tale of love, identity, and rediscovery in the heart of China.

From the publisher

An instant New York Times bestseller!From the author of the instant New York Times bestseller I Hope This Doesn’t Find You comes another hilarious and romantic romcom, this time following a former model determined to get revenge on the boy who ruined her life.Leah Zhang has just ruined her cousin’s wedding. She didn’t mean to wish the bride a depressing marriage and poor health, but she’s forgotten most of her Mandarin. Her parents stage an intervention: Leah will be sent on a 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 cynical, sarcastic Cyrus Sui, who’s somehow only gotten more annoyingly handsome since the day he told a lie that ruined her life. 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.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.

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Format
Hardcover
Pages
320
Words
77,139
Reading age
13–17
Audience
Young Adult
Themes & topics
Books about identityBooks about familiesBooks about revengeBooks about language and cultureBooks about self-discovery
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Publication
Published
June 3, 2025
First published
May 27, 2025
Edition
Language
English
Type
Chapter Book
Identifiers
ISBN
9781546110675

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