If We Ever Meet Again
by Ana Huang
Blurb:
19-year-old Farrah Lin is going to fall in love for the first time during her year abroad in Shanghai. She's sure of it.
The only problem? Her would-be leading man is her new friend’s boyfriend.
There’s nothing worse than being in love with someone you can’t have...or at least, she thinks it’s love.
But if that’s true, why can’t she stop fantasizing about someone else, specifically the cocky blond athlete with the world’s biggest ego (and greatest dimples)?
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Blake Ryan is—was—a college football star who shocked the sports world when he quit after his third national championship. Instead of dealing with the fallout, he escapes to Shanghai, where he vows to keep life simple.
No football. No commitments. No romance.
But no matter how hard he tries, he can’t keep a certain beautiful brunette off his mind...or out of his heart.
What starts as a physical attraction develops into something much deeper as Blake and Farrah get swept up in the magic of Shanghai—and each other. But they only have one year, and there are forces outside their control that threaten to rip them apart.
Can their relationship survive the test...or was it just not meant to be?
WARNING: This is the first book in a duet. It's a full-length novel with no sudden cliffhangers, but Blake and Farrah’s story concludes in book two, If the Sun Never Sets, which takes place five years later.
If We Ever Meet Again is a steamy strangers to friends to lovers romance. Recommended for 18+ due to adult language and explicit content.
My Review:
If We Ever Meet Again by Ana Huang -
Charming, Chaotic, and Those PARENTS Can Stay Away From Me!
Okay so let me set the scene, rich exchange
students, a loveable and dramatic crew, and enough chaos to keep you flipping
pages when you absolutely should be sleeping. If We Ever Meet Again gave me
serious XO Kitty on Netflix vibes from start to finish, and honestly that
comparison is both its greatest strength and the thing that kept it from fully
capturing my heart!
There is something undeniably fun about this
kind of story. The drama is delicious, the setting is glamorous, and the group
dynamic is the kind of loveable messy that makes you wish you could pull up a
chair and join them. Ana Huang knows how to build a world that feels alive and
buzzing with energy and that absolutely comes through on every page!
But here is where I have to be honest with
myself, this book was a little young for me. And I don't mean that as an insult
because for the right reader at the right moment this story would be absolutely
everything. It just didn't fully land in my heart the way I needed it to. There
were moments where I felt like I was watching something beautiful through a
window rather than living inside it with the characters!
That said, the ENDING. Just when I had made
my peace with how I felt about this book, the ending swooped in and grabbed me
by the collar! Hooked enough that I will absolutely be picking up the next book
at some point because I NEED to know what happens. Is it my highest priority
right now? No. But it is sitting there in the back of my mind quietly demanding
my attention and I respect that kind of persistence from a book!
And listen, I need to talk about his parents
because I have not stopped thinking about them. I do not trust them. I did not
trust them then, I do not trust them now, and I will not trust them in the next
book. I am watching. I see exactly what is happening there and I stand firmly
and unapologetically on that hill. Do not even try to change my mind. 👀
If you loved XO Kitty or you are in the mood
for something fun, dramatic, and full of rich student chaos, this one is
absolutely worth your time. Just maybe go in with your eyes wide open about
those parents. Consider yourself warned! 📖✨
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