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If We Ever Meet Again
457 pages
A vibrant, ticking-clock college romance that sweeps you up in the magic of studying abroad before breaking your heart.
What it feels like
Reading this book feels like stepping into a vibrant memory of studying abroad, where every emotion is heightened and every connection feels like destiny. The narrative moves at a brisk, addictive pace, fueled by the delicious friction between a cynical ex-athlete and a hopeful romantic. As they explore the bustling streets of Shanghai, the mood shifts from playful and swoony to deeply yearning, shadowed by the ever-present ticking clock of their one-year program. The prose is accessible and emotionally bare, designed to make you feel every flutter of first love and every pang of impending loss. It is a perfect fit for New Adult romance readers who actively seek out the exquisite, bittersweet ache of a love story that promises to shatter them.
- Mood
- swoony
- bittersweet
- vibrant
- yearning
- Tone
- earnest
- angsty
- romantic
- nostalgic
- Pace
- brisk
- Themes
- first love · temporary escapes · cynicism versus hope · coming of age · inevitable heartbreak
- The writing
- Accessible and emotionally direct, prioritizing intense internal monologues and sharp, flirtatious dialogue.
- The arc
- Begins with hesitant, opposites-attract banter and swells into an all-consuming romance before plunging into devastating heartbreak.
- Who it's for
- Readers who crave the high emotional stakes of New Adult romance and love the bittersweet ache of a ticking-clock relationship.
Content notes
- heartbreak
- parental estrangement
- sexual content
About the book
One year, two opposites, and a love that will blindside and, ultimately, shatter them.
She’s an aspiring interior designer who dreams of falling in love. He’s an ex-football star who thinks love is a con.
She’s a virgin, and he doesn’t do virgins. He’s cocky, infuriating, and not her type.
She wants the fairytale. He wants freedom.
Blake and Farrah shouldn’t have fallen for each other the way they did: totally, completely, and irrevocably.
Because they’re studying abroad in Shanghai, and they only have one year.
Because forces at home threaten to rip them apart, even if they don’t know it yet.
And because, eventually, they must face the most heartbreaking lesson they’ll ever learn: sometimes, even the greatest love can’t conquer all.
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 continues in book two, If the Sun Never Sets, which takes place five years later. HEA guaranteed in book two.
Description from Open Library.
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