If You Could See the Sun in think later, read now ୨୧

Oct 04, 2024 Dawn Solaris rated it really liked it

Shelves: in-a-world-of-boys-he-s-a-gentleman, for-the-wintry-ambience, fantasy-forevermore, asian-lit, academic-rivals-to-lovers, romance

★彡 4 stars 彡★

“I’d rather be the villain who lives to the end than the hero who winds up dead”

-ˋˏ✄┈┈┈┈ Ann Liang delivers exactly what she promises. An elegantly scripted magical realism, that’s also a tension-packed academic rivals to lovers? Yes, exactly that.

I think, we’ve all wondered about what we would do if we could ever magically turn invisible, at least once in our lives ~~(I wanna raid the nearest Barnes & Noble, people)~~ and in this innovative take, we see our FMC Alice Sun tackle th ...more

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Aug 09, 2024 ray ౨ৎ marked it as to-read

if you could see the sun ⋆ pre-read
↳ started on 01.05.24

꒰☁️꒱ for some reason I wanna read Ann Liang’s books in order, and this is her debut so ofc I had to borrow this from hoopla !! I’ve been wanting to check it out for 2 days and I’ll try in the afternoon but it will hit collective borrow limit so I checked it out at midnight 💀

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Jul 27, 2025 klara rated it really liked it

Shelves: ya-recs, enemies-to-lovers-recs

I love Ann Liang books because they're romances but also coming-of-age with true character development. I love the unique supernatural element that's really a symbol for a greater story--how low-income students can feel erased, invisible when money automatically grants people so many advantages in life. I love the mouth-watering descriptions of Chinese food and culture--they feel like home. I love the angst and the yearning, even though I think it's silly that the female protagonists have grudge ...more

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Jun 12, 2024 livie⸆⸉ ౨ৎ • hiatus rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: call-it-what-you-want, love-you-til-the-day-that-i-die, book-bfs

i love this book sm 🫶🫶

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Nov 09, 2024 ash ౨ৎ rated it really liked it

4.25 ⭐️

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Jun 13, 2025 Audrey (active era) rated it liked it

it was cute but did not blow me away!!!!! I just noticed how similar it is to her other books, even with the magical element.

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Jan 17, 2025 lyndi ♡ rated it really liked it

The way I can binge an Ann Liang book should be illegal

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Sep 29, 2024 liv ౨ৎ ࣪ ⊹ (exams semi-hiatus) rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: ౨ৎ-warm-hug, faves

ᯓ★ 5 stars ౨ৎ 📑🧷
┆minor spoilers in quotes .ᐟ

“descartes was wrong, you know, when he said ‘to live well, you must live unseen.' to live well, you must learn to see yourself first.”

tropes ⭑.ᐟ
ⵌacademic rivals to lovers ⵌslowburn romance

plot ⭑.ᐟ
alice sun, straight A student at airington high school one day finds out that her parents can no longer afford her half-scholarship at her high school in beijing. what's worse is that she finds that all of a sudden, she can now turn invisible without being a ...more

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