I Hope This Finds You: An I Hope This Doesn't Find You Novella

I Hope This Doesn't Find You #1.5

by Ann Liang, Alice Wen (Narrator), Eric Yang (Narrator)

From New York Times bestselling author Ann An original I Hope This Doesn't Find You novella, featuring Sadie's and Julius's POVs!

Academic rivals Sadie and Julius fell in love in I Hope This Doesn't Find You when Sadie's email drafts were accidentally sent out. Now, their love story continues on a two-week trip to California. Sometimes, a relationship feels so special, it's hard to believe it can work out. Featuring chapters from both Sadie's and Julius's perspective, they'll have to decide if their love—and the lives they plan to build on the other side of the world—are too good to be true.

New York Times bestselling author Ann Liang delivers a special sequel novella full of mutual obsession romance and fluffy humor that is pure serotonin.

Genres: Romance, Young Adult, Contemporary, Novella, Fiction, Contemporary Romance, Enemies To Lovers

Audible Audio

First published June 3, 2025

About the author

Ann Liang is the New York Times and Indie bestselling author of the critically acclaimed YA novels This Time It’s Real, If You Could See the Sun, and I Hope This Doesn't Find You. Her books have sold into over twenty foreign territories. Born in Beijing, she grew up traveling back and forth between China and Australia, but somehow ended up with an American accent. She now lives in Melbourne, where she can be found making overambitious to do lists and having profound conversations with her pet labradoodle about who’s a good dog.

Reviews

[jo ୨୧ · Rating 5 out of 5]

infinite stars because it's julius gong okay

[kim ౨ৎ · Rating 3 out of 5]

── 3 stars ୨ৎ
꒰ spoiler-free mini review ⊹₊ ⋆

⊹ ࣪ ˖ "because despite the uncertainties, despite the changing seasons, the risk of new begininnings, i'm sure about him. about us. because i know without a doubt that as long as i tell julius gong where i am, he'll say 'stay there, i'll come find you', and he will find me, in any crowd, any room, any city. he always has.

oh my gosh you guys, this was so cute 🥹♡ while i wish it was 500 pages long instead of 73, i will gladly take any sadiejulius crumbs bc they are so special to me. getting to see them together + in love was soso cute i could cry. i loved how they still have that playful banter aspect to their relationship too 🤭💌 and of course julius was such a gentleman in this book. he's not afraid to love her loudly, and hes so sweet + gentle with her in the best way. still mourning the end of this book bc it was too perfect and i didn't want it to ever end.

┆ ⤿ 🫧 ⌗ other quotes i adored

⟡ "if you're overwhelmed or lonely or sad, or you're stressed about a group project, or if there's a spider on your wall, or the window in your dorm room won't shut properly, or you're working late and craving ramen, or you simply want someone to come and hold you. anytime. doesn't matter if it's three in the morning. just call me."

⤷ julius gong everyone 😩

⟡ "he's leaving with sadie wen : his co-conspirator, his co-captain, his rival, his life's great defining question and answer."

⟡ "this is julius gong, after all. my julius. the boy who'd run all my races for me, who's memorized everything i've ever said, who's carrying a bag full of my books, and who's studying my face closely right now."

[Maddy ✨ ~The Verse Vixen {AFK brb} · Rating 3 out of 5]

I Hope This Finds You💌
- The swoony, soft sequel we didn’t know we needed...✨

If I Hope This Doesn’t Find You was all angst, confession letters, and the messy, exhilarating chaos of academic rivals-to-lovers, then I Hope This Finds You is its warm, whipped cream-topped counterpart — the domestic, heart-fluttery continuation that feels like a long exhale after a whirlwind.-“This Is What Happily Ever After Looks Like… In A College Library visits...”


Set in the vibrant backdrop of San Francisco (yes, the city gets its own personality points), this novella continues Sadie and Julius’s story post-confessions, post-chaos — but very much still in their SadieJulius dating era.

🏷️What’s inside this perfect novella-shaped hug:

🌷DUAL POV (thank you, Ann Liang, for the Julius braincells!!!)

🌷He falls harder (and keeps falling) — Julius is peak acts-of-service boyfriend and we’re all obsessed.

🌷Sadie = the blueprint for an independent girlfriend; she’s still sharp, driven, and not here to play sidekick.

🌷Mutual obsession? Oh absolutely. They’re so into each other it’s embarrassing (in the best way).

🌷Domestic fluff with no break-up drama — YES, this is a love story that stays in love.

🌷Graduation trip chaos that turns into heart-melting moments.

🌷Jealousy scene (because what’s love without a little green-eyed tension?)
“Who’s the Jealous One Now?” - Julius, obviously. It's so cute, I can’t.

🌷San Francisco setting that’s both dreamy and cinematic.

It’s giving:
💌 Sticky notes with secret messages.
📚 Late-night library dates.
🧳 Luggage + love confessions.
❤️‍🔥 The quiet type falling loudest.

If you’ve ever wanted to watch two once-rivals absolutely worship each other after finally getting together, this is it. I Hope This Finds You is a gentle, gleaming ode to what comes after the “I like you” — the slow-burning reality of what it means to grow together, love harder, and fall even deeper.

[Dawn Solaris · Rating 5 out of 5]

★彡 5 stars 彡★

“Sadie Wen: his co-conspirator, his co-captain, his rival, his life’s great defining question and answer.”

-ˋˏ✄┈┈┈┈ Listen well, Ann Liang… my therapist will hear about this-

Except, her work is my therapy ( •᷄ᴗ•́)

Now, I can yap endlessly on how I Hope This Finds You is the best novella I’ve ever read and that I’ve got personal beef with m’lady Liang for how short it was (Shut up, I KNOW novellas are meant to be short)… but, let’s just make my ramblings concise today hah, watch me try -

⊹ ࣪ ﹏𓊝﹏𓂁﹏⊹ ࣪ ˖

⋮ ⌗ ┆ ᏖᏒᎧᎮᏋᏕ ᏗᏖ ᏇᎧᏒᏦ ⋮ ⌗ ┆

𑁍 Academic Rivals & Lovers

᪥ Domestic Fluff

𑁍 Jealous Julius (≖⩊≖)

᪥ Acts Of Service Julius

𑁍 Julius In A Nine Hundred Dollar Shirt

᪥ Julius Carries Her Purse

I think I stopped adding real tropes somewhere back there (⊙ _ ⊙ ) 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚅𝙴𝚁𝚈 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕 𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚙𝚎𝚜, 𝙸 𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 •⩊•

⊹ ࣪ ﹏𓊝﹏𓂁﹏⊹ ࣪ ˖

⋮ ⌗ ┆ ᎷᎩ ᏖᏂᎧᏬᎶᏂᏖᏕ ⋮ ⌗ ┆

: ̗̀➛ 🅐🅒🅐🅓🅔🅜🅘🅒 🅡🅘🅥🅐🅛🅢 & 🅛🅞🅥🅔🅡🅢: Some sequels to these kind of books have made me apprehensive on the matter of character authenticity. In the sense that, with most sequels authors make once-loveable characters act like strangers.

Say, for example there was a deep-seated fear in me over how it was very likely for Sadie and Julius to have lost their personality for the sake of creating extra story material would’ve thrown HANDS if I got unwanted misunderstandings or breakups for my SadieღJulius babies. But nope, this was pure fluff. And they were simply Sadie Wen and Julius Gong. Forever competing rivals, forever fated to end up together.

: ̗̀➛ 🅓🅞🅜🅔🅢🅣🅘🅒 🅕🅛🅤🅕🅕: This book called me alone and unloved in FIFTY FREAKING LANGUAGES…

My babies were so natural together, and I swear to god if my future husband doesn’t make me twirl on the kitchen floor barefoot, or remember my favorite granola bar flavor (call me uncultured but I seriously didn’t know granola bars came in different flavours) then watch me scorn him to sense.

Which brings me to start up a petition for Queen Liang to write Married SadieღJulius content, so get those signatures coming in ✎𓂃

: ̗̀➛ 🅙🅔🅐🅛🅞🅤🅢 🅙🅤🅛🅘🅤🅢: Y’all notice how “Jealous Julius” rolls off your tongue in the most satisfying way? When it reads as good as it feels on your tongue ( ◡̀_◡́)ᕤ

It was prime and it was sublime. It was the answer to all of my prayers. Also I love how Julius was so careful with not letting his jealousy show or hinder Sadie’s social connections at Berkeley.

“If you’re going to kiss me like that whenever you’re jealous, I’ll have to make you jealous more often.”

Props to Sadie, cuz she ain’t as oblivious as people around her think she is (╭ರ_•́)

: ̗̀➛ 🅐🅒🅣🅢 🅞🅕 🅢🅔🅡🅥🅘🅒🅔 🅙🅤🅛🅘🅤🅢: I was wholly unprepared, folks. To think that I was head over heels for 𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚕𝚢 𝚖𝚎𝚊𝚗-𝚋𝚘𝚒 Julius in I Hope This Doesn’t Find You, heaven knows that I live and breathe for 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚍𝚘𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚋𝚘𝚢𝚏𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚍 edition of my darling Ju-zi now. Damn, Ann Liang wasn’t kidding around when she promised us acts of service. And you know what? Again, it all felt natural ᓚ₍⑅^..^₎♡

“Sadie Wen, do you honestly think I wouldn’t remember your birthday? I remember the exact color of the skirt you wore on our first official date. I remember where we were sitting when you first held my hand.”

It’s like I’m being mocked. How did Ann Liang translate my blueprint for The One onto paper?

WHAT A BULLY, THIS WOMAN.

: ̗̀➛ 🅙🅤🅛🅘🅤🅢 🅘🅝 🅐 🅝🅘🅝🅔 🅗🅤🅝🅓🅡🅔🅓 🅓🅞🅛🅛🅐🅡 🅢🅗🅘🅡🅣: Uh uh, don’t you dare call me a crazy creep. I promise there’s lore to it! I don’t know why but I loved the whole bar sequence when a rando spills cheap beer (emphasis on CHEAP cuz Julius says so) on Julius’ nine hundred dollar shirt how many times can a girl parrot the price of this shirt before she gives up?. And how it’s followed by Sadie standing up for him, like STOP… too precious and haha hilarious!

My sweet Ju-zi didn’t want to scare Sadie by getting involved, but Sadie stood up for him?

Too much joy for one mortal soul.

: ̗̀➛ 🅙🅤🅛🅘🅤🅢 🅒🅐🅡🅡🅘🅔🅢 🅗🅔🅡 🅟🅤🅡🅢🅔: Period. Do I even need to add more? who’ll carry MY purse? ಥ﹏ಥ

If MY future husband does not, I’ll beat him with a shoe until he has this discipline ingrained to him. Learn from Julius, you screwed up, douche. I pity my hypothetical husband.

LEARN FROM HIM. OR GO EAT CEMENT.

⋆⭒ ᏗᎴᎴᎥᏖᎥᎧᏁᏗᏝ ᏖᏂᎧᏬᎶᏂᏖᏕ ᏁᎧ ᎧᏁᏋ ᏗᏕᏦᏋᎴ ᎦᎧᏒ ⋆⭒

𑁍 More Ju-zi mentions. This and every time he exposes how obsessed Julius is with Sadie… these are the only reasons I’ll ever like James Luo for.

᪥ Book girlies unite! He literally gives her a big tote and says “Buy as many books as you like!” I feel so unloved… AGAIN.

𑁍 I loved how every time Sadie rambles in her overthinking shit-mode, he’s just so calm and understanding of it.

᪥ Okay… so he not only memorised all her hate emails, but has them printed out too? Pray tell, where’s my Julius Gong?!

𑁍 Ann Liang’s cover artist? I hereby present thee a virtual Kitkat as a token of appreciation. Stop slaying so hard, it must be exhausting-

· · ─ ·𖥸· ─ · ·

»»——★ fιnαℓ тнσυgнтѕ ★——««

➳ Please, the ending made me cry. It was so preciously sweet, and what’s worse is that I’m supposed to believe that’s it? 73 pages isn’t enough, I need a 500 pages worth of SadieღJulius content.

PLEASE, IT IS A PLEA (つ╥﹏╥)つ

I’ve also come to realise that Invisible String by Taylor Swift is THEIR song. Every line. It’s theirs.

“Because I know without a doubt that as long as I tell Julius Gong where I am, he’ll say, Stay there, I’ll come find you, and he will find me, in any crowd, any room, any city. He always has.”

My heart can only take so much before it bursts in a flurry of jealousy and PAIN.

Now, while the rest of the world slumbers, I’ll find myself rereading this jewel over and over until I have it memorised the way Julius has those emails ingrained in his mind…

P.S. And I said I wouldn’t ramble? God, why do I even bother with resolutions at this point? (¬_¬")

｡･ﾟ♡ﾟ･｡｡･ﾟ♡ﾟ･｡


#FirstRead - June 12th, 2025

#Reread1 - January 8th, 2025 (BR with the Nancy bear)

✩₊˚.⋆☾⋆⁺₊✧ ⋆˚⋆｡˚☽˚｡✩₊˚.⋆☾⋆⁺₊✧

[cherie ^_-★ (comment restriction) · Rating 5 out of 5]

ann liang heard us and DELIVERED. i missed sadiejulius so much, and this novella was everything i wanted 🥹 my heart is so full rn <3 thank you ann 🫂

[Fairuz ᥫ᭡. · Rating 4 out of 5]

★ ★ ★ ★
𝐈 𝐇𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐘𝐨𝐮 by Ann Liang
⋆｡‧˚ʚ💌ɞ˚‧｡⋆

Short, sweet, and so them. This novella isn’t trying to be loud or dramatic—it’s just soft. It’s Sadie and Julius in their dating era, still sharp, still competitive, but now fully obsessed with each other.

💌 Opposites Attract
🫧 Dual POV
💌 Academic Rivals to Lovers
🫧 Fluff / Feel-Good Romance
💌 Slice of Life
🫧 Second Epilogue / Bonus Couple Time

The vibes:
Library dates. Graduation trip chaos. Jealousy that’s cute, not toxic. And that feeling of finally being with your person and knowing you’ll choose them again and again.

Dual POV was everything—getting Julius’s head? Immediate win. He’s still so calm and thoughtful, and Sadie’s still driven and chaotic in the best way. Their love feels real, grounded in admiration and mutual respect, but also full of those heart-fluttering, ‘I can’t believe this is my life’ moments.

It’s like catching up with old friends—low-stakes, super fluffy, and the kind of read that makes your heart smile. If you loved the main book, this will feel like a warm, slow morning after the storm.

73 pages of pure serotonin. No notes. Just vibes.

[skylar ₊˚⊹♡ [busy] · Rating 5 out of 5]

˚˖𓍢ִ໋🌷͙֒✧ 𝟓 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐬 ˚.🎀༘⋆

ᝰ.ᐟ “despite the uncertainties, despite the changing seasons, the risk of new beginnings, i’m sure about him. about us. because i know without a doubt that as long as i tell julius gong where i am, he’ll say, stay there, i’ll come find you, and he will find me, in any crowd, any room, any city. he always has.”

omg guys this was sooo cute and making me want to reread the og book so badly 🤭 i wish this was so much longer and not 73 pages??? like hello that’s not enough at all. but still it was so sweet to see extra of them together because i’ve been craving it ever since i read the end of that book.

౨ৎ but what can i say? julius was PERFECT as always and sadie was as relatable as ever. THANK YOU ANN LIANG WE NEEDED THIS SOOO BADLY ESPECIALLY FROM JULIUS’S PERSPECTIVE 👅👅

[rei ‧₊˚✩彡 · Rating 5 out of 5]

╰┈➤ 5 stars!

can i just say that i needed this book so much?! ever since i read i hope this doesn’t find you , i have been aching to read julius’ POV. this book didn’t get rid of that ache because now i need another story of them marrying each other after college! they’re so so so endearing! my babies, my heart, my everything!

i love me a guy who will still manage to surprise even though we’ve been together for a long time. a guy who is thoughtful enough to buy me something i want because he knows me well. a guy who’s willing to drop a matter just to see my face light up. a guy who’ll encourage me because he sees my potential. in short, i want julius gong.

i needed this book and i’m just so happy that i got it. we all say in unison, “thank you, ann liang!”

౨ৎ favorite lines/quotes:
“God, he loves sitting next to her. Can’t believe he’s wasted all this time resisting, trying to run away, when she’s the only one he’s ever wanted to run toward.”

“‘But you—you’re the kind of person who does stuff like this. You try; you always do.’ And the way she says it, trying doesn’t seem so mortifying. Not something you do as a last resort when you aren’t good enough to rely on natural talent alone. But trying in itself can be good. She makes him want to keep trying. Try harder, be better.”

“He’s leaving with Sadie Wen: his co-conspirator, his co-captain, his rival, his life’s great defining question and answer.”

“He used to think that there was no feeling better than beating Sadie Wen in a test, but that was before he experienced the euphoria of earning Sadie Wen’s approval.”

“She has said before that she would choose him, but it still floors him to know she would protect him, stand up for him, care about him this much. Nobody has before.”

“With everyone else, it feels like I’m scrambling to keep up with their pace, yet still somehow always off by a beat or a key. But with him, there’s a natural rhythm unique to only us, the flow of words, the space between breaths, the shift of his body next to mine.”

“This is Julius Gong, after all. My Julius.”

“Despite the uncertainties, despite the changing seasons, the risk of new beginnings, I’m sure about him. About us. Because I know without a doubt that as long as I tell Julius Gong where I am, he’ll say, Stay there, I’ll come find you, and he will find me, in any crowd, any room, any city. He always has.”

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pre-read:

okay, ngl i’m getting fomo with all the great reviews i’m seeing! i NEED to start reading it as well 😭 aaaa i miss sadiejulius SO MUCH, you guys don’t understand! i never thought ann liang would release a book like this but i am NOT complaining 🤭🫶🏼

[sarah سارة ꫂ᭪ · Rating 5 out of 5]

oh sadiejulius... I think my heart belongs to you 🩷

also, DID I NOT SAY IT???? I SO CALLED IT "we need a book in julius's pov" I MANIFESTED THIS YOU'RE SO WELCOME

⤷ And isn’t it strange, I find myself marveling, how the safest I’ve ever felt is beside the boy I once considered the bane of my existence.

⤷ Can’t believe he’s wasted all this time resisting, trying to run away, when she’s the only one he’s ever wanted to run toward.

⤷ Despite the uncertainties, despite the changing seasons, the risk of new beginnings, I’m sure about him. About us. Because I know without a doubt that as long as I tell Julius Gong where I am, he’ll say, Stay there, I’ll come find you, and he will find me, in any crowd, any room, any city. He always has.

5 infinite stars 🌟 (and the cover is insanely pretty I'm loving the parallel)

⊹₊♡⋆.ೃ࿔*:･

pre-read .ᐟ.ᐟ

HUH
HUH
HOW AM I JUST NOW LEARNING ABOUT THIS????
HUH

[jenoodle✮⋆˙ · Rating 5 out of 5]

⋆.˚🪻༘⋆ "𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞, 𝐈 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐲𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐈'𝐯𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐲 𝐈 𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐲 𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞." 🌂

➜ 🍇⋆｡˚* ANN LIANG THE QUEEN OF ROMANCES YOU HAVE DONE IT AGAIN!!! I loved this novella so so much. The little bit we got to saw of the progress on Julian and Sadie's relationship is adorable! ALSO WHY DID JULIAN GET EVEN MORE BADDIE IN THIS BOOK?!?!? I devoured all 72 pages of this. Thank you Ann Liang for feeding us more of this adorable couple. ˙ ✩°˖ 👾⋆｡˚꩜

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💜 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝: *screams into pillow* WHAT THE FAWK WHEN DID THIS GET RELEASED AND WHY IS IT ALL OVER MY FYP?!!!?

[Saranya ⋆☕︎ ˖ (hibernating) · Rating 3 out of 5]

ೃ⁀➷

"And isn't it strange? I find myself marvelling how the safest I've ever felt is beside the boy I once considered the bane of my existence."

"...our upcoming US trip before he starts college at Stanford and I start at Berkeley..."- Isn't it somewhat like... To All the Boys I've Loved Before?

★

"Stay there, I’ll come find you"

★

"...he will find me, in any crowd, any room, any city. he always has."

Stop it!!!
This was an extremely short and sweet read and I'll surely miss them!!
So cuteee<3 omggg

[Nancy •͙͙✧⃝•͙͙✩ͯ {Comment restriction} · Rating 5 out of 5]

──⟡⋆˙✩ 5 stars ✩⋆˙⟡──

I want you to split open the skin of my hand, puncture my vein, and pulse this book straight through me. I want it to dissolve so completely into my bloodstream that it becomes a part of me. Until I can’t even remember the girl I was before I read it.

⋆𐙚₊˚⊹✦⊹˚₊𐙚⋆

This.
Was.
Far too short.

⋆𐙚₊˚⊹✦⊹˚₊𐙚⋆

And I am side-eyeing everyone who rated this low. I just know they are allergic to happiness. Chronically intolerant. Actively rejecting joy.

Because that’s exactly what this novella was.

✦ Happiness printed into pages. ✦
✦ Joy soaked into its fragrance. ✦
✦ Laughter woven into the sound of pages flipping. ✦

A soft ache in the chest. A stupid smile you can’t wipe off. A warmth that settles and refuses to leave.

⋆𐙚₊˚⊹✦⊹˚₊𐙚⋆

Yes, there was no plot. Yes, it was all vibes. And yes, it made my whole year.

Me if I ever meet Ann Liang:

[emelie &#x1d717;&#x1d71a;⋆₊˚ (exams!!) · Rating 5 out of 5]

જ⁀➴ 𝟓.𝟎𝟎₊˚⊹💌 𝟘𝟞/𝟙𝟘/𝟚𝟝—𝟘𝟞/𝟙𝟘/𝟚𝟝
ann liang really never disappoints because i was giggling and kicking my feet on the SECOND PAGE!!

i seriously didn’t want this to end it was so adorable!! was it needed? no. but if you loved the first book then i really recommended reading this one because it’s so adorable 💌🤭

╰┈➤ tropes to expect!
✎ graduation trip
✎ academic rivals and lovers
✎ dual pov
✎ jealousy scene
✎ short novella
✎ domestic fluff (no breakup)

𐙚🧸ྀི || 𝐩𝐫𝐞-𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝:
so no one was gonna tell me this came out?!
this is the sequel/novella to one of my favorite romcoms EVER ‘i hope this doesn’t find you’ so i know i’m going to love this!!

(P.S. is 73 pages too short to count to my reading goal??)😅

[yennie﹕. ݁ · Rating 3 out of 5]

cute

[ೀ riaaa (school !)⊹ ᰔ]

update
unfortunately i have to remove this book from my cr shelf for now 😞 ...
it's a short little novella but i've been too busy to read anything. i only read about 8 pages so it's going back to my tbr. the start of school has made me realize how difficult it'll be to read and track my reads on this app, so i think i'll stop logging the rest of my reads as well (at least im nearly done with my reading challenge) . i'm sooooo drained/busy w other things as of late and personal issues keep arising so i might not be on this app for a bit ! 💘



pre read: umm so why is julius so hot 🙏🙏🙏 i keep on seeing quotes from this so i can't wait to start it rn. ❤️❤️

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[clara bow (hiatus) · Rating 4 out of 5]

★ ★ ★ ★ ★
⤷ minor spoilers (quote)

”he will find me, in any crowd, any room, any city. he always has.”


ೃ⁀➷ 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬: if you liked i hope this doesn’t find you, you will love this! the here are so many adorable moments!! those 2 are made for each other! they banter is so perfect, the support they have for each other is actually adorable, and their looooveeeeeee is literally infinite omg i love them

ೃ⁀➷ 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐥: if you liked i hope this doesn’t find you, read this book!


⋆｡‧˚ʚ ❀ ɞ˚‧｡⋆


ೃ⁀➷ 𝐩𝐫𝐞-𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝: just finished never thought i’d end up here and was like hey i should read that novella for i hope this doesn’t find you so here we are 😌

[Salma➵ (Exams till 22th January) · Rating 5 out of 5]

‎ “ 𝐻𝑒 𝑢𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑘 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑛𝑜 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑏𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛 𝑏𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑆𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑒 𝑊𝑒𝑛 𝑖𝑛 𝑎 𝑡𝑒𝑠𝑡, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑏𝑒���𝑜𝑟𝑒 ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑢𝑝ℎ𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑎 𝑜𝑓 𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑆𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑒 𝑊𝑒𝑛’𝑠 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑣𝑎𝑙”
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‎What can I say? Everything is entirely, wonderfully perfect. I need 400 more cause I can't get enough of them 😩 Sadie and Julius are my babies🥹 I had the best hour known to mankind reading this cuteness 😍and the amount of quotes I have from a 73 pages is a little too much but it's fine🙈
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‎🫧 quotes:
‎╰⪼ “𝑊𝑎𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑚𝑒?”
‎“𝑁𝑜, 𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡—𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔.”
‎“𝐿𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡?”  “𝐴 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑙𝑖𝑒?”
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‎╰⪼ 𝑐𝑎𝑛'𝑡 𝑏𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑣𝑒 ℎ𝑒’𝑠 𝑤𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝑡𝑟𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑟𝑢𝑛 𝑎𝑤𝑎𝑦, 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑠ℎ𝑒’𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑜𝑛𝑒 ℎ𝑒’𝑠 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑟𝑢𝑛 𝑡𝑜𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑑.
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‎╰⪼𝐻𝑒���𝑠 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑆𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑒 𝑊𝑒𝑛: ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑐𝑜-𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑜𝑟, ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑐𝑜-𝑐𝑎𝑝𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑛,ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑟𝑖𝑣𝑎𝑙, ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒’𝑠 𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡 𝑑𝑒𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑞𝑢𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑤𝑒𝑟.
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‎╰⪼“𝑆𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑒, 𝐼’𝑑 ℎ𝑜𝑝 𝑜𝑛 𝑎 𝑠𝑖𝑥𝑡𝑒𝑒𝑛 ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑒 𝑟𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑒𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢, 𝐴𝑛 ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑖𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔.”
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‎╰⪼ “𝑆𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑠 𝐼 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑟𝑦 𝐼’𝑑 𝑏𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑖𝑓 𝐼 𝑡𝑜𝑙𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑙𝑒 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝐼 𝑓𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑏𝑒𝑎𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑓𝑢𝑙, 𝐵𝑢𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑟𝑒. 𝐽𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑠𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤.”
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‎╰⪼ “ 𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝐽𝑢𝑙𝑖𝑢𝑠 𝐺𝑜𝑛𝑔, 𝑎𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑙𝑙.𝑀𝑦 𝐽𝑢𝑙𝑖𝑢𝑠. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑜𝑦 𝑤ℎ𝑜’𝑑 𝑟𝑢𝑛 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑚𝑦 𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑚𝑒, 𝑤ℎ𝑜’𝑠 𝑚𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑧𝑒𝑑 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐼’𝑣𝑒 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑠𝑎𝑖𝑑, 𝑤ℎ𝑜'𝑠 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎 𝑏𝑎𝑔 𝑓𝑢𝑙𝑙 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑦 𝑏𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑠, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤ℎ𝑜’𝑠 𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑦 𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑐𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑛𝑜𝑤”
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‎╰⪼ “ 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑢𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑟𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑠, 𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑠𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑜𝑛𝑠, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑘 𝑜𝑓 𝑛𝑒𝑤 𝑏𝑒𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠, 𝐼’𝑚 𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 ℎ𝑖𝑚. 𝐴𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑢𝑠. 𝐵𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝐼 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑎 𝑑𝑜𝑢𝑏𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑎𝑠 𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑠 𝐼 𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝐽𝑢𝑙𝑖𝑢𝑠 𝐺𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝐼 𝑎𝑚, ℎ𝑒’𝑙𝑙 𝑠𝑎𝑦, 𝑆𝑡𝑎𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒, 𝐼’𝑙𝑙 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑒, 𝑖𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑐𝑟𝑜𝑤𝑑, 𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑟𝑜𝑜𝑚, 𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑐𝑖𝑡𝑦. 𝐻𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 ℎ𝑎𝑠.” ahh🥹
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[Ashley (semi-ia)]

petition for ann to rewrite ‘i hope this doesn’t find you’ in julius’ pov

[saisha⊹{we are so back} · Rating 5 out of 5]

5✧!!
╰sadiejulius deserve all the stars🫶🏻

♫ ~ lover
“ladies and gentlemen will you please stand
with ever guitar string scar on my hand
i take this magnetic force of a man
to be my
lover”

“can’t believe he’s wasted all this time resisting, trying to run away, when she’s the only one he’s ever wanted to run toward.”

⊹my thoughts🌷

i still remember when i found about this novella - i was so excited- sadiejulius are my roman empire🤭💌 and oh my goodness ann did not disappoint with this!! reading it - i kept on giggling-smiling- and then i got sad because it was over too fast😔 but it was SO GOOD-thank you ann for feeding us🙌🏻🌷 this was the cutest thing ever- sadiejulius my faves omg!! the whole plot and the sadiejulius scenes(the julius jealousy scene!!) i loved this so much💗🌷🫶🏻

⊹characters!💗

⊹ sadie wen
╰ ࣪ ˖ once again i was reminded of why she’s my fave fmc🫂 sadie my fave omggg i literally loved reading about her and julius💗and she once again proved why she was the most relatable fmc ever🥺 i still want to give her the biggest hug ever🫶🏻 but it was so much fun seeing her step outside of her comfort zone💗
⊹“i find myself marveling, how the safest i’ve ever felt is beside the boy i once considered the bane of my existence.”

⊹ julius gong
╰  ࣪ ˖ i present to you: the reasons why my standards are so high: JULIUS GONG❤️❤️ i adored him and fell head over heels for him in ihtdfy and in this?? i loved reading about him and sadie(even though i want him for myself🤭) he was so sweet and thoughtful towards sadie🥺 and ofc the jealousy scene>>> jealous julius is smth else fr!! but it was so much fun reading about sadiejulius 🫂💗
⊹“he doesn’t say that his future has always been exciting because of her. not just now but before too. the thrill that would race through him at the prospect of seeing her again in the halls, of being near her, not even doing anything in particular. she made the very idea of tomorrow exhilarating, as long as tomorrow involved her.”

⊹romance!💐
⊹“the few times i saw him smiling were when he was calling you or taking about you.”

⊹sadiejulius
╰  ࣪ ˖ ann did not fail with making me love sadiejulius in this🤭💋 i was giggling and blushing literally on ever single page they were too cute!! and their banter in this>> my fave couple fr!! i love sadiejulius with all my heart🫶🏻🎀
⊹ “with everyone else, it feels like i’m scrambling to keep up with their pace, yet still somehow always off by a beat or key, but with him, there’s a natural rhythm unique to only us, the flow of words, the space between breaths, the shift of his body next to mine.”

⊹quotes!🎀💝

⊹“it’s an honor to be waiting outside the school gates for julius gong.”

⊹“he used to think that there was no feeling better than beating sadie wen in a test, but that was before he experienced the euphoria of earning sadie wen’s approval.”

⊹“if you’re overwhelmed or lonely or sad, or you’re stressed about a group project, or if there’s a spider on your wall, or if the window in your dorm room won’t shut properly, or if you’re working late and craving ramen, or you simply want someone to come and hold you. anytime. doesn’t matter if it’s three in the morning. just call me.”

⊹“you’re incredible to me. to be around. as a person. you make me so happy i sometimes wonder how this could even be real life.”

⊹“sadie wen, do you honestly think i wouldn’t remember your birthday? i remember the exact color of the skirt you wore on our first official date. i remember where we were sitting when you first held my hand.”

⊹“on our way home, we stop by a bookstore, where he hands me a massive tote bag and gestures to the shelves like he owns the place.
‘choose as many as you like,’ he tells me. ‘i’ll buy them for you.’”

⊹“because i know without a doubt that as long as i tell julius gong where i am, he’ll say, stay there, i’ll come find you, and he will find me, in any crowd, any room, any city. he always has.”

ann liang i adore you💝

love,
saisha

[ashlyn · Rating 5 out of 5]

dare I say best novella ever written? me & my bestie Elita ₊✩ˎˊ˗ absolutely loved this book 🥹

[em ౨ৎ · Rating 4 out of 5]

★★★★.5


⁀➷ "you make me so happy i sometimes wonder how this could even be real life."


౨ৎ thoughts ౨ৎ
AHH OMG. the banter. the teasing. the sweet gestures. I'm actually dying. sadie and julius are THE romantic icons. ann liang, i need to read more of your books !! ♡ It was so short, but it was amazing what could be put into under 100 pages. i desperately wish it was longer, i'm not ready for sadiejulius to be over.

⁀➷ “stay there, I’ll come find you.”


౨ৎ julius ౨ৎ
oh, to have a julius gong. one can only dream to find a man like this one. he was actually the sweetest guy ever - i wanted to cry. he was always there with a hug, support, advice, ready to drop anything for the people that need him.

⁀➷ "if you're overwhelmed or lonely or sad, or you're stressed about a group project, or if there's a spider on your wall, or the window in your dorm room won't shut properly, or you're working late and craving ramen, or you simply want someone to come and hold you. anytime. doesn't matter if it's three in the morning. just call me.”


౨ৎ sadie ౨ৎ
julius would say the most flirty, teasing things to her and she always had the perfect witty remark to hit back with. i love her character so much. she's so sweet, yet she also feels like a real person. her thought processes made me feel so seen.


౨ৎ sadiejulius ౨ৎ
these two are definitely soulmates - in every lifetime. the end of the book has me knowing deep in my heart that they are in it for the long run. them getting together, hasn't ruined the banter-ish, flirty, teasing nature of their relationship - it's probably made it more strong. i just love this couple so much in a way words cannot describe.

⁀➷ "this is julius gong, after all. my julius."

[kella {new bio!} · Rating 4 out of 5]

˖ ⁺ ౿ 💌┆4.25 stars ⛧
⤿ yup yup gimme all the sadiejulius crumbs

⊹ “i’m sure about him. about us. because i know without a doubt that as long as I tell julius gong where i am, he’ll say, stay there, i’ll come find you, and he will find me, in any crowd, any room, any city. he always has.”

AAAH this delivered so hard 🤭 i will quite literally devour any sadiejulius content and i’m so happy ms ann decided to feed us with this cutest novella! also the way we also got julius’ pov in this omggg. him when he got jealous hehe>> but these two are just the cutest, i love them sooo much 🥹💞

𖥻 quotes
“she made the very idea of tomorrow exhilarating, as long as tomorrow involved her.”

"this is julius gong, after all. my julius. the boy who’d run all my races for me, who’s memorized everything I’ve ever said, who’s carrying a bag full of my books, and who’s studying my face closely right now.”

"you’re incredible to me. to be around. as a person. you make me so happy i sometimes wonder how this could even be real life.”

[⟡ anne ⟡ · Rating 4 out of 5]

Warmth spreads through me, rising up to my skin. “­I—​­I guess ­not—”
“Hm?” He bows his head, and I try not to gasp when his mouth skims my shoulder, over the delicate strap of my top. “What was that?”
“No,” I whisper.
“Good,” he says, his voice low and replete with approval, and the warmth inside my chest sharpens to ­heat—

julius, my man, i think you forgot you're in a ya book.

[lilly ♡ (comment restriction) · Rating 4 out of 5]

4 🌟

love my babies

[ahana ⊹ [ ia ] · Rating 5 out of 5]

                                     🪷 ― 5 stars . 𖥔 ݁ ˖

i feel like a convicted criminal if i give any book of sadiejulius below the well deserved 5 stars. i inhaled this?? had to pause midway to go get education (ew) but i wanted to crash out once the book was done. like what do you mean i only get to take 73 pages of my babies 😖 all my dreams and prayers were answered when i got julius' pov, IT WAS EVERYTHING. the small acts of services?? the words of affirmation?? the noticing of every minute details?? HOW DID HE GET EVEN MORE PERFECT. genuinely sobbing bc where do i find men like this :(

[ reading time ] → 11/6/25 - 11/6/25 ᰋ

[Noi (in & out) · Rating 4 out of 5]

"... his future had always been exciting because of her. Not just now, but before too. The thrill that would race through him at the prospect of seeing her again in the halls, not even doing anything in particular. She made the very idea of tomorrow exhilarating, as long as tomorrow involved her."

So this is love 🥺
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I want to read this so bad, but am so scared it'll change my opinion of J 🥺

[phideɭia · Rating 3 out of 5]

this was fun!! 😙🙃

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why on god’s green earth am I only just hearing about this novella?!? and - eh, it has julian’s pov, y’all. naturally, i must read it. what else could a soul like me possibly do but obsess? 🙂‍↕️

[kaylee ⭑ · Rating 5 out of 5]

5 ⭐️ because how could I not?

”He used to think that there was no feeling better than beating Sadie Wen in a test, but that was before he experienced the euphoria of earning Sadie Wen’s approval.”❤️❤️❤️❤️

[yienne ౨ৎ (ia) · Rating 5 out of 5]

jealous and smitten julius is my new roman empire.
5 stars ☆

[rina · Rating 3 out of 5]

⊱ ۫ ׅ ✧ 3 stars . . . 1 2 / 2 4 / 2 5 !
🧷 # content warnings: none

“ despite the uncertainties, despite the changing seasons, the risk of new beginnings, i’m sure about him. about us. because i know without a doubt that as long as i tell julius gong where i am, he’ll say, stay there, i’ll come find you, and he will find me, in any crowd, any room, any city. he always has. ”

( 01. ) overall thoughts !

‎ ‎ ‎‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ⊹ “ i hate you ”
‎ ‎ ‎‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎  ‎she grumbles without conviction,
‎ ‎ ‎‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎  ‎her voice soft enough to be a sigh.
‎ ‎ ‎‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎  “ i know you don’t ” he says ₊

sadie wen and julius gong are everything to me actually. no notes. zero complaints. julius is so down bad it hurts. like the man cannot exist in a room without noticing everything. he knows her habits, her nerves, her body more than she knows herself. julius gong is genuinely a rare species. borderline extinct. if he is the standard, i fear the bar has been launched into space. i love them so bad it hurts 🫠🤌🏻💗 i hope every woman gets to experience a love like theirs at least once in their life <3

( 02. ) annotations !

— “ you always lose your appetite before a test, don’t you? you can take a few bites or save it for later if you’d like. i just don’t want you fainting from hunger in the middle of class. ”
— “ he was always instantly, pathetically aware of her in every room she entered, but it became unbearable when they were sitting side by side at the same table. his own thoughts taunted and betrayed him; he shouldn’t be noticing how the freckles on her cheeks looked more prominent in the morning light, how she adjusted her bun whenever she had a headache, how she chewed the end of her pen when she was trying to solve an equation. he shouldn’t be tensing whenever her shoulder accidentally brushed against his, or when she reached over his desk for a worksheet. he shouldn’t be keeping track of how many times she faked a smile at the teacher or her classmates or nodded along when she was clearly uncomfortable, and how many times her face lit up. ”
— “ he’s leaving with sadie wen: his co-conspirator, his co-captain, his rival, his life’s great defining question and answer. ”
— “ she makes him want to keep trying. try harder, be better. ”
— “ she made the very idea of tomorrow exhilarating, as long as tomorrow involved her. ”
— “ i remember the exact color of the skirt you wore on our first official date. i remember where we were sitting when you first held my hand. ”
— “ i remember the exact color of the skirt you wore on our first official date. i remember where we were sitting when you first held my hand. ”
— “ god, he loves sitting next to her. can’t believe he’s wasted all this time resisting, trying to run away, when she’s the only one he’s ever wanted to run toward. ”

⊱ ۫ ׅ ✧ pre read can't wait to revisit mother and father <3