If You Could See the Sun

Ann Liang

Oct 2022 · Sold by Harlequin

About this ebook

"Academic rivals portrayed to perfection… An all-time top favorite." —Chloe Gong, #1 New York Times bestselling author of These Violent Delights and Our Violent Ends

"Utterly unique, thought-provoking, and wonderfully written." —Gloria Chao, author of American Panda and Rent a Boyfriend

In this genre-bending , speculative YA debut, a Chinese American girl monetizes her strange new invisibility powers by discovering and selling her wealthy classmates’ most scandalous secrets.

Alice Sun has always felt invisible at her elite Beijing international boarding school, where she’s the only scholarship student among China’s most rich and influential teens. But then she starts uncontrollably turning invisible—actually invisible.

When her parents drop the news that they can no longer afford her tuition, even with the scholarship, Alice hatches a plan to monetize her strange new power—she’ll discover the scandalous secrets her classmates want to know, for a price.

But as the tasks escalate from petty scandals to actual crimes, Alice must decide if it’s worth losing her conscience—or even her life.

Ratings and reviews

First of all, I enjoyed the strong writing style that brought out this incredible setting as well as made the characters all seem like real-life people to me. Henry Li was my favorite character in this novel; I loved his complexity, his intelligence, his loyalty, his sense of sarcastic humor, and his willingness to sacrifice for family and friends. The family relationships/dynamics, friendships, and rivals/enemies to more all endeared this book to my heart immediately. Secondly, I enjoyed being

I thought this was a decent read and I enjoyed it up until the end. I would have rated it 4 stars but the ending wrap-up could have been better. A big part of the storyline just kind of gets glossed over and not really explained. Other than that, it was a good book!

The encounter of this book is an exquisite experience for me. It is very comforting for me that through reading this book I can relate to numerous points the author made especially the highschool life and transitioning into young-adult life. Being matured by circumstances is not an easy path to go through but the fact that are also people out there that shares the same complexity with me makes me feel that at least I'm not the only one going through it.

About the author

Ann Liang is an undergraduate at the University of Melbourne. Born in Beijing, she grew up travelling back and forth between China and Australia, but somehow ended up with an American accent. When she isn’t stressing out over her college assignments or writing, she can be found making over-ambitious to-do lists, binge-watching dramas, and having profound conversations with her pet labradoodle about who’s a good dog. Ann is the author of If You Could See the Sun, This Time It's Real, and I Hope This Doesn’t Find You.