How to End a Love Story: A Novel

Written by Yulin Kuang

Narrated by Katharine Chin and Andrew Eiden

A special dual narration by Katharine Chin and Andrew Eiden!

“Emotional, relatable and binge-worthy."" –Tessa Bailey

“I’ll read anything she writes. An absolute star."" –Emily Henry

“I was hooked on the very first page. Don't miss this one!"" — Carley Fortune

A sexy and emotional enemies-to-lovers romance guaranteed to pull on your heartstrings and give you a book hangover from brilliant new voice Yulin Kuang.

Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2024 by Entertainment Weekly · Today.com · Paste · Daily Waffle ·The Nerd Daily and more!

Helen Zhang hasn’t seen Grant Shepard once in the thirteen years since the tragic accident that bound their lives together forever.

Now a bestselling author, Helen pours everything into her career. She’s even scored a coveted spot in the writers’ room of the TV adaptation of her popular young adult novels, and if she can hide her imposter syndrome and overcome her writer’s block, surely the rest of her life will fall into place too. LA is the fresh start she needs. After all, no one knows her there. Except…

Grant has done everything in his power to move on from the past, including building a life across the country. And while the panic attacks have never quite gone away, he’s well liked around town as a screenwriter. He knows he shouldn’t have taken the job on Helen’s show, but it will open doors to developing his own projects that he just can’t pass up.

Grant’s exactly as Helen remembers him—charming, funny, popular, and lovable in ways that she’s never been. And Helen’s exactly as Grant remembers too—brilliant, beautiful, closed off. But working together is messy, and electrifying, and Helen’s parents, who have never forgiven Grant, have no idea he’s in the picture at all.

When secrets come to light, they must reckon with the fact that theirs was never meant to be any kind of love story. And yet… the key to making peace with their past—and themselves—might just lie in holding on to each other in the present.

• Language: English
• Publisher: HarperAudio
• Release date: Apr 9, 2024
• ISBN: 9780063310704

Yulin Kuang

Yulin Kuang is a screenwriter and director, whose credits include The CW’s I Ship It and Hulu’s Dollface. She was once fired from a Hallmark movie for being ‘too hip for Hallmark’ and is the adapting screenwriter of Emily Henry’s People We Meet On Vacation, as well as the writer/director of the forthcoming Beach Read film for 20th Century Studios. She lives in Pasadena with her husband Zack and their orange cat, Eloise.

Reviews for How to End a Love Story

[Hannah · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

I really liked this book, but {SPOILER}









I really wish the parents had come to the realization Grant didn’t kill their daughter. Michelle jumped in front of a car. Not Grant driving recklessly or killing her in some twist where it was his fault. It was never brought up in the book. They never had a confrontation about it. Helen never even recognizes that he didn’t kill Michelle and that he was a victim of the situation just like the rest of her family. Really frustrating that was never concluded and the book just ends with the parents still not really accepting that and continuing to resent Grant.