I started reading this book a little after midnight, thinking I'd get through a few chapters to help myself calm down after a long day and get some sleep. I finished this book at 4:30 AM after not being able to put it down for four and a half hours. I loved this story so much! I loved how it explored the complexity of friendship and family and the way they overlap and change over time. I loved the tension between Abby, who jumps headfirst into things in order to avoid thinking about them, and Savvy who often gets paralyzed by overthinking. I was super invested in their quest to figure out what happened between their parents, but I also loved all of the camp hijinks enough to not mind when it took a backseat for a while. This was a fun, exciting, deeply emotional story and I cannot recommend it enough.

I really loved Tweet Cute by Emma Lord, so I was really excited to read an ARC for her new novel You Have a Match.
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The content is a bit tougher than her previous novel but the characters are sweet and you’ll be waiting to find out how things will work out for them.
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Things are complicated for these teens, trying to figure out who they are and who their people are.
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Thanks @netgalley for the advanced copy of this read.

Unfortunately I had to DNF this book at 33% in. I was not invested in the main character, her story, or where it was going. Bummer because I loved Tweet Cute by the same author.

Abby and her friends sign up for a DNA service, expecting to find out more about Leo’s biological family. What Abby does not expect, is to find out she has a biological older sister her parents never mentioned. When the girls meet up and their time is cut short, Abby decides to attend the summer camp her parents were pushing, that her new sister just so happens to work at. Nothing could go wrong right?

Sometimes you just need a light fun YA novel! This one hits the spot! Think Parent Trap, the part where the girls are at camp, before they become friends. While reading that image kept coming to my mind! I absolutely loved this book. It had all the summer camp vibes, but mixed with family drama, teenage angst, and a little bit of social influence. Think friendship, love, forgiveness, family, and following your heart. This book had it all and I couldn’t help but finish the last page with all the warm fuzzy feels and a smile on my face.

Emma Lord has done it again! You Have a Match expertly pairs being a teen with the modern social media landscape. We get to see our protagonist Abby Day learn about her secret sister after a school project prompts her to take a DNA test. Navigating the fact that her family has #BIGsecrets, passing the 11th grade, and surviving your first love are the combination for an overwhelming summer. If you enjoyed Tweet Cute, this second novel from Lord will give you that same rush with an added dose of feelings.

WOW. Was this ever my match or what?!

This was such a cute read! Oh My GOSH!!! This is my first Emma Lord book and oh boy.. what a great read! This was just so heartwarming, raw and real. I totally devoured it. I loved all her characters; by the end of the book I felt like I was back at camp, reliving my youth. I became friends with every single one of them. There were parts the that surprised me and it kept me hooked the entire time. This book has everything you look for in a contemporary novel, romance, laughter, family, and friendship. It's such a hearwarming story and I could not put it down. Emma Lord has such a compelling way with words and the premise of the story was so unique! I loved every page. Highly recommend... seriously, go pick it up NOW.

ARC received from publisher in exchange for an honest review.

It feels like I just came off the high of reading Tweet Cute by Emma Lord, so imagine my happiness when I was approved for an ARC of You Have a Match! Emma Lord has easily slipped into being a top tier YA Contemporary author, and any worries that she may have been a one-hit wonder, died out when I was reading this book.

We follow Abby Day (many a pun are made about her last name, it’s hilarious) and Savvy, the older sister she never knew she had. After being coerced into taking a DNA test by her besties Leo and Connie, Abby and Savvy’s worlds are thrown upside down in trying to figure out exactly why Savvy was put up for adoption a year and a half before Abby was born. It’s so wonderful to read this book as it unfolds. Mostly because, even though there is some romance between Abby and a certain adorable chef-in-training, the main focus of the story is on Abby and Savvy and their budding sisterly relationship. A relationship, btw, that isn’t all sunshine and rainbows despite just finding each other. They have all out fights and bickering matches that only sisters a year and a half apart could have. (Something I’m not that familiar with since my sister is 10 years older than me, we never fight, and she’s my bestie).

I particularly loved the Parent Trap-esque feel to the family dynamics as the mystery of Savvy’s adoption came further into the light. You quickly find yourself rooting for the 2 sets of parent’s to figure their shit out so they can all be one happy family. But don’t worry, if you are in for the romance, there is plenty of that too!

This book is easily recommendable for YA Fans, especially fans of Tweet Cute. I’ve already made a mental note to send a copy of it to my sister when it releases.

A story about friendship, sisters, family, and a bit of love, You Have a Match hit me right in the heart.

I really enjoyed Tweet Cute as a sweet story, but this one put me through a deep range of emotions in a good way. I don’t want to go into any spoilers, but it was a treat to read the story from Abby’s point of view, and dive into a character’s mind that loves photography as much as I do.

Would definitely recommend!

This book was delightfully predictable, a true feel-good novel and first book I’ve read in quite a while that didn’t involve a murder or stalking. It’s always a fun surprise to realize a book is set where I live. This is definitely a good one to recommend to high school students.

Emma Lord has a way of writing that makes my heart feel warm and my smile wide. Her characters feel real and I wish I could be friends with them all in real life.

This story follows Abby, accident-prone photographer, best friend, and big sister. Abby takes a DNA test in solidarity with her best friend Leo, who is looking for family ties. She doesn't expect to be the one to find ties. Abby's whole world is turned sideways when she learns that she has a big sister who she has never met.

In the months that follow Abby learns things about her sister, her parents, her friends, and even herself that will challenge everything that has been the foundation of her life. But the best things in life always change you.

Hoo boy the emotions this book made me have. So many. Yes, this has a cute cover, yes it's YA and from the author who gave us the hilarious TWEET CUTE last year but.. this still hits and some of those hits land hard.

Yes, yes, I cry easily, it's a very poorly kept secret that isn't a secret at all but even during some of the not-as-emotional moments, Lord somehow just handled certain moments with such.. I don't want to say care but, understanding? I felt so much of everything through the author's writing. Whether it was about struggling with awkward and unrequited feelings for your best friend, feeling second best, or a failure, whether it was wanting to bury things deep within just to avoid dealing with them, with confrontation, I could go on and on. We only get one POV and yet I felt all this from our lead and felt just as much for the secondary cast.

If you've read the plot, you know there's likely to be some drama and angst an some messy family discussions on the horizon and oh boy are there ever. Things got messy but there was less of that for the sake of drama and more the feeling of actual pain, loss, heartbreak. While one character jokes their life has taken on the hue of a CW tv show, they aren't wrong, exactly. But it still feels very real.

And as for the friend dynamics? Chefs kiss. So many varieties, so many layers, all the complications that ensue as a result. But they were wonderful even when things were going awry. Like, truly, what made me cry more? The family stuff, the friend stuff? Who can say!

Anyway, this is definitely a funny (not quite chockfull out outright lolz, so maybe I mean charming?), heartwrenching, delightful, and totally compelling read. I devoured it in a few short hours because I could not tear myself away.

Emma Lord is the new MUST READ author in the world of contemporary YA. I loved her debut novel, Tweet Cute, and this second book has just as much character!

Each character in her book is realistic, genuine, not perfect by any means, but totally relatable. I loved watched Abby confront the many challenges thrown at her and also grow because of them.

If readers enjoyed Tweet Cute, then they are sure in for another wonderful story with You Have a Match!

Thank you to Netgalley for my free advanced copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.

This was a sweet, fun, uplifting read. As with Tweet Cute, Lord explores the pros and cons of social media (this time with Instagram instead of Twitter) while also dropping her characters into situations that force them to reckon with what's most important to them. The focus here is on family, with the romance taking a back seat. Some readers will love that. Others will miss the sparks and romantic tension that were so central in Tweet Cute. A situation that initially feels like a comedic set up (2 sisters separated at birth become rivals, then align in an attempt to reconcile their families) shifts tone midway and becomes a deeper exploration of what defines a family or a friendship. This theme is explored in multiple subplots with various characters bringing their own diverse family situations into the conversation. Meanwhile, readers will enjoy revisiting Lord's comedic voice, her ability to balance antic set-ups with heartfelt emotions, the one-upping of revenge strategies, and the misunderstandings that push her characters to be brave and speak up.

This was a fun read that had a lot of underlying issues for the characters to unpack. I liked how Lord did not focus on the romantic relationships, but rather the relationship between Savvy and Abby, as well as their own personal relationships with friends and family. It seemed like a very real book that teens can relate to because not every relationship was meant to be romantic. It was interesting to get the parents' side of the situation, but I almost wished there was more at the end to explore how they grew closer again instead of the one chapter that is "One Year Late." Overall, a super cute read that felt realistic and is something teens can relate to.

Although I am NOT the target audience for this, I do read a lot of YA novels. This story certainly had me curious!
Imagine taking a DNA ancestry test and finding out you are related to an influencer?

Our daughters are both adopted and one of the things we were told in our adoption groups in that every adopted child believes their biological parents are famous. So it wasn’t a surprise when they both wanted to find their biological parents. I was fearful that this was not going to be unpleasant for me but it wasn’t a problem.
Oops back to the story. … . It was interesting but I didn’t love it.
I have no doubt the right audience WILL love it. Plus many loyal fans just love author Emma Lord!!

I always enjoy reading the Acknowledgements by the author which typically are in the back of the book.
I believe reading the acknowledgements is an inside view of the author’s personality. This was no exception; I can totally picture big brother Evan fighting off three little sisters and two dogs.

Want to thank NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press ~ Wednesday Books for this eGalley. This file has been made available to me before publication in an early form for professional review purposes only. Opinions expressed in this review are my own.
Publishing Release Date scheduled for January 15, 2021

This is the type of young adult fiction I absolutely love. It is smart, and the characters feel so real. I love that the author writes about her teenagers with maturity and the ability to acknowledge their flaws.

This was just such a good story. It had a lot of depth but was enjoyable and easy to slip into. I felt like I was at summer camp with the characters.

I think I enjoyed this more than Tweet Cute! Thank you so much to the publisher and Netgalley for letting me read this one!

This was a weird reading experience for me. I think it might have been my mood. When I started this book, I was really into the writing and the story. The whole finding a sister through DNA intrigued me. It kind of lost me after a while, though. Like I said, I'm not sure if I fell out of the mood of wanting this type of story or if I got bored in the middle. It picked up once everything major went down. I liked learning about Abby and Savannah's parents and their decisions. I wouldn't have minded hearing even more about everything that went down with in the past. That was probably what I was most interested in. It made the story end on a high note for me. I liked the lessons Abby learned.

One of the things I love about teen and young adult fiction is that it’s usually so much fun. Emma Lord’s upcoming novel “You Have a Match” is no exception. I discovered Ms. Lord when I read her first novel “Tweet Cute,” and her second definitely didn’t disappoint. These are the types of books that I would have let my daughter read when she was in middle school and would encourage her to read now that she’s in high school. They’re clean, engaging, well-written, and fun.

Abby Day is a high school junior who decides to do a DNA test in support of her friend Leo, who is adopted and wants to find information about his biological family, and also to prove to her other friend Connie which one of them is more Irish. It’s a joke to her, something that she’s only doing because her best friends are doing it, and maybe just a little because she has a crush on Leo. What she gets out of it, though, is an older sister she knew nothing about which leads to a whole lot of chaos and craziness and a world where she isn’t sure whether she can trust her parents anymore. And she’s determined to get to the bottom of it.

This is a great story that covers a lot of different angles — sister love, high school romance, high school drama, and parent/teen relationships. It’s fast-paced and realistic and has situations that could easily be worked out if people would just talk to each other. But we know they won’t because everyone fears getting hurt, so better to pull back than to put yourself out there and really take a risk.

I love all of the characters in this book, and I definitely recommend it for teens and adults alike. This is a true happily-ever-after that is well worth the journey to get there.

I got the book on NetGalley for an honest review. A little slow to start off for me that leads to a snowball effect of things that happen a twist to the parent trap storyline. lord take that and runs with it give it her own flair. This book had me shaking my head at the crazy thing the characters does and at one point I almost was brought to tears because my heart was breaking for the main character. If you liked tweet cute you like this one as well it got secrets, love, and adventure all rolled up in the book. I loved it so much I’ll be picking up my own physical copy when it comes out

When Abby takes a DNA test in solidarity with her best friends (it's cheaper to buy more tests), she learns that she has a full-blooded sister who is only 18 months older than her and lives very close by. After arranging to spend time at the same summer camp, Abby and Savvy resolve to figure out the mystery of their families. Throw in some best friends and romantic feelings and you have a fun summer read for teens.