Ok, to be quite honest, I wasn't sure if I wanted to read this book at first because I thought the author's first book, Tweet Cute, was just alright and not totally my type of read. But, now I can't imagine not having read You Have a Match, and in a way, it's made me feel closer to my grandfather, who's my own Poppy character. And after every single page, it's clear this book rightfully deserves these five stars and a coveted place on my must-buy TBR list once it is published. Here, we follow 16-year-old Abby, who in a bet with best friend Connie, takes a DNA test to find out her ancestries along with their other best pal, Leo. This book brings an engaging point of view that feels both authentic and current for a teen girl. The language is really fun and relatable, that it had me in stitches the entire first half. So, the test revealed that Abby has a secret full sister, Savannah, who's an 18-year-old Instagram star. The two are polar opposites to their cores, but want to get to know each other. There's a big bombshell coming because it turns out their folks used to know each other, and I sense a story there, and I can't wait to read all the juicy tea. To figure things out and get to know each other, Savvy invites her new sister to attend the camp where she'll be a junior counselor. It's seriously like a modern-day version of The Parent Trap, and I'm here for it. To start, if it's a book set at camp, then you already have my attention because once a camp girl, always a camp girl..

Then, there's also a cute slow-burn romance type story between Abby and her best friend and neighbor, Leo. At the opening of the book, she's still mortified about her almost kiss with him months ago because it turned out, he didn't feel the same and she was legit crushed. Like seriously, I felt so much secondhand embarrassment on her behalf, like eesh. It was hard for her to be business as usual and resume their friendship. Then, it turns out, he's working in the kitchen at the same camp and seems very excited they'll be spending the time together, like in a certain eyes twinkling, heart fluttering way?? But, because boys are stupid, Leo makes my head spin because it's evident he does like her, but is pretending or hiding really well, and gah I don't know what's going on here. Boys! Then, at camp, we meet Finn, the bad-boy camper her age with the Hot Boy Name, so love triangle, here we go. Also, there are diverse lead characters which is great, but they are treated just like regular characters because they are. They aren't stereotyped and have full thoughts and feelings, which is one of the reasons I love [contemporary] YA so fiercely.

This book is just so much fun and I actually cannot put it down, staying up way too late in two nights just to finish it. And within less than one hundred pages, I'm already way more invested in this than in Tweet Cute. It has to be a five-star read, y'all because, I'M OBSESSED! Then, we get so much juicy drama and a big family secret that overshadows romance for a bit, and things escalate that make me actually want to ship Abby and Leo, to screaming and squealing levels, because that definitely happened. I'm so invested in these kids, and just so obsessed that I can't stop reading. Then, things get super heartwrenching,and gut-punchingly emotional that I'm legitimately in tears. All their grandfather did for the girls is making me well up because Poppy really resonates with me to my core about my grandfather, so I need to buy this book just to continue to feel his presence. I just want to say that books typically do not make me cry, but this 100 percent did, because of Poppy and my own life.
But enough about me, back to this read. That ending was absolutely precious and so damn cute, that my cheeks still hurt from smiling so much. Like, Leo's big monologue at the end had me literally squealing at 2 in the morning over its adorableness! I wasn't sure about Leo as a love interest to start, but by the end, we got to see inside his heart and he won me over and proved to be good enough for Abby.

I'm not quite sure how to put this book into words. It's more than a teen romance, more than a summer camp adventure, more than a familial drama, more than a story of friendship and sisterhood, more than a comedy, and more than a deep emotional novel. It's a book in a class all its own and had me captivated until I read that very last word. Seriously, it's totally worth those five stars because now I have to buy and i just can't imagine a world where I haven't read this. Wow, just wow.

I loved this book. It seemed a little bit like The Parent Trap (which I really love). The writing, character development, and emotional range were on point. If there was one blip it was the reason behind the parents falling out. It just seemed unbelievable and made the story unravel a bit for me. I would get it if the girls were young but they were old enough to make their own choices. Maybe if the parents tried to stay apart because they were uncomfortable with their past actions so they were conspiring together would have worked better. IDK.
BUT I would highly recommend this author and book and will read whatever else she writes.

I loved this book so, so much! It was such a refreshing read that focused on discovering family and all the intricacies that go along with it, rather than just focusing on the romance aspect alone. If you like wholesome reads, then this is for you! It's the Parent Trap - adoption version.

I thought that Emma Lord did an amazing job at really bringing depth to these characters and the trials and tribulations that the main characters experienced (such as first love, grief, anxiety). This book touched on so many important coming of age topics but yet it's cheery at times to not keep the book too heavy and dragged down - which is refreshing in this day and age (looking at you, 2020).

I loved everything about this book and highly, highly recommend adding it to your TBR!

**Thank you NetGalley for the advanced copy!**

I loved Emma Lord's debut novel, Tweet Cute, so much. It was filled with fun banter, ambitious girls, romance, and, of course, lots and lots of tweeting. This left me excited for Lord's sophomore novel, which also delves into how teens interact with social media—except this time, it's Instagram, not Twitter. However, so much of the book fell flat for me, and I can chalk it up to mostly Lord trying to do too much at once, and therefore not giving enough breadth to everything. The central romance of the book (Abby and a childhood friend of hers) lacked tension and came to what felt like a far-too-easy romance; Lord seemed to try to create tension with an almost-maybe-love triangle, with the addition of another camper having eyes on Abby, but his presence in the book just felt random. (I sense that Lord was trying to build him up as a nuanced and fully-fleshed character with his sad backstory, but he still felt random.) The secondary romance of the book, between Abby's sister Savvy and, again, a childhood friend, was plagued with the same problems—lack of tension. They were both will-they-won't-they relationships that too-obviously were going to end in a "they will," and I just got frustrated over everyone's lack of communication with each other.

I didn't really understand the other conflicts of the book either—I understood why Savvy's parents were overprotective of her when it came to her health (there was a possibility of her having heart problems when she was born), but I didn't understand why Abby's parents were so strict about her grades, and I honestly didn't see that presented much as a problem in her life anyway. They weren't actually that strict, and beyond them sending her to a test-prep camp, I didn't see how they were on her case all that much—or how they were doing it in ways that were unwarranted. She did fail a class, after all. And the conflict between Savvy's and Abby's parents were basically explained in one sentence, and then were resolved pretty easily. There was a nice twist in Tweet Cute concerning the two main characters' parents, and that had a satisfying resolution, but I didn't see that in You Have a Match. All these conflicts just felt not big enough (there was also a thread where Savvy has a problem with being too concerned over Instagram, but that really only presents itself once and, again, it has an easy solution).

Overall, this book felt like it lacked cohesion—in the romance, in the emotional arcs, in the plot (at one point, I felt like the book was heading into prank wars territory and I got excited, but that petered out), and in the setting (I was excited for a summer camp setting, and it was interesting to me that this was a camp for test prep, but beyond the characters tromping around the woods every so often, the setting was wrought out in ways that felt specific or atmospheric enough). It was still an enjoyable quick read, and given that I very much loved Lord's debut, my lukewarm feelings on her sophomore novel won't stop me from looking forward to all her future books.

I absolutely loved this book! Such a sweet story about a teenage girl who sends her DNA for testing, similar to 23 and me, and discovers she has a sister close to her age! Her and her sister end up at the same summer camp, along with her long-time friend and crush, and she has a summer full of rule-breaking, questions, confusion, and ultimately love. Great characters and a great story. Highly recommend this one!

Thank you to NetGalley and Wednesday Books for the ARC!

This is my first Emma Lord book, and I really enjoyed it! You Have A Match is The Parent Trap (high school version) meets unexpected DNA tests and a friends to lovers romance. So much going on!

Abby Day takes DNA test when one of her best friends, Leo, decides to do one to find out more about his biological family. While Leo's test comes back without much information, Abby discovers she has a full-blooded sister somewhere out in the world.

Abby and Savannah, aka Savvy, her newfound sister, meet up and find out they're going to the same camp over the summer. They decide to find out more about their respective parents and try to uncover why Savannah was given up for adoption. However, their personalities clash at first, and Abby and Savvy end up uncovering much more than they ever expected. And all of this is going on while Abby is grappling with the fact that she has feelings for Leo (and thinks he doesn't like her back), trying to come to terms with her grandfather's death, and finding the courage to finally share her photography with people.

I really liked the characters in this book, and the use of a DNA test as the main point of conflict. Very 2020 :D It was a fun contemporary YA novel, and I now want to read Emma Lord's other book, which I have heard lots of good things about as well.

For a second book from an author's whose first book completely swept me off my feet and made me fall in love, this was... not my favorite. I could not get on board with Abby and her insanity. The whole thing with the sister and camp and just... everything, was a mess. I didn't really care for her relationships with her sister, her love interest, or her friends. It was hard to feel engaged with any of them. This was just not a fun or deep story to me, and the only thing that grasped any amount of real interest from me was Abby's parents' explanation for why the gave up their first daughter, and even that didn't feel all that well done, considering that was the big mystery of the story.

This book is a great summer read. Very instagrammable. This book is about a girl Abbey who takes DNA heritage test and finds out she has a sister she never knew about Savanah. To try and unravel the mystery of their separation and obliviousness of each other’s existence they go summer camp! I really appreciated how this book was sweet in places without being cutesy. There’s some crushing amongst friends that ran throughout the story, but it always felt sincere. All the characters were distinct and had their own unique struggles and qualities. Like Tweet Cute there are moments that require you to suspend your disbelief but not enough to detract from the story.
Thank you to the publisher and netgalley for giving me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

This book was given to me for advanced reading via the publisher and netgalley. All opinions are my own.

I finished Tweet Cute and immediately went in search of more books by Emma Lord. I was very excited to read another book of hers and will read anything she writes in the future. This book, like her first ,gave me nostalgic and warm feelings. I loved the characters, the story and how it all played out. It felt like a new version of " Parent Trap" As someone who loves Seattle all the little places being name dropped was a bonus and made me miss my time there too.

I really enjoyed the Parent Trap aspect of this book. Lord brings back her amazing character dialogues and laughter. But overall, I just didn't enjoy as much as I did Tweet Cute.

You Have a Match, felt like a mix of Nancy Drew and Parent Swap and it’s a great mix. Emma Lord was able to write about hard topics while still managing to keep it sweet and lighthearted. I also loved the romance, overall it was a great read.

I received an advance copy of, You Have a Match, by Emma Lord. Abby takes a dna test, and finds out she has an older sister. They decide to meet at camp. Life does not always go to plan, and teenagers have it pretty bad.

Though I think her first novel, Tweet Cute, will always have my heart, Emma's second novel was a delight. You Have A Match gives off major Parent Trap vibes with pitch perfect teenage drama. Emma is quickly becoming a favorite YA author. When You Have A Match comes out in January, it will be a perfect escape from the Winter blues.

"I breathe in the sticky warmth of the air, the pine and the electricity and the ache of something deeper than I can name., knowing that no view I can capture will ever compare to this feeling - seeing it through my eyes while seeing it through his, letting us both bleed into a world where those two things can be the same"

Abby Day is stuck in a rut. Her grades are failing, her long-term crush on her best friend Leo accumulated in the BEI (big embarrassing incident) and she's struggling after the death of 'Poppy' - her adored grandfather. All of these aspects of her life are in motion when she discovers through a genealogy app that she has a full-blooded, Instagram perfect sister. These events lead to the most formative summer of her life as she agrees to go to camp to discover the story behind the adoption and bond with the sister she never knew.

This book was a delight and reminded me of a modern day 'Parent Trap' of two secret sisters at camp navigating through their lives in an Instagram age - discovering what is real and what is not. Lord has a talent of creating meaningful dialogue that leaves you feeling as if you were breathing the air of the Puget Sound yourself, combined with funny one liners from the characters of Leo and Finn. It has everything a teenage summer could ask for - drama, love triangles, sisterly pranks and ultimately self discovery. Reading the world according to Abby Day flung be right back into my formative years. Trying to navigate through the world whilst also discovering who you really are and where your passions lie. Lord captures the teenage experience with delicacy, drama and humour. A wonderful read.

(Review will be posted on my book blog instagram.com/whatson.mybookshelf in the next 24 hours)

Anyone who has taken a mail-in genetics test knows that feeling of what if something comes back? What if my family is not who or what I thought they were? Abby and her two best friends take one of those tests and when the results come in, it sets off a summer of uncovering the importance of friendship and family, but also the importance ofbelieving in yourself. I loved Emma Lord’s newest novel, You Have a Match. It’s fast plot and lovable characters will keep you turning the pages, whether you are 16 or 38. This will not be the last book from this author that I read.

This is the perfect book to fall under "best friends to lovers" trope! Not only one, but TWO!! Emma Lord has done it again with this fantastic YA romance.

What I loved about this book was how it was about the relationship between Abby and Leo but also Abby and Savvy. I love stories about sibling relationships and this one was done really well. Most of the story revolved around Abby and Savvy. The romances were more of side stories. I really liked that aspect.

Abby was exactly what I think of when I think of a 16 year old girl. I think I found myself relating so much to her. She was anxious and nervous about telling people what she wanted or how she felt. She really grew into her own as the book went on. Her and Savvy really complemented each other so well.

Savvy was such a cool 18 year old. She has hundreds of thousands of followers on instagram and is a health influencer. She is also like Abby in many ways. She is still anxious and cares a lot about what her followers think. Abby and Savvy helped each other grow into wonderful young women. Also her and Mickey are SO CUTE.

Overall, this was a wonderful book. I loved Emma Lord's first book, Tweet Cute, and this one does not disappoint!

In my quest for reading that takes me away from the dumpster fire that is 2020, here is another winner.

I was hooked right from the start, when artistic, academic-slacker Abby sends away for a DNA kit, and discovers that whoa, she has an older sister she never knew about? How could that happen???

Cue a twist on The Parent Trap as Abby, and her mysterious, total overachiever older sister, go away to a summer camp to . . . duke it out, uh, work things out, um, *confront the issues.*

There's a lot of issue stuff, too: grief, anxiety, parental expectation, lies and truth, and of course first love. Emma Lord deals with them in an engaging way, with the right amount of snark and light-hearted side characters to keep this well out of the lugubrious Problem Novel category, while giving it some reread able heft.

I loved the characters, the pacing, and especially the narrative voice.

Interesting story. I wish the 3 main characters had met earlier in the book. It seemed drawn out and the ending was too fast with the reconciliation of the families.

There are no bad guys in this story, just MESSY parents and a couple of girls who Parent-Trap themselves at summer camp to find out why one of them was adopted as a baby. The romance is slow and sweet, and there's an excellent epilogue, which is quickly becoming a hallmark of Emma Lord's!

After reading and loving Tweet Cute earlier this year, I was really hoping You Have a Match was going to be equally as good, and it came through! Abby takes a 23 and Me-style genealogy test and discovers she has a full-blooded older sister she never knew about. Abby follows her new sister Savvy to summer camp so they can figure out why their parents gave Savvy up 18 years ago.

This book feel emotionally mature without being too sexy; it centers on friendships and family relationships, but the dash of romance still feels developed and satisfying. Emma Lord manages to create a fun and sweet story while also tackling feelings of inadequacy, anxiety, and grief. I am also a sucker for a good summer camp story! I hope to see more great contemporaries from Lord in the future.