Cute, YA book about sisters who find each other accidentally through DNA testing. They decide to get to know each other by going to the same summer camp, unbeknownst to their parents. It’s like The Parent Trap, but also is its own completely original story. I really enjoyed it, I thought it was great for a YA audience or adult fans of YA. Just enough camp hijinks with a hefty amount of drama. I’ll definitely be recommending this one to my high school students. I received a complimentary copy through the publisher from Netgalley.

First time reading this author and I was pleasantly surprised on her writing style. She gives each characters a well rounded personalities! I really like the plot of unknown sisters connecting at summer camp. The book is geared more towards younger adults (12-17) then typical YA genre. Definitely will read other works by this author for it was pleasant reading. This review is my own honest opinion. Thank you NetGalley and St Martin Press for e copy to read.

4.5

This was just plain adorable. I loved it so much. The beginning was a bit slow for me, but as soon as it picked up I was in love.

I loved getting to meet both Abby and Savannah and getting to find out the back story behind why they never knew about each other. I don't know why, but, I've always been drawn to camp stories and this definitely delivered on that. I loved watching Abby find new things about herself and make new friends. I enjoyed the friendships as much as I loved the love matches.

I was also really happy to see how everything worked out with both Savvy and Abby's parents. The epilogue put a huge smile on my face. Just all the adorable YA you want in your life.

DNF at 35%. I really loved Tweet Cute and was excited for this one but it wasn’t working for me. I think this is a case where I may have enjoyed it more as a YA reader than as an adult reader who enjoys YA books. I just found myself getting pretty frustrated with the poor decisions the characters were making. Thank you to the publisher and Netgalley for the advance reading copy.

3.5 stars!
Abby and her best friends send in their DNA to an ancestry website because one of them is adopted and wants to find their biological family. When Abby’s results come back with the information that she has a full biological older sister, she is shocked. She meets Savannah and decides to follow her to a summer camp where she works that specializes in SAT prep so they can figure out why Abby’s parents have been lying and get to know each other. Abby finds out her best friend, Leo, is also working there which she is excited about because she has a huge crush on him. So begins a summer full of figuring out who she is and how her friendship with Leo can or can’t progress.

This young adult novel was a super easy read. Abby’s voice is personable and I really liked how she was so spunky. She did her own thing and refused to conform to other people’s expectations. With my teacher hat on, I was thinking how Abby would be a great protagonist for some of my students to meet because she is so herself but also deals with a lot of relatable issues regarding family, love and identity. I did find it a bit slow in parts and it had a very young-adultish tone, which wasn’t my favourite but that is a personal preference. That is why I have given it a 3.5 instead of 4!

3.5 stars. While this didn't quite live up to how much I adored Tweet Cute last year, this book was still SUCH a delight. Emma Lord has such a knack for writing realistic bonds between characters (romantic OR familial), and I just adore her characters and her stories. With that being said, I did struggle a little with the way the parents existed in this one. If you weren't aware, this book is about a girl finding out that she has a biological sister that her parents put up for adoption before she was born, and something about the way that that worked out in the story felt a little weird to me and it kept me from loving this one as much as I was hoping to. With that being said, I still quite enjoyed this one and I'm looking forward to reading whatever Emma Lord puts out next!!

This was very cute and fun, but felt like there was A LOT going on. Overall I loved the focus on the sister relationship, even if the resolution between Abby and Savvy’s parents felt rushed.

This book unfortunately ended up really not being for me. I really enjoyed Emma's last book. I thought it was hilarious and the plot was fast paced and interesting. This book, however, has been pretty impossible to get through. I've decided just to DNF it a couple chapters in since it doesn't seem to be getting better. The book just feels super immature (as a teen, I feel like I'm fully allowed to say that). Also, the book is just really hard to follow. It seems like in an attempt not to info dump, Lord chose to not give the reader any background, leaving me to awkwardly fumble through what's going on around every turn.

Thank you @stmartinspress @wednesdaybooks @netgalley for a copy of You Have A Match by Emma Lord for review. Reese Witherspoon just chose this one as her YA choice of the month and it’s publishing today!

You Have A Match centres around a lost sister story. Abby signs up for a DNA mail in test when her friends do it but didn’t expect to find a sister, let alone Instagram star Savvy. When they contact they other they have a striking resemblance to each other but nothing else in common. When Savvy heads to camp to be a councillor, Abby signs up for summer camp so they can spend more time together.

There is also a romance plot line in this book but it wasn’t my favourite and is really a subplot so we’ll forget about it for now. All together, this was an interesting book but I did find it slightly annoying that neither of these ladies thought to ask their parents about the adoption, rather than sneak around for a whole book figuring it out and never really learning anything, but that might be the Mom in me

This is a gem of a YA book. Full of emotion (grab your tissues!) - family and friends both lost and newly found. It explores with depth the real feelings, grief, communication and relationship struggles we all have both as teens coming into our own, and as adults facing the choices and hurts in our past. I am crazy for books with good character and relationship development and “You Have a Match” does not disappoint.

**4.5-stars**

You Have a Match is exactly what I have come to expect from Emma Lord. A light, fun, heart-warming, Contemporary story that fills you with hope and positive energy.

When Abby signs up for a DNA service, it's mainly to support her friend, Leo. He's adopted and wants to know more about where he came from. Unfortunately, while Leo doesn't discover much, Abby sure does. A secret sister!

Not a half sister, a full blown, we have the same parents sister. Basically, her entire life has been a lie. She can't believe it. How could her parents keep something like that from her? As it turns out, this sister is not much older than Abby and lives nearby. It also turns out she is a bona fide Instagram celebrity, with perfect hair, skin and the lifestyle to match. Great.

The girls first meeting, while not a total failure, doesn't get them any closer to getting to the bottom of the mystery of their parents choices. Even though she has to lie to her parents in order to do so, Abby agrees to attend a summer camp Savvy will be working at as a Junior Counselor, so that they will have more time to figure everything out.

The camp is located on an island and on her ferry ride there, Abby stumbles upon her best friend, and uncomfortable love interest, Leo. Abby knew he went to a summer camp every year, but she had no idea it was THIS summer camp! It turns out Leo will be on the staff as well this summer, and he and Savvy have actually been friends for years.

This book is absolutely adorable. From the very first chapter, I was hooked right in to Lord's writing. She has such a smooth, easy-to-read style. It makes her stories completely engaging! There is a lot of drama in this one. She does manage to bring some important topics to her books, even though, overall, the feeling is light and fluffy.

As you can tell from the synopsis, as well as what I have written above, this story explores family relationships; what makes someone family, different types of family constructs, etc. Abby is also struggling with grief due to the loss of her Poppy, and I liked how Lord handled that. Somehow, she has the ability to keep things light-hearted even while tackling these heavier topics.

The summer camp vibes were very fun as well. It gave the teen characters a little more freedom to engage with one another, than they would have had in a more traditional setting. Plus, who doesn't love summer camp!?

Overall, I had a great time reading this story. I will continue to pick it up anything Emma Lord writes. I look forward to seeing what she comes up with next!

Thank you so much to the publisher, Wednesday Books, for providing me with a copy to read and review. I appreciate the opportunity to share my opinion.

The strength of You Have a Match lies in the family relationships - new and old. Abby discovers she has a sister that lives near by and they decide to meet and then end up at the same summer camp. They decide not to tell their parents that this is happening and try to unravel the secret on their own. I really like how it unwound in bits and pieces, I also appreciated the differences between Abby and Savvy and how they're trying to find their place with each other, but also have that intuitive sister bond to drive each other crazy.

The only that frustrated me a bit was everything between Leo and Abby. I wish they had had more moments and figured things out a bit sooner.

A heartfelt and cute read, definitely recommend.

I was excited to finish You Have a Match just in time for it's release this Tuesday the 12th. I enjoyed Tweet Cute and so had high hopes for this also. It did not disappoint.. Abby is a typical teenager who takes a DNA test to prove just how Irish she is, but ends up finding a sister she didn't know she had.

It turned out to be bits of love, lots of friendship, and a hint of the Parent Trap as they try to discover the truth of their past. It was a perfect YA novel. I laughed and laughed and even laughed more. If you liked Emma Lord's first novel Tweet Cute then you'll love this too. Thank you to @netgalley and @wednesdaybooks for my complimentary copy in exchange for an honest review.

I received a free advance digital review copy from St. Martin's Press / Wednesday Books via NetGalley in exchange for my honest review.

Emma Lord's You Have a Match is a charming young adult book that's likely to appeal to readers who enjoy that genre. It's well-written as a young adult book, though it didn't hit the sweet spot for me personally of books that may be categorized as young adult but don't necessary read like they are specifically written for that age group. I was intrigued by the premise, which involves 16-year-old Abby taking a DNA test on a whim and discovering Savvy, her older sister whose existence her parents had kept secret. The sisters meet and end up spending part of the summer together at the same camp where they work to unravel the mystery that connects their birth parents and Savvy's adoptive parents. It evokes memories of a modernized "Parent Trap" with Savvy as an Instagram influencer. Lord includes clever plays on words involving Abby's last name ("Day"), which her best friend/crush Leo uses throughout the story. In some ways, Abby came across as younger than 16 (never having been away from her parents before she goes to camp that summer), and it seemed a bit improbable that Savvy the wealthy famous Instagram influencer would spend a summer as a junior camp counselor. There are also a host of secondary characters. Nevertheless, Lord does an excellent job exploring Abby's teenage angst as she comes to terms with her newfound relationship with her sister, the recent loss of her beloved grandfather, her evolving relationship with her parents, her complicated best friend dynamics and first love, and the pressures of high school.

Emma Lord's latest novel follows the story of Abby as she uncovers a big family secret that she actually has a sister, Savvy. They plan to meet up at a summer camp to figure out why Savvy was given up for adoption, and it turns out Abby's close friend and crush works at the same camp! This novel is filled with fun summer camp shenanigans, The Parent Trap vibes, teen romance, family drama, and discovering yourself! I love the characters Emma Lord creates, and that a good chunk of this novel was focused on family relationships and not just romantic ones. While I think Tweet Cute is my favorite of her two novels ( it did set the bar pretty high!), I also really enjoyed this one!
Thank you @wednesdaybooks and @goodreads for the advanced copy!

You Have a Match by Emma Lord takes a unique spin on the separated twin story. While Savvy and Abby aren’t twins, they are sisters who share the sane mother and father who have just newly discovered each other. Abby takes a DNA test with her friends, Leo abd Connie. Leo is adopted and looking for biological matches. But it’s Abby who is contacted by a girl who lives a few blocks away. Savannah, or Savvy, is an Instagram influencer who lives only a few blocks away. Savvy, the older sister, has known she was adopted all her life. There isn’t time to really investigate what happened because sumner is coming and Savvy is a counselor at a camp. So she invites Abby to come to camp and they’ll get to know each other and investigate how/why Savvy was adopted yet their parents had Abby only a year and a half later..

This story was so much fun! Savvy and Abby act like sisters almost from day one. The camp is fun, the supporting characters add more interest and fun to the story, and even the adults are interesting.

Overall, a good, clean YA novel that explores friends, family, and first love.

Thank you to #netgalley and #wednesdaybooks for the advanced e-copy of #YouHaveAMatch!

I was given an automatic Arc for a chance to read and review the book by the publishing house. I really loved this book. the things that took place made it so relatable and very easy for me to connect with all the characters. It is the perfect young adult read, if you are in the mood for something a little different.

I really enjoyed tweetcute by this author but I just couldn’t get into the plot of this one. I struggled to really connect with the characters and keep up with all of them. Not my fave

review : honestly I didn't finish this one, when I got to about 30%ish I realized that this one was a very very YA book. Not that, its a bad thing, it's just that I don't normally enjoy YA books that are more directed towards a YA crowd. I usually enjoy more mature YA books. But that being said, the book was cute, the idea reminded me heavily of the parent trap. I think that if you like more Young YA books then you’d probably love this one :) ⁣
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Thank you @wednesdaybooks for a copy in exchange for an honest review 💗

Written by Emma Lord, author of Tweet Cute, this book is hilarious; and a breathtaking journey of family, sisterhood, friendship, and love. It was also recently selected as a pick for Reese's YA book club.

Abby signs up for genetic testing to support her best friend/secret crush Leo as he tries to find his biological parents. After all, there is nothing that she doesn't know about herself. Surprise of surprises, she comes across the existence of a sister, who is none other than an Instagram influencer named Savannah Tully. The novel follows them as they meet up at a summer camp to bring their set of parents together and figure out why their parents gave Savvy up for adoption.

It is a light and breezy read; I completed it within two days. I thoroughly enjoyed the love story between Abby and Leo. I found the characters relatable, and they were so well written that I wanted to read more about them. I especially admired the plot (very Parent Trap) and the balance that the author achieved between the romance and Abby and Savvy's story.

The book has elements of reconciliation, loss, love, sisterhood, friendship, and finding oneself. It is a fun-filled, feel-good mishmash of romance and family love. I give the book 4/5 stars. The book is a fun read, and I would recommend it to fans of YA..