You Have a Match is an adorable YA novel that captures the spirit of teen life. The novel delves into romance, but focuses on friends and family relationships more, which I appreciated. School pressure, parental expectations, social media, family secrets, crushes, and friendship issues- all the common real life experiences. That makes this story far more realistic and relatable to me, and I’m sure others will feel the same. This is a fun, light-hearted read without being fluff.

I was able to read this book thanks to NetGalley. It was a cute easy read and I really enjoyed it. It’s a must read for rom com fans!

Living for The Parent Trap vibes from this one!! A solid 4.5 stars from me!

While there is some romance included, it's more about discovery, growing into yourself, grief, acceptance, and relationships (both friends & family). The writing captures what it's like to truly be a teenager and the growing pains of growing up. Each of the teens in this book are dealing with real issues, from fear of inadequacy to what comes next after high school, but still has all of your favorite YA antics. I would've loved for this to be a dual POV with Savannah.

Read if you liked: Tweet Cute (obvs), The Parent Trap, Only Mostly Devastated.

The intended YA audience will probably enjoy this book more than I did. They will find it a cute romcom. While not memorable book, there are plenty of young women looking for a bit of escapism.

Thank you Wednesday Books and Netgalley for the advance copy of You Have a Match.

You Have A Match is the sophomore novel of Emma Lord, writer of Tweet Cute. For the intended YA audience, the novel is super cute. It is a retelling of The Parent Trap and for that alone, I give it my love. The plot is a good one and I found myself laughing quite a few times. I also enjoyed the immaturity of some of the characters because it made the book feel real.

However, it was the subplot of Leo and Abby that held my interest more than the actual surprise sister plot. Abby and Savvy's relationship was a bit too over the place to fully enjoy their sibling bond.

I recommend You Have A Match to readers who:
* Are looking for a sweet, innocent read
* Want / need a happy ending

This is a sweet coming of age story by Emma Lord. This review might have some spoilers.

Abigail is 16, has two best friends, Connie and Leo and lives with her over-worked parents and her three twerp brothers in Seattle.

After taking a DNA test for school a weird message and lots of questions make Abby decide to find answers. But first she has to lie to her parents and then hack into their emails and skip summer school so she can go to summer camp and get to know her “new” sister

Trouble awaits for Abby by chewing gum, saying a bad word out loud and climbing the wishing tree at camp. And to make things more complicated, her best friend Leo, who she’s had a crush on for a year, is also there!

Can Abby and Savvy get past issues of their own to find answers?

I had trouble getting into the story, but once I hit 40% I couldn’t put the book down!

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for this ebook arc in exchange for an honest review

This is my second book I have read by this author, and I enjoyed the premise of this on more than her first book. My biggest complaint is the amount of language, but I enjoyed the story overall.

Thank you Net Galley for the opportunity to review this book in exchange for my review.

I completely adored You Have a Match. 16 year old me can relate so hard to Abby. The pressures of school, friends, wanting to be your own but also wanting to be accepted, the fears of rejection, and feeling like a disappointment to your parents, although I did grow up in the '90s without the pressure of most social media, which is a completely different monster. On the flip side, I could relate equally to Abby's parents and all of the struggles of raising kids, both good and bad.

Despite all of the feelings in this book (and it was a bit of a rollercoaster), there's also a lot of humor and a lot of heart. I laughed, had warm fuzzy feelings, rooted so hard for Abby and Leo, and Savvy and Mickey. It made me miss summer camp and feel a little nostalgic for old friends and places. It felt so much like a warm hug during what's been a stressful time.

As a mom, I'm always scanning reviews for what's in the book beyond the story, because let's be honest, some books marketed as teen or YA have content that I feel is a little too "old" for my 11 & 14-year-olds (just let me have my delusions). That being said, You Have a Match is clean, there's no sex or allusions to it. There are a few f-bombs and various other profanities sprinkled through, but really, who hasn't wanted to tell someone to f*ck off.

This is an amazing follow up to Tweet Cute (which I equally adored). I highly recommend this for any age, almost everyone will find something they relate to or something to make them laugh. I will definitely keep my eye out for Emma Lord and all of her future releases.

When Abby Day sends out a DNA test the last thing she expects to find is a secret sister, Savvy. Abby and Savvy decided spend the summer together at camp in order to figure out what exactly happened. Add to this the fact that Abby’s best friend/secret crush is also at this camp and you have the recipe for an interesting summer.

Emma Lord really took her writing and story development to a new level with this book. Beyond just being a cute, summer, young adult read, this book dives into family dynamics, self-identity, and growth. I loved how Lord took the “Parent Trap” idea and made it deeper and more layered.

My only criticism was the love story. There was just so much lack of communication and lying that it became a bit cumbersome to keep reading the same miscommunications over and over. I wish this was resolved a bit sooner, so it didn’t take away from the really star of the book, the sister/family dynamic.

Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for an advance copy of this novel in exchange for my honest review.

Abby Day discovers she has a secret sister! Say what? 100%, full-blooded, You Have a Match, older-than-her-by-2-years sister Savvy. They use social media and then summer camp to connect, solely based on curiosity and figuring out the mystery of not knowing about each other all this time. Oh and, Abby may have these unrequited more-than-friend feelings for her best friend Leo... who happens to also be at the same summer camp.

Exquisitely well-written, Abby’s story centered around uncovering identities, relationships, misinterpreted unrequited love, creating new friendships, projecting subliminal actions, and feeling a sense of belonging. The romantic element was secondary though I liked the impact of it within Abby’s path to self-discovery, and the bond she developed with her new found sister was conveyed in a way that ran deeper than the pages. I also liked the parallels—Abby and Savvy’s mothers’ relationship compared to their own. And, the sprinkle of my Filipino culture was a pleasant surprise, too.

3.5 Stars. When sixteen-year-old Abby sends out a DNA test on a whim, the last thing she expects to discover is a long-lost sister, Savvy. Abby decides to attend the same summer camp as Savvy in hopes that the two can figure out why Savvy was given up for adoption.

I loved that the book was reminiscent of “The Parent Trap” with the newly aquatinted sisters meeting up at summer camp. While I enjoyed the premise of the story, I found it to be bit slow in parts, but it had a really great ending. Overall, it’s a cute young adult book, and I think some of my 8th graders would definitely enjoy it!

Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for an advance copy of this novel in exchange for my honest review.

I really enjoyed Tweet Cute, so I was very hyped for her next book. While this one was cute, it was just your typical YA contemporary filled with some drama and some romance.

The romance was frustrating because both characters had feelings for each other but neither one would tell the other person. There was also another friend who caused problems with this as well. I think this is typical for a YA novel, but if this was the case it needed more angst. I couldn’t feel the chemistry between this couple. I wanted them to get together just so all the back and forth would be done.

The main plot of this book is definitely the sisters finding out that they are related and trying to find out why and how they were separated. This part of the book was interested, but seemed very drawn out as well.

3 stars
I received this book for free in return for an honest review.

This was such a cute read, that was very reminiscent of The Parent Trap.
This was my first book by Emma Lord, and while I did really enjoy her writing, I found myself really disliking the main character, Abby.
Abby was so self centered and didn’t seem to really care about anybody but herself. I honestly didn’t find any of the characters, besides Leo, to be very likeable- unfortunately.
I had to keep reminding myself that this IS a YA book, and the characters need to be read that way, but I still had such a difficult time doing so.
I did like the camp setting, and I liked the representation of LGBTQ characters, that was really refreshing to read. I liked that Savvy was relatable from a teenage standpoint, as social media and the world of influencers is so relevant in today’s society. I felt like that was a relatable character, for sure.
Leo and Abby’s romance was cute, and I had wished that there had been more of that- but I was also confused if Abby was into Finn or not. There were several characters that I didn’t fully understand how they contributed to the end of the book.
A cute read, for sure. One I would recommend to a younger audience, or an avid YA reader.

"Tweet Cute" was one of my favorite books of 2020. So I knew that I would enjoy "You Have a Match." This book was such an incredible read. The second I finished the book, I found myself immediately recommending it to my friends. I loved the characters, the plot, and all of the romances. Emma Lord is such an incredible writer. I loved how she captured family, friendship, and love throughout this book. These characters and their stories were so enticing to me. When I was reading, I couldn't put the book down. This story between two sisters finding their way to each other was exactly the story I needed to read. I loved the "The Parent Trap" vibes this story gave me. The relationship between these two sisters was so fun to read. I loved seeing their relationship develop throughout the book. I was blown away by not only their relationship but also by her telling of it. Emma Lord is an author that everyone should be following between "Tweet Cute" and "You Have a Match" she has proven how well she fits in the Young Adult genre. I can't wait to read more books by her in the future.

A great successor to Emma Lord's first book Tweet Cute. A little bit of food, a smidge of romance, with a big helping of family drama. The main character discovers she has an older sister after taking a DNA test. The two meet up and attempt to unravel the secrets within both of their families, which they learn might be connected in ways they could never imagine.

This was such a cute but impactful read! I loved the summer camp setting and the romance that develops. Teh characters were fun, and the story was touching. Highly recommend!

Emma Lord's upcoming book, You Have a Match, is a cute story about family, identity, friendship, and love.

Abby only agreed to do the DNA test as a show of support for her best friend (and serious crush) Leo, who was adopted. Things between her and Leo have been weird since the BEI (Big Embarrassing Incident) occurred between them.

The last thing Abby is expecting to discover from the DNA test is that she has an older sister. Wait, what? And it turns out her sister is Savvy—Savannah Tully, Instagram influencer and all-around perfectionist, and she’s only 18 months older than Abby.

Neither know what would have led to her parents putting Savvy up for adoption. But instead of asking their parents outright, they decide to go to summer camp together (Savvy was already planning to be a counselor there) and figure out a scheme to uncover the truth. Of course, agreeing to go to camp with someone you barely know isn’t the smartest idea, especially when that person turns out to be a rule-follower and a narc.

To complicate matters further, this is the same camp Leo goes to. (The camp changed its name, so Abby had no idea it was the same camp.) Suddenly Abby has to decide whether to confront her feelings for him head-on, or just let them remain a secret. But secrets have a way of making everything else complicated, too...

I thought You Have a Match was cute, but honestly, nearly the entire story was people avoiding discussing the things that bothered, worried, or frustrated them, and not asking the questions that would solve everything. I get that it happens in real life but it dragged on in every aspect of the story and it just didn’t work for me. There’s so much running away, holding grudges, lying...I’m all for drama and angst but okay.

I loved Lord’s first book, Tweet Cute, so maybe I was just cranky?

NetGalley and Wednesday Books provided an advance copy of You Have a Match in exchange for an unbiased review. Thanks for making it available!

The book publishes 1/12/2021.

I was drawn to this book because I loved her first, Tweet Cute. This one definitely did not disappoint! I loved the characters, the setting, the storyline - all of it! I admit there were times when I wanted to shake Abby and Leo and tell them to just tell each other their feelings... but I also remember how it was to be 17. I just really liked this book! It's a cute read that I would recommend to everyone! I look forward to any and all future Emma Lord books! *I received a copy of this book for free in exchange for an honest review.

I really enjoyed this book. It was a super fun, lighthearted read. It has some depth to it too though, which in my opinion just enhanced the story quite nicely. I was a huge fan of the original Parent Trap growing up, and this one gave me the same type of vibe - although not twins and no switching places involved. With the existence of DNA services, people do find out they have relatives they never knew about, and this is just one take on how that could play out.

This a fast-paced story that encompasses the awkward phases that many of us went through as teens, just trying to figure out who and what we want to be, while not really knowing where we fit. I love that it includes the circle of friends that often make us who we are and push us to see what they see in us. And it has the happy ending we all wish was guaranteed in real life.

Thank you to Wednesday Books and NetGalley for enabling me to start my reading year off with this gem.

When Leo suggests that he and his friends have their DNA tested, Abby never expects to find out she has a full blooded sister. When she meets Savvy, she realizes their parents knew each other. In an attempt to get to know Savvy better and to find out why she never knew about her, Abby joins Savvy at camp.
When she gets there though, Abby us a camper and Savvy and Leo are staffers. Abby is forced to find her own way and is not too happy with Savvy. Add in that she is secretly in love with Leo who doesn’t seem to return the feelings and Abby is not happy at camp.
Opinion
This is a super cute book that reminds me of the movie The Parent Trap. There are certainly enough elements to make it different than the movie (the girls aren’t twins for starters.) I loved trying to figure out what went on with Savvy being given up for adoption and Abby trying to figure out her life.
The characters were fun and quirky. The plot would make a great summer read for teens (adults too.) There was enough going on that my mind was kept spinning with questions and enthralled with the book.
Many thanks to Net Galley for providing me with an ARC of this book.