I love Emma Lord's debut and was very eager for You Have A Match. While this book was a lot more family-centric and less romance-centric, I still enjoyed every word of it. The book beautifully explores the meaning of family, friendship, and love. It helped that the wide cast of characters is compelling and manages to shine through, both primary and secondary. Of course, as a sucker for romance, I was also all over the adorable friends-to-lovers romance here. Emma Lord is at the top of my favorite YA authors and I look forward to reading her future works.

This book was so much fun. It packed a lot into it! It starts when Abby agrees to do a DNA test with her friend but finds out surprising news about herself. The author packs in family, friends, love story and camping and it makes for a enjoyable YA novel. I loved Tweet Cute and this novel was just as good.

This was a good YA novel that I would definitely recommend trying!

I received an e-ARC from the publisher.

I absolutely loved this book. Abby and Savvy's story was fun, sweet and made me nostalgic for The Parent Trap. Emma Lord is a really fantastic author--she draws you into the story, makes you feel for the characters as if they close friends. I loved the camp setting, especially since it reminded me of my favorite memories at Sleep Away Camp, with the adventures I had and the friends I made.

I was not the biggest fan of this, but I think it is because I am definitely growing out of the young adult genre. I am more of a romance reader now.

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ARC provided via the publisher and NetGalley for review purposes. All opinions are my own and the review reflects my honest experience and opinions of the book.

Rating: ✩✩.5
Audience: Young Adult
Length: 320 Pages
Author: Emma Lord
Publisher: Wednesday Books
Release Date: January 12, 2021
If you like this try: Meet Cute by Emma Lord

Synopsis: When Abby signs up for a DNA service, it’s mainly to give her friend and secret love interest, Leo, a nudge. After all, she knows who she is already: Avid photographer. Injury-prone tree climber. Best friend to Leo and Connie … although ever since the B.E.I. (Big Embarrassing Incident) with Leo, things have been awkward on that front.
But she didn’t know she’s a younger sister.
When the DNA service reveals Abby has a secret sister, shimmery-haired Instagram star Savannah Tully, it’s hard to believe they’re from the same planet, never mind the same parents—especially considering Savannah, queen of green smoothies, is only a year and a half older than Abby herself.
The logical course of action? Meet up at summer camp (obviously) and figure out why Abby’s parents gave Savvy up for adoption. But there are complications: Savvy is a rigid rule-follower and total narc. Leo is the camp’s co-chef, putting Abby's growing feelings for him on blast. And her parents have a secret that threatens to unravel everything.
But part of life is showing up, leaning in, and learning to fit all your awkward pieces together. Because sometimes, the hardest things can also be the best ones.

Things I liked: I really enjoyed the family dynamics that existed within this. Two biological sisters who grew up separate from one another, that are seemingly so different over time learning more about one another and how they are similar. I also really enjoyed the camp setting, reminding me of the Parent Trap inspired side of this story. The Parent Trap bits were rather fun.

Things I disliked: I can't claim this was a YA romance, which is what it appears to be. This book has a brief mention of romance but the story was incredibly casual. It didn't ever feel super complex or compelling in terms of its plot. The "love triangle" that wasn't really a love triangle was a bit unnecessary.

My Review: I think this book was fine. I almost rated it a 3 star but didn't feel compelled. This book wasn't bad by any means but it didn't entertain me enough or compel me to rate it higher than the 2.5 star. I think there's some people out there who may love this and really connect with the characters and plot line, I'm just not one of those.

Would I Recommend It?: Conditionally. (See above)

This book was so much fun and the perfect summer read. Tweet Cute was also fun, but I enjoyed this one even more. A mix of The Babysitters Club and The Parent Trap, the camp setting made for a cozy and quick read. This explores themes of family, sisterhood, and love, and will be very relatable to today's internet-savvy teens, and adults alike! Plus, the Pacific Northwest makes for nice armchair travel during these days where getting outside of your house can feel impossible.

My favorite thing about this YA contemporary is that it is all about found families. Yes, there is romance, but this novel focuses more on identity and bonds between family and friends. It was a really sweet story and it got me emotional at times. That being said, I wasn’t a major fan of the MC; she got herself into problematic situations for absolutely no reason other than furthering the plot. I was more drawn to other characters in the story and would have loved to read from their perspectives. Since I enjoyed this novel, I’m giving it 3/5 stars!

I was extremely excited for this book as I follow the author on social media and she is an absolute delight and this was a book about sisters, secrets, summer camp, crushes, and had wlw. What’s not to love?

Unfortunately, I found nothing to love about this book. I liked parts of it, certainly, hence the 3 star rating, but I didn’t love anything, which was the problem. Three stars is not a bad rating, not in my view anyway, but it’s a very hard one to write a review for and is the reason why it’s taken me so long to write one. In trying to write this review, I’m finding it hard to remember what happened in this book at all, let alone what I liked about it, which tells you something. I remember finding the characters...fine. I remember liking the setting...fine. I remember finding the plot...mostly fine? Except for the reason for giving Savvy for adoption, which I found to be a bit odd and unbelievable. I didn’t really enjoy the relationship between Abby and Savvy at all, despite this being a novel about sisters and sisterhood, which was a big letdown. However, it was a fine enough read and way quick and easy to get through. I read it in about a day which shows you that Emma Lord has a way of writing a story that makes you keep reading. Overall, I think this was a perfectly fine book and I liked it, for the most part, there was nothing wrong with it, I just personally didn’t love it. That doesn’t mean I’m not still very excited to read the author’s debut, Meet Cute, though! And I’m still interested in future books from this author! This just wasn’t the one for me.

This heart-warming story really had me wishing for an adventure. The way this author portrayed the relationships in this book really spoke to me. The whole premise was interesting and with every page I was dying to know more of what's going to happen. This was for sure an enjoyable read and it took me no time to warm-up to the characters, because they felt so real. The whole complexity of the decisions made before the events of this book really got me thinking and I love when a book does that. All in all, a really cute and enjoyable contemporary!

Really enjoyed Tweet Cute and was so looking forward to this sophomore special. It was great! I loved the Parent Trap feel and immediately wanted to go to summer camp. A great mix of heart and struggle throughout. Loved Abby and Savvy and how they navigated this new information together.

This book is about what you would expect. It’s well written, pretty adorable, and just plain fun to read.
In this story, Abby and a few of her friends decide to sign up for a DNA service mostly for the fun of it. One of her best friends, and the boy who secretly holds her heart, is adopted so they are helping to give him a little support in getting him to send in his sample.
Abby knows exactly who she is so she’s really not expecting anything at all. She’s the accident prone photography buff daughter of Connie and Leo. So, when she gets an email that says, “Hi, I think I’m your sister” she’s thrown for a real loop.
It’s revealed that a star of instagram, the beautiful and graceful Savannah Tully is her older sister. The two decide to concoct a plan where they can meet up for a time and get to know each other.
I’ll leave it there so I don’t ruin the whole book but a lot happens and it’s really a very sweet story. It’s got quirky bits, parts that are definitely that “Hollywood” style that’s a bit over the top but it’s also done perfectly so it’s comical in the right way. It wouldn’t happen unless the very oddest of coincidences really were just lined up at either the perfect or the most imperfect of times but it so totally works in this book in the very best of ways. You just need to read it to see. It’s just very good.
This is a terrific book and I definitely recommend it.

Thank you so much to Netgalley, the author, the publisher, and anyone else I may have forgotten for the E-book copy for review. I really appreciate it!

I got major Parent Trap vibes from this one. It is a definite fun good read. Nothing super long to read - actually perfect size read for the content.

This was a really sweet read that gave off major Parent Trap vibe. Highly recommend for fans of feel good YA books. More of a 3.5 for me but rounding up because the story did make me happy.

This book was fun!
A Parent Trap-ish type of story with drama galore.

Though I didn't love this book the same way I loved Tweet Cute, I still had a great time.

I drama, the love, the family, the photography!

Even if it wasn't as good her debut novel, I still recommend giving it a shot!

I thought this was a great read. The characters were really engaging and played a lot on the found family vs. natural family quite well. My only struggle was Abby's internal monologue was always on a frantic or anxious level. It was exhausting to constantly be in her head after a while

I was really looking forward to trying You Have A Match, I love summer camp set stories and thought this one sounded good. Unfortunately I couldn't get into the story as much as I hoped. I will try again when I am in more of a young adult mood. DNF for now.

This was a quick cute read. I didn’t like it as much as her first book, but it was fine. I did like the characters. The romance had that trope that if they had just had a conversation, a lot of the conflict would be resolved. I don’t love that. But overall it was good, but not super memorable for me.

As much as I wanted to enjoy this book, I didn’t I really didn’t like the writing. I take thought I would shoot this one as I loved Tweet Cute.

"If you learn to capture a feeling, it’ll always be louder than words."

While Tweet Cute had a Twitter war and restaurant rivalry, the story was focused on the two MCs/love interests, told from their dual perspectives. You Have A Match is the opposite of that.

Told solely from Abby's POV, this story is about two sisters finding out they're sisters and unravelling the mystery of their parents' broken relationship (or so they suspect). There's definitely a friends-to-more storyline, but that's very secondary to all the other drama going on (which is fair. I mean, this teenage girl just found out she has a full-blooded sister she didn't know about, the boy can wait).

Communication (or the lack thereof) is a HUGE part of this story - if mix-ups and broken telephones of sorts isn't your thing, this book will have you pulling out you hair. Abby is as passive as you can get - she doesn't stand up for herself, her dreams, and sometimes even what she believes in and it's frustrating to see, but understandable in the whole she's a teenager who doesn't want to ruin relationships and burden people kind of way. This results is a lot of issues, passive-aggressive pranks (which were actually a lot of fun to read about), arguments, and misunderstandings, which all lead into later discourse, but is very intense and sometimes hard to read in the moment.

I adored the characters and their stories - for the most part, we actually got to know every important character really well - their history, their present, and their dreams for the future and I loved that Emma Lord took the time to give us realistic and relatable teen characters and a wonderful found family (in more ways than one!).

Lastly, I have to mention the social media element - Instagram. I loved the role it played in connecting people, in sharing passions and dreams, and showing the weight it sometimes has on people to be on all the time.

As a whole, I loved this book and Emma Lord is quickly becoming and auto-buy author for me!

Plot: 4/5
Characters: 5/5
World Building: 4/5
Writing: 4.5/5
Pacing: 4/5
Overall: 4.5/5

eARC gifted by Wednesday Books and St. Martin's Press via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.