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3.64 AVERAGE
3.64 AVERAGE
This book feels like a modern, teenage take on the parent trap, with a little bit of a love story sprinkled. It was cute.
This was a fun, entertaining read. There are a few storylines interwoven, and it definitely kept my interest. Thanks to NetGalley for the copy.
Cute read about a DNA test surprise, summer camp adventures, and discovering new relationships. What I loved? The characters - so sweet and well developed. I would definitely read about these characters again. Loved the camp stories and a lot of the relationship stuff. What I didn’t love? The parts of the books with the parents were just too hard to believe and took me out of the story — not the past events as much as the present. I felt like Abby would have been angrier. They would have been more “in charge” of decisions. But overall a cute read.
4.5 stars! It was a really cute story and I loved the progression of characters and their whole friend group :)
From Tweet Cute author Emma Lord comes You Have A Match.
This coming of age novel follows Abby as signs up for DNA service at the prompting of her best friend and secret crush Leo. She is not prepared to find out that she has an older sister that her parents gave up for adopting and never told her about. In an effort to get to know her older sister without her parents knowing, Abby signs up for an SAT prep camp where her sister is a junior counselor. However, she doesn’t know that Leo will be a chef there until she runs into him on the ferry.
While at camp, Abby learns about who she is while trying to unravel her feelings for Leo and the mystery of why her parents gave her sister up for adoption.
I found You Have a Match to be less of your average cute young adult romance and more of a deeper figuring out who you are and what you want to do with your life. It was quite enjoyable watching Abby stumble through her relationships while finally doing what she loves. Emma Lord did a great job showcasing Abby’s relationship with all the people in her life. And have some tissues nearby because it will make you cry and also make you laugh out loud.
This coming of age novel follows Abby as signs up for DNA service at the prompting of her best friend and secret crush Leo. She is not prepared to find out that she has an older sister that her parents gave up for adopting and never told her about. In an effort to get to know her older sister without her parents knowing, Abby signs up for an SAT prep camp where her sister is a junior counselor. However, she doesn’t know that Leo will be a chef there until she runs into him on the ferry.
While at camp, Abby learns about who she is while trying to unravel her feelings for Leo and the mystery of why her parents gave her sister up for adoption.
I found You Have a Match to be less of your average cute young adult romance and more of a deeper figuring out who you are and what you want to do with your life. It was quite enjoyable watching Abby stumble through her relationships while finally doing what she loves. Emma Lord did a great job showcasing Abby’s relationship with all the people in her life. And have some tissues nearby because it will make you cry and also make you laugh out loud.
This one took me a while, but not because of the book. Just because of life. It was a super solid, super cute, YA book. I loved the storyline and Abby is a doll.
3.5
Overall, this was cute. But I did have a problem with the main character-sometimes the things she’d think or do would just bother me so much. I couldn’t really relate to her (thinking back to my teen years).
This book felt more of a family type than teen YA contemporary romance, which is fine, but I’m a sucker for the love story being the main plot and it wasn’t; it was secondary.
I also felt the teen characters did not take the parent plot reveal as seriously as I would have. If I was Savvy, I would have FLIPPED that these two people who call themselves my parents took me from a family that actually wanted me. I feel like legally, something more could have been done here, but I don’t know, I’m not a lawyer.
I did love the ending though. Super cute HEA for everyone, which is my kind of ending.
Overall, this was cute. But I did have a problem with the main character-sometimes the things she’d think or do would just bother me so much. I couldn’t really relate to her (thinking back to my teen years).
This book felt more of a family type than teen YA contemporary romance, which is fine, but I’m a sucker for the love story being the main plot and it wasn’t; it was secondary.
I also felt the teen characters did not take the parent plot reveal as seriously as I would have. If I was Savvy, I would have FLIPPED that these two people who call themselves my parents took me from a family that actually wanted me. I feel like legally, something more could have been done here, but I don’t know, I’m not a lawyer.
I did love the ending though. Super cute HEA for everyone, which is my kind of ending.
I appreciated the concept for the plot but the pacing felt so off and I kept needing to remind myself that the characters were high school juniors/seniors because they acted 12.
I was gifted an ebook via Netgalley. I voluntarily read and reviewed it. All thoughts are my own.
I absolutely adored Tweet Cute and had to read Emma's next book. After receiving an ARC, I kept adding it to my TBRs and not getting around to it. I started it in 2021 at some point and then set it down. I was determined to make this the last month it was on a TBR. I was intrigued by the premise of group of friends doing a DNA test in solidarity of their friend who was adopted and one of the others finds out she has a full-blooded sister who lives close to her that she never knew about.
Emma Lord does characters fantastically. They feel like real people with real feelings and reactions. Although Abby isn't my favorite character of all-time, she felt authentic and I understood her motivations for her actions. I like that there was a budding romance but this was also a story about sisterhood too. I think all the subject matters were tackled beautifully and really weaved a rich story with fleshed out characters who I really connected with and cared about. It feels like real life and I think that really sets Emma apart from other YA authors. Even though the circumstances may be a bit outlandish, they really don't feel that way.
I absolutely adored Tweet Cute and had to read Emma's next book. After receiving an ARC, I kept adding it to my TBRs and not getting around to it. I started it in 2021 at some point and then set it down. I was determined to make this the last month it was on a TBR. I was intrigued by the premise of group of friends doing a DNA test in solidarity of their friend who was adopted and one of the others finds out she has a full-blooded sister who lives close to her that she never knew about.
Emma Lord does characters fantastically. They feel like real people with real feelings and reactions. Although Abby isn't my favorite character of all-time, she felt authentic and I understood her motivations for her actions. I like that there was a budding romance but this was also a story about sisterhood too. I think all the subject matters were tackled beautifully and really weaved a rich story with fleshed out characters who I really connected with and cared about. It feels like real life and I think that really sets Emma apart from other YA authors. Even though the circumstances may be a bit outlandish, they really don't feel that way.