Lord’s inconsistent characterization gives readers a slippery view of her protagonist, causing them to alter their mental image of Abby Day with every new page. Her inner monologue veers from child-like descriptions of dogs and food in one sentence to profanity in the next. Abby Day is simply clueless about how to handle her emotions, flitting from one toxic coping mechanism to the next until readers become dizzy. The novel’s protagonist, however, is far from the mature, reflective character I expected she would be. Lord delicately paints a portrait of grief as Abby grapples both with the death of her grandfather, Poppy, and with the fear that she is fundamentally not good enough (and what Emory student, after receiving anything below an A, cannot relate?). Yet Lord’s novel also feels like the literary equivalent of the saccharine Starbucks drinks that its target teenage audience consumes - it provides sweetness along with the sinking suspicion that it’s too sugary to be good for you.Ĭertain aspects of “You Have A Match” contain surprising shades of depth for a young adult novel.
“You Have A Match” contains all the perfect ingredients for a fluffy YA novel: a whirlwind of family drama, an awkward, unrequited crush and a convenient existential crisis.
In the aftermath of this revelation, Abby must find new ways to relate to her parents, her new “#Fitstagrammer” sister and her best-friend-turned-crush, Leo. When Abby discovers that she has an older sister named Savannah, the curated truths she has built her life on collapse like a flimsy house of cards. 12, chronicles one summer in the life of 16-year-old Abby Day, a reckless adventurer who always has her camera around her neck and her heart on her sleeve. Such is the plot of “You Have A Match,” Emma Lord’s newest contemporary young adult (YA) novel following the success of 2020’s “Tweet Cute.” The novel, published on Jan. Hiding evidence about your daughter from your other children for 17 years is definitely one of them. Some family secrets aren’t meant to be kept.
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