Book Review: ‘The Code For Love And Heartbreak: A Novel’ By Jillian Cantor

Senior year at high school can be a trying time. For Emma it means the final year of coding club, where she is co-president with George, whose brother John is dating Emma’s sister Izzy, who are both at college. Emma has no time for dating and guys. She wants to get into Stanford and is concentrating on her grades and activities.

This year coding club wants to win the regional competition, they came in third last year. Emma comes up with a dating app that matches students at her school based on compatibility matches. Everyone fills out a form and the app matches people. It’s a big success and even some of the coding club find matches. Emma refuses to do it.

When a few people break up, Emma is worried that the app is useless. George who secretly has feelings for Emma tells her it is still a success. Emma soon loses her cool with her fellow coding club members and has to backtrack with them. Will she realize that George might be the one for her after all?

A solid young adult rom-com featuring high-school love and heartbreak. The reader roots for Emma as she tries to change who she is and has to come to certain revelations about herself.

You can pic up The Code For Love And Heartbreak in stores on Tuesday, October 8th from Inkyard Press.