4.5 stars for this twitter-centered remake of one of my favorite movies of all time -- "You've Got Mail." I have read other books that made the attempt, but Emma Lord manages to nail it! Those who have not seen the movie multiple times might not realize the little things that perfectly correspond with the Meg Ryan/Tom Hanks romcom. The addition of the dessert mashups had me wishing there were some recipes included, too. Hurray for PepperJack! Clever and captivating. Well done.

A big league thank you to St. Martin's Press and NetGalley for digital ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I received an advanced copy of this book from the publisher, Wednesday Books, and Net Galley in exchange for an honest review. I also want to thank Wednesday Books and St Martin’s Press for inviting me to be a part of this blog tour.

Even though Pepper and Jack don’t like each other, they have a lot in common. They both live in New York City, they both go to the same expensive school, they’re both on water-based athletic teams, they both use the anonymous chat app Weazel, and they’re both secretly running company Twitter pages for their parents. This shortlist of things in common is enough to turn the dislike into friendship, and maybe even something more.

My favourite thing about this book was the different relationships between Pepper and Jack. There’s the relationship they have at school, where Pepper is determined to be at the top of the class, and Jack is determined to be the class clown. There’s their unknown relationship on the Weazel app, where they’re both are lost, somewhat vulnerable, and they don’t know how to live up to their family’s expectations. And there’s the relationship they have with the Twitter war, full of memes, jabs, and snarky comments. I loved watching these three different relationships slowly amalgamate into a genuine friendship and eventually something more.

My second favourite thing about this book was the food and baking. The sandwiches at Girl Cheesing all sound amazing, and the Kitchen Sink Macaroons are something that I need in my life. I’m less impressed with the menu at Big League Burger, but Pepper runs a baking blog with her sister Paige and their creations sound divine, especially Monster Cake. I love books that feature food, and food in this book did not disappoint in the food department

The other thing that I loved about this book is that it showed that perception is often different than reality. Pepper and Jack have both spent most of their life believing things that aren’t true. Throughout the story, both Pepper and Jack realize that these beliefs were incorrect, and it changes things for them. These realizations lead to new friendships, better family relationships, and a romantic relationship between the two of them.

Tweet Cute was my first read of the year, and it was perfectly fluffy. The characters were wonderful, the story was super cute, and it was full of cheesy puns. The story felt original and the pop-culture references weren’t overwhelming. Pepperjack is my first major ship of the year, and I know I’ll be blogging about this book and the characters all year long. I highly recommend it and I can’t wait to see what Emma Lord writes next.

Super cute read. I can’t wait to read more from this author. She was a breathe of fresh air. The characters were funny and the banter was fantastic.

First of all I want to thank St. Martin’s Press & Wednesday Books for giving me the opportunity to read this seriously cute (and damn hunger-inducing) book before its release! I thoroughly enjoyed it.

Even though it was somewhat predictable, it still had plenty of twists and turns that kept me on my toes and reading. And let me tell you, reading about delicious food whilst finally managing to start eating healthy again is pure torture. The amount of times I nearly gave up and went to the shop to get grilled cheese ingredients... ooft. Don't recommend reading it when you want to be good :D

I especially loved all the snarkiness and banter in this novel as that's exactly the kind of person I am as well. Although I'm probably not as nifty with gifs and Twitter wars. And the concept of Twitter having such a big part in a book was pretty refreshing as well. I liked how it didn't only show the good part of it, but the obvious lifechanging aspect of it, too. Once you post something there, it's more than likely that it'll be on the internet forever.

I'm also a sucker for slow burn romances even though they can be really frustrating at times. But a lot of the times the books I read go as quickly as they do because I just need the main characters to realize they are meant to be together. And the mystery the app Weazel adds to it makes it all the better.

Another part I enjoyed was the way Pepper's relationship with her mother was depicted. Our parents (or families in general) sometimes tend to take us for granted and Pepper's mom definitely did that when she expected her to manage the company's Twitter page. School is rough enough without the added pressure like that. That relationship made the book even more interesting as everything didn't always revolve around just Jack and Pepper.

All in all, it was such a sweet and quick read with plenty to take and learn from. Thoroughly recommend it!

If you like a good enemies-to-lovers dynamic, soft-blooming romance, and mouth-watering descriptions of food, then Tweet Cute is the one to pick up.

This book is set in modern-day New York and Emma Lord builds an almost photographic picture of Pepper and Jack’s neighbourhood.

In a book about food, descriptions are key, and the author extends this to every aspect of the novel. We see their school, their homes, Jack’s family bakery and the bus Pepper is scared to ride. Everything is crisp, vibrant, and narrated in great detail, immersing us in the story.

What really sells this book is the main characters, Jack and Pepper. Their personalities are bold and clearly-defined from the first chapter, making it easy to invest in their lives.

In some ways, they couldn’t be more different.

Pepper is motivated, serious, and aces every test at school; Jack is happy-go-lucky and doesn’t take himself too seriously. Pepper sees herself as a leader, whereas Jack likes being part of a team.

But in some ways they’re so similar.

Jack is on the swim team, while Pepper is captain of the dive team. Jack’s family have a deli; Pepper’s family own a corporate burger chain of restaurants. Jack develops apps that Pepper uses.

Their desire to coordinate their pool practice times brings them together and some satisfyingly Slytherin arguments ensue. But after butting heads a few times, they start to enjoy each other’s company, and their move from rivals to friends gives us some of the funniest pieces of dialogue in the novel.

Through their friendship, Emma Lord takes time to develop each character further. Jack has a twin complex, feeling disgruntled that his brother sometimes outshines him while also getting away with doing less chores and fewer hours in their family deli.

Pepper’s wishes her mom and sister could stand being in the same room together and that her mum would rely on her less for social media posts.

We see many facets to these characters and they feel real. Their emotions lift effortlessly out of the page and their family and school problems resonate well with everyone who’s ever argued with a parent or worried about grades.

Sure, not all of us have corporate burger chains to run, but I guess that’s one less worry for the rest of us.

The plot is fun and engaging from start to finish, and the consistent, mid-speed pacing suits this type of slow-build romance. Despite beginning as rivals, food eventually brings Jack and Pepper together and we can’t help but root for them.

The main thing I loved about the plot is the fact that it has many three main layers (almost like a burger???).

Layer one: Jack and Pepper become friends in person when a timetable clash between the swim and dive team brings them together.

Layer two: As they’re getting to know each other in ‘real life’, their rival food companies are starting a Twitter feud. And they don’t know that it’s each other at the helm, hitting send on those tweets.

Layer three: While they’re feuding on Twitter, and becoming pals at school, they’re also flirting and sharing personal thoughts on an app Jack has developed. But the app usernames are anonymous, so they don’t know it’s each other.

Emma Lord overlaps these three layers of their lives seamlessly, making for a highly entertaining read, where we as the reader know far more than the characters. But, we also know that it’s only a matter of time before they find out everything we know.

Tweet Cute is a well-written, fun contemporary, with characters you can’t help but like. The budding romance is enjoyably ‘slow-burn’ and doesn’t feel rushed. Jack and Pepper bond over food and uplift each other, as they grow to understand what makes each other tick.

Jack encourages Pepper to interview for colleges and leave the safe zone of New York she’s been inhabiting, and Pepper helps out at Jack’s deli, reigniting his love of working there. It’s a feel-good story that will warm your heart, while also making you seriously hungry. So grab a copy, grab a bite, and dig in to this sweet book.

This is such a cute book! I enjoyed it thoroughly.

I went in blind thinking that the name of the book sounds interesting. And a couple of chapters in realised that its just not the name which is interesting. This is a smart, cute, entertaining, fast-paced, fun book.

I loved both the protagonists, Pepper and Jack. They were such good characters. I loved the popular culture references, the twitter wars, secret recipes, friendship, sibling rivalry, teenage angst, witty banter as much as I enjoyed all the delicious food talk. This book had it all. It made me smile, feel good and have so much fun.

This is indeed a delightful debut by Emma Lord and I will be looking forward to reading more of her books.

I'm sure others will enjoy this book as much as I did.

Thanks to Netgalley and the publishers for sending me a digital ARC in exchange for an honest interview.

Quality of Writing: 10/10
Pace: 10/10
Plot Development: 10/10
Characters: 8/10
Enjoyability: 9/10
Insightfulness: 10/10
Ease of Reading: 10/10
Overall Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I was supposed to post this review two day’s ago as part of a blog tour, but clearly that didn’t happen, so I’m sorry.
On a better note, this book was fantastic. I loved the names of the restaurant, especially Girl Cheesing. I’d eat there. I also loved the ship name for the two main characters. It was super cute.
I thought the plot was very well paced and thought out. As soon as one thing resolved there was another thing, but it wasn’t annoying. I just thought it was well timed. I thought the characters were complex, except for a few of them, and I thought Lord did a great job of showing how there are two sides to every story.
She also did a great job of showing charter growth and personal insight. I loved how everything kind of came full circle by the end. Oh, and I’m so glad that Lord shows a full understanding of how memes work and “shipping” and Twitter and Tumblr. She got it all right
Emma Lord did a great job with this book, and I’m proud to add this to my YA collection.

Really cute book about two teens and a twitter war for the ages!
I enjoyed seeing them work it out and become friends.

Tweet Cute is an adorable YA rom com debut that I just couldn't put down. The story is told by two high school seniors at a NYC private school who aren't exactly friends. Pepper is a member of the Big League Burger founding family, an up and coming fast food restaurant chain that has found enormous success. Jack''s family owns a local deli. They find themselves in a Twitter war when Jack realizes Big League Burger stole one of their recipes. I just loved this book- it was light, funny, and fresh. This is the kind of book I love to pick up on a lazy afternoon and just revel in it. I can't wait to read more from Emma Lord.

Sometimes I’ll come on here all “I don’t read the blurb and I just dive right in and aren’t I just the greatest, bravest, coolest reader ever?” Ergo, sometimes I get to come on here and say “my dumbass didn’t read the blurb so I had NO IDEA this was YA and it took me such a long time to get into it because it was so freakin YA!”

But. We aren’t blaming the book for my dumbassery. And it ended up being such a fun, sticky sweet, adorable read. So I’m glad I stumbled into it.

I will say, mere months away from 40, that I cannot fathom high school angst. Pepper and Jack were so earnest in their desire to please everyone and figure out their lives. And I’m over here like “our dryer broke last night and I don’t want to buy a new one and it’ll be a week til the new one is delivered and can we survive with no laundry for a week?” It sucks the joy out of wide-eyed wonder. Adulthood really is the worst.

But I was impressed that this little book kept me reading despite the Great Laundry Debacle of 2020 and a kid with a cold and an issue with our renters and a myriad of other super boring grown-up issues.

I wasn’t fully immersed and willing to let it all go. But I was more than happy to set it aside for a few fun-filled, sugary hours where I could happily remember when my most difficult weekend involved intense SAT prep.

Big thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for this ARC.

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📖 BOOK REVIEW⠀📚
BOOK: Tweet Cute
AUTHOR: Emma Lord
@dilemmalord
Stars: ⭐⭐⭐ ⭐ ⭐ (Changed from review video!!!)

This was one of my most anticipated reads for 2020 and it did not disappoint. The characters were wonderfully complex, and there was a community aspect that I loved. Once I started reading, I did not want to put it down. Originally when I did my on the spot review video, I gave it 4 stars, but after thinking about it awhile, I would totally read this book again, which is my 5 star premise.

What I love about the story is that there are no black and white, right and wrong sides of the conflict. It is very grey and there are definitely distinct viewpoints to make this story entertaining. Plus, it made me want baked goods and grilled cheese… FOR DAYS.




Short Synopsis (abbreviate from Goodreads):
Meet Pepper, swim team captain, chronic overachiever, and all-around perfectionist. Her family may be falling apart, but their massive fast-food chain is booming ― mainly thanks to Pepper, who is barely managing to juggle real life while secretly running Big League Burger’s massive Twitter account.
Enter Jack, class clown and constant thorn in Pepper’s side. When he isn’t trying to duck out of his obscenely popular twin’s shadow, he’s busy working in his family’s deli. His relationship with the business that holds his future might be love/hate, but when Big League Burger steals his grandma’s iconic grilled cheese recipe, he’ll do whatever it takes to take them down, one tweet at a time.
All’s fair in love and cheese ― that is, until Pepper and Jack’s spat turns into a viral Twitter war. Little do they know, while they’re publicly duking it out with snarky memes and retweet battles, they’re also falling for each other in real life ― on an anonymous chat app Jack built.

*****
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own. Received from Netgalley.

Tweet Cute is, as the title implies, a "meet cute" YA novel that takes a modern spin on classic love stories. We meet Pepper and Jack (yes, destined to become PepperJack)-two NYC high school seniors who attend a demanding private school chalk full of overachievers. Pepper, chief among the overachievers, is the daughter/heiress of Big League Burger while Jack's parents run a family-owned deli. Most of Pepper's classmates are unaware of Pepper's link to Big League Burger, which, until a few years ago, was a small restaurant in Nashville, Once franchised, Pepper's mom moved both Pepper and her older sister Paige to NYC, where she became the CEO of BLB corporate. Pepper packs AP classes, swim-team captain responsibilities and a baking blog with her sister into her crazy schedule while her mom relies on her to also help run BLB's social media.

Jack, a tech wizard, helps run his family's deli while twin brother Ethan is busy running student council, the diving team and photo-ops with his boyfriend Stephen. Feeling the weight of family responsibilities, Jack's true love is developing apps which ultimately led to the creation of a school-only messaging/social media app where everyone's identity is hidden at first. And, everyone is on it, even the elusive Pepper.

Social media drives much of the story, as a Twitter war between Pepper and Jack's family businesses ignites, with Pepper and Jack at the helm of their respective twitter accounts. Off Twitter, Pepper is chatting with the anonymous Wolf on the school's app that Jack created. While Wolf's identity is predictable, the growing relationship between Pepper and Wolf and Pepper and Jack is charming and delightful.

The Twitter war seemed a little far-fetched in that a CEO of a multimillion dollar burger company would pressure her teenage daughter to manage the company's Twitter account while simultaneously pressuring her to maintain her straight-A average and navigate Ivy-League college interviews. That is where the story felt a little flat to me, along with a timeline perspective that alternated between the present and then jumping into the past after we already knew the outcome from the present perspective.

A very cute, if familiar, story with a modern twist. I think most YA readers will really enjoy.

Thank you to NetGalley, the publisher and author for this ARC in exchange for my honest feedback.

Emma Lord’s Tweet Cute is just as delightful as its title implies. Pepper Evans is drowning under the weight of school work, her swim captain responsibilities, and pressure from her mother to help with Big League Burger’s Twitter account, their once-small family business. Pepper’s only solace has been her correspondence with “Wolf” a classmate she’s been messaging on an anonymous app for students at her prep school. Unbeknownst to anyone, Jack is the creator of said app and is Pepper’s mysterious penpal, a fact that he himself doesn’t even know. When Big League Burger tweets about a new sandwich that’s way too similar to one that’s been on Jack’s family’s deli menu for years, a Twitter war starts between the two company accounts. When Pepper and Jack end up striking up an unlikely friendship in real life, it’s only a matter of time before truth about their online personas comes out.

Pepper is the very definition of an overachiever. She’s spent the last few years of her life trying to fit into this new world her mother brought her to after the company’s franchise expansion. Her father is still back in Nashville, running the first Big League Burger. Her home life hasn’t been the best; though her parents had an amicable divorce, her older sister, who is off at college, has a rocky relationship with their mom. Pepper has always played peacemaker between the two and as a result hasn’t been able to stand up to her mother herself because she is afraid of ruining their relationship. She’s never developed any lasting relationships in this new place because she’s always felt out of place and fitting in in a superficial kind of way felt easier than finding out where she actually belonged.

Jack has always been the guy who goofs around too much, the guy who doesn’t have a lot of ambition. The truth is he’s been living in his twin’s shadow for so long, it’s always seemed easier to embrace the narrative than counteract it. Even his parents seem to believe that Ethan is meant for bigger and better things. On the other hand, Jack is already stuck behind the family’s deli counter, making him the perfect person to stay behind and take over when the time comes. Jack’s been keeping his passion for app development a secret because why reveal this side of himself when everyone has already made up their minds about who he is? One of the bright spots in his life is his relationship with his grandma, who started Girl Cheesing. She is one of the only people he can really open up to and one that sees him for who he is and not just a less impressive version of his twin.

I love how organic Jack and Pepper’s friendship developed in this one. They are very different people and at first glance, you can’t see how the two would work but they do. Jack breaks through that very small bubble Pepper has made for herself and Pepper is one of the few people that not only sees Jack for who he is, but sees through all the things he’s pretending to be. The storyline, while familiar, never felt like it was too predictable. I expected to get to know both characters more through their online interactions, but was happy to see that the novel focused more on how their relationship developed in real life. I love when contemporaries give us multiple POVs and even more when it’s well done. Tweet Cute‘s dual POV is well-done. The author does a wonderful job of dividing chapters and giving both characters their own worlds and hang ups that it didn’t feel like it was more Pepper or Jack’s story. They each had their own journeys that just happened to converge. Both perspectives and characters were equally engaging and I loved that both had their own lessons to learn apart from each other.

Emma Lord’s Tweet Cute is an adorable, sweet, satisfying contemporary with characters with undeniable likeability and chemistry.

I have so many things to say about this boooooook! I’m obsessed. I was immediately hooked. So hooked that I stayed up until 5:30 AM to freaking finish it. I just couldn’t help myself. I fell in love with these two characters and didn’t have the willpower to put the book down until I knew how their story panned out.

The Amazing
This book has one of my most favorite very specific book (tropes? plot points?) which is when two characters are speaking to each other over a period of time, not knowing who the other is. Whether it be secret pen pals, anonymous emailing, or, in this case, an app who lets our characters Jack and Pepper chat anonymously with people from their school. Once I found out that was the foundation for this book I. Was. Sold.

On top of that, this is also an enemies to lovers plot. Hellllooo??? It’s near perfect! The tension between Pepper and Jack in the beginning of the book is so delicious I was creepily grinning ear to ear reading their back and forth banter. I may have inwardly (an outwardly) squealed a couple times while reading this book. I am not ashamed.

I think this book is the perfect mix of funny banter, swoony romantic tension, and serious moments. I don’t know how Emma Lord fit so much into one book and still made it an exceptionally enjoyable and fast read. I *cried* at least two times while reading this???? (I’ll be honest, my emotions may have been high due to the sleep deprivation, but the tears still happened so I’m counting it) I feel like I haven’t ridden such an intense emotional roller coaster in a book for a long long time. There are laugh-out-loud jokes and twitter memes aplenty, somehow spliced perfectly with more serious topics i.e. family issues, life after high school panic.

A Must-Read if you’re into:
- enemies to lovers
- NYC teen livin’
- twitter drama (lol)
- experimental baking
- secret pen pals

Abandoned at 12%. Witty YA is a love of mine, but I could not get interested in this one. The witty tweets just didn't seem witty to me at all, and the characters weren't likable.

Quick somebody at Netflix, make this a movie!! This is so amazingly cute. This is a #YA romance that I fell in love with as soon as I started reading. Two high school kids attending a competitive private school in NYC are the focus of this story. Their lives intersect in multiple ways and I got such a kick out of seeing their different levels of interaction. Classmates, chatting over an anonymous app that they do not realize who the other person is, a hilarious twitter war between their family owned companies... This is lighthearted escapism at its best. If you are looking for a feel good read I recommend this highly. ☺️ My only disappointment is that I would have liked to have had a scene where we read the parents hashing out their own sh@!. However I’m not too disappointed as this is a #yabook so the parents relationships are not the primary focus. They more hover on the periphery. 🤷🏼‍♀️

This is the cutest, most heartwarming book I've read in a long time. I had a big, stupid smile plastered on my face for the entirety of the book.

Tweet Cute is about two teens, Pepper and Jack, who both manage the Twitter accounts of their families's respective restaurants. The two are aquantainces at their elite prep school and don't really interact with each other until their family businesses force them together. After Pepper's family restaurant turned corporation, Big League Burger (comparable to Burger King), seemingly steals a recipe from Jack's family's small diner, the two teens start a Twitter war. Soon the Twitter war between the two companies turns into flirty banter as Jack and Pepper grow closer and closer in real life and the line between the internet and reality becomes blurry.

Oh my goodness was this book adorable and so authentic. Nothing about this book felt forced, not even the Twitter war or the pop culture references. I truly felt like Emma Lord understands what it feels like to be a teen in the late 2010s. Pepper and Jack deal with a lot of pressure from their parents and the education system, and I think Lord handled it really well. The pop culture references and web stuff was also handled really well; I never once felt like Lord was trying to be "hip" by using references she didn't understand.

I also loved how soft the relationship is in the book. Pepper and Jack aren't overly dramatic, and my heart would melt the more they fell for each other. It was so cute!! I was smiling and giggling like an idiot. I fell in love with this book and how cute it was.

If I had one complaint, it would be that the side characters fizzled out near the end. The relationship between Jack and Pepper took full stage as the story went on, leaving other characters out of the story. I would have liked to see more of the family members in particular, but I still loved this book. This tiny complaint did nothing to deter me from giving the book 5 stars.

Go read this book if you love cute contemporary romances!

Thank you NetGalley and St. Martin's press for providing me with an e-ARC in exchange for an honest review

A public Twitter war, big business vs. small, a private on-line friendship, and coming of age made for a sparkling, heartfelt teenage rom com that I was delighted to delve into.
Review

Tweet Cute begins by introducing zealous Pepper who is in a frenzy to be at the top of her game at the uptown private school she attends, perform a balancing act to keep her broken family connected by the slender ties that is her, and meeting up to her mom’s expectation to help with her business’ social media accounts. Pepper’s moment of sanity is the Weazel app where she has an online friend who really gets her. That friendship becomes more crucial as a Twitter war takes off when a small mom and pop deli claims her mom’s franchise boosted their original grilled cheese sandwich recipe. When she finally meets ‘Wolf’ in real life will he live up to her hopes?

Jack is the school’s goof off. It’s self defense to yuck it up and pretend not to care because his identical twin has already cornered the market on president of the class, cool-crowd king, and most popular. People only get excited about him when they mistake him for his twin. No one knows he came up with the Weazel app and only one person at school ever really sees Jack instead of just his brother’s twin except Pepper Evans- this is why he likes to tweak her tail and make her pay attention again. He started a Twitter war that has blown up their family deli’s following and now he can only ride out this wave as well as what is to come when Pepper learns who Wolf is.

I adored the “You’ve Got Mail’ movie and I was tickled to see the similarities even the fun gender swap of Jack representing the small business and Pepper the larger though she is also from humbler roots and remembers the struggles of her family-owned mom and pop. It dives into their stories swiftly in a dual narration which I was glad to have so I could get to know them both and their perspectives. It sometimes goes alternate chapter, but will also stick with one for a time to finish a thought before swapping back which I thought was much easier to keep my focus. It kept moving and read easily and quickly.

There are real life issues from teen struggles, family splits, finding one’s self, and more going on, but it is all surrounded by heartwarming and many times hilarious scenes. Both teens have wry humor and I felt my age a few times with the fresh and up to the minute thinking and dialogue of this story set against the modern teen life and school scene. I found some of it a bit unreal particularly the mom and the big burger corporation dependent on snarky Pepper to save the day on Twitter and even the mom’s expectations and actions, but it was only a minor distraction.

Pepper and Jack (and oh my was I thinking Pepperjack cheese the whole time with the whole grilled cheese sandwich war) had great chemistry as hostile acquaintances in real life and adorable friendly first romance in Weazel. They’re both engaging and I enjoyed that they had a lot in common where it counted and saw importance in the same things.

The surrounding circle of family and school group played their roles and I liked seeing Pepper and Jack interact with all in their circle of relationships. There were conflicts and the big reveal to keep up the tension, but it was relatively low-angst and had a sweet, heartwarming quality that made it easy to read.

All in all, I enjoyed this one and hope the author has more coming really soon. YA Contemporary isn’t my go-to genre, but I thought this one was abso-fab and can recommend it to mid teens on up to teens at heart.

My thanks to St. Martin’s Press for providing the eARC to read in exchange of an honest review.

If you liked Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston, then you MUST read Tweet Cute by Emma Lord. What a DEBUT NOVEL! ♥♥♥♥♥ A modern, funny, charming take on You've Got Mail..

› Pepper is smart, the swim team captain and perfectionist. She grew up in Nashville with her parents and older sister, Paige until her parent's burger restaurant became a chain, her parents divorced, and she moved to Manhattan with her mom and Paige. Her parents are amicably divorced, her mom is launching Big League Burger internationally, Paige is at UPENN, and has a non-existent relationship with their mother. Pepper and Paige run a Baking Blog together, which acts as a great way for them to have a close sister relationship. Pepper is struggling to balance her school work with the rest of her responsibilities and often gives in to her mother's requests due to the rocky relationship her mom has with Paige. So when their mom asks Pepper to take over the Twitter for Big League Burger (BLB), she gives in even though she knows her plate is already over-flowing.

› Pepper loves to swim and it helps her de-stress, along with chatting on the school APP called Weazel. No one knows who created the APP. Every student is given a random username, giving the kids the ability to chat with others anonymously. Pepper loves to chat with one person in particular - Wolf.

› Jack is one of Pepper's school colleagues who loves to drive her crazy. They don't like each other at all and have no idea that JACK IS WOLF (this is not a spoiler, you learn this pretty quickly). Jack's family expects him to take over the family deli business and he hasn't had the courage to tell them that what he really wants to do is get involved in coding and APP development. OH...Did I mention Jack/Wolf is the secret-creator of Weazel? Ya...no one has any idea how good Jack is at APP development, not even his twin brother, Ethan.

› Ethan is gay, student council president, dive team captain. Jack feels like Ethan is his parents favourite.

› A Twitter war erupts between BLB and Jack's family Deli after BLB tweets about a new grilled cheese recipe - Grandma's Special. It's the SAME "Grandma's Special" recipe which the Deli has been selling for decades. Jack takes over the Deli Twitter and begins a witty battle with BLB Twitter. Jack and Pepper have no idea that they are the ones behind the Twitter battle.

› I love how the story is told from Pepper and Jack's perspective. Every time one sends a tweet then they see each other in school having conversations not knowing that they are the ones behind the twitter war AND that JACK is WOLF! OMG I couldn't get enough of it.

› There is some swearing and kissing, but Tweet Cute is appropriate for teens. I wouldn't have a problem with my twelve-year-old reading it.

"But sometimes even shouting into a void feels better than just staring into it."


› Final Thoughts
• Tweet Cute was the perfect First Read for 2020. I can't wait to buy a copy and read it again! This is a modern, CUTE, funny Rom-Com with fantastic characters, interesting family dynamics, delicious food, and healthy relationships. BIG thanks to Meghan at St. Martin's Press/Wednesday Books for the complimentary digital ARC. Highly recommend!

Thank you to Netgalley and publisher for the complimentary copy in exchange for my honest review.

*Quotes taken from an ARC copy and subject to change*

This is a really cute YA romcom set in New York, very much rooted in the modern world, in which Twitter, Instagram and other apps seem to have taken over our lives. It was definitely a fun read and I enjoyed it for sure.

I liked both Pepper and Jack as characters and we get both perspectives throughout. The pacing was good and the food aspect was mouth watering at times! Of course it was predictable, but in this kind of story I really do not mind that.

Did I absolutely love it? Maybe not quite, but there was nothing I particularly disliked about it either. It was just a tad too fluffy for me, but I should have known that going in. This is the kind of novel you can simply curl up with and enjoy without having to think too much, and we all need those kind of books in our lives!

I would definitely recommend this to anyone who loves a cute romance with likeable characters.