Thank you so much @NetGalley and @WednesdayBooks for giving me this Advance Reader Copy (ARC) in exchange for my honest and unbiased review. (Release Date | 21 January 2020)

SYNOPSIS | Based in NYC, Pepper's family business (Big League Burger) is taking off and she is helping to run the corporate Twitter account whilst also being the captain of the swim team & an academic overachiever. Big League Burger gets into a viral Twitter war with a smaller local family deli over an iconic grilled cheese sandwich recipe, but what Pepper doesn't realise is that the deli is owned and run by her fellow classmates family (Jack).

MY THOUGHTS | I loved the snark & wit between Pepper & Jack which made this felt like a modern day romance and I was all for it. I especially loved how this touches on academic pressure, the expectation to follow the "right" path and familial expectations. I gorged this entire book in one day as I was flying to Texas to pick up my stepdaughter for the Christmas vacation.

This book stole my heart. It is a cute, cheesy YA romance. It was light-hearted, relatable, and so much fun. I read the book in basically two days because once I got into it, I didn't want to put it down. 

The writing is very fast-paced, which is something I need for a contemporary novel. It was also very witty 

Let's talk about the characters- Pepper was so relatable to me it was honestly a bit scary. She is extremely ambitious and is at the top of her class at school, but she doesn't really fit in much with the other kids. She has a bit of an existential crisis throughout the book which is something I could relate to (and I'm sure most people can).

Jack was also so adorable and I really liked reading his chapters. I could see a lot of myself in his personality: he is extremely caring for his friends and family, hardworking, responsible, and just an overall good person. 

The two of them together? Swoonworthy. It was an enemies-to-friends-to-lovers situation and I was all here for it. 

I also really liked the premise/plot of this as a whole. As someone who spends a lot (and I mean A LOT) of time on Twitter myself, I was able to understand all of the references and I felt more connected to the story because of it.

Overall, this is a book I know I'm going to be recommending to people for years to come. I highly urge you to go pick it up next week when it comes out!

I have received this ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

It was cute but I was looking for more than cute.

Tweet Cute featured two kids, Pepper and Jack (no not the cheese but it did make me laugh when I said it to myself), that have an all out twitter battle. At first, I wasn't a big fan because not a lot was happening. Yeah, it is what it is. Two kids on twitter battling it out against one another. Doesn't really seem like my cup of tea because it's a twitter battle and I'm barely even on that app.

Plus, why are kids in charge of company accounts? I get that it's the family business but still it made zero sense to me. Of course when Pepper and Jack take a breather and stop the tweeting.. it doesn't mean that the war has. Nope, it just gets weird because its her mom vs his brother.

The only thing that saved this for me was Pepper and Jack's friendship outside of Twitter. They had the Weazel app and ya know - actually talking in person. They made this book a lot better than the whole twitter drama. Other than that, it was a quick read with a cute ending.

Wow. I’ve just finished my first 2020 release and it did not disappoint. This book will make you laugh and probably make you hungry so have snacks readily available. Definitely will preorder this one. I look forward to anything that Emma Lord releases in the near future! I ship PepperJack!

I absolutely adored this book.
Narrating the tale of two teenagers caught in the online war of words and memes, Tweet Cute kept me entirely hooked and engaged with it's unique and fresh plotline. Both the MCs have a quirky and distinct voice of their own and that makes the read even more exciting.
I won't delve deeper into the story because that is for the readers to read and enjoy. But what I enjoyed the most was how creative the author was with - well, everything.
First, all the food items. Damn this book made me so hungry. She so brilliantly crafted some amazing new desserts to try it out mention of sandwiches and everything just made my stomach grumble. I definitely need a piece of that monster cake omg.
Second, the brilliant sarcastic tweets that she came up with. My god, what a clever and creative brain that would require. All the tweets between our MCs were so funny and thoughtful. I loved the memes that accompanied too.
Next, the array of sweet moments as well as the fun ones just made reading even more interesting. I loved the moments between the two, the moments of romance as well as friendship. The author also weaved a very important plot of familial relationships and how important they are. It was beautiful.
I went into this book having no apparent idea of what the story actually was about. All I'll tell you is that it is You've Got Mail but YA and so much more. 10/10 recommend. Just don't forgot to keep cupcakes or snacks handy!

Thanks to Netgalley for providing me with an e-arc of this book. All views expressed are totally mine.

First, thanks to NetGalley for this e-ARC!

You should know I love love LOVE "You've Got Mail" and this book is basically a 2020 YGM with teenagers, grilled cheese sandwiches, and Twitter. And I'm here for it all. I am so excited for this to come out in January so everyone can OMGeeeeee with me about how effing cute it was.

[DNF at 35%]

I really tried to enjoy this book, but I just could not get into the characters and it was hard to get interested in it enough to read for more than a few minutes. I just don't care for the characters and the tweeting and food business aspect was just eh for me. I can totally see how others devoured this book, but I just don't see the point in dragging myself through it, feeling guilty when I realize how many books I've read and enjoyed since starting this alongside the tiny progress I've made on it.

I still recommend this book for those who love the tweeting style and the kind of anon. msg romance, but it was not for me.

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for providing this ARC.

Tweet Cute, at its core, is incredibly charming and well-written. It’s the first YA novel I read this year that actually felt YA, which means that I – a 30-year-old millennial who doesn’t use Twitter or most social media – felt a little too senior for the subject matter. However, the teens in this book were insightful and realistic, and therefore interesting to read. Even the side characters had a lot of depth to them. There was a lot of great banter, but the myriad of meme and pop culture references strewn throughout the story, while fun, may age poorly, though. Overall, Tweet Cute was a quick read that I think teens will definitely enjoy and be able to relate to. Also, be sure to have snacks nearby, because you’re guaranteed to be hungry after all the delicious descriptions of food!

Some things that didn’t work for me:

Formatting issues were very noticeable, though this isn’t the finalized edition. Texts, Twitter posts, and app chat logs were crammed in between expository paragraphs without consistent italics and made the story look jumbled and messy.

In the book, Big League Burger is listed as the no. 4 most successful company in the fast food industry, which means if it was a real chain of restaurants it would be in Taco Bell’s current position. So, it’s hard to believe that a business of that caliber wouldn’t have a team of people, whose main job is to promote the business professionally and avoid controversy, manning the social media accounts. The teenage daughter of the CEO feuding with a single family-owned business on the company’s official Twitter just wouldn’t happen.

The only thing I actually disliked about the story was how unfairly Pepper’s mother treated her, and that she forced her to participate in her decade’s old drama, when it clearly made her uncomfortable. And Pepper constantly excused her mom’s petty behavior.

This was adorable. I really liked the premise of the story and all of the characters. The situations were realistic and it was just all around cute. I didn’t like the name of the deli, which is such a weird criticism, but it just didn’t like to and it was never explained why it was named that. And there were a lot of miscommunication tropes, which I don’t like, but they did seem to resolve quickly enough. Really cute book!

I absolutely loved the book. The characters were so cute, the romance was really well done. I wasn't sure what to expect going in but it exceeded every expectation I had.

FULL REVIEW: https://wordsunfilteredbys.com/2019/12/19/tweet-cute/

so i’m a massive fan of contemporary YA books. lately, i’ve been more into books without a ‘happily ever after’ type of ending, opting for the more realistic, fitting-everyday types instead. but the second i read the synopsis for TWEET CUTE, i just knew i had to read it.

and i’m so glad i did.

it’s cute, fluffy, fulfills the enemies-to-lovers trope perfectly, introduces family relationships and drama, amazing food (& especially dessert!), and the typical school drama we all expect.

Thank you to St. Martin's Press for the free review copy. All opinions are my own. 

What a fun, modern young adult novel this was. Pepper and Jack are both high school seniors that are working on figuring out what comes next for them when they find themselves engaged in a Twitter war. I loved this aspect of the book because it felt so real. The memes and sass in the Twitter posts were just so much fun. 

I also liked the relationship between Pepper and Jack and how it was developed. There is a lot happening in this book for both of these characters, and these events influence how they engage and respond to each other. I think that the back and forth between the two  helped add depth and create the emotional connection to the characters. 

This book is full of food and dessert references. It made me want sweets the whole time I was reading it. I would recommend not reading on an empty stomach. There is so much more than just Twitter and food in this novel, though. It explored how complex all kinds of teenage relationships are with the perfect amount of balance.

I have to admit, I was kind of really unsure about this book at first. I've been slowly moving away from YA books and reading way more adult romances (with very adult things in them) so it's felt like I've been "meh" on the last couple of YA books I've read. I think the book took awhile for me to get fully behind it. Which is okay, but I'm glad I stuck with it.

First of all, I HATED Pepper's mom. Like...she expects her to keep her grades up and she's basically working a full-time job at the twitter stuff and not getting paid to do it! and then later in the book her mom is like, "why did you let your grades slip?!?" Ugh, I felt like she was a bad mom. You find out later about her past, but that still wasn't good enough for me. I'm not a parent, so I'm not sure if I have a right to make that call, but I just felt like there was so much pressure on Pepper to do everything, and I just wanted her to say something to her sister or her dad. Jack also feels the pressure to take over the family business, so you could really see the similarities between them.

I really like that this book focused a lot on being a teenager about to graduate and not really knowing what the heck you are going to do next. I am 29 and I still don't really know what I am doing with my life, so it's okay! But I think we just train teens to know everything and to be so "on" in high school that by the time they get to college we trained them for something they don't really want. I think this book does a really good job at exploring these topics.

I also think this book does a great job with the coming of age story, and showing the struggles that teens have right now. I was glad it has a happy ending, and it ended up with a plot line that I really enjoyed. The twitter war was fun too.

It's cute and charming in a new age way. I loved the refences to our current world social media and the twitter wars. It has sort of a you've got mail vibe going for it. I can imagine this one as a cute movie on maybe disney if its toned down a little or Netflix for the tween.
The pace was great, very upbeat and fast to keep readers reading. The romance was cute and fun to follow along with.
I'm a sucker for enemies to lovers, it's one of my favorite tropes.
All in all I really enjoyed this one. Thanks.

This book was just okay for me. It was a cute story and I loved the dynamic between the main characters, but I stopped caring after Jack saw Pepper’s phone and the tweet on it. After that I just kind of felt like this story was too juvenile for me. I think that just has to do with my age and the content that appeals more to me. The writing was great and the premise and delivery was good.

Tweet Cute by Emma Lord - 5 stars!

I received a complimentary copy of this book via NetGalley. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.

Tweet Cute is a fun, light YA contemporary romance starring main characters Pepper and Jack at the center of a grilled cheese Twitter war.

Let's just take that in for a moment. PEPPER and JACK have a GRILLED CHEESE Twitter war. I can't

All of the initial cuteness aside, this was an absolutely adorable book. I was invested in the plot and the characters the entire time, which doesn't happen to me often with romance in YA. I consumed the book in less than 2 hours (get it, consumed? food pun? bc of the grilled cheese? ok i'll leave)

I cannot say anything bad about this book besides the fact that it hasn't been released yet (as of when I write this review) so I can't force everyone I know to read it immediately.

4.5 stars! Thank you so much Netgalley for this title.

I always love romcoms as a refresher towards the end of my year. I devoured this one in a sitting. It's always awesome to read in different POVs and the whole texting situation was true to what we see today. Super cute convos that may be seen in some cases in a high school relationship. Would I read something else by this author again, yes... did I enjoy the main characters umm yes. Super likeable characters and totally relatable scenario.

I probably say this in all my review of romance books, but it's worth repeating: I have high standards for romcoms, both in movie and book form. Any weirdness in the chemistry, any bad writing, any vomit-worthy moments, and I'm out. These standards make it remarkable when I really and truly love a romcom - and folks, that's what's happened here. Emma Lord has somehow created a fantastic and fun YA romance, with two well-developed characters, fantastic chemistry, lots of my favorite tropes (executed perfectly!), all wrapped it all up into an easy and enjoyable read.

Tweet Cute is, indeed, insanely cute, inventive, and filled with the most wonderful tropes of your my romcom dreams. Pepper Evans is a high-achieving Nashville gal who now attends an elite private school in Manhattan at her mom's demand. She manages a baking blog with her sister, is captain of the swim team, and gets excellent grades. Oh, and her family owns a massive burger chain called Big League Burger (think: In n Out, but on the East Coast) for which Pepper manages the social media presence. Enter Jack Campbell, a born-and-raised New Yorker who attends that same private school, has a twin brother who is effortlessly good at just about everything that Jack is not, is on the dive team (but not quite captain), and accidentally developed a messaging app that's taking his school by storm. Oh, and his family owns a small, mom-and-pop East Village deli called Girl Cheesing that just so happened to get into a Twitter feud with Big League Burger over the chain stealing the deli's not-so-trademarked grilled cheese name. Guess who runs Girl Cheesing's social media presence? Jack.

Jack and Pepper are sort-of friends in school, reluctantly collaborating on fundraising for the swim and dive teams, teasing each other in class, sharing baked goods, going on casual coffee dates. When they find out about the other's family restaurant - agreeing that it makes for good business on both sides - the Twitter feud continues on with a renewed passion. But as an extra cherry of intrigue on top, they both have a secret, anonymous penpal on the app that Jack created - and little do they know, their anonymous penpal is each other. On the app, Jack and Pepper are Wolf and Bluebird, flirting shamelessly and sharing things that they typically wouldn't share with others, developing a more intimate rapport than they have in real life.

See what I mean by all the cute tropes wrapped up into one?

Usually, I'd scoff and think that an author wouldn't be able to pull off all of these amazing conceits, secrets, and dynamics in one book. But Lord does it very well - the reveals are well-timed, the tension is present but not soul-crushing, and the plot moves at a speedy quip. There's very little, if any, cringe factor, even though the author adds in that people start "shipping" Jack and Pepper on Tumblr after finding out about their Twitter war, there's a fair amount of memey pop culture gifs, and the puns run wild. If you're looking for a cute, easy, and trope-y romance read, look no further!

By the way, EXCERPT coming soon on my book blog - stay tuned!

Really enjoyed this book - loved how adorable the story was, how sassy the characters were and how incredibly Grandma Belly is - I want to adopt her to be my own! This book follows two classmates who are in charge of (come on, we all know it's Pepper not Taffy) their family's business Twitter account - and the Twitter war is on! I loved the characters in the book, I mean, what's not to love about Grandma Belly. I loved how sassy Pepper and Jack are and I enjoyed the supporting characters - including their growth. This book has a fun mystery throughout which I really enjoyed and I loved how it all tied in together at the end. Definitely a great, easy to read novel which I would thoroughly recommend.

This was everything I wanted it to be; I'm so glad work was slow this morning so I could keep reading! First off the voice is fantastic, especially Jack's. I loved that we got chapters from both POVs. And as y'all know my two most favorite tropes are You've Got Mail/anonymous pen pals and hate (annoyance really) to love, which was very present here. This book was just so well done! It's super topical so I don't know how much of the language will make sense in 5 years (twitter, memes, etc- like suuuuper specific internet user of 2019) but it was also really enjoyable and timely. Plus, GRILLED CHEESE! MONSTER CAKE! BAKING BLOGS! I love all of those things. Throw in some family drama, competing restaurants, swim team, frenemies turned friends, and misunderstandings (that thankfully don't drag on for tooo long. Teenagers communicate!), and you have a very New York, very fun, very very cute romantic comedy. I'm sure I'll think of more to add eventually but TL;DR: I ship PepperJack forever and this book is awesome.