Exactly as advertised, in a really enjoyable way. Enemies to friends to romance/opposites attract, Twitter wars, interestingly characterized family drama, lots of food related stuff...I did wish that the take on social media had been a little more thorough, and things sort of slid into the ending, but overall a thoroughly enjoyable romcom read.

It's super cute, ful of cheesy goodness-- pun intended. Featuring back and forth banter and perspectives, two tech-savvy teens, a dash of baking fun, and teen romance so adorable,it's not just cute, it's tweet cute. Very enjoyable and super easy to get sucked into the story through the very last page.

Before you start reading this book, make sure you have all the ingredients you need to make grilled cheese because trust me you will be craving one as soon as you start flipping pages. This is a very sweet story that falls in line with books like “To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before” by Jenny Han. You won’t want to put this one down as it will definitely give you the warm fuzzies! (along with some food cravings ;) ).

This was SO CUTE AND FUN!! Tweet Cute is about two teens (Pepper & Jack) in the midst of a twitter war each representing their parents' grilled cheeses from their family restaurants. SO CHEESY IN THE BEST WAY!!

I really enjoyed how realistic this book was. It explored the way teenagers feel and how social media has an effect on that. This book also had amazing family dynamics and handled sibling and parent issues amazingly! It was just so cute and refreshing and I'm always a sucker for any book that has texts, emails, tweets, etc incorporated in. I love how modern the setting, lingo, and themes felt. Meme culture in a book is just *chefs kiss* plus the characters were fiery af and I loved them a whole lot.

This isn't just a romance since it explores so much more and I love that the romance actually takes a backseat. There's no unrealistic insta love here- just sweet enemies to friends to lovers goodness and I am so here for it.

Also, I need a grilled cheese ASAP. If you like contemporary you HAVE to add this to your 2020 TBR. What a great debut.

Tweet Cute follows the story of Pepper and Jack two high school students at a highly competitive private school in New York City. Pepper and Jack work hard to navigate the pressure of school, but they both have immense pressure coming from home when it comes to their family’s businesses. The obligation both Pepper and Jack feel from home drive them to work hard and help their family businesses that when a Twitter feud begins between both businesses, they both jump in to help in anyway they can without realizing how personal this twitter feud really is. Tweet Cute is an adorable romance that accurately portrays the pressure students feel in high school and the difficulty they have balancing school, work, friends and family. This story has so many layers and it does each so well. One is the way technology and social media plays a large role in students’ day to day life. Faculty are afraid of this technology while the students use it in anyway that can help benefit them or make their lives easier. I loved the way school life, twitter feud, and the Weazel app storylines all seamlessly blend to make a story full of twists and turns that make you want more and more from each character. And, the food! This story truly made me want recipes to appear in the back of this book (something I don’t usually enjoy) But man do I need the Monster Cake and Kitchen Sink Macaroon recipes

I received an ARC of this novel from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

YA novel about social media and what can happen when posts are anonymous. Cute story line.

This book was just what the title said it would be - cute!

Jack and Pepper are fun characters and the story style with tweets etc made for a fun read. They were a little childish at times but I think they were meant to be. There isn't a huge amount of depth to the book and that's okay. It was well written and had me smiling quite a bit. Fun new to me author.

The minute I started this book, I couldn't put it down. I stayed up far later than I should have reading this engaging and addicting story.

Like the title, it's cute, and sometimes that can have a negative connotation but please, don't read it that way here. This book brings back all those feelings of first flirtations and feelings, of high school and confusing emotions, and then again, how those same confusing feelings can follow you right into adulthood.

The two main characters, Pepper and Jack, are students at the same school. Jack likes to think of Pepper as a sort of cyborg student who somehow gets it all done and exceptionally well and makes it look effortless. Jack sees that same sort of "golden child" glow in his identical twin brother, Ethan, so he'd rather have fun and take it easy.

But opposites are drawn to each other, right? And somehow they've both wound up running the verified twitter accounts for their parent's restaurants and it's turned into a flirt-heavy twitter war filled with mischief, bets, and maybe more than they've bargained for.

It's so much more complex than just a high school crush. It's parents and children alike trying to navigate self doubt, hurt feelings, and changing relationships, new and old.

Lord's writing is so captivating I was hooked right away. It's clever, witty, and flirty. Even 10+ years removed from high school I didn't feel isolated or unable to follow along. Some things never change, even if technology does.

To be honest with you, this is one of those books where the writing style just grated horribly for me. I love YA, so I'm not one of those "high and mighty" types, but the writing and dialogue just felt really stilted and cold to me. I know this book has lots of good reviews, so I think this might just be a "me" thing. I usually read fantasy but have been getting more and more into contemporary (things like Red, White & Royal Blue, American Royals, Fangirl, etc), so it might just be that I'm finding out what I like and don't like within the genre.

TWEET CUTE is a delightful and fun modern update of "You've Got Mail" for Gen X. Emma Lord does an excellent job exploring important topics many teens face: divorce, strained familial relationships, college admissions, friendship, social media, and crushes. TWEET CUTE is definitely filled with fluff and lots of laughs but is heartfelt in exploring the characters' emotions and anxieties.
Pepper and Jack, two classmates at an elite private school in New York City, are polar opposites; the former is the overachieving captain of the swim team, the latter, a class clown who often feels like he is in the shadow of his class president twin brother Ethan. As a twin, Jack's relationship with Ethan was very relatable; it's hard to share the same space as your sibling and it's really hard to not compare yourselves! Pepper also deals with family issues as her mom and sister aren't speaking after her parents' divorce. Both Jack and Pepper have been chatting anonymously on an app created by Jack and feel like they have found someone at their cutthroat school who gets them.
The two start feuding over Twitter because of a disagreement between Pepper's family's burger chain and Jack's parents' small restaurant. Lord does a good job hinting at class dynamics and does an excellent job exploring gentrification in New York. The Twitter battle starts to help bring in business to Jack's family shop and so he and Pepper keep the GIF-war going. Unlike everyone around them, Pepper and Jack are oblivious to the feelings they have for each other.
If you've seen "You've Got Mail," you'll have a sense of the how the plot unfolds. There are parts of TWEET CUTE that are incredibly fanciful - Pepper's Upper East Side life - but that's part of the novel's escapism. There are also tons of references to "Mean Girls" and "Gossip Girl" which is fun for readers young and old alike. I would have liked to see more diversity in the cast but there is good LGBTQ representation as Jack's twin Ethan is gay.
TWEET CUTE is a fun read and you'll be rooting for Pepper and Jack to just kiss already throughout the book! As mentioned at the beginning of this review, Lord does an excellent job balancing a fun rom-com plot with important real world issues that teens face in their daily lives.

What a sweet romance!

I’ve been reading less and less YA contemporary lately, mostly because I feel like I am diving deeper into adult romance and I can’t seem to connect to teens as much anymore, but this was an awesome surprise!!! I absolutely loved it from start to finish and will be reading more books by this author in the future for sure!

GEEZ this was adorable. Tweet Cute is a really fun, lighthearted YA rom-com that had great characters and a setting I could see. The plot is a bit wacky, and I was here for it.

Picture a modern retelling of You've Got Mail, throw in some NYC private high school seniors, add Twitter and an anonymous messaging app, and a bit of ... cheese...and you've got this book. While a bit predictable, I was so entertained I didn't mind that. The pop culture references might not age well, but so what?

The story is told in dual point-of-views, bouncing between Pepper and Jack (though not always alternating). I enjoyed the banter and the Twitter feud, but I would have liked a tiny bit less of the Twitter and more of the relationships with the main characters and side characters. I also wanted a little more of a reckoning when things came to a head.

Some swearing, but that's the only caution, so I'd say this is a YA that would be appropriate for 12+. I'm definitely reading her next book, whatever that will be.

Thanks to Netgalley and St. Martin's Press for a digital review copy in exchange for my honest review. Tweet Cute will be published on 21 Jan 2020.

Definitely a cute idea, but just not my style. A little too modern for me, BUT i can definitely tell why this book is loved by so many others. If you're looking for a modern day romcom sort of book, this would be an easy sell!

I really enjoyed a great many things about this book. Characters were fleshed out and the plot was well spaced. Some of the secondary storylines could've used a bit more page space but all in all an enjoyable read!

For me, this is YA rom com GOLD! I thoroughly enjoyed Pepper and Jack. I love YA even though I am not YA- I'm actually the mom of two teenage boys :-) . I must admit I had to google what it meant to 'ship' someone (for you other moms- it means to put people in a relation'ship'.). I am also not too familiar with social media (apparently I"m the FB generation and I'm just figuring out Instagram (b/c Bookstagram!) and I only have twitter account for when I vote on The Voice... :-)). But I'm curious about all the different platforms and apps and enjoyed getting a glimpse into the generation that are considered digital natives.

I loved Emma and Jack's relationship on all the different levels and I enjoyed the different tropes (enemies to lovers and whatever it's called when you don't know who you are communicating with but falling for).

This was cute, engaging, and had me thinking about perseverance and how hard it is to sometimes differentiate what we want to do for ourselves versus meeting external expectations (family, society, etc). Also, YA romance! If this is a genre you enjoy, I recommend this one!

Thanks for NetGalley and Wednesday Books for an advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

3.5 stars rounding up…

What happens when teens take over a Twitter war, for the sake of protecting their own families’ legacies? ‘Tweet Cute’ is the hypothetical answer, it seems, in a very, very updated version of ‘You’ve Got Mail’ where ‘enemies’ in real life are actually forging a deeper and meaningful connection over an anonymous school app.

There’s a bit more complexity than that of course, even as Jack and Pepper duke it all out over their family food business, while balancing their own issues and insecurities that do in fact, capture these angsty years on the cusp of adulthood pretty well. The Twitter food war takes up a lot of the story as do the secret identity bits—it did admittedly get a little too much at times and made me cringe at the never-ending oneupmanship—and it’s so picture-perfect of the internet’s fickleness and its viral power that you can’t help but smile and get swept up with the ride, milking it for as long as it lasts. That this is also about food made me wonder if Emma Lord should have also included all the recipes in her appendix.

There’s enough of a YA romance if you squint—romantic feelings are talked about in an oblique way, as discomfort, as awareness, but never as the overt type of sexiness you’d find in a typical adult romance—but ‘Tweet Cute’ stays on safe-ish ground, very above the belt and very focused on friendship that might turn into more. Emma Lord juggles this with the impending train wreck that you can see coming a mile away with admirable ease, as Jack and Pepper move from adversaries to friends to something a little more. Though this doesn’t happen without a lot of reflection and realisation along the way about themselves, their relationships and their own families.

However, it’s also peppered with enough self-awareness in the character voices that sometimes surpass the maturity of a teen which gave me a bit of pause. Lord does write Pepper/Jack adopting a certain wry distance of stepping away from the action and then commenting on their own behaviour, giving a slight bit of meta that sometimes translate into longer than necessary inner monologues that sometimes keeps the momentum from going forward. I did take a few days with ‘Tweet Cute’ as a result, putting it down then taking it up again when I had the time; it wasn’t as ‘unputdownable’ as I’d hoped it would be, though each time I did continue however, its entertainment value never failed.

(Review will be posted on my blog on 12/22/19)

Thank you to Wednesday Books and NetGalley for giving me a chance to read this eARC.

Pepper is the over achieving good girl from Nashville and her family owns Big League Burgers, a franchise that is basically found all over the world. Jack is the class clown, born and raised New Yorker, who’s family owns a deli. And the two companies are in a war…a twitter war.

And who is coming up with these tweets in this twitter war? The teens, Pepper and Jack who are both attending the same private school and trying to get into Ivy League colleges. They have lives filled with school activities, and so much homework, but they help the family business by attacking one another on social media! And it’s overtaking their lives.

But with this twitter war, Pepper and Jack, actually get to know each other, they actually become friends and maybe even something more.

What I Liked:

*Pepper and Jack are two teens in NYC just trying to survive high school and get into ivy league colleges while both trying to help with their family businesses. Pepper is over-achieving, and Jack is the opposite which makes this an opposites attract story. Jack helps Pepper lighten up and I think Pepper grounds Jack. Their characters are fleshed and we see them deal with expectations from their families. Pepper is dealing with a broken family, Jack is dealing with feeling inadequate and in competition with his twin brother – they have a lot of common but they don’t know that until secrets are revealed. Pepper is also top of her class and a swimmer. Jack is a diver but the class clown.

*There was a lot going on in this story but it worked. I was never overwhelmed with the drama of school and family life in Pepper and Jack’s life. I was invested in Pepper’s story and was hoping she’d stand up to her mother. As for Jack, I felt for him and wish he didn’t feel like he was disappointing his family because they did seem like cool parents. This story gives us family drama, teenage drama, lots of food and a little romance too!

*The romance is an opposites-attract, slow burn, which was nice, you could see the growing attraction between Pepper and Jack during their twitter war. When they finally do make a move it’s so sweet an awkward but totally how I’d have imagine their first kiss because of who they are.

*Pepper’s talent for baking made me hungry for all the desserts she baked in the story. I LOVED all the dessert names she and sister came up with. It felt so much more genuine than Big League Burger and their food empire. Honestly when the book ended, I wished for a sequel about Pepper and her sister Paige opening up their own bakery, because that would make a fun story! Maybe a sequel but this time about Paige? 🤔 I’d read it for sure!

Things That Made Me Go Hmm:

*Pepper’s mom was a little much. She really expected her daughter to put time and effort helping the social media side of their family business AND keep up her grades and be the best daughter ever? Like give Pepper a break! Her mom also had a secret and one that was a surprise. I wondered how it would be resolved in the end, and like I said it’s happily ever after but it makes me wonder how her mom got over that hurdle of forgiveness because that twitter war got pretty petty quick. The way Pepper’s mom is…well she doesn’t seem like someone who would let that go. She was not my favorite character.

Final Thoughts:

I really enjoyed Tweet Cute. The romance is slow building and super cute. By the end of the story I was cheering Pepper and Jack on! It’s also a story about family, loving them (with all their flaws) and trying so hard not to disappoint them. Pepper and Jack are juggling so much and I was impressed at how they pretty much kept it together, with a breakdown here and there. It’s a feel good story that made me laugh and filled my heart with happiness at the end. This is great debut from Emma Lord and I look forward to reading more from this author.

Oh my goodness this was so cute. i loved reading this book.

I was contacted by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. My full review will be posted closer to the release date.

This was an adorable YA romance. Going back and forth between Pepper and Jack’s perspectives was fun. They were characters you just want to root for. I recommend this as a fun palate cleanser. You’ll breeze through it and enjoy the story.

YES👏🏻👏🏻 This was soooo cute!! The witty banter and sassiness that is this book was just pure perfection. An adorable romance, real family dynamics, and the pressure that comes with being a teenage in today’s society encompass this YA contemporary and you just NEED to add this to your must-haves of 2020.