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This book was everything cheesy that I wanted and more. It was adorable and heart-wrenching and full of delicious food and witty banter.

I knew this was a romance so I was expecting those aspects and the whole Twitter war thing but I didn’t expect the amount of depth we got from these characters throughout the story. We got to see them mature and grow and see their friendships and family relationships bloom and become stronger and it was beautiful to read it. I loved that we got to see their flaws and their parents flaws and how they worked them out and learned from them by the end of the book.

Plus, all the food descriptions and references were amazing and I want Monster Cake right now.


This was so much more than a cheesy romance book and I adored it!

4/5 ⭐️

This is a very cute and cheesy young adult contemporary novel.
First 40 % I was very invested but after that, I lost interest. I think that the pace of the story was a bit off.
Everything was..extra!! The Twitter war was after a while became boring.
I enjoyed family and friends bonds from both leading and side characters. For me, sisters and brother's relationship was the most beautiful and real part of the book.
Perfect light and adorable read for all the fans of the genre.

Extra tip; read-only when you have snacks and dessert nearby all that food talk will open your appetite!!

Thank you, to the publisher and NetGalley for the copy of the book in exchange for an honest review.

This was the CUTEST book ever! I loved it! It was very Romeo and Juliet, but it was definitely an original story. Pepper was smart and had Twitter comebacks for days. And Jack was super smart and funny. This was very entertaining and it had me hooked from the beginning. All of the characters in this book were awesome. And all of the conflicts were resolved by the end of the book which was great. This mentions so many good desserts and I really want some of that Monster Cake. #pepperjackforever :D

This was a fun read. Jack and Pepper were well-built characters, and the writing was compelling enough to keep attention. The Tweet feud was a bit childish for me, some of the comments seemed too ridiculous. Also the fact that they use the restaurant accounts to hate on each other seemed a but unrealistic, I don’t think a feud lime this would actually happen.
Either way, if you like YA and internet drama, I’m sure you’ll enjoy this book.

Pepper and Jack are classmates but who's family have a rival food chains that starts off because of a stolen grilled cheese recipe. This starts on all out Twitter war. This was definitely cute and funny. I enjoyed this read. I liked the main characters and the story line. Thank you St Martin's Press for an ARC of this book for an honest review.

Hollis’ 4.5 star review

So, before actually starting this book, I had a feeling this would be cute (and honestly that’s as high as my hopes were because I’ve been burned before!) but by 49% I knew I would love this. And I did. Side note, I know 49% doesn’t sound impressive considering it’s halfway through the book and most people can see the writing on the wall by that point, but this felt.. long. Not in a bad way, but this is a substantial romance read, so. I don’t know, I don’t know why I’m defending this point, regardless, I loved it, let’s move on!

This contemporary is chock full of all the best kind of tropes. Opposites attract, secret identities, business rivalry, slowburn, friends-to-more.. also, lots and lots of sassy tweets and memes.

Additionally, the author leaned into these tropes but made them better? I don’t know. If you’ve seen You’ve Got Mail, it’s pretty obvious how some of the events go down, and yet it felt less cheesy (hah!) and far more layered (with cheese?).

Pepper and Jack both have very real soul-searching to do, compounded by very real expectations, and obstacles, set in place by their parents. I’ll admit the area of the parentals is kind of where things got dragged down a bit for me, in particular I struggled with Pepper’s mom, but I do feel things are wrapped up nicely without it all feeling like a cop-out or too far fetched. It doesn’t mean I liked how things went down, but, I mean, there are underlying motivations that pushed everything in motion.

But back to Pepperjack. These two, I mean, wow. I loved how these two interacted from the very first page. It was such a gradual shift but it was so well done. The chemistry, everything, was just sweet and awkward and perfect. The banter sprinkled throughout, the humour infused in so many situations, even outside of the MCs, was so great. I laughed, nay, giggled, at so many spots. But it was the quiet moments, too, particularly between the two leads, was just.. special. You really felt their connection, their understanding of each other, and that more than anything made this book wonderful.

This was such a fantastic debut and I look forward to more people reading it the closer we get to release (it’s November, as I write this, lolz), and am so excited to see what Lord has for us next. I’ll definitely be first in line to get my hands on it.

I don’t think there was anything wrong with the book, maybe I just wasn’t in the right mood for it. It was funny and entertaining in places, but I also got bored easily and put it down multiple times. I also didn’t feel much of anything for the characters.

I think readers who love the YA contemporary romance genre will appreciate it a lot more than me.

Lovers of YA contemporary, this has got to be high on your list of anticipated reads for 2020. This book was amazing! I’m very picky about YA contemporary and Tweet Cute was right up my alley. It has romance (with an actually awesome love interest!), humour and soooo many delicious sounding food that I had to scrounge in my cupboards to quell the cravings while reading.

This book also deals with divorced parents in a unique way (they are still friends and business partners) while focusing heavily on the discussion of dreams and next steps after high school in a really empowering way.

Anything else I say about this book will just be me gushing so all I’ll say is READ IT.

Before we even start, please add this book to your 2020 TBR because it is absolutely adorable and I'm in love with this story and these characters. We are following two different POVs: Pepper's and Jack's. Both teens are in high school in New York when they unknowingly launch themselves into a Twitter war over a recipe for grilled cheese. One is on the side of an extremely popular fast food chain, the other is fighting for his family's deli and their infamous Grandma's Special.

This book was absolutely adorable and portrayed teenagers using internet in a genuinely realistic way, which is quite rare to be honest, but I could literally see myself being either in Pepper's shoes or Jack's in the way they interacted online. I read this book in two days and absolutely devoured it. If you're hungry, this book will make you even hungrier because it is filled with reference to delicous-looking food which only made me want to jump inside the pages only to be able to taste that Monster Cake! I was pleasantly surprised to see the way the characters' relationships evolved. Nothing felt out of place, on the contrary it was truly masterfully well done. I even grew very attached to the side characters. The author has an amazing writing style which is really quick to read and truly easy to follow.

To conclude, if you are looking for a book which is going to literally make you crave for more, then this is definitely the book for you!

I loved this book, it was so hard to put down. The story itself was so adorable and I really enjoyed following the characters and watching them grow into themselves and help each other. The only slight downside to the story is that there are parts that won't necessarily stand the test of time. Despite that this book had me smiling and rooting for the characters, it was reminiscent of Rainbow Rowell or Jennifer E Smith stories.

Before I start absolutely gushing, let’s get the standard protocol out of the way. I was given an Advance Reader’s Copy of Tweet Cute from St. Martin’s Press through Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own.

This adorably cheesy and punny novel is about a girl named Pepper and a guy named Jack who get into a Twitter war over their family’s fast food restaurants. I would say this one is a weird hybrid of Gossip Girl, You’ve Got Mail, and a recipe book and it all works (and also makes me famished). If this doesn’t get optioned for a cute Rom-Com then all of Hollywood is asleep at the wheel.

I feel like I have a pretty high standard for contemporary novels because I love Sci-Fi and Fantasy so much. I hold them above so many other genres that it’s hard for anything else to compete and, yet, this one does. The New York setting feels so real in this novel which I think is rare for contemporaries. If you’re writing in this world, there’s no need for world building. But I felt like the author really tried to put the readers into New York and she does a great job of it. Which automatically puts it toward the top of my list of favorite contemporaries. Then it has so many funny and sweet moments that you can’t help but feel your heart flutter. And then to top it all off, like the cherry on a sundae, you have so many great descriptions of sandwiches and desserts that I wish I was in my kitchen right now and not writing a review.

There were just two things that I feel didn’t necessarily match with the rest of the novel and are pretty standard fare for contemporary novels so I can’t complain too much. One is that while the parents are more involved in this novel, they also feel a little unrealistic at times. Pepper’s mother in particular doesn’t seem to be an authentic portrait of a mother who loves her daughter. There were times when Pepper came to her mother with issues and her mother either blew her off or acted like Pepper was the problem. The second one is the usual “this problem wouldn’t exist of the characters weren’t idiots.” Now, for 95% of the book I don’t think either of the main characters seemed like idiots. But there are a few moments in the book when I felt like Jack should have caught on before he did. In comparison to other main characters in contemporary novels, Jack is a Rhodes Scholar, but it does take away from the story when it happens.

Overall, I think this one is a cute story for almost everyone. Don’t read if you don’t like cuteness, will-they-won’t-they, food, New York City, or feeling all the warm and fuzzy feels. Do read if you want a quick contemporary novel that really makes you care about the characters. All kidding aside I don’t know that there is a reader out there I wouldn’t recommend this one to.

I don't ordinarily read a lot of YA, but I am so happy that I read this one! Smart, funny, rom-com that I couldn't put down. I loved how the author brought Romeo & Juliet and You've Got Mail into the present. I laughed out loud throughout. I can't wait to read more by this author. This was an awesome debut! Thank you to Netgalley and Wednesday Books for the ARC. All opinions expressed are my own.

ok folks, your girl finally read a ya rom com that she didn't have problems with, and is LIVING for the romeo & juliet parody that is "tweet cute" by emma lord (though my eighth grade twitter script "sweet tweets: r&j a twitter play" is the og remake).

the story is told from alternating perspectives of two high school seniors at a college prep school in new york. pepper, a nashville transplant, is a school keener who is forced to run the twitter page for her family's expanding burger empire, while jack is the son of a locally owned deli in the east village. when the deli accuses the burger business on twitter of stealing a secret grilled cheese recipe, jack and pepper engage in a twitter war to end all twitter wars. but if you know the story of romeo and juliet, you know that coming from rival families won't stop sparks from flying!

witty banter, well-written characters, and a plot that had many twists and turns made this story so enjoyable and just kept me grinning. there's also a healthy dose of family tension on both sides of the twitter war that gave the story a level of reality to it -- actions always have repercussions, despite good intentions.

also we stan #pepperjack in this house. definitely pick up a copy when this book hits shelves in the new year.

thanks to netgalley and wednesday books for providing me with a copy in exchange for an honest opinion!

Tweet Cute is an adorable rom-com spread from an internet tweet rivalry between competing sandwich stores that takes on an IRL spin. There's even more than just their GIF battles, but it's also a story about the conflict between our parents and our dreams, our feelings as the Outsiders, and the challenges of speaking up for ourselves. Tweet Cute is a story I devoured in a day. I couldn't help but get drawn in by the witty banter, the dual POV of Pepper and Jack, and their conflicts with their parents.

What I really liked about Tweet Cute is that while there's this whole level of story on social media and between their families, there's also the events which unfold in school. An app connects people anonymously and while the school feels like this is going to be a problem, the app allows people to shed their masks. It allows us to see each other without our masks. The freedom that it can bring for us to confide in someone without the pressure of an image.

Perfect contemporary Young Adult read. I thought it was great! I loved following the twitter drama and the story.

I wanted something light to read, and this book worked well! I loved the story and characters, and the Twitter theme was pretty creative. It was a cute, YA romance that I would recommend to anyone looking for something sweet!

Really enjoyed this fresh and fun read. Well plotted and I would read more from this author. A great idea well carried out and very enjoyable. No spoilers, but a must read!!

Grilled cheese, Twitter war, and everything in between...
“It’s weird, how you have no idea how far you’ve come until suddenly you can’t find the way back.”
When someone asks me what kind of YA I recommend, this is the kind of book I’ll be talking about.
This might be a cliche but it’s true, this is the first book by this author, and I can’t wait for the next!! It’s good that we find new authors with new writing and new stories for us to read. I loved that the story showed how different they twins were, each one with their personalities etc. And Pepper was the kind of person who was lost, but found herself, and stood up for what was right. Amazing read!

What a great YA romance. It has everything. Siblings and parents making life difficult. Teenagers getting in the way of themselves. Rivalries and friendships. Schoolwork and social media. It's all mixed together and coming out as a really sweet story about Pepper and Jack trying to fit in without losing themselves. Going from being in the same class, to become friends, to become a couple in such an easy way that it feels normal and a must-happen.

I enjoyed this book very much and I would definately recommend it for anyone liking YA and contemporary novels.

Super cute modern teen romcom with modern You've Got Mail vibes. I love having more happy, clean romcoms in YA! This one was filled with Twitter, meme culture, mobile apps, food, and witty banter. I really liked how the book showed how stressful the constant pressure of social media (in this case Twitter) can be for teens, in addition to pressures of what to do after high school graduation. I think this is a perfect book for tweens and teens in 2019. I wish we could have gotten a bit more of the family dynamics in the end but that might be my adult reader perspective talking and this book is already targeted perfectly for young readers.