Tweet Cute by Emma Lord is a super cute modern day romance novel of rivals falling for one another. I pretty much read this book in one sitting.

Tweet Cute by Emma Lord is about Pepper & Jack and their ongoing feud not only in school, but behind the social media curtain as they each are in charge of their parent’s company Twitter handle. The best part about this book was how piece by piece, everything unravels and they both realize they have feelings for each other.
From the moment the book begins, the characters are presented in a way that they are easy to distinguish in voice. This book is covered in current slang and phrases, meant to appeal to a younger generation, the whole Twitter debacle understandable only to those who get social media. But I liked the twist to it. I liked reading about a platform that is used to much, but also that it addressed the reality of going viral.

Jack is a twin brother, who feels like he lives in the shadow of his more social brother, Ethan. They both have such different personalities than each other, but honestly, though the author tries to sell the brother as the golden one, it’s really Jack who outshines him. In personality as well as humor.

“Two people asked for my number.”
“You already have a boyfriend,” I remind him, poking one eye out to glare.
“And I told them that.”
“But you didn’t think to mention you have an identical twin?”

Honestly, this book is set apart from the others from how entertaining it is. There isn’t a moment in which the story falls flat. The witty banter between the MC’s is so funny. And it’s filled with interactions that just tickle the reader into laughing out loud.

I put a hand on my heart, wounded. “You think I’m dumb?
“Last year I watched you put Kool-Aid mix in pool water and drink it. I know you’re dumb.”

But one of the things I appreciated, was that there was real character development in Pepper and Jack. The both of them gravitate towards each other is both natural and adorable. But there is also an underbelly of what each of them deal with on their own. Jack and his family, as well as Pepper and hers. This book isn’t one dimensional in any way.

The way they bond over food tho, that was the best part! I read the ARC to this, so I know it probably won’t have any recipes, but it would be amazing if it also came with recipes to Monster Cake & the So Sorry Blondies. Also, for the love of all that is good, someone invent the Mac n Cheese app. I need it in my life.

I came for the romance, but I stayed for the witty banter and the promise of so much more. And it delivered! Will definitely be adding this to my libraries list of most be purchased books.

TWEET CUTE is a fun enemies-to-dating and anonymous-You've-Got-Mail style YA contemporary romance. The book follows the two protagonists in equal parts, flipping between Pepper and Jack, who go to the same preppy private high school in NYC. Pepper lives with her mother, who she followed after the divorce. Pepper's parents started a restaurant, Big League Burger, together, which has exploded with franchises around the country and world. Her father stayed behind with the original, while her mother has spearheaded the corporate charges. Pepper is also a star student who spends a lot of time on her work and planning for college.

Pepper's mother can be a bit much, and she has decided that the twitter account for BLB should be sassy. However, her social media manager is not good at being sarcastic or witty. Instead, she forces Pepper to step in and help. When a small family-operated business in NYC accuses BLB of stealing their grilled cheese recipe and tweets it to them, Pepper enters a twitter war that she never really wanted any part of.

Jack works for his family's restaurant, Girl Cheesing, which he knows he is likely to take over someday. His twin does not seem to have the same sentiment, and Jack feels that Ethan is destined for greatness. Jack dreams of something bigger. However, when he sees someone has stolen Grandma Belly's grilled cheese recipe, he knows he can't stand idly by, and he enters the twitter battleground.

Weazel, an anonymous app where students from the high school (requires a valid email) can join and be assigned an animal name at random. They can then chat in the main forum or go into individual chats. If they go into individual chats, the app will expose them at some random time (a la Pop Goes the Weasel). Pepper is Bluebird, and she has been chatting with Wolf, but for some reason, the app hasn't exposed them yet.

With every bit as adorable as it sounds plot twists and high school drama/romance, this was an absolutely delightful read. Pepper and Jack are fully formed characters with fully formed families, who I also became attached to. The character development here is fantastic. I also loved hearing about their restaurants and delicious creations (seriously, this book made me so hungry).

Would highly recommend for anyone looking for an adorable, clean contemporary YA romance with all sorts of cute moments and lots of delicious treats. Even aside from the twitter battle and all the lovely ways in which the two interact in real life, there is a lot of substance about dealing with families, deciding what you want for your own future outside of your parents, and reaching for your goals. This is a valuable read for this audience for those reasons, and is also pretty inspiring.

Please note that I received an ARC from the publisher through netgalley. All opinions are my own.

This is sweeter than Monster Cake or Kitchen Sink Macaroons. (Both of which I need recipes for, pretty please with a cherry on top!)

Pepper and Jack are incredibly well-written teenagers, with believable dialogue and minor existential (slash college/future-career-related) crises, and of course their feelings for each other. Each of them has clear strengths, but they also make a fantastic power pair and I ship it so hard.

But like Pepper's sister's Sex-Positive brownies, this book has so many layers. It illustrates the dangers of the GPA/college rat race (including the way we implicitly tell classmates they're rivals rather than teammates in academia, and the emphasis on going to a Good College straight out of high school); there are productive discussions and genuine compromises when hurt feelings arise; family drama is given as much weight as the Twitter nonsense that ostensibly started it all. The contemporary elements actually feel up-to-date: clear understanding of how social media actually works, meme culture, and pop culture references <i>beyond</i> Harry Potter. There's a secondary character in a M/M relationship; he's out and popular at school, and they tease him about constantly making out with his boyfriend, but it's otherwise not a big deal at all.

I hoped to like this book - I thought the cover was adorable and the title drew me in with the social media reference. I expected to like it, and I did. I didn't expect to like it as much as I did, which is a refreshing change to my reading of YA literature.

This book was utterly adorable! Pepper and Jack and their friends reminded me of the students that I used to teach when I was in the high school realm. Lord captured the world of studies, friends, parents, love and the future perfectly. It was a little hard for this Texas mom to believe that Pepper's mom was gone all the time but I figure it's NY and a story element. She was the one character that I really didn't connect with. Pepper and Jack are the stars of the show and they both shine brilliantly.

It's hard to imagine life without social media these days. I thought the Twitter war was a fun way to explore how we interact with each other, how our perceptions of people change, how a screen persona is just a fragment of what makes up a person. It was very well done. Jack's app is a wonderful idea although a bit idealistic. I wish all teens could behave so positively to each other in an anonymous world.

I love working in preschool. But there are times when I miss the days I worked and taught in high school. Teens are a special community and I loved my years I spent working with them. This book made me yearn for those days.

I couldn't put this one down! It was a great YA Romance book that I am excited to recommend over and over again.

I received this title from the publisher and NetGalley for an honest review. I fell in love with the cover of this book immediately. Great job on designing an engaging cover for a YA Book. I was disappointed in this read and thought it could have had added more to the story. I guess I wasn't into the food/restaurant feud theme of the book between the two characters. Overall., I did not think this book was very creative. I really wanted to love this book.

So, the pacing was a little slow, but it luckily didn't detract how cute it was.

Pepper and Jack!! PepperJack. Y'all, I tell you these two crazy kids are so dang cute. I cannot.

I cannot wait to read another book by this author.

This was so sweet 💗 I like a good mistaken identity/we didn’t know we were talking to each other trope, and this one was done cutely.

I need to learn though that cute contemporaries aren’t safe from my triggers - lately I’ve had a run of ones with critically hurt or killed grandma’s and I’m sitting here like 😭😭😭 at a part that was just meant to provide a misunderstanding or move the plot. So if cute grandmas in trouble makes you anxious - just be aware here!

My favorite part of this wasn’t the romance, though that was sweet, it was <spoiler> the rivals-turned-friends plot line. I hate seeing girls pitted against each other in teen fiction and this was in comparison to those so darn satisfying. </spoiler>

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️(3.75 stars rounded up)
***I was sent an ARC for an honest review by Wednesday Books and St. Martin’s Press***

For followers of the notoriously sassy Wendy’s twitter feed, and fans of the biggest chicken sandwich showdown of the decade - Popeye’s vs Chick-fil-A!
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What happens when two teens are charged with controlling the Twitter platforms of their rivaling family owned restaurants? An all out Twitter war of course! Now make these teens attend the same school, and add an anonymous chat-room app to the mix... And there you have it, the perfect recipe for that trashy YA ANGST that we all love!
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This book made me incredibly happy! The witty banter and superb use of memes had me laughing out loud. The touching family moments and character growth made me feel all warm inside. The romance had many obstacles before the books end, but the dynamics of “enemies-to-friends-to-lovers” is one of my all time favorite tropes! All this, plus the competitive nature of our main characters made for a seriously entertaining read.
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This is a must read for lovers of YA contemporary romance, a no-brainer!
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Beware: you will only want to eat grilled cheese sandwiches and cakes while you read this book. Seriously, the food descriptions sound delicious!

~ Thank you to St Martin's Press and Wednesday Books for the opportunity to read this arc and write an honest review ~

Let me first tell you that I absolutely loved Tweet Cute. LOVED it. I am a romantic and this was the perfect rom-com in book form for me. I couldn't stop turning the pages to find out what was going to happen next, how the twitter was going to escalate, and most of all, how Pepper and Jack's blooming friendship and maybe something more was going to develop. The story was so exciting and adorable. Sometimes I just really need a book that makes me laugh and makes me feel all giddy and Tweet Cute was definitely that for me. 

Characters are always so important to me when I'm reading any book, even more so when the book so heavily relies on two characters in particular, both in terms of their chemistry and their individual personalities. I loved Jack and Pepper as their own characters just as much as I loved them together. Pepper's perfectionist self, her issues trying to manage her school image, her mum's overbearing expectations, and finding out what on earth she really wants to do with her life are just some of the things I really liked about her. Another is the wacky dessert bakes she does with her sister, which really made me hungry (Monster Cake for me, please) and added to Pepper's independent, quirky self. Jack's character is also so great. I found him so witty and could really picture his lovable mannerisms and the way he viewed the world. His own issues with his family, such as feeling overshadowed by his gold twin brother and feeling like no one knows what he's really capable, were well handled.  I feel like Pepper and Jack are both characters I would personally love to have as friends. They are just my kind of people. And seeing them come together was oh-so perfect. There are also a number of other characters I really enjoyed getting to know, such as Pepper's once-arch enemy Pooja and Jack's best friend, Paul. And the families, too, of course.

The whole thing with the twitter feud was really entertaining and relatable in the way tweets can blow up so quickly and change lives (not always for the better). What I loved most is how it developed a special kind of banter between Jack and Pepper, and what the ramifications of it were "in the real world." It was so entertaining to see it all develop. What I loved even more than the whole twitter thing was the anonymous app and what that meant for the characters. I am a sucker for secret identity plots in romances and in this case really couldn't have asked for more.

My impression of Tweet Cute was all gleefulness from start to finish. I couldn't wait to read it after work and didn't want to put it down  late at night when I should have already been asleep. I just wanted to read it all day, eating grilled cheese and macaroons. If you're looking for an hilariously adorable read to get you through a cold day or a low mood, I would definitely recommend Tweet Cute. It's simply one of those books that will make any one smile and get a little weak at the knees.

Note: I will be posting a version of this review on my book blog post as part of the Tweet Cute Blog Tour on the 27th of January 2020. The link to my blog as follows: https://thesepaperwords.wordpress.com/

THE CUTEST!!! Like a modern day “You’ve Got Mail”. I loved the main characters! The slow burn, the family relationships, the witty back & forth conversations, the sarcasm... just everything! I fell head over heels for jack pretty much straight away!

4 insanely sweet monster cake stars!

Y'all this book was SO GOOD I CAN'T EVEN HANDLE IT. If you enjoy lighthearted, witty YA contemporary, you absolutely NEED to add this to your 2020 TBRs. This book was just so fun and current and sassy while also being just the right amount of serious and I am just so enamored with it. I hesitate to compare it to anything else because it is so very much it's own thing, but I will say that this was like a mix of Jenn Bennett and Emma Mills with extra large dash of humor thrown into the mix and I JUST REALLY REALLY LIKED THIS AND YOU ALL NEED TO READ IT OKAY? OKAY

This was such a cute YA romance book. I'm a complete sucker for the enemies to lovers trope, and I would say it was done very well here. I really enjoyed how the main couple of the book, Pepper and Jack, communicated in so many ways, from Twitter to the Weazel app to real life, without even realizing they were all the same person. Overall, would definitely recommend!

i LOVED this book. The plot line was amazing, and I realized the whole #pepperjack ship withing the first 5 chapters, and I love it. I am bullying my coworker to request it!

If you love: enemies to friends to more, secret identities, you’ve got mail, back and forth banter and food then you will LOVE this book!

The little flirtation scenes in this book are honestly *chef’s kiss* worthy! These characters have you hooked from page 1. I honestly could not put this down and stayed up way past my bedtime finishing this book because I absolutely loved these characters and their dynamic with each other! I loved the dual POVs and getting to see what each character is thinking. Plus did I mention those flirty scenes!! Also all the food that was discussed in this book made me want to bake a much of macarons, monster cake and blondies!! Highly Recommend ❤️

This was so cute! A fun, fully romance that perfectly portrays the role of social media in today’s society. Atmospheric food descriptions and well-rounded characters worrying about what high school seniors worry about. Very well done.

After reading Red, White & Royal Blue this summer, I’ve been on the hunt for stories to satisfy my craving for more wholesome teen romance. With its smart, tech-savvy, sassy protagonists, Emma Lord’s debut novel, Tweet Cute, seemed promising, but, alas, its focus on social media and the resultant drama detracted from the juicy, captivating parts of relationships, and I found it hard to stay invested.

Tweet Cute revolves around classmates Jack and Pepper, who attend a prestigious high school in New York but both happened to grow up in their families’ respective restaurants: Girl Cheesing in Jack’s case, a small Brooklyn sandwich shop that hasn’t grown much since its doors opened, and Big League Burger in Pepper’s, which has grown enormously. When BLB “steals” a recipe from Girl Cheesing (is anyone else unsure what this name means?), a war breaks out on Twitter between Pepper and Jack, who are both completely unaware of the other’s online identity.

At the same time, the whole school is involved in an anonymous app created by a student on which classmates can chat — and flirt — without knowing to whom they’re talking. With fun names like Wolf and Bluebird, the whole school is soon entranced in the mystery and drama of the app, Weazel. While Pepper and Jack war on Twitter, things prove to be a little more friendly between them on the app.

While I enjoyed both Jack and Pepper’s wit, spunk, and sarcasm, I found the focus on online communication (I mean everyone has an online persona, right?) distracting, and I wanted more juicy, in-person tension and chemistry. I found the premise fun and enjoyed the plot overall, but Pepper and Jack didn’t feel real to me the way many YA protagonists do. Tweet Cute is a charming story if you’re really into online chatting or social media, but otherwise I’d suggest Rainbow Rowell’s Carry On or Casey McQuiston’s Red, White & Royal Blue for truly captivating, heart-melting YA reads.

Many thanks to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for the opportunity to read this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

This was such a cute story, with definite You've Got Mail vibes. Pepper and Jack both have such distinctive voices, with real issues of their own, and I love how they come together, how they banter, how they fight in the Twitter war, how they're trying to help one another at the end of the day. I really liked all the different mediums they were interacting in, from real life, to Twitter, to the Weazel app. I liked how they were telling each other so much of themselves without always realizing it. I liked how they noticed the little things about one another and how they fell in love without realizing it. Like, it was interesting that they never once saw each other in a romantic light until they did and how cute it was when they finally did so. This was just a really adorable story and I super recommend it if you enjoyed A Match Made in Mehendi (because it has the same student-made app theme) or #famous (because it has the same Twitter viral getting famous type theme)

this book was a little too cutesy for my liking. it was nice and i enjoyed it just fine but it wasn’t my alley.