This was such a cute romance book! It's a bit cheesy (yes, I totally did that on purpose), but this story has all the best elements a romance should have and it's truly going to warm your heart.

Tweet Cute tells the story of a Twitter war between Big League Burger, a massive corporate account, and Girl Cheesing, a small family-run deli in the East Village. But this is just the surface of this multi-layered story. The accounts are managed by Pepper and Jack, two teenagers who coincidentally happen to go to the same school. All is fair in a Twitter war, especially if it's good for business. What the two don't initially realize is that they are slowly falling for each other, not only thanks to the friendship that blossoms between the two, but also thanks to an app that Jack has created and that everyone at their school is using.

This book screams cuteness. It has some very sweet moments and trust me when I say that you will not be able to stop yourself from drooling when they talk about the delicious creations that Pepper can bake. I so want to try some of that monster cake!
Jack and Pepper definitely are some wonderful, realistic and very well-crafted character with lots of things going on in their lives.

If you're looking for a cute and sweet romance YA book, you should definitely check this out!

I really enjoyed Tweet Cute. It's a sweet YA romance that manages to be fresh while also using tried true tropes. Pepper is the chronic overachiever, and Jack is struggling to find a way to be himself when he is constantly compared to his twin brother. Both teens are dealing with pressure from their families, but when the family businesses clash over a stolen recipe Pepper and Jack find themselves in the midst of Twitter feud for the ages and also falling for each other.

The romance feels natural, and both Pepper and Jack read like real teenagers. I can't wait to grab this book for my classroom bookshelf as I think it will appeal to my students.

Tweet Cute was, as the title implies, rather cute, if not cheesy (I just can't help myself). The budding tension of these two teens entangled IRL and anonymously in multiple ways is quite fun, if a little predictable. I got a lot of 'younger' Gossip Girl vibes from this book. Overall, it was a fun YA read.
My main concern with a book that is so reliant on social media and pop culture references is that it'll date itself- while not necessarily a bad thing, who knows if people will relate to the struggles of Gen Z or even understand the references? As the references stand- you could tell an adult wrote this (Mean Girls was great for its time, but it's already looking dated, and I did visibly cringe to see it so frequently referenced).
However, if you're looking for a cute, tidy, modern-day Romeo and Juliet, this is your read.

Tweet Cute is an adorably hilarious romance!

This story deals with many of the typical high school drama of trying to decide what to do after graduation, family expectations and balancing school with extracurriculars. Jack and Pepper have known each other since freshman year but come to realize that they don’t really know much about each other at all. The more they interact the more complicated things become and it seems like no matter what happens they cannot stay away from one another.

This book had everything I love in a romance novel - relatable and entertaining characters, misunderstandings, a competition and the perfect amount of cheesiness!

I was gifted a copy of this book from the publisher. All opinions are my own.

Overview: We all know that Twitter is the home of sarcasm and great debates. Recently, though, fast food companies, sports teams, and more businesses have found social media managers that have taken their jobs to the next level creating infamously shady tweets. Two people contributing to that world are seniors at a fancy New York City private school. Pepper and Jack are engaged in an all out war when Pepper's Mom's company, Big League Burger, apparently rips off Jack's family's prized grilled cheese recipe from their deli, Girl Cheesing. While Twitter originally is the host that allows the tiny deli to call out plagiarism and win back major support, it becomes the canvas for some serious feuding while also making the undeniable chemistry between the two incredibly apparent. Tweet Cute is about our internet world, and, instead of spelling out our doom from it, Emma Lord manages to reveal all its beautiful nooks and crannies. Overall: 5

Characters: 5 Pepper and Jack are compulsively likable. Pepper is a bit uptight, and definitely appears that way from the outside, but she also has a goofy side that makes more than a few appearances. She loves to bake and runs a baking blog with her sister, she's incredibly quick witted, and her view of the world feels refreshing. But she's also lost. Even though she's winning school, she doesn't know what her real goals in life are beyond what other people have outlined for her. She also can't find her footing with her family. Her sister has a deep rift with her mom after her parent's divorce, and, even though Pepper doesn't agree with all of her mom's choices, she feels compelled to offer all of her support.
That's why Jack is such a welcome relief in Pepper's life. Despite being the adversary, Jack is fighting the battle right along with Pepper. It's not surprising, given his similar feelings of being lost and weary of the family business, that they wind up discussing strategy and making a game out of their online feud. Jack is the sweet and nervous side to Pepper's exterior bravado as he's always lived in his class president twin's shadow, and they balance each other perfectly.
There are also tons of great minor characters that bring up reflections on how schools pit students against each other with their flawed teaching methods, what it means to have real friends, and what it means to be the sibling that isn't always the center of attention. They're all story threads that could be explored in an entire book but create the perfect compliments to Emma's story here without overwhelming it.

Plot: 5 Writing a book about the internet could be a disaster. I've never actually seen it done spectacularly, but this book is the exception. It's current and completely of the moment without dating itself. It sounds just like my friends and I do without being dumbed down or twisted into a Frankenstein of what adults think they're like. It's a book that feels completely my generation. That completely understands Twitter and that gets and wants to glorify the positive sides of the social internet. There are so many books that want to take on its dark side, its danger, and cyberbullying, which exists, but, in my opinion, isn't most of what the internet is or does.
I think my favorite part of the book is the side current that runs through the story that is the Weazl app. Weazl is an online chat app only for people at the high school Jack and Pepper attend. Jack actually created the app and he monitors it. Everyone on it is anonymous, named after a randomly assigned animal, but the app isn't rampantly abused. Kids use it to form study groups and offer homework help. Other students have found best friends and boyfriends/girlfriends from it. We see Bluebird and Wolf find solace in finding each other and being able to be completely open and honest to somebody else because they feel protected by the anonymity. Two strangers become the most important support systems to each other. Despite it being a generally positive place, the principal is intent on getting it shut down. I think this is an important element too because I feel like a lot of the internet is looked at by people from older generations as completely foreign and therefore intimidating and so it must be bad without taking a second to try to understand. I loved the way all of that was examined in the story as well as other nods to Internet culture and things like fan fiction.

Writing: 5 Emma is a spectacular writer. There were times where every word felt so perfectly and expertly placed that they seemed to glitter off the page. This is book that has had tons of time and effort invested into it, but it's not overworked. The sarcasm and jokes hit perfectly. The emotional pitch is tightly controlled yet versatile. The story runs a satisfying arc with lots of tropes that are so well done they seem original to this book while still confronting tons of major issues in society today. The whole book is a delicate balancing act that stays completely on point the whole time. This is just another example of Wednesday continuing to put out a selection of YA that pushes the genre in new directions and with fresh themes that need to be confronted and examined with today's teen's. I can't wait till everyone gets a chance to read this!

Shoutout to NetGalley for the eARC!! This was SUCH a cute rom com read. It had all the best ingredients: grilled cheese, unexpected twists, creative desserts, and such a cute romance.

Out of the ten books I read in October, this one is officially my favorite. Truthfully, it’s either my favorite or tied with my other favorite YA contemporary novel this year. You can bet I’m going to be preordering this one so I can have a physical copy!

This book was just all levels of cuteness and cheesiness. And I’m not talking about just corniness. I’m talking actual cheese, grilled to perfection in a sandwich.

I’m also getting serious vibes of You’ve Got Mail, A Cinderella Story, and Pizza My Heart, all rolled into one glorious Romeo/Juliet, secret pen pals, meet cute romance. Also, Tweet Cute was the perfect title.

Pepper and Jack both work at family-owned food restaurants. Pepper’s is a fast food chain, Jack’s is a small one building deli. But when the fast food chain steals Jack’s grandma’s grilled cheese recipe, all Twitter breaks loose in a war between a conglomerate and a nobody who swiftly rises to a somebody. And added to this is Pepper and Jack chatting anonymously with each other on an app that Jack built.

They start to fall for each other in real life and also possibly on this app where they have no idea who the other is. When they decide irl to not hold back on the Twitter war, I literally got so excited to see what would happen! Especially since the synopsis promised that people on Twitter would start to ship the two together. And oh the awkwardness!

I loved this love story. I want Netflix to make an adaptation of it! The romance was so cheesy, so delicious. I just want to bask in its cheesy goodness. It was hilarious, it had me smiling throughout. The epilogue also had me grinning stupidly.

Thank you to Netgalley and Wednesday Books for an e-arc to review!

*I will post this review on my goodreads and Instagram closer to the publishing date.*

I want to thank Netgalley for providing me with this book in exchange for my honest review.

I have to say I honestly really couldn’t get enough of this book!
The characters were really interesting and drew me into the story right away!
The writing was amazing it flowed really well I was never bored and just wanted to keep reading to see what happened.
I read it all in one sitting and was so sad when it was over.
This is an author that I will be adding to my auto buy list!
5 stars

Well wasn't that cute?

The entirety of the book I was just kind of sitting there like that one Shaq O'Neill GIF shimmy-ing his shoulders.

I whizzed through the book in little more than 3 hours (distracted by Book twitter and my mom) and I can happily say that I am more than grateful for Netgalley and the publisher to grant my wish to read this book.

Pepper was an MC who was right up my alley. She's a little geeky, loves baking and has online friends she prefers waayyy much over the real-life ones (ya know, apart from my best friend)
Jack on the other hand is one of those book boyfriends you instantly fall in love with and want to have as a friend. At least, cause ya know, it can escalate from there. I won't be complaining

This book is written in dual perspective and contains short chapters. I am personally a huge fan of short chapters and I honestly loved that we skipped between Pepper and Jack relatively often because it suited the story so well.
Yes, this story contains cliches and it's predictable though who am I to judge since I clearly love reading those kinds of books but it's the cutest thing I've read in a while and I would highly encourage you to check it out of you're into the same things as I am. Which is basically either high-fantasy, young adult fantasy or these cute romances.

The title is not at all misleading. This book was super cute.

It was also a little bit of a mixed bag for me. There were moments that I found myself shipping Pepper and Jack, and then there were moments where they drove me absolutely crazy (and at least a couple of moments where I found them both to be unlikable). I think this didn't hit me with the swoons like I wanted to, but that POTENTIAL was there and I kept wanting things to go a little deeper in that respect.

Instead, it went deeper into the Twitter war between Pepper and Jack's family businesses. And while at first that was fun to read, it wore on me quickly. Add to that the fact that all of the adults in this book were unlikable (with the possible exceptions of Jack's mom and Grandma Belly) I often found myself more irritated than twitterpated.

But then, there were moments that sucked me right back in. Some of the exchanges between Pepper and Jack were adorable. The cooking and baking were a highlight because, holy yum! And, while the whole of the story was a bit of a bumpy ride for me, the ending was utterly adorable. This was a fun, fast, fairly lighthearted read and perfect for the young adult audience it's geared toward.

At this point in time, this was the cutesy read that I needed.

Pepper and Jack are your ‘typical opposites’. She’s an overachiever of the highest degree, and Jack is perceived to be the ‘class clown’. Mostly by Pepper herself.

Pepper is tasked by her mum to send some snarky tweets about their alleged stealing of a grilled cheese recipe via the corporate twitter account that belongs to her mum’s business Big League Burger to a small-time local deli by the name of Girl Cheesing.

What follows is an all-out twitter feud between Big League Burger and Girl Cheesing that has the internet in a tizzy and people flocking to Girl Cheesing to show their support for Girl Cheesing.

In the midst of all of this, Pepper is trying to maintain her perfect grades, chat with a random boy on a school-only app called Weazel, and being the perfect daughter.

Jack, for his part, is constantly in the shadow of his identical twin brother, Ethan. He constantly feels overlooked and feels like he gets the raw end of the deal by constantly working at Girl Cheesing, while Ethan gets to flourish and spread his wings and constantly make out with his boyfriend, Stephen.


This book had its cute parts, and the ‘heaviest’ this book got was when the two main characters talked about the pressures they felt their families put on them.

I quite enjoyed the baking side of Pepper, those creations she and her sister made sound so lovely!

Reading about the family dynamics between Jack and his family and Pepper and hers was great. It was so easy to see the similarities between Jack and Pepper when it came to their families.


On the whole, it was cute, light, easy, and, sadly, overwhelmingly white and heterosexual.

Loved this one much! Thus felt like I was diving into Nora Ephraim’s world in the best possible way!

Pepper and Jack are seniors at a prestigious high school in Manhattan - she's swim team captain and all around overachiever while he's the class clown trying to step out of his popular twin's shadow. When he's not working at his family's deli, Girl Cheesing, he's developing apps in secret. Pepper's family owns a big corporate chain named Big League Burger and she's been helping with the corporate Twitter account. But when Big League Burger steals his grandma's famous grilled cheese recipe, Jack decides to take them down on Twitter. Soon he and Pepper engage in a very public Twitter war. While this is all happening, they are also falling for each other in real life through an anonymous chat app that Jack developed.

A twitter war over grilled cheese!? Sign me up! This book is filled with snark and I loved it! I couldn't stop reading and managed to finish it in two sittings. I thought the story was well written and storyline was super engaging! The budding romance was also super cute. This book was a good palate cleanser after an intense thriller. I do wish the author included the recipes to the creations Pepper was making with her sister tho - I could use some Monster Cake in my life right now. haha!

Thank you to Netgalley and Wednesday Books for a copy of this ARC in exchange for my honest review.

Sweet YA romance in the vein of Shop Around the Corner.
Jack and Pepper are classmates, Twitter rivals, and anonymous chat room friends. As they become closer and their different connections are revealed, their relationship becomes deeper and more complicated.
Emma Lord's teenagers feel very credible, from the way they talk to the anxieties they share. The romance is very tame and very sweet. This book would be suitable for a broad age range, safe for younger YA readers, but appealing to older teens as well who will identify with the stresses of senior year.

I am a reader. I will try most genres of books at least once. I am not ashamed to admit that I am not only a reader of women’s fiction (chick lit!), but I also read young adult, middle grade and children’s books. After all, I need to know what is out there when my kids become of age. I can’t stand the snobby readers who proclaim that young adult is not “serious enough” or a “real book.” They are really missing out on some great stories. Tweet Cute was one of those stories for me.

According to Urban Dictionary, a “meet-cute” is a “scenario in which two individuals are brought together in some unlikely, zany, destined-to-fall-in-love-and-be-together-forever sort of way (the more unusual, the better)” Throw in a Twitter war, and you got yourself a tweet-cute!

In this story, we are introduced to Pepper. She has moved with her mom and her sister to NYC after her parents divorced. She left behind all she has ever known, including her dad and the family business, Big Mouth Burger. Her mom was beginning to open new locations and expand the store’s reach. Pepper and her sister write a food blog, and Pepper helps her mom out by managing BMB’s Twitter account. This in addition to school and applying to colleges.

Then there is Jack. Jack, or “the other twin” (from his twin brother Ethan) helps out in family’s deli. He is secretly creating apps that are used in his school that reminded me of the Friendster days. Only difference is instead of using names, everyone is assigned an animal. You find out who each other are by beginning to chat with each other and then randomly the app reveals who you have been speaking to.

One day it is discovered that Big Mouth Burger has stolen his grandmother’s grilled cheese recipe. Jack begins to Tweet about this, starting an all out Twitter war. Unbeknownst to Jack, he is at Twitter-war with Pepper. Add to that, both Pepper and Jack are speaking to someone they don’t know on Jack’s app! It’s enough teenage drama to make anyone crazy! When their war goes viral, and it is revealed that they are the ones behind the tweets, lines are blurred between friendship, enemies, and…wait…are they falling for each other?

I really enjoyed this one! I received this from NetGalley after wishing for it, and I was selected! I was glad I was as I always enjoy reading about kids in high school that were nothing like me. I was not very driven, and just plodded along until I could be free. I blossomed in college. But to see how kids are living in the age of social media (yup – I’m old) is interesting to see how they navigate everything. Relationships. Schoolwork. Not everything in the story was picture perfect. You could feel the emotions of each character without it getting too sappy. You could see the end of the story without it being a disappointment. You could feel the Twitter war brewing, just like Corner Bakery came for Panera’s mac and cheese, as I was reading about the grilled cheese wars. Art imitating life?

All in all, this one kept me turning the pages to see just how Pepper and Jack would figure out who they were chatting with, how the Twitter war would end, and to see if Pepper’s mom would EVER listen to her! I wasn’t disappointed.

I received this e-book from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

I loved this book! It was fun and light and had the perfect amount of angst. It reminded me why I still enjoy YA! I definity recommend.

Tweet Cute was an enjoyable read. It did start out a little slow for me, but once the storyline picked up I enjoyed it. I really liked the twists towards the end. It was fun to see how the parents were actually involved with each other. All in all a cute, fun read.

This was really cute and I enjoyed it so much I hope to read more by this author I am an adult and I still love YA

Tweet Cute is an adorable, modern enemies-to-lovers romance that’s sure to hook any contemporary reader. Its charming, tropey storyline and classic plot full of heart had me from the very first page. I loved the Twitter war, the anonymous chat app, and all the little things about watching Jack and Pepper fall in love.

Jack and Pepper were such well-developed characters who complemented each other perfectly. Pepper is an over-achieving superstar, with top grades and extracurriculars… but is also funny, down to earth, and loves desserts. Jack helps run his family deli in between swim practices and self-pity over his “golden child” twin brother. These two had the wittiest conversations and text chats, while also feuding on Twitter via corporate accounts for their family businesses. Their chemistry was amazing. Pepper and Jack knew each other so well, even when they were just starting to become friends. I’m honestly so jealous of their relationship and ability to cut to the core of what was bothering the other person. The way they connected is so innately realistic as well, showing the joy of finally getting to know someone you’ve been around for years.

All of the characters made this novel shine, but I especially loved Pepper. I think she’s the most relatable character to me in some aspects, and I had so much sympathy for her plights. She struggled to balance her school life, baking blog, and friends with her mother’s demands, and I constantly hoped that she would find balance. Once she lets down her guard she starts to enjoy her senior year more, make some new friends, and realize there’s more to life than working, I saw her light up on the page. I also appreciate her struggle to keep her family together and being a go-between for her mom and sister who no longer speak. That takes a toll on her energy and is a source of frustration throughout the novel.

The plot is equally adorable. Tweet Cute is a modern “You’ve Got Mail,” with Jack and Pepper acting as rivals while falling in love over a chat app. Their antics were so amusing, and I had so much fun watching them up the ante on their feud. Of course, the emotional and familial components to the story tie in perfectly, with neither Jack nor Pepper missing out on their fair share of family drama. Luckily, they find each other—though they don’t find that out until much later. The tension between Pepper and Jack wondering who the person on the other end of the app is while simultaneously but unknowingly growing close in person drew me in. I wanted them to figure it out from all the dropped hints, but I also thought it fun to read about them (especially Pepper) wondering who it was.

The Twitter war, however, is my favorite plot point. It’s the hook of the novel, giving insight into the difference between running a small business and a big corporation, and the families behind both. Pepper and Jack go to bat for their restaurants armed with memes and witticisms, and their over-the-top challenges got a laugh out of me, keeping me on my toes! The combination of this humor and the romance gripped me throughout the novel.

Lastly, Pepper and her sister Paige connect over a baking blog they run, and seriously, with all the food talk, Tweet Cute made me so hungry! From Grandma’s Grilled Cheese to Monster Cake and Kitchen Sink Macaroons, I *need* a recipe book stat! I love books that connect to real world fun, but in this one I hope hard copies contain recipes, because I think this needs to be an interactive activity!

My one bug is that I think some of the cultural references will date Tweet Cute quickly. Two, five, seven years from now, will we be interacting with media culture in the same ways Tweet Cute expects readers to understand? It’s a very specifically timed novel, and time will tell whether these quirks and specific late 2010’s in-jokes will age well. However, this is such a subjective issue that I decided not to let it affect my overall rating.

Tweet Cute earned 5 stars from me because of its sharp ideas and originality. This has to be one of the cutest new romances I’ve read in a while, and you should check it out!

I loved the app idea in the book I thought it was so cute and probably something I would have used in high school. Although I didn’t like Peppers character she kind of brought the book down for me. Jack was amazing though.