THIS WAS SO CUTE. It started off slow, but once it picked up it totally captured my attention! This is everything I've ever wanted in a book, and it was just as cute and amazing as I wanted it to be.

Such a stinking cute book!!! I swear I am filled to the brim with joy and charm and laughter and cheese. This was such a cute story about two teens, Jack and Pepper, going through their senior year of high school experiencing midterms, college applications, extracurriculars and to top it all off, a twitter war. This premise is a bit bizarre ngl but it worked so well. It was just so unfathomably cute, no wonder it’s in the title. Ugh I can’t wait to get my hands on a physical copy of this!

Best book I have read in a long time. Couldn’t put it down after I picked it up. Can’t wait to read more from this author in the future.

Tweet Cute is an easy to read teen romance that leaves the reader with a good and happy feeling. I hate to be blindsided by trauma in books, and I feel that can be detrimental to young readers. Tweet Cute has plot twists that keep the reader engaged, but they're not the type of plot twists that will leave you feeling punched or sick. The book would be great for pre-teens and teens who are wanting something fun and easy that they can relate to. The story hinges on old cliches, but they're told in a new and modern way that makes them seem fresh and new. Emma Lord manages to take an old story and make it worth reading again. The characters have few large flaws, but that makes them easy to root for. The middle gets a little slow, but the final plot twist pulled me back in so much that I stayed up late to finish the book - something I was not expecting.

Final thoughts: Great for young readers or adults who want something cute to pass the time.

Super sweet YA with fun twists throughout. My daughter is a hs senior, so I empathize for the pressures the main characters are going through in that time of life. Loved the dialogue between Pepper and Jack.

4.25* at a meet cute

When the publisher granted my wish to read and review this book in advance, I was totally over the moon. Seriously, the e-mail made me smile like a doofus - at 6.45 am. I am n.o.t. a morning person, so this says loads about the hopes I had for this book. I expected a cute and funny love-story with a lot of teenage-angst and issues my past teenager self could relate to. I was not disappointed.

I felt especially invested in the book when the main characters had arguments with their parents. Having turned 25 myself this year, I still have these kind of arguments with my mom where you seem to work all the logic into arguing your case and also knowing it is definitely you who should leave the courtroom of family arguments as the winner, whereas my mother is hell-bent on staying convinced she did nothing wrong and it is, in fact, her being victimized and not she making herself the victim just because that seems to be the easier role.

Only midway through the book I actually consciously realised that I was following the story of teenagers, not in fact, kids about to graduate from college. And it really disagreed with me. Recalling just too well how I was at the age of 17 it just seemed a bit implausible, to name their self-confident, wise-beyound-their-years attitude. And before y'all hit me with that "That's what happens when you work [at your parents' business] from a young age on"-crap; s.h.u.s.h. I worked at my fathers bakery and tutored younger kids before from a very early age on.

Throughout the 3.5 days it took me to get through this lovely book I always caught myself being excited to get back to it.

This book is for you if… are looking for a relatable teenage love story that involves tons of baking-inspirations and cute fights with a slight Gossip Girl filter with all the over the top intrigues and drama.

What's happening.
Pepper. She can't remember the last time she was able to let go of all the <stress and pressure of handling being at a prestigious high school where she has swim captain duties and needs to keep top of the class grades, the booming franchise business of her parents' burger place Big League Burger, mediating between her mother and her sister Paige, and keeping up their food blog. Pepper, much like me, has peculiar ways of dealing with her stress; baking:

Add chocolate chips, butter, flour, salt, cocoa powder, eggs, and more embarrassment than the body of a teenage girl can possibly contain, set the oven to a bajillion degrees and set the whole damn thing on fire.

There are only two things that bring Pepper relief: the blissful hours she spends at the swimming pool and chatting at anonymously with the mysterious Wolf. Being able to be herself is a rare enough thing with her mother burdening her with the task to make their business a twitter-sensation.

Jack. Although he loves his family's deli Girl Cheesing to bits, it is hard to always compete with the older twin for some recognition, both from his family and his fellow school mates. Golden boy Ethan always seems to excel at whatever he is doing, even though sometimes it's actually Jack doing those things for him.

I resent the assumption that just because I don't have debate club practices or someone to make out with on the steps of the Met, his time is somehow worth more than mine.

It is adorable how Jack is almost like the great Chandler Bing in his way to deal with all the uncomfortable situations he finds himself in.

"Two people asked for my number."[, Ethan says]
"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?"

His two opportunities for a timeout from the life he feels alienated from are his passion for building apps and chat-time with Bluebird. She seems so honest and at ease with him even though there are only few intimate details they share with each other as not to reveal their true identities.

PepperJack. Being a student at a school that enforces a competitive spirit that goes way beyond what is healthy and productive for a decent learning environment sure ain't child's play. It is aspects such as this one that makes me shake my head in disbelief when I catch people making jokes about students and how they have it easy. They don't.

Whereas their paths only cross for official school matters in a somewhat detached way, is is the online time they spend with each other unknowingly that gives them a reason to smile. But all of a sudden, their real-life interaction becomes much more personal in more than just one way: on the one hand, they need to arrange their two teams to share the pool and on the other hand, they unknowingly begin a twitter-war each being the business opponent of the other that get's way too personal way too quickly. As the tweets become meaner one cannot help but wonder if the connection that is coming together between the two will survive the spitfire between Girl Cheesing and Big League Burger. Especially, since it seems to surpass the borders of friendship.
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Writing quality + easy of reading = 5*

pace = 4*

plot development = 4*

characters = 4*

enjoyability = 4*

insightfullness = 4*

Christ, this book was adorable! First book in a while that I couldn't put down. It was delightful, charming, adorable, and unexpected in how I thought things would play out. The main characters are very likable and relatable, struggling with finding their place in a world that seems to be pushing them into their respectable family business.

A couple things tripped me up, like how some of the texting conversations were formatted, but then again it's an uncorrected copy, so I imagine it'll be cleaned up before its release. And a few moments were so YA, like the classic miscommunication trope that seems to end a relationship before they decide that's what it is, and even a little unnecessary, like that the whole Twitter feud was just revenge because Pepper's mom dated Jack's dad for a spell, but it' all minor stuff that doesn't take away from my enjoyment of the book. It's one I'll be picking up when it's released.

Tweet Cute is a fun YA romance that follows the lives of two high school seniors. In a Romeo and Juliet setting, Two teens fight the odds to find true love. Lots of family drama that will remind any teen of their own, developing friendships, and family idiosyncrasies make this book move at a fun pace while keeping readers involved. A fun ChickLit novel.

Author Emma Lord did an excellent job with her first novel. The characters are fun and the storyline grabs you from the beginning and keeps rolling. I couldn't put this one down! It is a nice clean young adult romance novel; however, it does touch briefly on homosexuality. I will be ordering two copies of this for my library, it will be flying off the shelves!

I. Loved. This. Book. I’m always game for a YA romance, but this book is that and so much more!

First, this book had all the feels! It made me feel anxious, sad, happy, annoyed, giddy, and touched… sometimes within the span of a few pages. It is a rare book that can get me to actually laugh out loud, but “Tweet Cute” managed it several times. “Then she’d do something to get under Mom’s skin, and Mom would push back, and the apartment would go from Hello Kitty to hell on earth in the time it took for me to take out the recycling and come back.” (p. 60). “Hello Kitty to hell on earth”…. BEST. LINE. EVER! So, yeah. The writing style and the emotional impact were definitely big plusses for me!

Second, the plot was interesting. This book went beyond just the normal enemies-to-lovers or from-online-to-IRL-love tropes. I mean, it had those, but it had tension from the (hilarious) Twitter war, tension from parental/familial pressure, tension from the secret “banned” Weazel app, tension from anonymous friends online who could be revealed to each other any time, tension from a bitter school rivalry, and other tensions that I am probably forgetting. There was never not something going on in this story (please forgive the double negative!). SO GOOD! All of these different plot lines kept the story interesting and kept it from being just a regular, run-of-the-mill happy, sappy romance. And then the “shocking” reveal near the end! Just too perfect for words!

Then, there were the amazing, complex characters. Not just one or two main characters, but everyone from parents to friends to the wonderful Grandma Belly had layers and levels to their characters. There were also the lessons the characters learned – like your perspective on a situation is not necessarily the only (or right) perspective – that made this book more. Just such a stellar book, and I CAN’T WAIT to share it with my students!

So many cheese puns. So many of them and each and every one was a complete delight.

I adored the variety of aspects about this book! Lord crafted many little aspects incredibly well. From the very believable relationships between the teens and their parents to Landon's character throughout to Pooja's character to the app development to the baking blog to the various businesses to very real discussions about the merits and detriments of college and making future plans.

The characters both really grow in this book and not only the inevitable romantic, but all relationships develop in such interesting ways. This felt comfortable to read and as if it was already a classic, while being completely fresh, witty, and funny.

A look at how social media can be a place of action, comfort, and speaking from the comfort of anonymity. A great twist to this story is how age changes the lens through which we view the online world. Though the story had several unexpected twists, the ending was what I expected - though that was completely fine with me. Would recommend for upper middle school and high school.

Super cute story of two high school seniors, Pepper and Jack who know don't know each other really well but end up talking because of their respective sports. They end up forming a tentative friendship. Also, both of their sets of parents own restaurants and unbeknownst to either of them they are engaged in a war on twitter abut their famous grilled cheese sandwiches which Pepper and Jack actually end up getting involved in also without know it. Thirdly, Jack has developed an ap for their high school where each user gets an animal name and they can chat anonymously and Pepper and Jack are also chatting under their pseudonyms and they don't know it. Obviously all of these things are going to come together at some point and one of them is going to figure out how they are related in some way or another while they are getting closer and closer in real life. This is a really cute romance centered around Twitter, baking and actually spending time with someone as opposed to just talking to them online. I really liked it! Thanks to NG for the ARC!!

*Thank you to Netgalley for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review*

Tweet Cute follows Jack (Wolf) and Pepper (Bluebird) who are secretly falling for each other on an anonymous messaging app (Weazel) that Jack developed, neither of them aware who the other is, whilst also becoming friends and falling for one another IRL (see what I did there?) However they both have access to their respective families businesses twitter accounts (Girl cheesing and Big League Burger) and thus begins a battle of GIFs, Memes and dates references that causes an all out twitter war!
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I loved this book, it was such an easy and cute read that had me smiling and laughing at the banter and the twitter war, but also screaming at them to find out each others identities and actually succumb to the romantic chemistry!
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I loved all the references to older movies such as the Parent Trap and Mean Girls, as well as how modern the book is, to include how central social media is to everything in this modern age, by including messenger apps, twitter and instagram references within the book, as well as showing just how instagram and twitter are used for business advertisement and growth.
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I loved the POV narrative alternating between Jack and Pepper, as well as the fact that there aren't any loose ends for me in the books, such as finding out just why Peppers mum acts like such a bitch, but ultimately making you like her again towards the end of the book.
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Plus OMG the epilogue just screamed squad goals to me, it was such a lovely ending for the book, and I am even more destined to taste Peppers and Paiges dessert concoctions, I mean the "so sorry brownies" and "monster cake" sound A-MAZ-ING
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I am struggling to find things wrong with this book, but for my own personally opinion, I did struggle with quite a few of the apprevations (not sure if that's an age thing) such as ICYMI. Plus I would of liked the text chat to have a better layout, as sometimes I was struggling to work out whose texts were whose. Other than that this book is amazing!
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This was a cute read. A contemporary YA which did scream young adult a few too many times for me. Overall I did really like Jack and Pepper. The Twitter angle is cute and relatable, as well as the social media apps. It was a cute, light-hearted romcom, a perfect refresher.

*Spoiler free*

Two teens have a grilled cheese war on Twitter that goes viral. I honestly felt like I was legally obligated to read this, as a teen who has a Twitter account. It's such a cool idea and it feels so original! It takes something that happens all the time in real life and puts in a YA book. It's amazing.

I went into this book expecting it to be sweet and maybe a little funny, but I as definitely not expecting this to be one of the CUTEST FREAKING BOOKS ever. I'm surprised sweetness isn't leaking out of my pours just from reading this. It's packed full of absolute adorableness between the characters, and on top of that, it's completely full of amazing desserts. Pepper is a baker, and wow oh wow is she talented. So many amazing desserts, so many.

I love Pepper and Jack's names. I find it freaking hilarious. It's a book about a grilled cheese war and the main character's names are Pepper and Jack. Oh, it's so brilliantly subtle and not subtle at all. I love it. I don't just love their names. Pepper and Jack are amazing characters. They're both so confused and so awkward. They're trying to figure out life and stumbling through it like normal teenagers. They're extremely stressed and have so much to think about. They felt so real and I just want to hug them both.

I connected with Pepper a lot. She has such a fear of failure and that's something I struggle with. She's trying to figure out what she wants to do in life and she's hasn't quite got it all figured out. She's trying to juggle so many things, all while being the picture of togetherness. She's also so sweet, and so caring, and so adorable. I wasn't expecting to like Jack as much as I did. I don't know why, but I was expecting him to be kind of an artificial character. But, he really surprised me. He's just as awkward and confused as anybody. He has his own troubles and worries. He's also a huge dork, which I love haha.

I also really loved the side characters! Some of them might be annoying sometimes, and some might only show up here and there, but they all add their own touch to the story. I loved seeing them whenever they came up.

I love the trope where two characters are talking anonymously online, they fall in love together in real life, and don't realize they're talking together online. This book takes that and DOUBLES IT. There's the upper layer, with the Twitter war, which was fantastic. Then, there's the layer where Pepper and Jack are talking online anonymously, which was even more fantastic! Once the Twitter war got started and started being hilariously snarky, there was still the online talking, and Pepper and Jack hanging out in real life. There were so many balls in their air and it was just really great.

Lord managed to take complicated characters, with complicated live, and put them in a complicated plot. And managed to keep everything in a straight line and easy to understand. I wasn't overwhelmed at any point, which I think is a huge accomplishment.

New York causes me major anxiety. It's just so big and there are so many people and so many buildings. It's sensory overload for me. Somehow, this book made me like New York. It managed to paint New York in a light where I would actually be a place to live. I'm kind of floored just typing that because I didn't think that was possible. Honestly, I think it's because everything else in this book was so cute and so adorable that I was able to focus on that and the setting played into that. Plus, Pepper doesn't like to travel very far because she gets overwhelmed, which I could really relate too haha.

Both Jack and Pepper had their own emotional growth and development. They grow together and they grow and in their own separate ways. I think it's really impressive that it managed to be done so well, inside one book. There's so much emotion packed inside it and it was really awesome to see all of it done so well.

I can't wait to hug this book. It's so freaking cute. It's so cute that I could say it's so cute forever and I would never get tired of it. This book fits so many real world things inside a spectacular romcom. I just really loved it a lot.

I loved the writing, story, characters, cheesiness and everything. Anyone can see the author is a fan of Rom-coms, references of mean girls, Gossip Girl and others were scattered throughout the story which I loved, I also get the mild vibes of Gossip Girl in the story. Twitter war scenario was so fun and on the point.

All the characters were so fun except Ethan, I didn't like him. The family role was equally fun. I loved the way the author define Pepper's homesickness and Jack's insecurities that were Perfect. Unlike other YA, both weren't hot-tempered, stupid and annoying, which I loved the most.

TWEET CUTE just might be one of my favorite reads of 2020 and, yes, okay, 2020 isn't even here yet, but I feel confident in my statement. It features many classic rom-com staples from "rivals to romance" to "let's make a deal" and more, but does so in a way that feels fresh and new. It's a rom-com for the modern teen who knows their memes yet doesn't quite know who they want to be. Emma Lord has crafted a sparkling debut where the banter is witty, the burn is slow, and the puns are - dare I say it about this fromage-filled novel - cheesy indeed. It's a reading experience that will have you smiling from start to finish.

I thought Tweet Cute was an adorable book! Jack and Pepper were super cute! The snark and drama was fun and well written. It is a "You've Got Mail" type of story for the new generation. I would definitely recommend for a fun summer read!

I received this ARC from Netgalley and the publisher in exchange for my honest review.

I am definitely not the target audience for this book - this isn't necessarily a teen book that is geared towards people who aren't teens. So. Many. Teen. References. This will probably be outdated soon. Mostly, what drove me up the wall was the way the adults were portrayed. Why are grown ups always ridiculous, horrible characters? That's a trope that needs to stop.