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.

I actually read Tweet Cute back in July when my wish was granted on NetGalley. I am not the biggest contemporary fan, but from the synopsis of the book I was hooked and knew I needed it in my life. But I was so excited that I pushed my TBR pile aside and dived into it. I loved Tweet Cute so much that finished it in one sitting. It's cute, cheesy, (ha, get the pun?) funny and a fresh take on romance that is going to have readers everywhere swooning.

Side note: I actually work at Wendy's and our social media has a habit of roasting their twitter followers, @ing their competition and basically causing a lot of fun havoc. (Did you know they also made a mix tape that you can find on Apple Music?) So reading a book about two restaurants going at each other on twitter? I was really excited for it.

Back to my review!

Pepper's family owns a steadily growing popular fast food chain called Big League Burger, where Jack's family owned deli, Girl Cheese, is failing. BLB is launching their new grilled cheeses, but something is fishy about one of them. It is a rip off of the famous sandwich from Girl Cheese that Jack's grandmother created years prior. Taking to twitter to tweet at them, Jack doesn't expect the tweet to blow up. But it does and now its BLB vs. Girl Cheese in the twitter war of the year. Pepper secretly runs the BLB twitter that has millions of followers, which she isn't inclined to but with the pressure from her mom and the failing PR girl, she reluctantly does. But what happens when two competitors begin to fall for each other? Well let's say it isn't as simple at melting cheese on bread. (Another pun!)

Tweet Cute is told in alternating views of Jack and Pepper. I loved getting to see into both of their heads and the plans for the shenanigans the had planned for twitter next. This isn't just a story of two teens in a twitter war, it is also a story of following your dreams, finding your passions and learning that love can bloom in the most unlikeliness of places and even forgiveness.

We see that Pepper's mom is hugely involved in BLB. It is her entire life. Back in Nashville they were tiny little restaurant that blossomed into something massive and to keep the business in the family (and after divorcing Pepper's father) they move to New York to open the corporate office. Pepper and her mom's relationship is on slightly rocky ground because of the whole social media thing. You can tell that her mother loves Pepper, but she also loves her company and because of that sacrifices time with her daughter. Their are a few instances in this book were Pepper's mom is gone for extended periods of time, leaving her teenage daughter alone.

Jack lives in the shadow of his twin brother Ethan. Where Ethan is the head of student council and involved in clubs he is popular where Jack is not. But that doesn't stop people from confusing them on a continuous basis. Jack has a knack for app development and actually created an app that is an online chat room for his school. Everyone goes by animal alias and it is all completely one hundred percent anonymous until the app decided it is time to out them (which is all part of the fun.) Jack goes by Wolf and for the past few months has been talking to someone by the name of Blue Bird, I think we can all take a wild guess at who Blue Bird is. While being friends in real life, Jack and Pepper also don't know that the have been anonymously talking to each other for months with no idea.

I loved the bantering and the arguing that Pepper and Jack continuously have. Their relationship as friends and how it develops into something more was a slow progression and it made them feel even more real to me. The best part is that they actually act like their age, sometimes high school students are written to be extremely immature or too mature and both Pepper and Jack make mistakes and learn from them and are exploring life. It was refreshing and I loved seeing it.

I basically spent most of this book wanting to reach into my kindle and smash both of their faces together. I was basically like: "WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO KISS!?" But needless to saw I found the romance aspect of this book to be flawless and adorable.

Overall I really enjoyed Tweet Cute and I know many others are going to love Emma's debut novel. There is so much of this story to love and so many laugh at loud moments that you are not going to be able to help but smile. Tweet Cute also sparked me wanting to read some more contemporary so yay for that!

Super cute, cheesy read. Haha. Yeah I know that was even cheesier than the actual book. But seriously a very cute book. I would liken this to a modern day You’ve Got Mail.

Jack was the perfect swoon worthy, class clown but secretly really smart male character and Pepper was the perfect uptight perfectionist who secretly feels like she doesn’t fit in female character.

Both had communication issues that had me screaming, but they are teens and both trying to figure out their lives while being pushed a certain way by their parents that they don’t want to actually go.

The twitter aspect was cute and relatable for today’s society.

Also, as an adult, the adults in this book are so stupid. I was so mad at them most of the time, especially Pepper’s mom. And I get at the end why she was upset and everything but geeeeeez.

I really enjoy the social media/secret identity booms quite a bit and I’m excited to see more coming out like this!

This book was incredibly cute. I loved the interactions between Pepper and Jack. This family drama was fun, but not terribly over the top. I definitely don't regret spending a whole morning reading this.

Thanks to Netgalley for the ARC!
I am between 3.5 and 4 stars for this one. I was worried the story was going to be predictable and felt I knew where it was heading. Luckily, i was wrong. Of course there is a love interest in here, but it did not pan out the way I thought it would, and I was pleasantly surprised.
I really liked the characters of Pepper and Jack; they are likable and realistic and have their own family struggles that come into play (identical twin, small business, mother and sister butting heads, striving for perfection), giving these characters some depth. I also felt like the developing friendship was legit and easy to see happening, even as it turns into a little something more. Pepper also sees some people are not what they always seemed, which is a good lesson (and it is not done in an annoyingly obvious after school special way). .This book does not have nauseating insta-love, thank goodness!
The Twitter battle was something fresh and timely and would be appreciated by teens. The kids in this school also communicate via an app, and there are other apps developed and referenced in here, which was a nice modern touch.
There is talk of teen drinking, some mild making out (how nice to have the twin with his boyfriend featured in here like it is not big thing), and some profanity. Overall, really cute and enjoyable. Definitely one I will be recommending to my students!

This is a wonderful book of first love and all the awkward feelings that go along with it. Jack and Pepper are simply adorable! I would recommend this book to anyone from 10 years up who enjoys romance. Emma Lord has a huge hit on her hands!

The "You've Got Mail" of Gen Z, Tweet Cute is a delightfully cheesy rom-com for the age of Twitter. Be prepared for puns and snark. Overall, a really fun read!

I truly enjoyed this book, but it could have been just a bit shorter. I found myself wondering when the end was coming even though I was liking the read. I think maybe it could have been edited a bit better. It has all the elements of a great story...wonderful characters, chemistry, fun twists, fun ending. It just needs to be a bit tighter.

Pepper has spent the last 4 years molding herself into a perfect NYC prep school student, complete with a killer GPA and a full roster of extracurriculars. She doesn't have a lot of friends but she does have a nemesis: Jack, the class clown who never seems to take anything seriously except for possibly coming up with new annoying nicknames for her. When a social media feud erupts between their family businesses, Pepper and Jack find themselves battling it out on Twitter and having a surprising amount of fun doing it. Their snarky barbs actually lead to something like a friendship, but both are hesitant to explore more because they've been exchanging messages on an anonymous school app with someone they think might truly understand them (and they don't know they're talking to each other). Between their feuding restaurants, parent expectations, college applications and feelings for what they believe are 2 different people, senior year is turning into kind of a mess! When they discover that their secret pen pal and their real-life partner in Twitter-banter are actually one and the same, can they get past their tangled history to grab the future that's right in front of them?

This updated YA twist on You've Got Mail (and The Shop around the Corner) was SO cleverly done! It was well-written and engaging from the very first page. I was sucked right in and couldn't wait to see what other changes Lord had made to the story to modernize it and what she'd kept the same. There are so many little sub-plots and supporting characters that you get to know, so while you're rooting for Pepper and Jack, you're also getting attached and invested in the other people in the story. There are so many layers here that it makes me tired to imagine writing it and keeping it all straight, but it made for a wonderful tapestry of endearing characters mixed with a love letter to New York, social media, and small businesses.

There are some big issues tackled here, too. It's not merely a cute little rom-com (though it is that, too). Lord tackles cyber-bullying, academic pressures, recognizing that parents aren't infallible, and the difference between who you think you should be and who you ARE. There's also plenty of diversity in this book. Jack's brother, Ethan, is unavailable a lot of the time because he's off making out all over the city with his boyfriend. And Pepper discovers that her arch-rival for valedictorian, Pooja, is actually quite a wonderful and supportive friend once she gets to know her.

I'm a big fan of You've Got Mail so this book had a lot to live up to in my mind, and I'm so pleased to say that I thoroughly enjoyed it and think it did an AWESOME job of updating a story that has to change with our times (from handwritten letters to AOL to Twitter)! What a fun debut by Emma Lord!

**Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for the delightful ARC in exchange for my honest review!**