Tweet Cute: A Novel

Pepper is your typical high school perfectionist and overachiever, something she has control over while her family is falling apart. Her mom is busy keeping their-once small town-fast food restaurant off the ground as an ultra successful chain, and let’s be realistic here, Pepper is as well since she secretly has a large hand in the social media aspect. Her sister is away at college and has a strained relationship with their mom and their dad is back in their hometown managing the original Big League Burger.Jack is the son of a rival burger shop, twin, and class clown. He usually prefers to fly under the radar where most things are concerned, perfectly content with hiding away developing his apps. Apps like the one being banned at school. The one he designed, for students only, to anonymously post under the guise of an animal. That is, until Big League steals his family’s grilled cheese recipe. Only then does he find himself locked in a twitter war with Pepper. What neither realize is that they’re falling for each other behind animal faces on his app while the twitter war goes viral.I enjoyed this book, but I didn’t love it quite as much as the other work I’ve read by Emma. I found the beginning a little hard to get into and I wasn’t a huge fan of how the two were forced to spend time together, but after four chapters or so I was hooked and didn’t want to put it down. The banter we love is there between the characters and they’re almost sickeningly cute together. Though I have to admit, I love the PepperJack ship. The name is too perfect. I loved Jack’s opinion of being on Twitter, yelling into a void. Just a great, fun read overall.

**Disclaimer: I was given a free e-ARC of the below in exchange for an honest review from NetGalley**Title Tweet CuteAuthor Emma LordRelease Date January 21, 2020Description from AmazonMeet Pepper, swim team captain, chronic overachiever, and all-around perfectionist. Her family may be falling apart, but their massive fast-food chain is booming ― mainly thanks to Pepper, who is barely managing to juggle real life while secretly running Big League Burger’s massive Twitter account.Enter Jack, class clown and constant thorn in Pepper’s side. When he isn’t trying to duck out of his obscenely popular twin’s shadow, he’s busy working in his family’s deli. His relationship with the business that holds his future might be love/hate, but when Big League Burger steals his grandma’s iconic grilled cheese recipe, he’ll do whatever it takes to take them down, one tweet at a time.All’s fair in love and cheese ― that is, until Pepper and Jack’s spat turns into a viral Twitter war. Little do they know, while they’re publicly duking it out with snarky memes and retweet battles, they’re also falling for each other in real life ― on an anonymous chat app Jack built.As their relationship deepens and their online shenanigans escalate ― people on the internet are shipping them?? ― their battle gets more and more personal, until even these two rivals can’t ignore they were destined for the most unexpected, awkward, all-the-feels romance that neither of them expected.Initial ThoughtsOk, can I just take a minute to talk about the fact that I’m reviewing a book that’s coming out in 2020?!? Seriously, where did the year go? It feels like just yesterday I didn’t even know what an ARC was, and now, I’m reviewing books for 2020! Anyway, I was chosen for a Blog Tour of this book in January but I couldn’t resist reading it early and writing this review.Some Things I LikedGossip Girl vibes. I. Love. Gossip Girl. This book had all the best parts of that story without any of the needless bitchy-ness. I loved that. And, it was self-referencing (in a way). The story cited its parallels to the hit show and I just loved that.Additionally, I loved all of the references to various bits of pop culture.Alternating POV. This was perfectly done. Since our main characters are both harboring secrets that the other doesn’t know, the POVs made this story so much more fun to follow.Grilled Cheese. Buddy the Elf’s food groups are candy, candy canes, candy corns, and syrup. Mine are grilled cheese, mac and cheese, donuts, and peanut butter cups. This whole story revolved around one of the most epic foods in existence.I also really enjoyed the multi-generational element in both of these rivaling restaurants.Favorite Quote“Full-time vice principal and part-time thief of joy.”“Thief of joy” is one of my favorite things that Michael calls Dwight on The Office. When I saw it used here, I literally laughed out loud.Final ThoughtsThis book was adorable. I loved every page. I applied for it kind of on a whim since I really don’t read many contemporary novels but this really caught my eye. I’m so excited to be participating in the blog tour in a few months.In the meantime, ADD THIS TO YOUR TBR, like ASAP (or as Michael Scott would say, ASA P as possible 😉).⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Recommendations for Further ReadingFlawed by Becky Bird – if you like cute, contemporary romance stories, definitely give this new release by Becky Bird a try.Cupid’s Match by Lauren Palphreyman – this book isn’t out yet but if you enjoyed the setting and characters in Tweet Cute, definitely give this new release a try.

I had no idea what to expect when I picked up this book, since Emma Lord is a new to me author.This book was such a cute and sweet read, everything you expect a YA book to be. I really liked Jack and Pepper. Great characters that were well written.

This was very cute and I read it in almost one sitting. It isn’t a new favorite, but I would read it again and plan on reading Emma Lord’s next book.Pepper and Jack were both great characters. They were well-developed and likable, but flawed. And I definitely connected with Pepper. This took me back to the stress of high school. They both had complexity and felt like real teenagers.Honestly, before I read this, I was very unsure of the reality of two teens running a company Twitter accounts. But Ms. Lord did a good job making me believe how this happened. And I think it is important to remember there are real human beings behind the handle.Beyond the tweets, there were a lot of textual conversations. That is one of my favorite things to read in a book. And these were incredibly adorable. They made me smile and were some of my favorite parts to read.The romance was cute and well-developed. I liked that Pepper and Jack really were becoming friends before becoming a couple. And I thought the conflicts/issues would go a certain way, but they didn’t. I liked being kept on my toes. It also felt organic and like a healthy relationship.There were other relationships, too. Some were more developed than others, but I appreciate the layers. The changing relationship between Pepper and Pooja was beautiful. We stan solid female friendships in this house.Speaking of little things: the LGBT+ rep. I loved it! Yes, it’s side characters, but that’s fine. I loved how much of a non-issue it was. Yes, there are still bigots in the world, but I’m team be the change you wish to see in the world. So, I like a book where characters are just living their lives and no one (adult or teen) cares. That’s the world I want to live in.Ok, this review has gone on longer than I expected. Tweet Cute was such a fun and (fairly) light read. Ms. Lord addressed some serious issues teens face, but it never felt too dramatic. My already anxious mind really appreciated that tone choice. And I’m definitely excited to read another Emma Lord book.

esse livro é muito fofo, eu amei a escrita da autora e com certeza vou ler mais obras dela!recomendo muito esse livro!

Pepper has to take control of her mom’s massive food chain (BLB) twitter account whilst barely juggling her school duties. Enter Jack, and his twin shadow, Ethan who work at their family’s deli. However, when BLB apparently ”steals” Jack’s grandma special grilled cheese recipe, Jack and Pepper start a cheese and banter war on twitter. All is fun and fair until their war goes viral.Unknown to Pepper and Jack, they are also forming another friendly-romantic relationship on an anonymous chat app Jack built. As this battle on Twitter gets more personal and the anonymous app could reveal Pepper’s identity, even these two rivals can't ignore their awkward affection for each other.This might be my favourite YA contemporary read so far!! This book had a practical storyline that was so easy to understand (my twitter account is not functioning though😂). The characters!!!! I loved Pepper-Jack!! The side characters were fantastic as well. This was a fantastic debut.

3.5 StarsTweet Cute is the perfect modern teen romance story set in a Gossip Girl style Manhattan school. Pepper's family owns a large chain restaurant and Jack's a small New York deli. After some accusations of a stolen recipe a Twitter war ensues between the two brands. The premise is interesting and the plot is very week written with a lot of witty moments, pop culture references, and great pacing. However, after the Twitter plot dies down the book loses momentum, mixing a bunch of other conflicts that don't land as neatly. At the end I was a bit over some characters that just had terrible personalities (*cough Pepper's mom, Jack's dad, and Ethan *cough). But overall this was a just a sweet read. I liked it, I just didn't love it.

Honestly didn't expect to enjoy this as much as I did, but I read it on a plane and the flight passed in no time. A light and entertaining read that would probably have made me hungry if I wasn't both coeliac and lactose-intolerant and therefore not well suited to consuming grilled cheese.

What a fun concept. With likeable characters and an interesting storyline. I really enjoyed this story. Following the twitter war and the slow burn between Jack and Pepper, I found that I couldn't put this book down.