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Tweet Cute was a great read. Jack and Pepper are interesting characters. They both help their families run businesses as well as preparing to graduate and go off to college. They both have a lot on their plates. Pepper is focused on grade and getting into a good college, her mom pressures her a lot to get good grade and help with the family business. Jack and Pepper become friends but the are also enemies because their families run competing businesses. There's a lot going on in this one. We have Jack and Pepper's twitter battle through the company accounts, they budding friendship, and their friendship through an anonymous messaging app. These two were just meant for each other. I loved every bit of it. This one has teenage angst wrapped up in a cute funny read.

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{Thank you @WednesdayBooks and @NetGalley for the eARC}

DO NOT read this book on an empty stomach! You will be miserably hungry over all the delicious, delectable food described in these pages. You've been warned!

This YA rom-com is told in two POV's: Pepper -- academic, straight A, perfectionist -- and Jack -- laid back, doesn't take life too seriously, a bit of a class clown. Pepper's mom founded a national fast food chain, Big League Burger, but has handed managing the brand's Twitter account over to Pepper who adds that to her already full school schedule. Jack works hard at his family's small but popular deli when he's not at school. His dad has hinted about taking over the family business one day but Jack's burgeoning interest in technology and app development is stronger than his desire to create sandwich recipes and run a small business.

When Big League Burger announces a new item on their menu: a delicious grilled cheese that is suspiciously similar to the one that Jack's grandma created for their deli years ago, Jack isn't about to let it go. He launches a Twitter war against Big League Burger, completely unaware that the person behind the enemy's account is Pepper.

BUT WAIT -- there's more! While Jack and Pepper are warring against each other on Twitter they are also developing a sweet, very honest relationship with each other on an anonymous chat app that Jack created. In addition, they're getting to know each other more and more in real life thanks to their swim team responsibilities and each begins to realize that the other might not be so bad after all.

Tweet Cute is an adorable, feel good read. And seriously, who doesn't love a book that features some serious baked goods and grilled cheese in starring roles?! Pepper and Jack are highly relatable and their banter is full of wit, snark, and just SO GOOD! Beyond the primary focus of Pepper and Jack, there is a whole cast of delicious characters that highlight many other important relationships -- with parents, siblings, and friends. I enjoyed Tweet Cute immensely and look forward to seeing what else author Emma Lord "cooks up" in her writing career.

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Sweet dreams are made of cheese. And this one made my heart melt.⁣

If you've ever questioned the magic of a deliciously hot and gooey grilled cheese - Tweet Cute is here for you.⁣

It all starts with a Sandwich. A stolen sandwich.⁣ ⁣

When Pepper's family's burger chain steals Jack's small family deli's secret grilled cheese recipe - a Twitter war ensues and the ultimate comfort food has turned 2 teens lives into the shadiest of shenanigans.⁣

Pepper and Jack each run the social media for these respective accounts - and they could not be more different. But overachiever Pepper vs. wants out of the spotlight Jack do have one thing in common - the snark and shade they tweet is the stuff internet meme dreams are made of! But soon, the internet world starts shipping them and so many secrets and lies start to emerge. Who knew a sammie could cause so much drama?!⁣

I loved this one! Sometimes it just takes an American Classic to bring two people together. The relationship arc was a bit predictable, but still had some fun surprises at the end. I adored Jack and Pepper and their families and friends and I'm pretty sure I gained ten pounds reading this because of all the delicious foods mentioned!⁣

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Tweet Cute is, well, VERY cute. A YA contemporary done right producing all the feels of the teenage experience without being too predictable. I've read my fair share of YA that revolves around modern meets through social media and I think that this is one of the best so far.

The character dynamics and reactions feels genuine and well thought through. I especially liked that the teen characters doesn't naturally fit together from the start. They clash, grow and mesh together.

The one negative that I have for this book is that the narration of the two main characters Pepper and Jack are somewhat similar and if I didn't read the chapter headers I sometimes mistook which perspective I was reading from. The main characters are stinking cute though, together and individually. Even with similar "inner voices".

The plotlines are well managed with twists and turns, a solid background that gave me a light bulb moment when revealed and when you're thinking "huh, the story came to this point way faster than expected". Don't worry, there's more and it's intriguingly unfolding before your eyes. I think the plotlines all complement each other and furthers the story, in opposed to it dragging on for too long (as the case can be for stories such as these, where you wonder why the book didn't end after 2/3 of it).

For a debut, Tweet Cute is well written and engrossing. I'll be on the lookout for more books by this author!

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Ahh, finally a contemporary that I love and adore!

Chelseadolling Reads put this one on my radar and after hearing her gush about it, and discovering that it was a You’ve Got Mail spin-off (!!!), I decided to request it from NetGalley. Let me tell you; it did not disappoint.

Tweet Cute follows the story of Pepper and Jack who are two high school students in their final year, anxious about college applications and dealing with the pressure of some slightly overbearing parents ~ to say the least!

Pepper’s parents are the founders of a fast-food restaurant called ‘Big League Burger’ that grew in both popularity and locations very quickly. Pepper and her Mum move from _ to New York City to help support the business and increase its success. Alongside it, Pepper runs a blog with her older sister Paige who the family has a complicated relationship with. Jack's parents, on the other hand, own a small independent deli in the East Village founded by Grandma Belly called ‘Girl Cheesing’. They are traditionalists so when the mammoth ‘Big League Burger’ steals one of their most-loved recipes, and Jack sends a salty tweet, things quickly get out of hand and their little deli flies on the wings of the internet.

I loved Pepper and Jack’s friendship-turn-relationship (friends to lovers bois - we love to see it), their banter, their competitiveness and how we waited so long just for them to kiss. Their relationship was innocent and fun and really felt like a first love should. I also loved the exploration of anxiety surrounding college decisions and the existential crisis that comes with discovering that maybe you don’t want to go to college at all.

I would recommend Tweet Cute to anyone who is looking for a story where the characters are college age, where the pop culture references aren’t overbearing but relevant and funny or just about anyone who is in need of a fun, enjoyable read that packs only the lightest punch.

Tweet Cute is essentially You’ve Got Mail but for Gen-Z.

Will I be buying a physical copy of this book for myself? Definitely! I can’t wait for release day…
Should you buy this book? Please do! It’s so much fun. I’m sure it would appeal to many readers across the world.

Thank you so much to St. Martin’s Press, Wednesday Books and NetGalley for granting me this e-ARC.

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This is a sweet and sometimes problematic love-to-hate romcom about two teenagers battling it out on their parents' company twitter accounts.

Though it is at its core a straight romance, the first two kisses shown on the page were between queer characters. I really appreciated that a gay couple and a lesbian couple were the icons of longterm coupledom in this story. It's a subtle decision for an author to make, but I consider it strong allyship to step forward and normalize queer relationships in a way that is almost background noise.

I wish there were more racial diversity on the page; with the exception of one secondary character, the characters seemed to be entirely white; Jack was described as brown-eyed, and I really wanted him to be a POC, but there was nothing explicit enough to make me believe he is (and I do believe that right now, authors need to be explicit in including race and culture in their character diversity).

The story centers around an app called Weazel, which I really loved as a concept; I could see absolutely falling in love with it as a user; and often in the story there are references to the teen characters needing a space that is absolutely their own to claim and shape. That really resonated with me.

One of the key themes in the story is connecting in a real, genuine way, and bucking the desire to compete rather than connect with the people around you.

Also food.

It's a fun quick read with a lot to love about the teenage characters, but it left me with some major reservations.

CW for parental neglect, verbal abuse, and gaslighting:

Pepper's mother was described as "scary," and I genuinely found her to be *too* scary. She overpowered Pepper's needs and identity, and forced her kid to overstep her moral boundaries constantly. She dismissed the time and effort she was expecting Pepper to put in, and forced Pepper to pursue a twitter war with such obsession that she seemed to be genuinely dangerous.

I worried about Pepper's safety, both from strangers on the internet and from her own mother.

The mother's motivations were saved for a late-story reveal; if the reader were able to understand her perspective earlier in the story, perhaps she would be less of a monster. I found her behavior to be downright abusive, and this element in the story was never felt resolved.

..Along those lines, it felt unrealistic that these two kids were the ones thrust into this twitter war; so even though I found them completely cute, I had a hard time buying into the stakes of the story.

All told, I really enjoyed the story arc but there is an undercurrent of abuse that made it difficult to devour this as a fun, light read.

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I am surprised by how much I like this book. I do not usually enjoy YA books because I often find the characters immature and the writing style too conversational. This book, however, is written more like an adult contemporary to me. I did not feel at all like I was reading a YA book.

The teenage characters in this book are smart and witty and realistic. They do not feel stereotypical or cliche, at least not the two main characters. Pepper reminds me so much of myself at that age with her focus on being the best and make everyone else happy. And Jack is so funny and kind. They both have real struggles they are dealing with and they deal with them in a way that make senses to me. Nothing in the plot feels unbelievable or too conveniently resolved.

My one complaint is the epilogue. I feel it is unnecessary and too "perfect." I don't feel the book needed to wrap everything up in such a neat bow at the end. I like the way the last chapter ended. I think it would have been enough to end it there.

Overall, I found this a very cute, enjoyable read. I'll definitely check out any other books that Emma Lord writes.

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This book totally lives up to the adorable title; it’s the sort of sweet romance that leaves you with the hum of a sugar high in your veins!

What Fed My Addiction

Cute banter and a swoonworthy romance.
Pepper and Jack actually communicate in multiple ways without realizing it: First there’s school, where Jack tends to tease Pepper for her over-achieving and Pepper just sees Jack as a class clown. Then there’s an app called Weazel that Jack has created where the two have been bonding for months without realizing it. And then there’s the Twitter war. It starts out badly, but it actually morphs into something surprising—a fact that I loved. But however Pepper and Jack talk to each other, there’s always witty banter involved. Basically, right from the start, it’s hard not to ship them together (right along with everyone on the internet).

Family tensions.
Beyond the romance, the book also features complex family relationships. Pepper’s parents are divorced and her mom and sister aren’t on speaking terms, so she always ends up feeling stuck in the middle. Jack is constantly comparing himself to his twin brother—and he’s sure he doesn’t measure up. I loved how the book put these relationships in the spotlight without turning overly dramatic or angsty—the tensions all feel real, and none of the family circumstances seem hopeless.

Rivalries that turn into friendships.
It’s not just the romance that blossoms from hate to love. I loved that this book explored the idea that we can base our opinions of someone on false impressions and misunderstandings and how sometimes we can be so rigid in our beliefs about a person that we fail to see that we may have misjudged them.

So much delicious food!
Expect your mouth to water while reading this book. Food is heavily featured, and Pepper’s baked goods sound absolutely scrumptious!! I so wish that I actually taste some of her heavenly creations.

What Left Me Hungry for More

Star swimmer?
I got the feeling Emma Lord doesn’t actually know anything about high school swimming. Pepper is apparently the fastest swimmer and captain of the swim team at an exclusive private school, but she only swims competitively during the swim season? (She makes mention of occasionally practicing in the off-season and says her biggest rival swam during the summer, like this was a huge advantage.) She talks about adding twenty minutes of dryland practice to their schedule (in place of swimming) like it’s a brand new idea she just came up with. Also, the boys and girls teams apparently swim together? My daughter is on the team at her school, and she is one of the only varsity girls who doesn’t swim competitively all year long (she switched to only summers last year). The varsity swimmers practice at least three hours a day (often including a practice early in the morning) and they do dryland for an hour and a half multiple times a week. The star swimmers eat, breathe, and sleep swimming. It was just a thing that Pepper seemed to do after school for a couple of hours a day, along with a million other activities and achievements. Oh, and the girls’ high school season and the boys’ season aren’t at the same time—they don’t practice together (they do for club swimming, but not for high school seasons). Since swimming was a key element of the book (it’s how Pepper and Jack connect most in the book since he’s a diver taking over captain responsibilities for his twin brother), it was hard for me to overlook all the glaringly obvious issues with the way their swim team worked!

***Disclosure: I received this book from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. No other compensation was given and all opinions are my own.***

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I will be the first to admit that I don’t tend to read contemporary, and especially Young Adult contemporary at that. BUT, one of my goals for 2020 is to branch out of my comfort zone and what better way to do that than with Tweet Cute! This book has it all; witty banter, family drama, an adorable romance, and wonderful friendships.

One of the main praises I have for this book is that there was no insta-love (YAY!). The relationship that was formed was done organically and naturally through cute texts, Twitter, in person of course, and just social media in general. The world has changed with the boom of social media and because of that relationships and friendships have changed along with it. It was a fun ride watching it all unfold for these sassy teens. I especially liked that because the world has changed so much we got to see the pressures that teens are placed under these days and how they cope with it.

Emma’s take on the world online and teens felt authentic and true. I never got the feeling that anything was cliche or over the top which I think can be difficult for an adult to capture, so major props to you Emma for keeping it real 👏🏼 I think what made this book feel true was that we were given both POV of Pepper and Jack. I love having more than one POV so you can really see what the other person is thinking, why they act the way they do, all of it.

This book was filled to the brim with hilarious (and also VIRAL!) tweets, cuteness, and witty banter. But it also had a soft sweet side full of layers and depth that I wasn’t anticipating!

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I especially liked that there was a lgbt couple in the book but that it was just mentioned a few times and you got to know the character instead of only knowing them because of their sexual orientation. Pepper and Jack’s story is very realistic and endearing. Jack is the class clown but he’s so much more than that. He is loyal, sweet, and makes apps. He doesn’t let anyone but Paul under his walls; that is until Pepper. Pepper hides her true self and does everything she can to fit into and have the best grades at her new school. As the book progresses it’s nice to see how much the characters find themselves, and start taking the future in their hands. It was a good book, although I feel like there were some parts that dragged on and could be shortened without taking anything serious from the book. But I still enjoyed the read, and it was pretty funny. So I do recommend you check it out.

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I can count on one hand how many books I’ve read that simultaneously made me:
- laugh so hard I think I pulled something (I’m old it happens)
- get so hungry I had to put the book down to get a cookie
- cry-laugh and laugh-cry all on the same page
- actively keep going to twitter to want to look at the accounts and hashtags being used in the book, only to remember this is a work of fiction and I would come up with no results found
- positively squeal and fangirl whenever there was a Taylor Swift reference
And when I say I can count on one hand, I mean it. Because that number is one. This is the only book where I’ve felt all of these things all at once.

I loved this book so much. I’m calling it right now; I have a feeling this will end up in my top 10 reads of 2020. It’s only January and I already feel that confident. I really loved it that much.

Jack’s POV left me in cackling stitches. Pepper’s dessert concoctions sounded so delicious it made me wish there were recipes included in the book.

If you need a book to make you gloriously happy, don’t hesitate. This is the book for you.

And a side note: I’m just going to go find a genie so I can use one of my wishes to get a Paul book. He’s such a sweet nugget of energy and he deserves the world.

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I enjoyed reading Tweet Cute. I thought the concept was amazing and the banter between Jack and Pepper on Twitter was cute. I definitely recommend Tweet Cute to people who want a cute YA rom-com book.

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Super cute but on track for showing the difficulties of growing up with expectations and independance.

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This book was beyond cute.

Pepper is that daughter of Big League Burger moguls while Jack is one of the sons of small business Girl Cheese. When Big League Burger puts a suspiciously familiar grilled cheese on their menu, Jack comes to the defense of his family’s business by starting a Twitter war. What he didn’t know was that the person sitting on the other end of this war was his classmate, Pepper.

Even though this book sounds like it could be extremely predictable and boring, it is everything but. The twists that I expected to drop like halfway through the book were dropped earlier which intrigued me into not knowing how the rest of the book was going to play out.

Jack and Pepper also have the best banter. I love how they tease each other and it never gets mean. Pepper also is a baker and has some incredibly fun names for her baked goods. I don’t know what it is exactly about this book that made it so enjoyable but it just has that indescribable “it” factor.

I think when I read the summary I expected a lot more of the hate to love kind of story, but it’s more along the lines of slightly dislike but really like to love. From the beginning it’s obvious that even though Jack and Pepper aren’t friends, they don’t hate each other. In fact, they fall into being friends very quickly.

I feel like I’m not saying much about this book at all and maybe it’s just because my feelings about it are purely “eeee!! So cute!” so I can’t get enough thoughts together to do it justice.

Basically, read this book. It’s a cute YA love story with adorable banter and fun character development. I loved every moment of this book and can’t wait to read more by Lord in the future. The only thing that held me back from rating this book 5 stars is that it didn’t have much staying power. I greatly enjoyed reading this as I did so, but I can’t say I remember very much of the details.

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This was so adorable. You’ve Got Mail for Gen-Z with two truly delightful narrators. Can’t wait for this to come out so I can recommend it to my students!

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I think that I’m a little in love. No, scratch that. I am completely head over heels in love with this book. From the first page I felt myself being pulled into this adorable and atmospheric story and now, in the aftermath of reading it, I feel the desperate need for more. More from this promising new author. More unique recipes. And in general, to read more books that make me fall in love like this one. I will forever be searching the depths of YA contemporary to find more books that make me feel like Tweet Cute did. I imagine it’ll be a hard battle, so for now I may just give this book a reread instead.

Tweet Cute is the type of story that will keep you up late at night. From the hilarious banter, hate-to-love relationship, and the beautiful take on New York there is something for everyone in this book. It is simply impossible not to fall in love with. This story offers a unique and fun experience of recipes so unheard of that you’ll be desperate to try them and thousands of little moments that make the romance blossom. The romantic tension and arc in this story are masterful. Pepper and Jack made an adorable pair and I couldn’t get enough of them together. The humor and chemistry feels vividly alive between them, and I love it.

I couldn’t get enough of the setting. In my mind New York has always been this scary and larger than life place, but I would love to visit it now and see it how Pepper and Jack do. The world was atmospheric, beautiful, and shockingly cozy. Jack’s family sandwich shop was a particular favorite of mine. Emma Lord has a clear talent for writing, as we’ve seen already, but I am specifically impressed by her ability to create a world that feels so much larger than what you read on page…her ability to make the world and everything in it feel truly alive.

There are so many little things I adore about Tweet Cute and I cannot wait for it to be out in the world! This fast and adorable read will grip you from the first chapter and make you wish you could uncover the recipe for Monster Cake. I loved this book and I’m excited to see more work in the future from this promising author.

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Thank you to St. Martin’s Press for providing me with a copy of Tweet Cute in exchange for an honest review & to be on this blog tour!

Tweet Cute is so beyond cute & covered in eight cups of sugar, I’m surprised that I didn’t get a cavity while reading this YA rom-com. Emma Lord took a well-loved trope & made it so incredibly modern with its technological aspects, making it a perfect read for the YA audience.

I am a sucker for anything focusing on cooking & baking. Like, please — can we put some food into every book?! Tweet Cute focuses on two teenagers: Pepper & Jack. Their parents reside on two opposite ends of the foodie spectrum: one is the owner of a huge burger franchise, while the other owns a family-owned local deli.

Throughout the book, Pepper makes amazing treats like So-Sorry-Blondies & Monster Cakes, and quite frankly, it woke up the baking queen in me (the queen that’s been asleep since all of the cookies I baked for Christmas!). I’m ready to rush to the store & purchase all of the ingredients so I Can have a bake-a-thon this weekend! If you’re into books that involve food and/or baking, this is a definite MUST for your TBR!

Emma Lord managed to take one thing that I hate in YA books & made it tolerable, and yes I’m referring to miscommunication. I’ve ranted about it before — one of my least favorite things is when two characters argue & one storms off without listening to reason. There are some issues, deceit & all that in Tweet Cute & yes, there are times where the two characters avoid each other. But! They manage to speak & work things out fairly quickly. Without the dramatics.

Tweet Cute reminds me of two other stories: Romeo & Juliet and Simon vs. the Homosapien Agenda. The former due to the conflict between the two rival restaurants & the latter, because of the anonymous conversation that turns into a romance between two characters who aren’t sure who’s on the other side of the screen.

Tweet Cute is much more than the romance though. Both Pepper and Jack are being influenced by their parents, and neither one wants to let them down. Our duo-protagonists are attempting to figure out who they are and what they truly want in life while having the pressure of their parents on top of them. I’m 100% here for the development they undergo both in terms of their characters and their relationships.

One issue I did have with Tweet Cute is, unfortunately, a big one seeing as this is a romance read. At times, I didn’t feel the chemistry between Pepper & Jack. Their build-up was very meh, however, I did appreciate the scenarios in which it happens. By the end though, it’s safe to say that I’m a PepperJack shipper.

YA readers & romance lovers, consider giving Tweet Cute a read! I have an inkling this soft & cute book will be loved by many.

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Tweet Cute is an imaginative twenty-first century coming of age story, centering around a Twitter feud created by two teens. Pepper is a senior in high school in New York City, captain of the swim team, baking blogger, and part-time social media manager for her family’s restaurant, Big League Burger. Once a small burger joint in Nashville, Big League Burger has taken off and is now a national chain. When BLB announces their newest selection of grilled cheeses there’s Twitter backlash from a small sandwich shop in the East Village known as Girl Cheesing. Unbeknownst to Pepper, the Girl Cheesing account is run by fellow student Jack, a perennial thorn in Pepper's side. As the two battle over Twitter, they become close in real life, quickly falling for each other, even as their family’s business threatens to get in their way.

Jack and Pepper’s palpable chemistry is what makes this story. Their stubbornness and banter are highly entertaining, but also there’s a depth to their relationship that makes them really get each other. The story is told alternating their perspectives.

As great as the story was, one of my favorite parts was all the baking references. Pepper and her sister have a baking blog and dream up all sorts of amazing sounding recipes. Additionally, Jack’s family and their restaurant Girl Cheesing mention several delightful sounding sweets, in particular, Kitchen Sink Macaroons, which to me sounded incredible. They stuck with me as special and something I wanted to try, so I did. You can check out my recipe for Kitchen Sink Macaroons if you’d like to try them for yourself!

Tweet Cute had the potential to be just another fluffy teen novel centering around social media, but instead, it’s full of well-developed characters and a wholly unique and modern plot. I thoroughly recommend it for fans of YA Romance!

Thank you to Netgalley and Wednesday Books for the review copy!

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Tweet Cute is a young adult novel which tackles, very nicely I might add, issues high school seniors face as they begin to ponder their futures, the pressures parents unintentionally place on them, how trying to be perfect can be totally overrated and how figuring out what you really want can come in surprising ways.

Pepper tries to be perfect. She is at the top of her class and definitely headed to an Ivy League school when she graduates. She has no time for friends. Being on the swim team, keeping her grades up and working social media for her divorced parent's growing fast-food business leaves her only a little time for exhaustion.

Jack seems to be a happy go lucky kind of guy. He is expected to take over his family's deli business because he believes his twin brother Ethan who he feels is the favorite is expected to go on to great things. Unfortunately Jack does not feel the same way. He is very good at creating apps. He knows this is where his talent's lie, but feels he would disappoint his parents if he tells them.

Pepper and Jack are not exactly friends. They barely tolerate each other.

But, unbeknownst to them, when their respective parent's companies begin a twitter war over who owns the name of a grilled cheese sandwich, each is picked to do the mean tweeting at their adversary.

While all this is happening Pepper and Jack are becoming more than friends on an app Jack has created called Weasel where students at their high school can text each other and remain for a certain period of time anonymous until they get to know each other. And they don't even know it!

But chaos ensues when they figure out they have been at war with each other on twitter. Being used by their parents to outdo each tweet with a worse tweet. As the secrets start to come out, they blame each other for the situation, which seems to be getting worse for them each day. Will this food war ever end? Will Pepper and Jack ever be able to be anything more than friends? Or could this all blow up in their faces like a microwavable hot dog?

Tweet Cute is an adorable rite of passage, life lesson story with believable characters and many relatable teenage problems.

Thank you to Wednesday Books for the advanced copy. The book will be out January 21.

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You know when you pick up a book and just KNOW that you're going to love it?! Tweet Cute is one of those books for me! Hidden behind that adorable cover are lovable characters, incredible descriptions of dessert, cool NYC locations, emotions, friendships, family, and of course romance!

I was expecting this book to only be from Pepper's point of view, but I'm glad it was from Jack's point of view too. It let us see both sides of the story, to see both sides of their friendship to romance, and to see how this Twitter war affects their school lives, home lives, online presence, relationships with their parents and friends, and even their future.

I have to say that I love that this book has You've Got Mail vibes what with Pepper and Jack's families being in the same industry and becoming rival businesses, and the two teens also talking online and not knowing that it's the other person they're speaking to. But then there's the added twist that they know each other from school and are kind of friends and undeniably have an unspoken *thing*. Ahhhh I loved it so much!

Can we talk about those desserts though? Yes, the Twitter war all starts because of grilled cheese (and who doesn't love grilled cheese with secret ingredients?), but the desserts that Pepper and her sister Paige concoct throughout, and the ones at the Girl Cheesing deli, sound like absolute heaven and I wish they were real. The Monster Cake, the cookies, the blondies, the macaroons! I'm drooling just thinking about it!

But not only is this a fun romance with lots of laughs and funny Twitter memes, but it also has heart and emotion and a journey of two teens finding themselves in a chaotic world that's pulling them in so many directions, and you'll love every page of it!

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