My heart just exploded over the cheesiest (grilled-cheesiest that is) romance I have ever read!!!

Love, love, love this with my whole body and soul!

When fast food behemoth, Big League Burger, announces a new line of grilled cheese sandwiches, no one is more surprised than twins, Jack and Ethan Campbell.

Their surprise comes from the fact that one of the specialty sandwiches has the exact same ingredients, and name, as a grill cheese they know very well.

It was created by their Grandma and has been on their family’s New York City deli menu for decades.

Shocked and chagrined by the announcement, Jack turns to Twitter to call BLB out. That one tweet sparks an epic Twitter battle that takes not just NYC, but the world by storm!

Little does he know, at the other end of the Big League Burger Twitter account, is an overachieving classmate of his, Pepper.

Pepper is not native to NYC, having moved there at the start of high school, leaving her hometown of Nashville behind.

Feeling lost and alone in the big city, Pepper throws herself into her studies with an intensity unmatched by most of her peers at the super competitive private school in which she is enrolled.

Unfortunately, neither teen is prepared for the physical and emotional toll the social media battle will have on them.

Over time, neither Jake, nor Pepper feels good about the whole thing and both wish they weren’t involved. They're losing sleep and other more wholesome activities begin to take a backseat to the nonstop drama fest.

At school, Pepper and Jake begin to see more and more of each other and a precious friendship develops.

Little do they know, they have also been corresponding for months on an anonymous direct messaging app created by Jake and used by everyone in their school.

Assigned the pseudonyms, Wolf and Bluebird, their flirty banter is a ray of light in both their lives. But when Jack inadvertently figures out who Bluebird is, how will he navigate transitioning their relationship from the screen to real life.

Full of heart, humor and delicious food, Tweet Cute is sure to delight readers of all ages. I absolutely ate up this story from beginning to end.

There is so much more to this than I have words to describe here. Great friendships, fantastic character growth, witty banter, this book truly brought it all!

Pepper and Jack were both so well developed. The challenges they faced as they completed high school, trying to figure out what they wanted to do with their lives, were really well handled.

Family is a big influence on this story as well and I thought those elements were so relatable and well written.

I am really impressed with this as a debut novel. The pacing and plot twists were expertly crafted to keep the reader engaged throughout.

Thank you so much to the publisher, Wednesday Books, for providing me with a copy of this to read and review, as well as including me in the blog tour.

It has been so much fun and I wish Emma Lord the best with this release.

If this book is any indication, she is poised to have one heck of a career. I cannot wait to see what sort of story she comes up with next!

Tweet Cute is a fun update to the “You’ve Got Mail” kind of story. Pepper and Jack are both likable as our main characters and I liked that they addressed the “PepperJack” name coincidence instead of just letting it be a weird unsaid thing (especially with all the grilled cheese drama). Secondary characters were pretty enjoyable too, though I feel like Pooja needed more exploring–I’d read a book centered on her.

There were parts of the book’s premise that I found a bit improbable. It makes sense to me that Jack might be in charge of running their “hole in the wall” Twitter account, but for Big League Burger to be pawning off Twitter stuff on Pepper? Taffy clearly needed to be fired and BLB needed to hire a competent social media person. I just don’t see Pepper runnin ghte Twitter account in the real world. I also found Pepper’s mom to be an enormous piece of work. She really wasn’t likable…ever. It seemed a bit extreme.

With that being said, I quite liked this book. While there was some semi-fabricated drama, I liked that characters had conversations with each other and worked things out quickly instead of the drama dragging on and on and on because no one would talk to each other. I would recommend this book, but be careful because with all the talk of grilled cheeses and Pepper’s baked goods, you WILL get hungry.

Overall Rating: 3.5
Language: Moderate
Violence: None
Smoking/Drinking: Mild. References and secondary characters participating, but neither of the main characters do anything.
Sexual Content: Mild

Note: I received this book free from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.

Was this seriously a debut novel? Tweet Cute by Emma Lord is one of the best YA contemporary/rom-com's I've read in so long. It was adorable, endearing, and made me laugh out loud more than once. I loved the modern day, high school spin of the 'You've Got Mail' type of story line, and it was so much fun to read!

Jack and Pepper go to the same prep school in NYC. Pepper is the overachieving student who is captain of the swim team and is constantly striving to be perfect in all things. Jack is an identical twin and feels like he lives in the shadow of his more popular brother Ethan. He works for his family's deli, and Pepper is helping her mom with their chain of Big League Burger's twitter account.

When the BLB steals one of the most popular items on the deli's menu, a twitter war ensues. And Pepper and Jack are caught right in the middle of the cross-hairs. Only they don't know it... at first. Once they figure it out, it goes from being a straight up rivalry/war to more of a game. The banter between these two was top notch and you could feel the chemistry oozing from them every time they were around each other.

I loved watching these two connect and become friends of sorts. I think my favorite part of the book was watching them fall for each other and truly connect on a deeper level in an online anonymous school app Jack created as Wolf and Bluebird. The app is where they went when they both needed a real world break. Things changed rather drastically for them, as they went from being normal high school students to the faces of their respective businesses that strangers on the internet were shipping. It was a huge shock.

Pepper was snarky and witty, and Jack was the absolute best. They both had a lot of expectations placed on them, and much of this book was a coming of age story of them figuring out life and what they wanted to do for themselves despite this family feud their family businesses have going on and all the outside pressure.

Tweet Cute is a strong YA debut that's highly entertaining, well written, and charming. Also, be prepared for this book to make you want some sweets! I would love to have a few of Pepper's dessert recipes! This book was fantastic and I recommend it whole heartily!

Tweet Cute was nothing like I expected it to be, but it was still so good. A quick,
adorable read, that was fun throughout.
Pepper and Jack are the perfect match, and their chemistry that was built on opposites attract and works perfectly. I was rooting for them from the beginning.
I really enjoyed how it was written. I thought it flowed really well. The characters were great. I loved the interactions they had, and how the backstories tied themselves together in the end.
I couldn’t help but feel for Pepper for most of the book. Her relationship with her parents, as well as how she kept quiet about a lot of things resonated with me.
The only reason this isn’t a 5 star for me is because of the plot. It was paced to my liking, it didn’t feel rushed or stalling, but I felt like it was going back and forth a lot. At moments this was a bit frustrating to me.
But overall, this was an entertaining read, with great characters and an intriguing story. It’s a great addition to the YA/Contemporary genre. And I look forward to reading more from Emma Lord in the future.

4.5 stars

I absolutely loved this YA story. It perfectly captured two teenagers on the precipice of change, figuring out who they are, and maybe finding each other at the same time.

Jack and Pepper are both pulled into a conflict between their parents respective restaurants over a possibly stolen recipe. Everything starts to play out over Twitter without them realizing they know each other in real life too.

The story moves at a good pace and covered more than I expected. I assumed the reveal of who was behind the accounts might not come until very close to the end of the story. I liked the direction the author took the characters and plot in, though, and it's hard to believe this is her debut novel!

Even though this book is brand new, I cannot wait to read whatever she will publish next.

*I WAS PROVIDED AN e-ARC OF THIS NOVEL VIA THE PUBLISHER FOR THE PURPOSES OF A BLOG TOUR. THIS DOES NOT AFFECT MY OPINION*

I've always wanted to read a book that has a bit more of a social media vibe going to it, considering that that's what most of us readers do and use nowadays! And did I receive it? Well, I believe so.

Tweet Cute is just as the title suggests. It's "cutesy" through and through. The novel has many cliches and all-round puns that dive deep into the reality of the world, while also playing off the digital one.

The plot of this novel was pretty fun and original, and the writing style the author introduced was pretty great! There were a bunch of moments within the book that I found to be really intriguing and nice.

However, with good also comes bad.

This novel was super slow. It was just about as slow as Crime and Punishment, which I'm currently being forced to read by my AP Language & Composition teacher for the entirety of our second semester. Now, I hadn't taken into account that I was going to be reading two highly slow-moving books this month, and it really did kind of throw me for a bit of a 'whhhyyyyyy' moment.

Along with that, I just found that the character development could've used some improvement. You really could tell that this book was a debut, in that the author could've spent more time making her characters better. For example, Pepper came off kind of snobby in quite a few parts of this book, which is something you never really want to see coming from a supposed "protagonist."

That being said, this book was fairly good in the ending! Towards the climax, it really picked up speed and wrapped itself up in a little, messy bow (my favorite). For that, I rate this book 3 stars.

I want to give this book five stars because it was super cute. However, I kept finding myself wondering how far through the book I was. It seemed longer than it actually was. This is a sign to me that I'm not absolutely loving a book, so I had to go with four stars.

While this book started slow for me, I eventually fell in love with the characters. I loved watching their relationship from both person's perspective as well as both online and in real life. Getting to hear from both Jack and Pepper in different chapters kept the book interesting. I liked knowing what both of them were thinking. That being said, since I knew both sides, there were times that I wanted to yell at them to just talk to each other!

The ending was cute, and I liked the little twist towards the end. It kept it interesting. Overall, it was a cute story.

4 stars
I received this book for free in return for an honest review.

Tweet Cute is an adorable, fun story where two high school seniors fall in love while engaging in a Twitter war with each other. It's deliciously entertaining.

Jack and Pepper's parents both own sandwich shops. Pepper's family owns Big League Burger, which has franchises all over the world. Jack's parents own a small deli, Girl Cheesing. When it seems like Big League Burger stole Girl Cheesing's grilled cheese recipe, Jack is undoubtedly upset. He originally takes out his frustrations on Pepper, who he thinks might be behind the theft.

Their enemies-to-lovers story is totally cute. I loved the characters and how they start to grow together, as well as how they discover more about themselves and what they want from their lives. Over the course of a year, they mature, and it's lovely to see how they change.

But there's more to this cute story than meets the eye. The story has a lot to say about parental expectations and how people's actions can hurt their family members. Additionally, there's more to the Girl Cheesing/Big League Burger feud than meets the eye. You don't get to find out what's behind it completely to the end, but it made for a satisfying ending.

The story is set in New York City, as well as an exclusive private high school, which I can totally feel in the story.

Tweet Cute will probably appeal to people who like food (there are a lot of descriptions of yummy food here), people who like to Tweet, use computers, or use apps, or have ever been frustrated with family members. Although this book had a lighthearted feel to it, it definitely had some depth to it. I definitely recommend.

Tweet CUTE, indeed! This book was full of cheesy (*wink wink*) goodness, and I loved every second!

Pepper and Jack are two New York teens involved in the food industry. Pepper’s family started Big League Burger, a once small fast food joint that exploded into one of the largest chains in America. Jack’s family owns Girl Cheesing, a cute, quaint deli that’s been family run for generations. When recipes get stolen and truths are revealed, Pepper and Jack find themselves running the social media accounts for their family’s restaurants and a Twitter feud for the ages breaks out between them.

I love how heartfelt this novel was. Both teens clearly love their families and their family businesses even if there are also problems within each. The banter between them is some of the best and the tweets are so clever and shady without being too over-the-top mean. The family drama felt real, and the secrets revealed within the restaurant drama were juicy!

Pepper and Jack are both such fun characters to follow and I really loved their annoyance-to-lovers vibe. The two are classmates and have always just kind of tolerated each other. There’s never really been any hatred, but they’ve also never really gotten to know each other in the past, so any relationship they had previous to this story was surface level. I love what it grew into when they were able to really interact and get to know one another. Plus, the fact that their ship name is “PepperJack” and they’re feuding over grilled cheese is just the kind of cute gimmick I love. The fact that it gets acknowledged and kind of gets poked fun at within the novel just makes it even better.

If you’re looking for a fun, fast paced contemporary that’s full of heart and laughter, then this is definitely one you should check out!

*Thank you to St. Martin’s Press and Netgalley for the free ARC in exchange for an honest review. *

Where to begin with this scrumptiously adorable little read? Emma Lord has definitely smashed it out of the park with her debut novel, full of fun, and sass, and genuine relationships, and beyond cruel descriptions of the most hunger inducing and mouth watering desserts (seriously, the book should come with a warning and free cake!). The novel lives up to it's sweet moniker and was delightful, fast-paced, and a pleasant break from an unpleasant world.

Set in fast-paced New York, Pepper and Jack are acquaintances from a fancy up-scale Public School who work, swim, and dive hard in the day, and produce all the sass and delicious baked goods for their respective family eateries by night. Pepper is the daughter of Big League Burger's founders, and is relied upon for the corporate twitter 'burns' that get the fourth biggest burger joint nationally it's name. Jack is the grandson of Grandma Belly, the inventor of the world's greatest grilled cheese (*arguably) and found of Girl Cheesing, a small family run Upper-East Side sandwich shop. The two companies, and so the two teens, become embroiled in a bitter twitter feud about he authenticity of grilled cheese recipes, that spills over into real-life for everyone involved.

It is clear from the outset that Pepper and Jack will move from acquaintances to friends, and most likely into a romantic relationship. I think it was a smart move on Lord's part to embrace this rather than shy away from it, as the resulting relationship that blooms between them and between side characters as a result feels both genuine and warming as a result. Pepper is fiercely driven, and while she is good at the twitter burns her move expects her to deliver and is a wickedly good swimmer and baker, she is funny, charming, intelligent, and enjoys spending time with people who share similar vibes and passions. Enter Jack, who loves computer programming and helping in the family business but wants to prioritise the first while being shoe-horned into the second. A talented member of the dive squad, inventor of the school's mysterious social media platform Weazel, and identical twin, he embraces Pepper's talents and intelligence and enjoys being recognised for himself and his thoughts by someone he really likes.

The book itself is told in a normal linear narrative that tracks the relationship from the two characters, from their different points of view as they interact with each other and their significant others throughout the story, however, underpinning this is the reliance the book has on food and social media. Whether twitter, or mentions of Tumblr, online webzines or tailor made secretive apps that allow school kids to talk anonymously until it randomly reveals their identities, it is clear that the author both has a great grasp of and enjoys using and interacting on social media. Both food and social media are seamlessly woven into the narrative to create an extra layer that is often missing in other stories, and it both relies on and needs the interactions that take place as a result of them. The social media personalities are different sides of the characters, and instead of creating new personas and being completely different people, you can see and feel the character voices in what they post, and see how it forms a more rounded view of one another as a result. Food is used similarly to cross divides and as an extension of self expression for both the protagonists and their families and it is a great and uniquely finished concept within the YA contemporary books I have read.

The book itself was a treat. It was sugary and cutesy and of a gossip girl meets Great British Bake Off mould that will appeal to younger audiences for sure, and old audiences looking to read something light and fluffy. The book never pretends to be something that it is not, and Emma Lord has delivered an enjoyable read, that while not twisty, turny, or unexpected in anyway, felt like a lovely slice of calm and humour. I'd whole-heartedly recommend the book, and found it has left me with an urge to bake and swim again, a pleasant side effect when finishing any book I'd say!

sometimes it’s easy to forget how genuinely enjoyable a well written rom-com is. I feel like I often drift off into the world of drama and dark/high fantasy merely for the complexity of the characters and the world building, but honestly? reading books like Tweet Cute is such an underrated pleasure and I can attest to this because I swallowed this book whole in a SINGLE SITTING and I literally can’t stop smiling since I finished!!

the beautiful story elements that make up the world of Tweet Cute are SO GOOD. the tropes and the cliches work so well together, the heartfelt dynamic between the characters and their incredible chemistry are obviously a bonus, as is the fact that the plot line fit the pacing of the book exactly right. Emma Lord did an amazing job and I can’t wait to read more from her, her characterization skills are TO DIE FOR. Tweet Cute is heartwarming and adorable and extremely amusing and a such a pleasant surprise. thanks again to St. Martin’s Press and Wednesday Books for providing a free copy for me to read!!

Good Lort. I know people have said it before me...but the cuteness in this book? Dawwwww!

I love a good enemies to lovers story and TWEET CUTE did not disappoint. On one side of the ring we have Pepper, a 17 year old girl from Nashville who moved to New York City a couple of years ago and has been attending an elite high school. She's the heiress to a fast food chain and loves to bake delicious things with weird names. On the other side, facing our rich girl adversary is Jack, classmate and son of small business owners in the Big Apple. And you guessed it, they are running a deli. He is also a wizard when it comes to coding apps and responsible for a little socializing app he made for his school specifically. Only no one knows about this little fact. A grilled cheese special, of all things, is what pushes these two in a Twitter war that soon is in danger to spiral a little out of control.

At some point, it stopped being a war and started being a game.

I thought the forth and back between Pepper and Jack was fun! I wish I had been that eloquent and smart at that age. But what I loved most about it was that their growing friendship and attraction didn't suffer for it. In fact, it actually enhanced their connection.

“You know, for someone named Pepper, you’re pretty salty about losing.”
She groans at my pun as she shoves her hair back into the cap, but then counters, “For someone named Jack, you’re pretty bad at knowing when to hit the road.”

I loved their innocence and inexperience so much and that first and second kiss are my favorite things in this story. Ahhh, to be a teenager again! Smartass lines and twitter war notwithstanding I felt that Pepper and Jack were pretty mature and reflected on themselves quite a bit. They saw the things that went wrong in their lives and fixed them.

And then we’re hugging, because I guess that’s just a thing we do now, and it’s great and it’s awkward, but it’s terrible because as soon as it happens, I don’t want to let her go.

I have to admit that Pepper's mom annoyed the hell out of me for most of the book - a 17 year old girl has no business being responsible for the social media account of a big company. And when she started pressuring her daughter I wanted to smack some sense into her but you while reading I got a sense that there were some more serious reasons afoot, why Pepper's mom was a dog with a bone about it. So when the dirty laundry was aired I understood why. Likewise, Jack's dad and his expectations of Jack irritated me a little but that was cleared up, too. It really irked me that everyone in his family seemed to underestimate this bright young man. And don't get me started on his twin brother.

TWEET CUTE is an adorable, highly amusing YA debut with a lot of pop culture references. I was hungry for most of the book and my sweet tooth craved some sugary calories. I also had the urge to watch Mean Girls again.
I'm really impressed with the writing style that has a very engaging flow to it. I will definitely read more of this author!

There you have it, folks. A fitting end to the cheesiest romance ever told, and a love we can all brie-lieve in.

I originally did not finish this book at 31 percent but I ended up trying it again because I was not in the greatest book reading mood earlier in January.

Tweet Cute was still a little bit difficult to get into and it ended up being just an ok read for me with a two star rating. Thank you Netgalley and publishers for giving me the chance to read and review this book. This had no impact on my thoughts, my thoughts are my own.

“ How can a person even know who they are if they don’t know what they want? ”

🌟 First, thanks for the publisher for reaching out to me and making me part of this blog tour. Also, thanks for the ARC that has been provided through Netgalley. This of course, did not affect my opinions on this book.

🌟 So, when I read the synopsis of this book, I just knew I had to read it. I don’t read much romance but I like to read one in a while. The synopsis promises food, twitter, haters to lovers, fluffy romance and in addition to that there were many puns!

🌟 The writing is very accessible and easy to read. after reading a few pages, my kindle app showed that I need 4 hours to finish it so I finished it fairly quickly and I would be reading for an hour without realizing that. The book is not very lyrical, so there was not many quotes that I highlighted but at the same time, I prefer this for a contemporary story. If you know me, then you know I love puns and as I mentioned above, there were puns and snarky tweets in this book!

“You know, for someone named Pepper, you’re pretty salty about losing.”

🌟 I liked the characters, Pepper and Jack were both humans, they were not all black or white and I enjoyed that we got to see all their sides! The romance was fluffy, cute and clean! I don’t think there was anything explicit in this one. I was conflicted about one thing that Jack did but the author apparently does not encourage it and it was explained later and he regretted it. The parents in this book were also realistic, I like the fact that the book tackles some important issues such as graduation and what to do next, following our dreams and most importantly not comparing ourselves to others (I liked that the comparison was between 2 twins who look exactly alike).

🌟 The plot seems to depend on coincidences but at the same time, I lived enough to see that this kind of stories really happens in real life. The book name implies that Twitter is involved and it was, although I wish we have seen more tweets! People who don’t know the website may be slightly confused of how twitter works but I don’t think it is enough to change the reading experience. I was in the mood for something light and fluffy and this book delivered.

“I’d be much more disappointed if you didn’t go out in the world and do something you loved because you wanted to make me happy.”

🌟 Summary and Prescription: I believe this book will be fairly successful when it comes out. I don’t have much to criticize, I liked the characters, the plot and the writing. If you are looking for a cute romance, then this one is for you!

When I saw in the description that this YA romcom features two of my favorite tropes (enemies to lovers, and epistolary) I had high expectations.

The author managed to meet them and surpass them.

The book has had a ginormous publicity push—if you take a fast look at Goodreads, you’ll see that it has ten times more reviews before its pub date than many books get over their lifetime.

So I’m not bothering with a description. Instead, I want to ramble about what made me enjoy this book so much.

First, the voices. Lord differentiates Pepper and Jack’s voices, so reading their opinions of the other was interesting, often hilarious. I thoroughly enjoyed their banter over the social media app that Jack invented, in which schoolmates take on identities as animals. I loved the fact that he designed it to deflect the toxicity that social media can swiftly turn into, especially in highly-cathected circs between the young and hormonally fuel-injected. What that said about Jack (besides his being bright) made him interesting as well as admirable.

The descriptions of the foods, especially the pastries, made me hungry. (Except monster cake. That sounded horrible!)

I loved the side characters. The respective parents and siblings are all complicated as well as sometimes wry, even funny, without either descending to stupidity or overwhelming the story. The attention stays firmly on Jack and Pepper as they negotiate the various landmines they encounter as they inadvertently find themselves drawing closer.

Finally I really loved the backbone of the book: the exploration of what happens to families who find themselves far more successful than they dreamed. While hiding secrets.

I loved this adorable story about two teens who engage in a Twitter war for their parents' restaurants. I thought the story was well paced and I couldn't wait to find out what happened next. This story is appropriate even for younger teens and it just made me smile. I will say this 40 something mom had to use Urban dictionary to figure out some of the social media terms. Thank you to Netgalley for a digital advance copy.

4.5/5

Tweet Cute has to be one of the most memorable contemporary YA romances I've read in a long time. Every page of this book was a delight. Charming and funny don't even begin to do the book justice.

We've all seen the social media "feuds" that Wendy's likes to get in on Twitter. The concept of this book here is the same, but only much much cuter and more romantic. Pepper and Jack handle their parents' businesses' social media account. They also happen to go to the same school in NYC. I found both Pepper and Jack to be well-layered and well-developed characters. Pepper is a smart and hardworking young woman who is very determined about the future she wants. She has had a few struggles with fitting in after her move from Nashville. She still misses Nashville and the life that she had there. Jack is an equally smart boy with some amazing coding skills, who often feels shadowed by his brighter, and more attention-attracting twin, Ethan. I liked how throughout Tweet Cute these characters remained true to themselves. The tweet wars and the attention could have easily gotten to their heads, but you also get to see their sudden social media popularity affects them. I have no doubt that many readers will fall for Pepper and Jack along the way and root for their growths and happiness.

The romance played out so beautifully too in Tweet Cute. While also feuding with each other, pulling each other's legs in real life (JK that's more of Jack's thing), the two have been chatting on an anonymous app that Jack has created. So, there is definitely a lot going with these two and their connection and friendship felt authentic. Their banter and chemistry was excellent. I promise you're going to swoon! I'm most certainly going to be revisiting them in the future. I also genuinely loved the entire secondary cast in Tweet Cute. Sure they all have some bumps, but they are all entirely relatable. I particularly enjoyed the bonds that Pepper and Jack shared with their respective families. Tweet Cute also tackles a few themes relevant to teens and adults seamlessly, including the pressures and uncertainties that one can feel regarding the future.

If Tweet Cute is representative of the kind of books that are releasing in 2020, then we're all in for a treat. It's such a wholesome and feel-good book. It will certainly leave you feeling all warm and fuzzy, and eagerly anticipating whatever Emma Lord releases next.

This has to be one of the most perfectly named books that I have come across in a long time because this book was really cute! As soon as I read the premise for this book, I knew that I would have to give it a try. It just sounded like such a good time. And it was! Once I started reading this book, I could not put it down and ended up finishing it in a single day. I really enjoyed the time I spent with this book.

Pepper hasn't been in New York all that long. She moved there with her mom and older sister when their family's burger chain started getting huge. She somehow finds the time for her schoolwork, activities, and still helps out with the company's Twitter account. Jack has lived in New York all of his life. His family owns a neighborhood deli and Jack occasionally posts something on social media for the business.

When the big burger chain is rolling out a new grilled cheese that sounds a lot like the signature sandwich served at the small deli. It's war or a Twitter war, at least. These two are going back and forth and they don't even realize who is on the other end. Until they do. I loved this setup! It was just such a playful way of getting to see these characters get to know each other.

I loved Pepper and Jack! They both had some family issues to deal with and really had a lot in common. I thought that they were both very smart and resourceful teens. They really were perfect for each other. They had a lot of chemistry but I really felt like they understood each other in a way no one else seemed to.

I would recommend this book to others. I found this to be a light-hearted story filled with wonderful characters and a few laughs. I will be keeping an eye out for future books by this debut author!

I received a digital review copy of this book from St. Martin's Press - Wednesday Books via NetGalley.

I want to thank NetGalley & St. Martin's Press for providing me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

This book is generally super cute and I enjoyed the romance as well as the personal growth of each character, which, in fact, both main characters are super well created, and are very likable. I couldn't connect 100%, but I think it's due to my relationship with the genre that is a hit or miss for me most of the time, super personal, though. I can see there are situations in this book that are quite unbelievable and the mean tweets situation get a little out of control, I feel that it's over-the-top dramatic, you know?. Even so, I enjoyed it a lot and had a great time reading it.


Tweet Cute is a rom-com that follows the point of views of Pepper, who's a perfectionist girl, who works very hard to stand out academically and thus be able to go to a good university, but at the same time secretly manages the "Big League Burger" Twitter accounts, the fast-food chain that his parents began long ago as a small project and ended up being one of the most important fast-food chains. And although everything seems to shine for Pepper and her seemingly perfect life on the Upper East Side, her family is coming down and must deal with many family issues and huge pressure for her s future. On the other hand, we have Jack, who works very hard in his family's deli to try to get it afloat, while trying to get out from under the shadow of his popular twin brother. 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. And while they begin a tweet war, they're also falling in love for each other on an anonymous chat app created by Jack himself.


I love that just starting to read there are already references to Gossip Girl and Blair Waldorf (my queen) and I just saw that coming since Pepper lives on the Upper East Side, it's obvious the references would come and I LOVE that. I really like how the story is told with double POVs because that way we have a more complete picture not only of the life of each character's but also we can get into their heads to spend time with them and get to know them better, both their personalities as their dreams and desires. Another thing that stands out a lot and I think it's probably the strongest point, in my opinion, is family dynamics. Both characters must deal with so many problems within their family and although both are young, handled everything with enough maturity and both always put their family first, a thing that I understand, of course, but ends in consequences also because they don't find that same support in her parents, you know? Especially Pepper's mother, who I think is too much, is a very obsessive woman with her work, so much that she almost enslaves her daughter to handle social networks, which shouldn't be her work at all and although Pepper is very clear about her feelings I don't think her mother really care or empathize with that, I felt so bad for her, but I understand the intention behind the author as this makes the character grow a lot. So yes, in general, that point, the family theme as such and the relationships between each family member are super different from each other, but they all have something in common at some point and I think it's super interesting to follow both families.

I liked the writing style, in fact, the book is easy to read for the most part but was moments when I personally thought that goes around the same things and was moving very slowly, especially in the middle, it becomes kind of heavy to read. Even so, I think what the author wanted to express with this is valid and I respect it, I think there's something interesting about getting into the head of each character and knowing what they think about every minimum thing, but it can clearly be something heavy. But in general, it's a good writing style and I would certainly read something more from the author in the future.


I really like that take place in New York because there are many possibilities of wonderful scenes to create, so I think it was a great choice to develop there this adorable story of love and growth.

I think it touches the topic about doubts about the future and the weight of having to continue with the family legacy as if it were a responsibility and being afraid to express what they really want for their lives, especially for fear of disappointing or hurting those they love. So, all that problematic I think is super relatable and makes you get even more fond of the characters because you honestly want them to be happy. I ended up loving both boys, I think there's an incredible maturity in them, especially I adored Jack, it has been a long time since I crossed paths with a male main character that really reach me, and he did. I really like how he sees life and how he expresses himself and his passion for things is contagious. In addition, both characters are super empathic and are nice to people. Following up on Jack's relationship with his brother was interesting because although they obviously love each other, there's a lot of rivalry between them. And on the other hand, we have Pepper and the relationship with her mother, super problematic for me, but I know that she has the best intentions, I just can't stand her mother, and we also see her point of view about her sister and her mother's fights and how she always stayed in the middle and felt that she had to take sides, I was like "poor little baby" it really hurts what she had to go through and although I understand her sister's behaviors, is like too much drama to me, and Pepper certainly deserves better.


I loved the romance! I think it was adorable and there's a lot of chemistry between the characters from the first moment when Jack mess up with Pepper, besides when they speak anonymously without knowing at first who the other was, I think it was adorable. There's a time when I just wanted them to kiss, so I really enjoyed that aspect.

On the other hand, I wasn't the biggest fan of the Tweets issue as such, there's a kind of "misunderstanding" at the beginning and Jack feels very hurt and upset because they have stolen his grandma's recipe that has been in his family for a long time and I understand his anger, but on the other hand, we have Pepper who only does what her mother asks her like a robot and simply don't think too much when sending the Tweets and answers to obviously benefit and defend her side and which is the company of their parents. But I think that everything goes a bit out of context and ends up being a rather silly battle, in my opinion, I wasn't too interested in it, besides being "Big League Burger" such a huge well-known fast-food chain really surprised me that the person they have hired to manage the networks don't know how to do it and that a teenager is actually doing it, I don't know, it doesn't seem very believable to me. But I understand that it's the dynamics of the story and is absolutely built above this idea


Although I didn't connect as much as I'd have liked, I enjoyed several aspects, especially the characters and their romance, which is adorable and I ended up having a great time, so I still highly recommend it, especially if the Contemporary genre is something you usually enjoy, without a doubt. There are interesting family dynamics and the growth of the characters is super marked, in the end, I feel happy with what they've decided for their lives and the evolution of the plot is very good. I'm super pleased to have read it.

Twitter may be internet hell, and high school may only make it worse, but with Jack and Pepper, it all felt in good fun. This modern YA rom-com was cheesy, literally and figuratively—all. the. food puns. Yes, a cringy tweet here and there, but they must be forgiven, as it’s only realistic. You can talk if you’ve never regretted posting a tweet. Mhm, ya, thought so.

Tweet Cute was such a playful read, capturing that teen energy without feeling immature or insufferable (the less fun part of being an angsty teen). I loved that Jack and Pepper were individuals with their own goals and passions, and not your typical YA characters who base their self-worth over delusionally obsessive and self-absorbed insta-loves. I loved that they were achievers—building apps, swimming competitively, running baking blogs, helping out with the family business, applying to college. And as much I rooted for them individually, I also rooted for them together; they had great chemistry.

"I wonder what it's like, being that sure of yourself. Knowing what you want so definitively you don't even care about keeping doors open."

In the midst of chaotic high school schedules—nothing like college admissions to light a fire under your butt!—the deeper questions about purpose and identity creeped up on me, and even though I’ve graduated from college already, I could still relate to these high schoolers.

Lighthearted fun made richer with a hint of soul-searching. Recommended if you’re looking for your next YA romance!