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Tweet Cute

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Y'all this book was SO GOOD I CAN'T EVEN HANDLE IT. If you enjoy lighthearted, witty YA contemporary, you absolutely NEED to add this to your 2020 TBRs. This book was just so fun and current and sassy while also being just the right amount of serious and I am just so enamored with it. I hesitate to compare it to anything else because it is so very much it's own thing, but I will say that this was like a mix of Jenn Bennett and Emma Mills with extra large dash of humor thrown into the mix and I JUST REALLY REALLY LIKED THIS AND YOU ALL NEED TO READ IT OKAY? OKAY

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This was such a cute YA romance book. I'm a complete sucker for the enemies to lovers trope, and I would say it was done very well here. I really enjoyed how the main couple of the book, Pepper and Jack, communicated in so many ways, from Twitter to the Weazel app to real life, without even realizing they were all the same person. Overall, would definitely recommend!

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i LOVED this book. The plot line was amazing, and I realized the whole #pepperjack ship withing the first 5 chapters, and I love it. I am bullying my coworker to request it!

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If you love: enemies to friends to more, secret identities, you’ve got mail, back and forth banter and food then you will LOVE this book!

The little flirtation scenes in this book are honestly *chef’s kiss* worthy! These characters have you hooked from page 1. I honestly could not put this down and stayed up way past my bedtime finishing this book because I absolutely loved these characters and their dynamic with each other! I loved the dual POVs and getting to see what each character is thinking. Plus did I mention those flirty scenes!! Also all the food that was discussed in this book made me want to bake a much of macarons, monster cake and blondies!! Highly Recommend ❤️

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This was so cute! A fun, fully romance that perfectly portrays the role of social media in today’s society. Atmospheric food descriptions and well-rounded characters worrying about what high school seniors worry about. Very well done.

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After reading Red, White & Royal Blue this summer, I’ve been on the hunt for stories to satisfy my craving for more wholesome teen romance. With its smart, tech-savvy, sassy protagonists, Emma Lord’s debut novel, Tweet Cute, seemed promising, but, alas, its focus on social media and the resultant drama detracted from the juicy, captivating parts of relationships, and I found it hard to stay invested.

Tweet Cute revolves around classmates Jack and Pepper, who attend a prestigious high school in New York but both happened to grow up in their families’ respective restaurants: Girl Cheesing in Jack’s case, a small Brooklyn sandwich shop that hasn’t grown much since its doors opened, and Big League Burger in Pepper’s, which has grown enormously. When BLB “steals” a recipe from Girl Cheesing (is anyone else unsure what this name means?), a war breaks out on Twitter between Pepper and Jack, who are both completely unaware of the other’s online identity.

At the same time, the whole school is involved in an anonymous app created by a student on which classmates can chat — and flirt — without knowing to whom they’re talking. With fun names like Wolf and Bluebird, the whole school is soon entranced in the mystery and drama of the app, Weazel. While Pepper and Jack war on Twitter, things prove to be a little more friendly between them on the app.

While I enjoyed both Jack and Pepper’s wit, spunk, and sarcasm, I found the focus on online communication (I mean everyone has an online persona, right?) distracting, and I wanted more juicy, in-person tension and chemistry. I found the premise fun and enjoyed the plot overall, but Pepper and Jack didn’t feel real to me the way many YA protagonists do. Tweet Cute is a charming story if you’re really into online chatting or social media, but otherwise I’d suggest Rainbow Rowell’s Carry On or Casey McQuiston’s Red, White & Royal Blue for truly captivating, heart-melting YA reads.

Many thanks to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for the opportunity to read this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

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This was such a cute story, with definite You've Got Mail vibes. Pepper and Jack both have such distinctive voices, with real issues of their own, and I love how they come together, how they banter, how they fight in the Twitter war, how they're trying to help one another at the end of the day. I really liked all the different mediums they were interacting in, from real life, to Twitter, to the Weazel app. I liked how they were telling each other so much of themselves without always realizing it. I liked how they noticed the little things about one another and how they fell in love without realizing it. Like, it was interesting that they never once saw each other in a romantic light until they did and how cute it was when they finally did so. This was just a really adorable story and I super recommend it if you enjoyed A Match Made in Mehendi (because it has the same student-made app theme) or #famous (because it has the same Twitter viral getting famous type theme)

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this book was a little too cutesy for my liking. it was nice and i enjoyed it just fine but it wasn’t my alley.

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This was such a cute romance book! It's a bit cheesy (yes, I totally did that on purpose), but this story has all the best elements a romance should have and it's truly going to warm your heart.

Tweet Cute tells the story of a Twitter war between Big League Burger, a massive corporate account, and Girl Cheesing, a small family-run deli in the East Village. But this is just the surface of this multi-layered story. The accounts are managed by Pepper and Jack, two teenagers who coincidentally happen to go to the same school. All is fair in a Twitter war, especially if it's good for business. What the two don't initially realize is that they are slowly falling for each other, not only thanks to the friendship that blossoms between the two, but also thanks to an app that Jack has created and that everyone at their school is using.

This book screams cuteness. It has some very sweet moments and trust me when I say that you will not be able to stop yourself from drooling when they talk about the delicious creations that Pepper can bake. I so want to try some of that monster cake!
Jack and Pepper definitely are some wonderful, realistic and very well-crafted character with lots of things going on in their lives.

If you're looking for a cute and sweet romance YA book, you should definitely check this out!

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I really enjoyed Tweet Cute. It's a sweet YA romance that manages to be fresh while also using tried true tropes. Pepper is the chronic overachiever, and Jack is struggling to find a way to be himself when he is constantly compared to his twin brother. Both teens are dealing with pressure from their families, but when the family businesses clash over a stolen recipe Pepper and Jack find themselves in the midst of Twitter feud for the ages and also falling for each other.

The romance feels natural, and both Pepper and Jack read like real teenagers. I can't wait to grab this book for my classroom bookshelf as I think it will appeal to my students.

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Tweet Cute was, as the title implies, rather cute, if not cheesy (I just can't help myself). The budding tension of these two teens entangled IRL and anonymously in multiple ways is quite fun, if a little predictable. I got a lot of 'younger' Gossip Girl vibes from this book. Overall, it was a fun YA read.
My main concern with a book that is so reliant on social media and pop culture references is that it'll date itself- while not necessarily a bad thing, who knows if people will relate to the struggles of Gen Z or even understand the references? As the references stand- you could tell an adult wrote this (Mean Girls was great for its time, but it's already looking dated, and I did visibly cringe to see it so frequently referenced).
However, if you're looking for a cute, tidy, modern-day Romeo and Juliet, this is your read.

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Tweet Cute is an adorably hilarious romance!

This story deals with many of the typical high school drama of trying to decide what to do after graduation, family expectations and balancing school with extracurriculars. Jack and Pepper have known each other since freshman year but come to realize that they don’t really know much about each other at all. The more they interact the more complicated things become and it seems like no matter what happens they cannot stay away from one another.

This book had everything I love in a romance novel - relatable and entertaining characters, misunderstandings, a competition and the perfect amount of cheesiness!

I was gifted a copy of this book from the publisher. All opinions are my own.

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Overview: We all know that Twitter is the home of sarcasm and great debates. Recently, though, fast food companies, sports teams, and more businesses have found social media managers that have taken their jobs to the next level creating infamously shady tweets. Two people contributing to that world are seniors at a fancy New York City private school. Pepper and Jack are engaged in an all out war when Pepper's Mom's company, Big League Burger, apparently rips off Jack's family's prized grilled cheese recipe from their deli, Girl Cheesing. While Twitter originally is the host that allows the tiny deli to call out plagiarism and win back major support, it becomes the canvas for some serious feuding while also making the undeniable chemistry between the two incredibly apparent. Tweet Cute is about our internet world, and, instead of spelling out our doom from it, Emma Lord manages to reveal all its beautiful nooks and crannies. Overall: 5

Characters: 5 Pepper and Jack are compulsively likable. Pepper is a bit uptight, and definitely appears that way from the outside, but she also has a goofy side that makes more than a few appearances. She loves to bake and runs a baking blog with her sister, she's incredibly quick witted, and her view of the world feels refreshing. But she's also lost. Even though she's winning school, she doesn't know what her real goals in life are beyond what other people have outlined for her. She also can't find her footing with her family. Her sister has a deep rift with her mom after her parent's divorce, and, even though Pepper doesn't agree with all of her mom's choices, she feels compelled to offer all of her support.
That's why Jack is such a welcome relief in Pepper's life. Despite being the adversary, Jack is fighting the battle right along with Pepper. It's not surprising, given his similar feelings of being lost and weary of the family business, that they wind up discussing strategy and making a game out of their online feud. Jack is the sweet and nervous side to Pepper's exterior bravado as he's always lived in his class president twin's shadow, and they balance each other perfectly.
There are also tons of great minor characters that bring up reflections on how schools pit students against each other with their flawed teaching methods, what it means to have real friends, and what it means to be the sibling that isn't always the center of attention. They're all story threads that could be explored in an entire book but create the perfect compliments to Emma's story here without overwhelming it.

Plot: 5 Writing a book about the internet could be a disaster. I've never actually seen it done spectacularly, but this book is the exception. It's current and completely of the moment without dating itself. It sounds just like my friends and I do without being dumbed down or twisted into a Frankenstein of what adults think they're like. It's a book that feels completely my generation. That completely understands Twitter and that gets and wants to glorify the positive sides of the social internet. There are so many books that want to take on its dark side, its danger, and cyberbullying, which exists, but, in my opinion, isn't most of what the internet is or does.
I think my favorite part of the book is the side current that runs through the story that is the Weazl app. Weazl is an online chat app only for people at the high school Jack and Pepper attend. Jack actually created the app and he monitors it. Everyone on it is anonymous, named after a randomly assigned animal, but the app isn't rampantly abused. Kids use it to form study groups and offer homework help. Other students have found best friends and boyfriends/girlfriends from it. We see Bluebird and Wolf find solace in finding each other and being able to be completely open and honest to somebody else because they feel protected by the anonymity. Two strangers become the most important support systems to each other. Despite it being a generally positive place, the principal is intent on getting it shut down. I think this is an important element too because I feel like a lot of the internet is looked at by people from older generations as completely foreign and therefore intimidating and so it must be bad without taking a second to try to understand. I loved the way all of that was examined in the story as well as other nods to Internet culture and things like fan fiction.

Writing: 5 Emma is a spectacular writer. There were times where every word felt so perfectly and expertly placed that they seemed to glitter off the page. This is book that has had tons of time and effort invested into it, but it's not overworked. The sarcasm and jokes hit perfectly. The emotional pitch is tightly controlled yet versatile. The story runs a satisfying arc with lots of tropes that are so well done they seem original to this book while still confronting tons of major issues in society today. The whole book is a delicate balancing act that stays completely on point the whole time. This is just another example of Wednesday continuing to put out a selection of YA that pushes the genre in new directions and with fresh themes that need to be confronted and examined with today's teen's. I can't wait till everyone gets a chance to read this!

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Shoutout to NetGalley for the eARC!! This was SUCH a cute rom com read. It had all the best ingredients: grilled cheese, unexpected twists, creative desserts, and such a cute romance.

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Out of the ten books I read in October, this one is officially my favorite. Truthfully, it’s either my favorite or tied with my other favorite YA contemporary novel this year. You can bet I’m going to be preordering this one so I can have a physical copy!

This book was just all levels of cuteness and cheesiness. And I’m not talking about just corniness. I’m talking actual cheese, grilled to perfection in a sandwich.

I’m also getting serious vibes of You’ve Got Mail, A Cinderella Story, and Pizza My Heart, all rolled into one glorious Romeo/Juliet, secret pen pals, meet cute romance. Also, Tweet Cute was the perfect title.

Pepper and Jack both work at family-owned food restaurants. Pepper’s is a fast food chain, Jack’s is a small one building deli. But when the fast food chain steals Jack’s grandma’s grilled cheese recipe, all Twitter breaks loose in a war between a conglomerate and a nobody who swiftly rises to a somebody. And added to this is Pepper and Jack chatting anonymously with each other on an app that Jack built.

They start to fall for each other in real life and also possibly on this app where they have no idea who the other is. When they decide irl to not hold back on the Twitter war, I literally got so excited to see what would happen! Especially since the synopsis promised that people on Twitter would start to ship the two together. And oh the awkwardness!

I loved this love story. I want Netflix to make an adaptation of it! The romance was so cheesy, so delicious. I just want to bask in its cheesy goodness. It was hilarious, it had me smiling throughout. The epilogue also had me grinning stupidly.

Thank you to Netgalley and Wednesday Books for an e-arc to review!

*I will post this review on my goodreads and Instagram closer to the publishing date.*

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I want to thank Netgalley for providing me with this book in exchange for my honest review.

I have to say I honestly really couldn’t get enough of this book!
The characters were really interesting and drew me into the story right away!
The writing was amazing it flowed really well I was never bored and just wanted to keep reading to see what happened.
I read it all in one sitting and was so sad when it was over.
This is an author that I will be adding to my auto buy list!
5 stars

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Well wasn't that cute?

The entirety of the book I was just kind of sitting there like that one Shaq O'Neill GIF shimmy-ing his shoulders.

I whizzed through the book in little more than 3 hours (distracted by Book twitter and my mom) and I can happily say that I am more than grateful for Netgalley and the publisher to grant my wish to read this book.

Pepper was an MC who was right up my alley. She's a little geeky, loves baking and has online friends she prefers waayyy much over the real-life ones (ya know, apart from my best friend)
Jack on the other hand is one of those book boyfriends you instantly fall in love with and want to have as a friend. At least, cause ya know, it can escalate from there. I won't be complaining

This book is written in dual perspective and contains short chapters. I am personally a huge fan of short chapters and I honestly loved that we skipped between Pepper and Jack relatively often because it suited the story so well.
Yes, this story contains cliches and it's predictable though who am I to judge since I clearly love reading those kinds of books but it's the cutest thing I've read in a while and I would highly encourage you to check it out of you're into the same things as I am. Which is basically either high-fantasy, young adult fantasy or these cute romances.

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The title is not at all misleading. This book was super cute.

It was also a little bit of a mixed bag for me. There were moments that I found myself shipping Pepper and Jack, and then there were moments where they drove me absolutely crazy (and at least a couple of moments where I found them both to be unlikable). I think this didn't hit me with the swoons like I wanted to, but that POTENTIAL was there and I kept wanting things to go a little deeper in that respect.

Instead, it went deeper into the Twitter war between Pepper and Jack's family businesses. And while at first that was fun to read, it wore on me quickly. Add to that the fact that all of the adults in this book were unlikable (with the possible exceptions of Jack's mom and Grandma Belly) I often found myself more irritated than twitterpated.

But then, there were moments that sucked me right back in. Some of the exchanges between Pepper and Jack were adorable. The cooking and baking were a highlight because, holy yum! And, while the whole of the story was a bit of a bumpy ride for me, the ending was utterly adorable. This was a fun, fast, fairly lighthearted read and perfect for the young adult audience it's geared toward.

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At this point in time, this was the cutesy read that I needed.

Pepper and Jack are your ‘typical opposites’. She’s an overachiever of the highest degree, and Jack is perceived to be the ‘class clown’. Mostly by Pepper herself.

Pepper is tasked by her mum to send some snarky tweets about their alleged stealing of a grilled cheese recipe via the corporate twitter account that belongs to her mum’s business Big League Burger to a small-time local deli by the name of Girl Cheesing.

What follows is an all-out twitter feud between Big League Burger and Girl Cheesing that has the internet in a tizzy and people flocking to Girl Cheesing to show their support for Girl Cheesing.

In the midst of all of this, Pepper is trying to maintain her perfect grades, chat with a random boy on a school-only app called Weazel, and being the perfect daughter.

Jack, for his part, is constantly in the shadow of his identical twin brother, Ethan. He constantly feels overlooked and feels like he gets the raw end of the deal by constantly working at Girl Cheesing, while Ethan gets to flourish and spread his wings and constantly make out with his boyfriend, Stephen.


This book had its cute parts, and the ‘heaviest’ this book got was when the two main characters talked about the pressures they felt their families put on them.

I quite enjoyed the baking side of Pepper, those creations she and her sister made sound so lovely!

Reading about the family dynamics between Jack and his family and Pepper and hers was great. It was so easy to see the similarities between Jack and Pepper when it came to their families.


On the whole, it was cute, light, easy, and, sadly, overwhelmingly white and heterosexual.

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Loved this one much! Thus felt like I was diving into Nora Ephraim’s world in the best possible way!

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