Tweet Cute immediately drew me in by the title alone. I love a good play on words! Once I read the plot synopsis above, I knew I would love it. I have twin boys so stories with twins always capture my attention and I can't resist a good love story either! There was so much to love about the book: the Twitter war between Jack and Pepper, the added romance of them falling for each other both in real life (although neither of them seem to know it is happening) while also falling in love on an app where neither know it's the other, and being set in on of my favorite places on Earth, New York City. There was heart written all over this story, it is definitely the type of book I see being turned into a movie or I think this one could even be a tv series really! Tweet Cute was the cutest teen rom-com novel I have read in a really long time. I recommend it to anyone who loves a good love story!

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Tweet Cute is a fun story and definitely is going to appeal to young adults. Anyone who lives in the world today should be able to relate to the fact that social media can be a great thing but it can also be a challenging thing.

Pepper still feels a bit like a new kid at the school but she's determined to do well at everything she can. She struggles with her Mom expecting her to run the social media for their successful restaurant business. How do you say "no" to your Mom though, especially when your Mom and Dad are divorced and your older sister has run away to college?

Jack lives in the shadow of his perfect twin brother. He's funny and personable and pretty sure that his family expects him to stick around and take over the family deli because he's not going to amount to much more.

When Jack and Pepper have to work together as leaders of the swim team and the diving team they figure out that they like each other. But there's a bit of an issue... both Jack and Pepper have been chatting online in an anonymous app with someone else. . . someone they are very interested in.

Then things go completely off the rails! A Twitter fight between the two restaurants erupts and grabs a lot of media attention. Things escalate quickly... and soon Pepper and Jack are engaged in an all-out war on Twitter!

This story has a couple of great things going for it. There's a bit of a mystery. There's got to be a reason that both family restaurants are suddenly offering the same grilled cheese sandwich, right? Turns out there's a lot going on in the history of each family. And Pepper and Jack... are they meant to be together? Are they just friends? Are they more?

This is a sweet, funny story about making mistakes, fixing things, learning the truth and having a good time while you do it all!

This was SUCH a cute, fun read! Also, it made me really hungry. I enjoyed the various "relationships" Pepper and Jack had: rivals, somewhat friends, anonymous friends lol! I liked that once they were about to be "together" and it seemed to be wrapping up, things kept popping up which kept the story going. Kept it unpredictable for me which I appreciated.

This was loads of fun. It's cute and witty and the stakes never get too high. The details are clever. Every character is likable. Families and friends are loving and supportive, even when tensions mount. Conflict resolves with a quick convo. It's the kind of book you can relax into and just enjoy, which, frankly, was exactly what I needed after pouring through a streak of YA books about drug abuse, chronic illness, molestation, teen pregnancy, and a load of other hard topics. This one's filled with joy and the central couple is easy to root for. I suspect readers are going to love this and be begging for Emma Lord's next book as soon as it can hit the shelves.

The e-ARC has formatting issues to clean up with inconsistencies about dialogue and texting--much of which is left untagged and therefore hard to follow, but I suspect the editorial team is on top of this and the final print will be an easier read.

Although I think my students will enjoy this book, I didn’t love it. I got a little bored half way through even though I loved the concept.

If I had to describe this book in just one word, I would use fun.
this book was everything I hoped it would be, cute, fluffy, and romantic. But it also had so much more. I loved the banter between Pepper and Jack which had me actually laughing. I loved the meme talk and twitter usage, it really helped show that this story is current and fresh in today's world. I would definitely recommend this story. Thank you to the publishers and NetGalley for the opportunity to review this book!

This book was so so cute. It reminded me of what Kasie West books used to be like. I was granted a wish by Netgalley to review it and it was a great time as I was on vacation and devoured it in only a day. The characters were dynamic, it wasn't a game changer for the genre, but it satisfied everything - conflict, fun characters, plot development. I really really enjoyed this book.

A great concept that (mostly) delivers. Although there were some formatting issues, it was still easy enough to read. Overall, I think the idea would've been much better as a New Adult instead of Young Adult, and it seemed a weird choice not to age up the protagonists/do more with the romantic storyline. While the writing was very topical, given the memes and other references, I'm not sure how this book will hold up after a few years.

Thanks to NetGalley for an advance copy - opinions are my own.

I'm giving this a 3.5. This review contains spoilers.

Let me just say, when I heard this was a modern retelling of "You've Got Mail" I was ecstatic. I knew I had to read this and I spent an unbearable amount of time waiting to hear if I'd been approved for an ARC (thanks, Netgalley!). I had my expectations set high.

And now I am ... torn. I have a lot of mixed feelings about this novel. On one hand, they are a lot of great things about Tweet Cute. Pepper and Jack are great narrators, there are some seriously cute moments, and I like that it wasn't an insta-love story. On the other hand, there are some pretty cheesy moments (no pun intended).

One thing that turned me off was how much time our narrators spend in the past – mostly Pepper. A lot of our first encounters with her are just huge information dumps that made it hard for me to get through. Jack is better, but still guilty of doing the same. I was happy when they got enough of their pasts out that I could see what was happening in present time.

It takes about halfway through the story for it to really pick up and then it's exciting and fun and we get to see Pepper and Jack coming together. But toward the end there's this weird kind of shift where Pepper seems to fall out of character and her encounters with Jack feel way different than everything we've seen before. This is probably just a draft issue, since the version I'm reading is still being edited. Or maybe it was me. Who knows.

Things are very cookie-cutter with our characters. No one stays mad for long, everyone is forgiving (except maybe Pepper's mom toward Jack's dad. I mean, if someone stole your pastry recipes and continued to use them in their deli, you'd probably be unforgiving too. Big yikes for Jack's dad for being kind of a terrible person.)
The fights the teenagers have with their parents at the climax of the story are eerily similar to each other, down to the way they erupt and the reasons they do, and even the talk Pepper has with her mom and the talk Jack has with his dad seem to resolve in similar ways. The prologue just wrapped up the cookie-cutter theme with all the main teens and their friends/significant others being present, which was especially cheesy but you can see the heart behind the intentions.

In the end, it's a cute little story I think most people will like, and I'm happy to have had the chance to read it. I'm not sure how well it's going to age, since it is set around Twitter and memes and a lot of modern references, but I think people will have fun with it while it lasts.

I absolutely loved this book—it's quick-paced, very funny, and also completely sweet. I wanted it to keep going!!

Omg this was actually the best. I was obviously interested in it because of its focus on social media and it delivered so well on that theme. This is the first YA book I've read that accurately depicts the good and bad of going viral on social media and the real life implications of it. Aside from that, Jack and Pepper are outstanding characters. Their development is so cute and so wholesome. The way this story develops as well is natural and still kept me guessing at every turn on how it would unravel. The side plots about college, their futures, and everything else were also incredibly well done and weaves greatly with the overall Twitter war.

Basically if you're looking for a well written YA novel about social media and technology with an adorable love story, this is absolutely your book. Everyone should try to read this quirky and fun novel when it releases next year!

I received a free copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for my honest review.

This is a sweet, updated, tech-savvy, gen z version of You’ve Got Mail, The Bookshop on the Corner, In the Good Old Summertime, etc.
I enjoyed the story and it really did seem to flow organically. The Twitter war between two burger joints was amusing and accurate, as was the way both teens felt smothered by their parents’ expectations.
I really liked this book!

Shoutout to @netgalley for sending me this cute, YA rom-com!
Pepper and Jack are over the Twitter accounts for each of their parents’ respective restaurants. Pepper and Jack also go to school together. A Twitter war ensues between the two restaurants.
This book was really cute, and I loved the relationship building between Pepper and Jack - the buildup of their friendship was nice.
I really liked this book because I grew up in a family restaurant and STILL run the restaurant’s social media accounts for my parents. Some things never change. 😂 Plus, I resonated with Jack a lot when it comes to working at the restaurant and feeling like you’re expected to take the family business over.

Thanks so much for allowing me to read this one!

3.5/5

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I finished this book in one day and I would have finished in hours if I weren't busy with other things. Ahhh this was such a cute story. This is one of those rare books that makes me wish it had a movie. Pepper and Jack's chemistry, their banters and most of all Twitter wars were so fun to read. The characters were polished and their development was well versed. The story had me hooked from the beginning. I've read so many contemporaries that they're pretty predictable for me now, but this book had me at edge of my seat to know what will happen next and for the mystery involving both characters' parents. It's been a while I've read a contemporary this good, I look forward to read more books by Emma Lord.

Thank you net galley for the advance reader copy of this novel. This YA contemporary romance was so very cute! I loved every word, dialogue exchange, and that it had no swearing or sex. The banter between Pepper and Jack was very real and I liked that both had strong families. Each main character goes through the typical teenage angst and family struggles but it didn't feel like I was reading the same old story line. Great novel and I would definitely read more by this author.

An Okay-ish read. might be a little bit cheesy for my liking, but still it was kinda enjoyable.
Thank you for providing me a copy in exchange for my honest review.

One of my favourite romance tropes is enemies-to-lovers and when I came across Tweet Cute, the premise had me immediately hooked! I wished Tweet Cute on Netgalley and I was pretty excited that I got my very first wish granted!!! Thanks Netgalley & St Martins Press

Tweet Cute is a charming and entertaining YA romcom that lived up to expectations and really resonated with me. I wish I had read more books like this growing up to process things and worry less! This book explores great themes about belonging, complicated family relationships, academic pressures, sibling rivalry, friendships and working out direction in your life. It’s such an enjoyable story that had great pace and flowed smoothly with fantastic and relatable characters, great banter, an adorable romance and great pop culture references - it was binge worthy and left me smiling for days!

4.5/5⭐️

I will start out by saying that I feel like “teenage enemies somehow start texting, sometimes anonymously, discover they actually like each other via textual flirtation” is slowly becoming a weird niche genre in YA. And this book does admittedly feel a little “Letters to the Lost” meets “Red, White, and Royal Blue” with some “You’ve Got Mail” thrown in. It will probably draw some comparisons. But it’s just so… good. I cannot tell you how rare it is for me to read a 330-page book in one sitting, but I couldn’t put this one down. All the characters are astonishingly well crafted, with teenage issues that actually feel realistic, and look, let’s get this out of the way now, Jack is basically everything you could ever want in a male protagonist. (He’s perfect, and I will fight you on this point.) Pepper is also pretty awesome. Their slow, flirty development over the course of the book is so fantastic that you can basically forget about the anonymous chat subplot if it feels overdone.

And it’s awesome to see a book with pop cultural references that don’t totally miss the mark – make no mistake, this one is absolutely for millennials, and I have never laughed more at literary Mean Girls gifs or “sure, jan” references. And I only found three things to complain about in the entire book, which is really saying something:

1. I felt like the conflict and tension between Jack and his twin Ethan could have been a little more resolved.
2. This is admittedly an ARC, but the formatting on the texts in the e-book was a huge challenge. I am hoping the publisher fixes that issue before for realsies publication. (Hey, Wednesday Books! Please resolve this!)
3. Where is the recipe for Monster Cake?!?!?!?!? I need it in my life.

In conclusion, I give this book five stars and/or five heart eyes emojis. Fantastic, fluffy, and ultra sweet.

(This book was provided as an ARC in exchange for an honest review by NetGalley.)

"They're here for your grilled cheese," I told her.
"Not unless you've changed my secret ingredient to cocaine, they're not."

This just might be my favourite YA contemporary novel of the year!
Loveable characters, very original story, loads of fluff, yet not over the top.
Pepper and Jack were so realistic and their cute little love story absolutely believable.
I had the biggest grin on my face throughout the entire book. And that coming from a person who started outgrowing this genre means a lot!

I will be so upset if this novel doesn't get the hype it deserves.

This is such a cute YA book about friendship and relationships. Pepper and Jack get their respective family businesses into a Twitter feud. Everything is made even more complicated by the fact that they've been taking anonymously to one another on an app Jack created for students at their school. It's a very sweet book, and I loved reading it.