Review: Tweet Cute by Emma Lord

Tweet Cute by Emma Lord

Published by Wednesday Books on January 2020
Pages: 368
Format: eBook
Source: Publisher
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4 Stars

A fresh, irresistible rom-com from debut author Emma Lord about the chances we take, the paths life can lead us on, and how love can be found in the opposite place you expected.

Meet Pepper, swim team captain, chronic overachiever, and all-around perfectionist. Her family may be falling apart, but their massive fast-food chain is booming ― mainly thanks to Pepper, who is barely managing to juggle real life while secretly running Big League Burger’s massive Twitter account.

Enter Jack, class clown and constant thorn in Pepper’s side. When he isn’t trying to duck out of his obscenely popular twin’s shadow, he’s busy working in his family’s deli. His relationship with the business that holds his future might be love/hate, but when Big League Burger steals his grandma’s iconic grilled cheese recipe, he’ll do whatever it takes to take them down, one tweet at a time.

All’s fair in love and cheese ― that is, until Pepper and Jack’s spat turns into a viral Twitter war. Little do they know, while they’re publicly duking it out with snarky memes and retweet battles, they’re also falling for each other in real life ― on an anonymous chat app Jack built.

As their relationship deepens and their online shenanigans escalate ― people on the internet are shipping them?? ― their battle gets more and more personal, until even these two rivals can’t ignore they were destined for the most unexpected, awkward, all-the-feels romance that neither of them expected

Clever and cute contemporary romance invovling rivalry restaurants/families.

I really like Pepper and Jack. They both seemed very real and vulnerable. Jack’s constant feelings of being less than his twin brother felt authentic, making me like him. Pepper’s family has fallen apart, her mother in particular was very hard to deal with as she is so centered on her growing business and ignoring the damage she is doing to her youngest daughter. Together, they seemed to create a safe space where they could be themselves, both in real life and online through an app that Jack secretly created.

There’s lot of different ways these two characters are communicating, through those I mentioned and also through their companies Twitter accounts where they are creating a huge publicity fight.

Some of the things that happen made me really sad for Pepper (her relationship ith her mother for instance) and I loved the warmth of Jack’s family and his relationship with his grandmother.

The story is charming and light and moves very fast between Pepper and Jack’s perspectives. When everything finally is resolved at the end, I felt a little disappointed. I don’t want to say what the reason for the rivalry was, but I was hoping for a little bit more. Also, I’m totally disappointed in the adults in this book. They act more like teenagers than the teenagers themselves.

Overall, Tweet Cute is adorable and a fun read for anyone looking for some romance with a little bite.