Book Review: Tweet Cute
Genre: Romance
The title sums up this book perfectly. It involves a lot of tweeting and is super cute! I didn’t really know what to expect going into this book because I’ve been recommended this book multiple times, but I never really read the summary of the book though I knew this involved two different food companies/shops feud and twitter wars. I’m glad I did randomly pick this book up because it was a fun and light read which was exactly what I needed at the time I read this.
Synopsis:
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.
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.
Review:
Pepper was a relatable character in the way she had trouble adapting to the change of moving to New York from Nashville and not wanting to go outside the familiarity of her neighborhood even in New York. She was like any other high school girl who was studying hard and had pressure to do well and get into a good college. She also wanted to make her mother happy which increased the pressure she felt as she didn’t want to argue and displease her like her older sister always did with their mom.
Jack was claimed to be a class clown by Pepper, but honestly, more than a class clown, he just enjoyed annoying and talking to her rather than making jokes to the whole class. Jack had his own struggles of feeling like the less popular, the less wanted twin. Ethan, his twin, always seemed to outshine him. He felt as if his own parents saw Ethan as the one who would be “the more successful” twin. He constantly felt like he was in his twin’s shadow, and I felt so bad when everyone would mistake Jack with Ethan. Though, Pepper always recognized Jack and didn’t mix him up with Ethan, ever!
“You know, for someone named Pepper, you're pretty salty about losing.”
These characters felt so real and had more depth due to the problems and internal conflicts they went through. I really enjoyed reading about them and seeing them work through their issues and learn about themselves more. I was really satisfied by the ending since they went through a lot of misunderstandings but, in the end, they communicated their problems to their families and each other and everyone ended up happy. I really wish, in real life, that people could learn to communicate with each other properly from the beginning because this book showed just talking and explaining a situation could prevent a lot of the conflicts that occur between people. Pepper is actually so strong to go through some of the things she went through towards the end of the book, I would’ve found a hole to hide in forever if I was in her place.
“How can a person even know who they are if they don't know what they want?”
Pepper and Jack (pepperjack) were so cute! I, especially, loved how Jack fell first and I’m so glad we had his perspective too. Jack, for the most part, was always there for Pepper when she needed him and helped her learn to get out of her comfort zone. Pepper was, likewise, there for Jack when he was going through a rough patch. This was a, kind of, slowburn as there wasn't a lot of tension as much as confusion.
“You can't just casually tell someone you carry caramel sauce around and walk away like thats a normal thing”
That brings me to my next point, there was A LOT going on in the book. The Twitter war did keep things interesting and funny due to the ridiculousness of it but there were still lots of other problems and events happening. For example, the online anonymous chat that the kids of Pepper and Jack’s school participated in added more confusion for the characters as Pepper really wanted to figure out who they were talking with as the users are anonymous. She would guess people and it just added additional misunderstandings which I didn't believe were necessary along with all of the trouble the Twitter Wars were bringing. Though, I'm not too mad about it since it was all interconnected and built up to one of the bigger conflicts of the book that was the final straw leading to the resolution and communication!
The plot, like I mentioned earlier, was never boring as there were constantly different situations occurring throughout the book. This allowed for me to stay engaged and intrigued to see how things would turn out or get resolved in the end. Like I mentioned earlier, I was really happy with the ending and I love epilogues. The epilogue in this book was, just like the rest of the book, adorable!
“This may have started with a war, but whatever it is now, there isn't an end in sight - not as long as we're both still winning.”
Overall, this is a super relatable book for young adults and high schoolers but I wouldn't recommend it as much for people who don't enjoy the worries and childishness of high schoolers and teens. It's filled with drama so that's definitely something that lots of people can enjoy about this book. Also, side note, the deserts Pepper and her sister make are to die for! I wish I could have some of them (especially monster cake ;)).
“A stolen day. The kind of day that ends too fast but stays with you much longer.”
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