Originally published by me on momwithbooks.wordpress.com on October 27, 2019.

I am a reader. I will try most genres of books at least once. I am not ashamed to admit that I am not only a reader of women’s fiction (chick lit!), but I also read young adult, middle grade and children’s books. After all, I need to know what is out there when my kids become of age. I can’t stand the snobby readers who proclaim that young adult is not “serious enough” or a “real book.” They are really missing out on some great stories. Tweet Cute was one of those stories for me.

According to Urban Dictionary, a “meet-cute” is a “scenario in which two individuals are brought together in some unlikely, zany, destined-to-fall-in-love-and-be-together-forever sort of way (the more unusual, the better)” Throw in a Twitter war, and you got yourself a tweet-cute!

In this story, we are introduced to Pepper. She has moved with her mom and her sister to NYC after her parents divorced. She left behind all she has ever known, including her dad and the family business, Big Mouth Burger. Her mom was beginning to open new locations and expand the store’s reach. Pepper and her sister write a food blog, and Pepper helps her mom out by managing BMB’s Twitter account. This in addition to school and applying to colleges.

Then there is Jack. Jack, or “the other twin” (from his twin brother Ethan) helps out in family’s deli. He is secretly creating apps that are used in his school that reminded me of the Friendster days. Only difference is instead of using names, everyone is assigned an animal. You find out who each other are by beginning to chat with each other and then randomly the app reveals who you have been speaking to.

One day it is discovered that Big Mouth Burger has stolen his grandmother’s grilled cheese recipe. Jack begins to Tweet about this, starting an all out Twitter war. Unbeknownst to Jack, he is at Twitter-war with Pepper. Add to that, both Pepper and Jack are speaking to someone they don’t know on Jack’s app! It’s enough teenage drama to make anyone crazy! When their war goes viral, and it is revealed that they are the ones behind the tweets, lines are blurred between friendship, enemies, and…wait…are they falling for each other?

I really enjoyed this one! I received this from NetGalley after wishing for it, and I was selected! I was glad I was as I always enjoy reading about kids in high school that were nothing like me. I was not very driven, and just plodded along until I could be free. I blossomed in college. But to see how kids are living in the age of social media (yup – I’m old) is interesting to see how they navigate everything. Relationships. Schoolwork. Not everything in the story was picture perfect. You could feel the emotions of each character without it getting too sappy. You could see the end of the story without it being a disappointment. You could feel the Twitter war brewing, just like Corner Bakery came for Panera’s mac and cheese, as I was reading about the grilled cheese wars. Art imitating life?

All in all, this one kept me turning the pages to see just how Pepper and Jack would figure out who they were chatting with, how the Twitter war would end, and to see if Pepper’s mom would EVER listen to her! I wasn’t disappointed.