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3.93 AVERAGE
3.93 AVERAGE
ModernMrsDarcy.com 2020 Summer Reading Guide
Cute story about a Twitter War between two competing New York fast food restaurants/delis. It all started with some typical high school hijinks but ended up exposing a lot of family secrets and animosity. Of course, there was also a love story between some of the teenagers, so that was pretty cute. Would recommend to tween girls.
Cute story about a Twitter War between two competing New York fast food restaurants/delis. It all started with some typical high school hijinks but ended up exposing a lot of family secrets and animosity. Of course, there was also a love story between some of the teenagers, so that was pretty cute. Would recommend to tween girls.
adventurous
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
It indeed was cute and I enjoyed it much more then I thought I would. Loved the baking, the tweets and the banter.
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Tweet Cute - 4.75
Spoiler-Free Summary:
Tweet Cute is a YA rom-com that centers around Pepper and Jack, two high school seniors who end up running their family businesses’ Twitter accounts. What starts as a sassy, anonymous fast-food Twitter war goes viral—and while they clash online, they unknowingly begin to fall for each other in real life through an anonymous app.
My Thoughts (Spoiler-Free):
This book at first would seem light-hearted and a fun palate cleanser read (which it is) and while it leans heavily into witty banter and rom-com charm, I didn’t expect the dive into themes of family pressure, identity, and figuring out what you want—not just what’s expected of you. Pepper and Jack both feel like real teens, and their chemistry (both on- and offline) is endearing. The Twitter feud is clever without feeling forced, and the dual POV adds nice balance to the story. It’s clean, sweet, and smart.
Rating Breakdowns:
Plot - 9/10. Engaging and modern w/o being gimmicky.
Characters - 9/10. Relatable, well-developed, and full of personality.
Writing Style - 10/10. Emma Lord’s writing is witty, fun, light and banter-ful. I often found my self smiling or laughing at the dialogue.
Pacing - 9/10. Moves at a steady clip with no major lulls.
World Building - 10/10. The NYC and high school setting is written very well and made me seem like I was actually in NY.
Spice Level - 1/10. Non-descriptive kisses. NO SPICE
Tropes - Enemies to Lovers, Family Feud, Academic Rivalry, Grumpy/Sunshine-lite.
Spoiler(ish) Summary & Thoughts
Final Thoughts
A thoroughly enjoyable YA rom-com that hits all the right emotional and comedic notes. Fans of lighthearted love stories with just enough depth to make them meaningful will love this one. It’s clean, current, and completely charming.
Content Warnings
Minor: Vomit, Alcohol, Cursing
Age Rec: 12+
Content Warnings
Minor: Cursing, Vomit, Alcohol
Ok, to start: PepperJack? I’m losing my shit right now, that’s adorable. And to think I started this book muttering to myself, “What kind of name is Pepper?”
Secondly, I seem to be on a strange binge of reading about twins. Considering making a new shelf…
Now on to the actual review:
This book was a perfect blend of adorable, funny, and serious. Reading it as a college student reflecting back on my senior year, the feelings of competing against classmates, stress about being a well-rounded student while also trying to please whatever expectations (we think) our parents have for us, coupled with the awkward fumbling of feelings and crushes and cringey corporate Twitter feuds were all too familiar.
I also always appreciate a good dual POV, and the perspectives were divided pretty evenly between Pepper and Jack. The author did a great job providing aspects of relatability between both characters, and I was never upset or bored because of a perspective change. The humor sprinkled throughout the novel was pretty generic, your typical sarcastic, snide teenage humor, but I don’t mind it, and found myself chuckling at the stupid things that came out the characters’ mouths.
Overall it was a pretty easy read, a nice reason to smile on a chilly fall afternoon. Even so, one criticism I do hold against the novel was how the introduction of the only obvious person of color in the book, named Pooja, was presented as an antagonist towards Pepper within the first few chapters. I do acknowledge things take a more positive turn as the plot progresses, but it was very disappointing that the first and only blatantly-stated representation was painted in such a negative light.
Secondly, I seem to be on a strange binge of reading about twins. Considering making a new shelf…
Now on to the actual review:
This book was a perfect blend of adorable, funny, and serious. Reading it as a college student reflecting back on my senior year, the feelings of competing against classmates, stress about being a well-rounded student while also trying to please whatever expectations (we think) our parents have for us, coupled with the awkward fumbling of feelings and crushes and cringey corporate Twitter feuds were all too familiar.
I also always appreciate a good dual POV, and the perspectives were divided pretty evenly between Pepper and Jack. The author did a great job providing aspects of relatability between both characters, and I was never upset or bored because of a perspective change. The humor sprinkled throughout the novel was pretty generic, your typical sarcastic, snide teenage humor, but I don’t mind it, and found myself chuckling at the stupid things that came out the characters’ mouths.
Overall it was a pretty easy read, a nice reason to smile on a chilly fall afternoon. Even so, one criticism I do hold against the novel was how the introduction of the only obvious person of color in the book, named Pooja, was presented as an antagonist towards Pepper within the first few chapters. I do acknowledge things take a more positive turn as the plot progresses, but it was very disappointing that the first and only blatantly-stated representation was painted in such a negative light.
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This was so cute!! Definitely a cute, feel good romcom that I would recommend reading!! I´m usually not the biggest fan of pop culture references in books but in this I thought it went along really well with the story and everything and the characters were so likable as well, individually and together.
The only thing I didn't really love was that they communicated in three different ways, irl, in the twitter feud and on the anonymous app - I feel like it might have been better with only two ways? Either way it was really good! can't wait to read more from this author
The only thing I didn't really love was that they communicated in three different ways, irl, in the twitter feud and on the anonymous app - I feel like it might have been better with only two ways? Either way it was really good! can't wait to read more from this author
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
funny
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes