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3.93 AVERAGE
3.93 AVERAGE
emotional
lighthearted
reflective
tense
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
A sweet YA romance read with a side of coming of age and a look at parent-child dynamics.
This was really sweet and I devoured it all in one day (baking puns intended)! Cute characters, an interesting story, and I liked how everything developed throughout. A perfectly cute and sweet read for how I was feeling, and I could have kept on reading!
This book was cute and cheesy (in a good way) I felt like it was a bit dragged out and had a slow start but nonetheless was good!
funny
hopeful
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Classism
Moderate: Bullying
Minor: Vomit, Alcohol
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Another one that’s not a hard read vocab wise but hard to read because it’s cringey. Typical high school trope of finding your own path with all the parental pressures but against a backdrop of kids who to a fancy school with time for software development internships and a corporate food chain that has its social media organized by 1 person. Would recommend if you want to transport back to the mind of an overtly angsty wattpad level high school romance
I received an arc of this title from NetGalley for review.
I took forever to read this but at no fault of the book, it was sweet and cheesy and just what I needed when my reading slump decided to take a little break.
I liked how all kinds of social media was incorporated into a ya book. So many that try only include one specific platform but the reality is most teens use a variety of platforms and I loved the authenticity in that aspect.
I don't know if it was just how long I left it between each chunk but it felt sort of disjointed and like there were too many plots all leading to the same conclusion.
Overall though was a good read and explored teens not exactly knowing who they are but definitely knowing who they are not.
I took forever to read this but at no fault of the book, it was sweet and cheesy and just what I needed when my reading slump decided to take a little break.
I liked how all kinds of social media was incorporated into a ya book. So many that try only include one specific platform but the reality is most teens use a variety of platforms and I loved the authenticity in that aspect.
I don't know if it was just how long I left it between each chunk but it felt sort of disjointed and like there were too many plots all leading to the same conclusion.
Overall though was a good read and explored teens not exactly knowing who they are but definitely knowing who they are not.
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.
I received this e-book from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
See more reviews at momwithbooks.wordpress.com
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.
I received this e-book from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
See more reviews at momwithbooks.wordpress.com
This story is soooo cute… and if the characters are real, they’d probably have diabetes.
One thing I like about this is the characters are written to act their age.
They were made to fall in love so innocently, the only thing they did in the story is to kiss, awkwardly at that too.
Some books were witten to make teenagers act to be so sex positive, its the only thing they do in their story. They don’t fall in love with each other because of their personality or characters, they mostly fall in lust.
With this book its different, they fell in love slowly, they slowly noticed little things about each other, they get to know each other, how they tick and its not just sudden attraction. The way they both sometimes blush when they started noticing each other. Soooo damn cute
This is a breather from all the smutty books I read. Sometimes, innocent love is good for my soul too.
With their parents…
I hated Pepper’s mom/Ronnie in the beginning, it seems that she lost herself while chasing her dreams, and she drags her daughter with her. But apparently she also has her own reason. I did thought she had/have an affair with Jack’s dad, because of how she reacted.
Also, I hated how Jack’s dad/Sam gloss over the whole issue in the end.
He just explained, that he dated Pepper’s mom and made it seem like Pepper’s mom is doing this revenge because they broke up, not because of the truth that He stole Ronnie’s recipe. Like, congrats on being in a happy relationship, thank you for not cheating, but you have to also let your kids know that it was all your fault, if you did not literally stole Ronnie’s recipe, then she would not be mad. He made it seem like it was Ronnie is doing this whole thing, because she had not move on.
One thing I like about this is the characters are written to act their age.
They were made to fall in love so innocently, the only thing they did in the story is to kiss, awkwardly at that too.
Some books were witten to make teenagers act to be so sex positive, its the only thing they do in their story. They don’t fall in love with each other because of their personality or characters, they mostly fall in lust.
With this book its different, they fell in love slowly, they slowly noticed little things about each other, they get to know each other, how they tick and its not just sudden attraction. The way they both sometimes blush when they started noticing each other. Soooo damn cute
This is a breather from all the smutty books I read. Sometimes, innocent love is good for my soul too.
With their parents…
I hated Pepper’s mom/Ronnie in the beginning, it seems that she lost herself while chasing her dreams, and she drags her daughter with her. But apparently she also has her own reason. I did thought she had/have an affair with Jack’s dad, because of how she reacted.
Also, I hated how Jack’s dad/Sam gloss over the whole issue in the end.
He just explained, that he dated Pepper’s mom and made it seem like Pepper’s mom is doing this revenge because they broke up, not because of the truth that He stole Ronnie’s recipe. Like, congrats on being in a happy relationship, thank you for not cheating, but you have to also let your kids know that it was all your fault, if you did not literally stole Ronnie’s recipe, then she would not be mad. He made it seem like it was Ronnie is doing this whole thing, because she had not move on.
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes