Review: Tweet Cute

Tweet Cute by Emma Lord
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

4 out of 5 stars - If you ask me, I'll tell you to read it.

Jack and Pepper are pretty ordinary high school seniors, just trying to make it to graduation at their prestigious private school in NYC. Battling through tests, college interviews, and swim/dive team.

Pepper's mom is the CEO of the 4th largest burger chain, Big League Burger. When they want to launch a new grilled cheese sandwich, they decide to launch a "Get Grilled by BLB" social media campaign. Unfortunately, their social media manager isn't really a snarky personality. Enter Pepper as social media maven for BLB.

Jack's parents own a tiny deli, Girl Cheesing, that's struggling to get by. When he sees BLB has stolen their signature grilled cheese, "Grandma's Special", he decides to tweet about it from the Girl Cheesing account.

In a modern day, young adult version of "Shop Around the Corner" from 1940 and "You've Got Mail" from 1998, the beginning of the story has 3 different story lines showing the relationship between Jack and Pepper. One is the Twitter war between the 2 businesses (the students don't realize they're battling each other at first). The second is their daily interactions at school where they sit next to each other daily in homeroom and see each other each afternoon at swim/dive practice. The third is on an anonymous app Jack created where students within the school are able to chat without knowing who they're talking to.

As the story develops, you learn to love these characters (and the supporting cast). You learn about the background of the stolen sandwich and relationships between families. You also realize that everyone has their struggles, no matter how perfect their world and life seem.

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