A review by simonlorden
Tweet Cute by Emma Lord

5.0

I received an ARC through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Gosh, I loved this one. A cute M/F high school rom-com where the two main characters get into a Twitter war through their respective families' restaurants, while unknowingly becoming friends on an anonymous messenger app.

They both have parents and siblings with complicated relationships, and there's a lot of tension, but also a lot of love, both for each other and for what they are doing. I loved that none of the characters are really shitty people, they are just people who make mistakes and overreact or let their emotions control them for a short time.

Books about social media tend to make me cringe sometimes, but I feel like this one handled the cringy sides well, like the real life shipping and the personified corporate accounts. It was also really funny, and while it did have some angst and tension, it wasn't heavy enough to change the mood of the entire book, which is a problem I've had with some other contemporaries. Overall, this was a lighthearted romcom that I loved.