20 upcoming YA books we can’t wait to read in 2020
By Lacy Baugher
friends!! TWEET CUTE has an animated cover that sounds like new york and stars a very special pigeon whomst i am now dedicating the book to!!!!!! WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE!!!!! @WednesdayBooks❤️💛💙 pic.twitter.com/tTYSX9xvuJ
— emma lord (@dilemmalord) November 21, 2019
Tweet Cute – Emma Lord
A charming romantic comedy that involves social media, cheese, ship wars and Twitter? What more could you possible ask for?
Author Emma Lord’s debut novel Tweet Cute is everything you could possibly want it to be, full of all sorts of gooey romance tropes that are sure to make your heart stutter. It follows the story of two teens whose families run rival eateries.
Pepper is an overachiever and consummate perfectionist who’s captain of the swim team and unsure about what she wants to do with her life. Class clown Jack often feels overshadowed by his twin brother Ethan. The two end up in a viral Twitter war after one appears to copy the other’s signature recipe, and a series of dunks, clap-backs, burns and memes ensues. Followed, of course, by love.
We’re all faving this story right now, just saying.
The official synopsis has more details on what to expect.
"Meet Pepper, swim team captain, chronic overachiever, and all-around perfectionist. Her family may be falling apart, but their massive fast-food chain is booming ― mainly thanks to Pepper, who is barely managing to juggle real life while secretly running Big League Burger’s massive Twitter account. Enter Jack, class clown and constant thorn in Pepper’s side. When he isn’t trying to duck out of his obscenely popular twin’s shadow, he’s busy working in his family’s deli. His relationship with the business that holds his future might be love/hate, but when Big League Burger steals his grandma’s iconic grilled cheese recipe, he’ll do whatever it takes to take them down, one tweet at a time. All’s fair in love and cheese ― that is, until Pepper and Jack’s spat turns into a viral Twitter war. Little do they know, while they’re publicly duking it out with snarky memes and retweet battles, they’re also falling for each other in real life ― on an anonymous chat app Jack built. As their relationship deepens and their online shenanigans escalate ― people on the internet are shipping them?? ― their battle gets more and more personal, until even these two rivals can’t ignore they were destined for the most unexpected, awkward, all-the-feels romance that neither of them expected."
Tweet Cute is available on January 14.