Release Date: January 21, 2020Published by: Wednesday Books
Read from: January 25-28, 2020Stand-aloneSource: Publisher and Edelweiss (I received a copy of this book from the Publisher & Edelweiss in exchange for a just and honest review. This did nothing to influence my review.)TW: N/AFor fans of: Contemporary, Romance, Social Media, Friendships, Sparkly Covers, Realistic Fiction, YA
A fresh, irresistible rom-com from debut author Emma Lord about the chances we take, the paths life can lead us on, and how love can be found in the opposite place you expected.
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.
"But you could come down to Penn and visit me," she offers brightly. The idea would be tempting if I didn't have this Great Expectations essay and a whole slew of other great expectations to deal with."1%
"But sometimes even shouting into a void feels better than just staring into it."6%
"You know, for someone named Pepper, you're pretty salty about losing."38%
"I feel like you've kind of been hiding because of it. 'Pepperoni, I'm the loudest person in our class. [...] Yeah. I think that's a version of hiding, sometimes."58%
"It's weird how you can have no idea how far you've come until suddenly you can't find the way back."86%
"I think maybe you both need to understand that you're good at different things, and stop beating yourselves up about what you think you're not good at."91%
Labels: Contemporary, Contemporary Romance, Realistic Fiction, Romance, YA