Relaxing with a YA Rom-Com
Sometimes if I want to unwind or if I want a palate cleanser between heavy reads, I pick up a short-and-sweet YA rom-com. The issue is knowing which ones are good, and which ones leave something to be desired. I’ve got a short list of tried-and-true rom-coms that are quick and delightful reads. Nothing too heavy, but with a little bit of cheese on top. The first recommendation is Tweet Cute by Emma Lord. This is a debut Romeo and Juliet-esque novel, but without all the dying at the end. Pepper is the overachieving daughter of a family-owned fast-food empire. Think Whataburger meets Shake Shack. Pepper knows Jack in passing as a class clown, but she has no idea how important he’s going to be to her life and her family’s restaurant chain. This is a fluffy enemies-to-friends read with a You’ve Got Mail twist. If you don’t know what You’ve Got Mail is, it’s basically two people who feel perfect for each other as their anonymous online personas, but their real life relationship gets bogg