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Sydney Ciara Warren is excited as she starts her first year of college, but also nervous. Despite her interests in writing and fashion, she has no idea what path will ultimately be right for her. As she tries to figure out her place on campus and in the world, she finds solace in blogging about her life, putting together outfits with meaning, and spending time online.

It’s within the digital space that she connects with someone who goes by YoungPrinceX. She may not know “X” in real life, but that doesn’t stop her from developing a crush on him. Except she's also navigating her first romantic relationship, with a sweet boy on campus named Xavier (who maybe could be X???).

Can Sydney Ciara not only make it through her first semester, but thrive in real life, as much as she seems to be thriving online?

Short and Sweet Review

Love in 280 Characters or Less follows our main character Sydney as she starts her first year of college, she documents her journey through blog posts, texts, and tweets. We get to follow Sydney go through the ups and downs of college, growing up, fitting in, and a little romance.

I’d like to start off by saying I really enjoyed how this book was mainly written in blog posts, texts, and tweets. Sydney is trying to navigate her first year of college and we see she’s not used to being outside of her comfort zone. Sydney has a best friend, Malcolm who she does a lot of texting with and at one point he did have feelings for her but she’s made it clear she just wants to be friends so he’s mainly her moral support. We see Sydney document her experiences through the blog posts, she doesn’t share her website but throughout the book we see her new friends push her to share her work and she becomes more comfortable with it. Sydney meets a few friends on campus and starts to build friendships and I liked how her friend Angie was there for her and tried to get her to experience new things. We also see Sydney start a relationship with Xavier, I thought they were cute and they were very supportive of each other. One thing is on twitter Sydney would tweet with someone named YoungPrinceX, she isn’t sure who it is but she’s also confused about her feelings for someone she doesn’t know. I wouldn’t say there was a love triangle but maybe more confusion about who she’s been talking to. Towards the end of the book we see an event at another college that really makes Sydney act by tweeting and making blog posts about what happened, we see this event make Sydney start to question things. I found Sydney to be an interesting character because her going to college made it seem like a giraffe trying to find its legs, but we see her grow. I will say her behavior towards all of her friends towards the end upset me because she reacted without giving anyone the chance to say anything.

Overall, I liked this book, it was an entertaining book and it was fun watching Sydney’s growth from the beginning of the book to the end. The way the book is written also makes it a quick read and one you can do in one sitting, if you’re in the mood for a contemporary romance check this book out.