Willful Machines
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In a near-future America, a sentient computer program named Charlotte has turned terrorist, but Lee Fisher, the closeted son of an ultraconservative President, is more concerned with keeping his Secret Service detail from finding out about his developing romance with Nico, the new guy at school, but when the spider-like robots that roam the school halls begin acting even stranger than usual, Lee realizes he is Charlotte's next target.
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So this one was right up my alley, wasn't it? Robots and gay romance. I mean, it's not great, it's not a perfect novel—it has its flaws—, but I just couldn't stop reading. I read it all almost in one sitting, and it's not a short book. Though I wouldn't complain if there were more Bex in it, the main couple is so captivating and cute I didn't really care about the other characters, not really—Nico definitely has a Dante Quintana-ness to him that I couldn't shake off.
It also raises interesting questions about technology, artificial intelligence, and humanity in general. As a person who both loves technology and is terrified of a robot rebellion, I could relate.
