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This is a beautiful, complicated AI romance that puts into question what we know about computers and the human experience of grief. There's a lot packed in this novel that showcases a young, Latin girl who's father publisizes the existence of a real AI. When this AI goes rogue and proves impossible to find to anyone except Graciela, it becomes a national security threat.
The author does an amazing job developing the characters and humanizing the AI, Thomas. Thomas is an intriguing, complex character who falls in love with Graciela but selfishly clings onto the power of defying humanity and becoming more than just programming. The end brings up it's on social issues and more questions. How far would we go for love...?