Dot Slash Magic by Liz Shipton
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

There's a lot to love in this book. But first, the problem areas: I'm not sure whether this ought to be considered UF or SF, and that's specifically because of the rug pull near the end that really irked me--but not enough to deal-break me. It righted itself and I was fully back on board, but I *ALMOST* got super pissed. And let me be clear: it's not because it was either UF or SF. I love both. I was pissed because the book came a hair's breadth away from committing an unforgivable story sin.

If you know, you know.

BUT, it didn't, and for that, I'm eternally grateful. Beyond that, I was merely slightly annoyed with a depiction of AI that might have been true for 2 minutes before AI (our modern AI) overcame the Strawberry idiocy. It dates this book almost to a month. And what about the whole Kurt Cobain stuff? It dates the author, too. :)

BUT. All that being said and done, it doesn't really matter, BECAUSE I LOVED THE CHARACTERS AND THE STORY. I had a great time. Good characters. Fun story. And lots of grey areas and toxicity handled well. And beyond that, heart. I love tales with heart.

This definitely has that. I hope there's more to come.


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