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At the beginning of the book, Lee describes her as an "electronic ghost", which I thought sounds pretty badass. She was destroyed, but she was first able to "upload" herself into the Internet which is how she is still able to make attacks. Not only that, but she's an intriguing and almost sympathetic villain.

From the few scenes about her, it's plain to see how confused and tormented she is, over whether she is just a machine or something more than that. I was kinda confused about her in the end. Maybe I missed something, but I feel like it wasn't all that clear. I thought Lee and Nico were cute together, but I just wish we'd gotten to see their relationship develop over a little more time.

Or at least, I wish they hadn't been confessing their undying love to each other mid-way through the book, when I felt like they barely knew each other. The first big one view spoiler [that Nico is a 2B hide spoiler ] I had predicted from the first page, but I was still willing to roll with it.

Some of the plot twists later in the book, though, I found a bit perplexing. And then all the "Waring is pretending to be Charlotte!! No, Stroud is pretending to be Charlotte!!! I thought seemed I don't know. I guess I was waiting for a more interesting explanation than that, and I think I would've preferred if Charlotte had just I'm not sure exactly what it was, but for some reason, I feel like by the end I'd only gotten half the story. Maybe it was all the big plot twists in rapid succession, and then a kind of abrupt conclusion, but I got to the last page and felt like, " Wait, that's it?!

Aug 17, KL Cat rated it it was amazing Shelves: 5-stars , ya , real-fun , okay-ish , boyfriend-lust , hormones-yolo , teens , arcs-i-have. A more detailed review up tomorrow, but let me quickly point out some of my observations. Pros: 1. The writing superbly evokes an unsettling atmosphere.

Okay basically I want to hug Lee for the rest of my life and tell him everything will be okay while feeding him good food and buying all the mechanical parts that exist in the world. Same goes for Nico, my poor baby, but he after reading A solid 5 stars from me! Same goes for Nico, my poor baby, but he'll have all the special edition fancy front cover Shakespeare plays he wants.

Also a big yes for the philosophical questions the book unflinchingly throws- no, shoves right at your face and forces you to reconsider over and over again: what does it mean to be human?

Probable futuristic dystopians are a literary godsend. Can we talk more about Lee? So he's this fragile robot-geek with a spine of steel that unfortunately only comes out in rare circumstances, and he's constantly depressed since he has a seriously shitty life but always tries to be as positive as possible, and adorable and unexpectedly fierce and there's a ridiculously sweet love story!!

This is sounding like a Richard Siken poem now view spoiler [ off the top of my head: I wanted to be kissed and he was very beautiful It's instalove. And I hate, hate hate instalove, loathe how two characters upon meeting can immediately swear an oath of undying fidelity, perpetual in the shores of time, then proceed to, well, go forth and multiply.

So honestly I hated myself for loving Lee and Nico's relationship, then something with a capital S came about and I could ship them, guilt-free. Instalove that is not really instalove but actually is instalove. Ugh, semantics. The ending was far too abrupt for the story to be finished, with loose ends to be tied as the saying goes.

Nevertheless, gratifying revelations were made and perhaps I'm just fishing for an excuse to demand a companion novel, cause y'know, loose ends and all. I hate Dr. Singh as a character, but that's personal ; 4. Never thought I'll be saying this, but ah, too much Shakespeare. I just need the next book, like right now. Cause now we know of the following: 1. There is an atypical female villain! Gay protagonist, damn right 3.

It's a futuristic sci-fi dystopian 4. No insta-love yes and more importantly, no insta-love with the villain that will occupy the protagonist's thoughts, taking up half of the book as they are constantly torn between attraction and doing what is right.

Crossed fingers for the book delivering what it promised. DNF at page This book is not that amazing, first of all, but probably more important is the fact that the main character has made at least ten stereotyped, racist comments about his Chilean love interest.

And he's not called out for it, either. I want to pick this back up sometime to see if he ever is, because the premise of this book is really good, but honestly, who knows. View all 5 comments. Just wow. I can't even begin to express how much I enjoyed this book. Once I started it, I never wanted to put it down.

It's just one plot twist after another, and it was amazing. There was definitely some major foreshadowing, which really kept me wanting to read more. One of the biggest plot twists though, I kind of saw coming after putting some things together. If you decide to read this book, keep in mind the temperature of Nico's body, and you'll end up putting two and two together and Wow. If you decide to read this book, keep in mind the temperature of Nico's body, and you'll end up putting two and two together and figuring it out.

I'm not going to lie, there were some parts in this book that I wished never happened. I really didn't like what happened towards the ending, even though I knew it did have to happen. But I was really hoping it wouldn't.

It just made the ending all that much more sad. Well, until the last chapter when I got some information that made it all okay. After reading this book, I really hope that there's going to be a sequel. I think with the way that it ended, there just really needs to be. There were so many things that were left unsaid and unresolved, that it just doesn't make sense for it to end there. I really want to hear what happens with Nico, and how Lee's dad is going to react to what happened in the last two chapters.

But most importantly, I just want more of these characters. This book was like a rollercoaster of emotions. With every new chapter, it was just another twist or turn. Even though I may have seen a few of them coming, this book kept me intrigued the entire time, and that's one of the best qualities you can find in a book. I truly think that this is a book that anyone would enjoy. It really is amazing, and I'm glad I got to experience the adventure it took me on. I love how this book was written.

I love the characters, and I love the almost supernatural feel of the book. I love science fiction, it's one of my favorite genres, and this book included everything I love about reading. It had adventure, love, and secrecy. But most importantly, minus the robots and everything, the world that it's set in really isn't that different from our world now. At least in the way that I'm looking at it This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers.

To view it, click here. I'm pretty underwhelmed. I'm not gonna spend ages on a review for this so this will be brief. I did not like Lee that much. He said and thought a lot of stuff that was kind of squiky. Like, really shallow and sometimes discriminatory stuff which is odd for a book which is dealing with some pretty big themes.

Nico I liked more but I did figure his deal out much quicker than I would have liked. Bex may have well not ex Meh. Bex may have well not existed because she was ditched pretty much as soon as Nico turned up. The ending was pretty anticlimactic. I said it looked at big themes but I didn't feel like it did it well. Homophobia is a massive part of the book but I felt like more should have been done with it.

They talk about it but we don't really see it. I don't think the book did a very good job of representing depression either. True, I'm lucky enough not to suffer with depression but this didn't seem like a very good portrayal of it to me. Also, the relationship between Lee and Nico was verging on instalove which I really dislike. The positives are I thought there were some good ideas here. I loved the technology in the story and the way it had progressed enough to mimic human life and I also really liked the feeling of fear that had been created by propaganda around it.

I also liked how one incident had been twisted and hijacked to further the someone's own agenda because that part of it felt like something that is very true at the moment. It also represents how much fear can create misguided hatred and how this can lead to discrimination and how people that already feel this way will drive the fear of others to get support for what they want to achieve.

I mean, there were other things I enjoyed about the book. I did like the progression of the relationship between Lee and Nico but it all happened so quickly! Like I'm pretty sure the whole story takes place over days and that's quick to meet someone and profess your undying love to each other. There must have been more I liked but I just can't think of anything specific. It was just I love the concept and story of this book. Robots-with-feelings is seriously one of my favorite tropes of all time.

And honestly, brace yourselves fellow goodreaders, I genuinely don't have a problem with insta-love. When it's written well, that is. If a writer is able to make you believe that two people have fallen deeply, desperately, life-alteringly in love in a very short amount of time or even instantaneously, then they've done their job as a storyteller.

The 2. There were times where it hit the mark, but on the whole I just couldn't bring myself to care about the romance or whether or not these characters end up together. I cared about Lee and Nico, separately. But their coupling just fell flat and came across inappropriately melodramatic and hard to take seriously, which is the risk one takes when tackling the dreaded "insta-love" plot device.

That being said, I don't think it's because Floreen is a bad writer. I found the writing style interesting and engaging and a lot of thought-provoking ideas were thrown around, and I really liked all the shakespearean references that were tied into the plot and I really liked the idea of feeding shakespeare to a newly made robot to help them better understand and relate to humanity and love.

I am weak shakespeare trash always. I just think the way he presented the romance ultimately didn't work. A for Effort C Minus for Execution, if you will. Also, the ending was shockingly abrupt. I'm guessing there's meant to be a sequel? If not, I am confused by the non-ending. View all 3 comments.

Jan 13, Max rated it it was amazing Shelves: read-in-a-day , read-as-an-arc. Thank you Edelweiss for providing me a free DRC I've never been good at waiting to review a book, especially one I'm excited for. So, once I was approved for this, you bet your ass I read it. I wasn't sure exactly what I was getting into when I started, in fact the only thing I really knew about it was that it was a sci-fi LGBT novel.

That in its self is grounds for excitement, but after reading Willful Machines in its entirety, I should have been eons more excited, as should everyone who intends Thank you Edelweiss for providing me a free DRC I've never been good at waiting to review a book, especially one I'm excited for. That in its self is grounds for excitement, but after reading Willful Machines in its entirety, I should have been eons more excited, as should everyone who intends to read this.

While Willful Machines may seem like another A. It tackles a major issue from the first page to the last; what it means to be human. Is it free will? The way we think? Where does humanity end and artificial begin.

And what really separates us from machines. We both need fuel. We're both programmed to do certain things. Combine all those thoughts with good ole fashion American fear, a spectacular romance, and a superb protagonist, you get this masterpiece.

From page one I loved Lee. He's a huge robotics nerd and, while sheltered, isn't totally helpless. He's not a badass in the traditional, slow-motion-walk-away-from-explosion sense, but in the reserved calculating kind. Reading from Lee's POV was spectacular. I loved everything about this kid. Floreen managed to create a character who was not only strong, but fragile at the same time. Lee was suicidal and depressed and my heart broke for him whenever he would talk about it.

I legitimately cared for him. Sure he took some stupid risks and was annoying stubborn, but he's a teenager in love, and we all do stupid things when we're in love. Speaking of love, can I just point out how adorable Lee and Nico were? Like, I shipped them from their first interaction. They complement each other so well, their romance was so natural.

They never felt forced or awkward, they acted like two teens in love and, in turn, I loved them. Nico was outgoing and somewhat hotheaded, but he wasn't an arrogant asshole like most YA love interests. He was sweet and caring and human. As for the side characters, I'm impressed with how well developed they were.

They never once felt like simple cardboard cut outs of the stereotypes we see in LGBT fiction. Sure we've got the loud and supportive best friend, the old-fashion grandfather, and the not-technically-but-actually-really-homophobic father who happens to be the President of the United States , but they've got enough character motivation and depth to justify their stereotypical behavior and, in the end, actually go through more development then the leads.

The world building in this book is defiantly a strong point. While we're never specifically told what year it is, the blurb tells us it's in the not-to-far future, which, in most cases, is just vague enough to justify having any amount of random technology the author can think of. However, Floreen managed to create something akin to the natural progression of technology.

The devices used in Willful Machines aren't just something he thought would be cool to use in the story, but also feel like they could exist in the near future. His world feels totally plausible and it works perfectly in this book.

I'll admit I did see one of the twists coming from a mile away, but thankfully, there's so much more to this book. It's thrilling and suspenseful and heartfelt and just so real. I cannot sing enough praises for the writing and characters in this book. However, the themes in this book are what really hit the nail on the head for me. As I've stated earlier in this review, the whole idea of humanity is challenged in this book. It's a pretty broad topic, but Floreen managed to weave it expertly into the story.

He also manages to sneak it something I've been noticing a lot of in the modern age: How we want to move forward, but live in constant fear of progress.

For example: Lee's father uses Charlotte, an A. It shows that we're so willing to compromise our own humanity in an effort to prove that we're not like machines. It a terrifying thought, that we could forsake everything that makes us human in order to prove how human we really are. And that, like so many other things, is illustrated perfectly in this book. This is one of those books everyone should be talking about, because it's just that good.

Jun 15, Maria rated it it was amazing Shelves: must-read-when-it-release , gimme , heart-eyes , lgbt , pieces-of-my-soul , sci-fi. I think I got something in my eye as I read that ending. It is better for the world if there will be a sequel. Ok let's start this. Many people may be wondering; "Kate, you hate YA, why the heck did u like this book so much?