Marissa can’t remember ever being in a truly healthy and happy relationship. After her most recent failed endeavor, she feels like love just isn’t for her. She decides to go the route of AI when looking for her perfect match. Marissa creates a program called Silver Lining. All you do is go for a small procedure that places a contact lens-like structure over your eye. The machine will connect to your brain and allow you to see your AI soulmate in the real world. No more failed dates, no more cheating, no more cold partners. Your soulmate will love you entirely and will be perfect for you in every way. Marissa is happy with her soulmate, and Bethany and Dixon decide to also get the Silver LIning consoles after being hurt by failed relationship attempts. This story follows these three characters and their experiences in their own Silver Lining world.
I love sci-fi novels that show both the good and bad sides of technology. I could tell that this wasn’t going to go exactly to plan when I realized that other people weren’t able to see the soulmate Zetas, but even I couldn’t predict exactly where this story was going. It was a short read, but it had such an interesting world. Bethany and Dixon were also great characters, even though I was a little confused when the POV switches started. This was a short story that had a lot going on, but I could keep up.
This book also starts an interesting narrative about relationships. Many people in real life have had failed relationship after failed relationship and may feel close to giving up. But is the real answer to turn to computers and AI? This book gives one possible answer to that question.
Another question this book asks is who really creates the technology we enjoy and can we trust them? Marissa is a character that has a lot of layers, and those layers start to peel away as the story goes on.
I would recommend this short novel to anyone looking for a new adult science fiction story to delve into.
I received a copy of this book and this is my voluntary review.
Overall Rating: 4 out of 5 books.
