Akiva Reads

For Want of a Nail

by Mary Robinette Kowal

There's so much going on here, and it all works together seamlessly. Artificial intelligence with mental illness. A self-contained society that has no margin for the unproductive. Whether to fight death to the bitter end or choose to draw the line before you lose the ability to make choices.

Plus, I can't be the only person who sees the subtext between Rava and Cordelia. Lesbian AI romance 4ever. Fuck, I just realized, the girlfriend dies at the end.