--- title: "Review: The AI Who Loved Me, by Alyssa Cole" description: Ana recommends The AI Who Loved Me, a new sci-fi romance Audible Original from Alyssa Cole. image: https://www.loveinpanels.com/hubfs/the-ai-who-loved-me.jpg --- [![LoveinPanelswhite.png](https://www.loveinpanels.com/hs-fs/hubfs/LoveinPanelswhite.png?width=640&height=225&name=LoveinPanelswhite.png "LoveinPanelswhite.png")](http://loveinpanels.com/) Search ![The AI Who Loved Me Cover](https://www.loveinpanels.com/hs-fs/hubfs/the-ai-who-loved-me.jpg?height=500&name=the-ai-who-loved-me.jpg) **Title**: [The AI Who Loved Me](https://www.loveinpanels.com/books?id=23447411232) **Author**: - [Alyssa Cole](https://www.loveinpanels.com/booksearch?author=Alyssa+Cole) **Heat**: Re **Genre(s)**: [Romance](https://www.loveinpanels.com/booksearch?genres=Romance) [Sci-Fi](https://www.loveinpanels.com/booksearch?genres=Sci-Fi) [Thriller](https://www.loveinpanels.com/booksearch?genres=Thriller) [Romantic Suspense](https://www.loveinpanels.com/booksearch?genres=Romantic+Suspense) **Tropes**: [Forbidden Love](https://www.loveinpanels.com/booksearch?tropes=Forbidden+Love) [Second Chance](https://www.loveinpanels.com/booksearch?tropes=Second+Chance) [Virgin Hero](https://www.loveinpanels.com/booksearch?tropes=Virgin+Hero) **Tags**: [f-m](https://www.loveinpanels.com/booksearch?tags=f-m) [android](https://www.loveinpanels.com/booksearch?tags=android) [author of color](https://www.loveinpanels.com/booksearch?tags=author%20of%20color) [Black](https://www.loveinpanels.com/booksearch?tags=Black) [Asian](https://www.loveinpanels.com/booksearch?tags=Asian) [found family](https://www.loveinpanels.com/booksearch?tags=found%20family) [hero in pursuit](https://www.loveinpanels.com/booksearch?tags=hero%20in%20pursuit) [history of trauma](https://www.loveinpanels.com/booksearch?tags=history%20of%20trauma) [Interracial](https://www.loveinpanels.com/booksearch?tags=Interracial) [Secrets](https://www.loveinpanels.com/booksearch?tags=Secrets) [Spies](https://www.loveinpanels.com/booksearch?tags=Spies) [non-human characters](https://www.loveinpanels.com/booksearch?tags=non-human%20characters) [Multi-pov](https://www.loveinpanels.com/booksearch?tags=Multi-pov) [Cyborg](https://www.loveinpanels.com/booksearch?tags=Cyborg) [Demisexual](https://www.loveinpanels.com/booksearch?tags=Demisexual) [Disability](https://www.loveinpanels.com/booksearch?tags=Disability) [ownvoices black](https://www.loveinpanels.com/booksearch?tags=ownvoices%20black) [physical rehab](https://www.loveinpanels.com/booksearch?tags=physical%20rehab) [Poc](https://www.loveinpanels.com/booksearch?tags=Poc) [Recovery](https://www.loveinpanels.com/booksearch?tags=Recovery) [poc hero](https://www.loveinpanels.com/booksearch?tags=poc%20hero) [Robots](https://www.loveinpanels.com/booksearch?tags=Robots) [Neighbors](https://www.loveinpanels.com/booksearch?tags=Neighbors) **Where to Buy or Read**: [Amazon/Audible](https://amzn.to/35eiGT7) **Synopsis from the Creator**: **With a cameo by Mindy Kaling, Regina Hall performs this captivating romantic comedy with a thrilling sci-fi twist!** Trinity Jordan leads a quiet, normal life: working from home for the Hive, a multifunctional government research center, and recovering from the incident that sent her into a tailspin. But the life she's trying to rebuild is plagued by mishaps when Li Wei, her neighbor's super sexy and super strange nephew, moves in and turns things upside down. Li Wei's behavior is downright odd-and the attraction building between them is even more so. When an emergency pulls his aunt away from the apartment complex, Trinity decides to keep an eye on him...and slowly discovers that nothing is what it seems. For one thing, Li Wei isn't just the hot guy next door-he's the hot A.I. next door. In fact, he's so advanced that he blurs the line between man and machine. It's up to Trinity to help him achieve his objective of learning to be human, but danger is mounting as they figure out whether he's capable of the most illogical human behavior of all...falling in love. # [Review: The AI Who Loved Me, by Alyssa Cole](https://www.loveinpanels.com/prose/the-ai-who-loved-me) [fa icon="calendar"] Dec 17, 2019 9:45:00 AM / by [Ana Coqui](https://www.loveinpanels.com/prose/author/ana-coqui) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) Alyssa Cole’s smart, sweet and short science fiction romance playfully mashes multiple tropes into a fun and surprising adventure. It is simply excellent. Cole creates a compelling cast of characters, full of humor and sass, and casually drops compelling bits of world building all over this story. In a future in which the world has fragmented into techno states that manipulate the news and control people through health care debt, and surveillance is an ever present reality, Trinity Jordan is just a Black woman trying to get better after a near fatal accident. She doesn’t need the complication of being suddenly, inconveniently attracted to her new neighbor, Li Wei, especially when the more she interacts with him the more she is sure things are not what they seem. Funny, sharp, and refreshing, I loved how the narration highlighted the way Cole intercut Trinity and Li Wei's POV scenes, contrasting their vastly different perspectives along with their interactions with Penny, the apartment complex’s AI, brought to sassy life by Mindy Kaling. I loved how the book seesawed between conversations about the importance of consent and the nature of identity, hilarious exchanges about vocabulary choices, and miscommunications about spiders. *The AI Who Loved Me* is a study in contrasts, a dark setting populated by bubbly characters and sexual tension galore, with a twisty story with a deeply philosophical bent. My only disappointment with the story is that the sequel is not immediately available to listen to. If you are looking for darkly funny romance, with great world building and a delightful cast of characters, pick this up!   Editor's Note: This is available in Audible's Escape Package, which is unlimited listening for romance audiobooks. (Formerly called the Romance Package.) You can get a [free trial here](https://amzn.to/34iRCRo) (affiliate link). You can also get 3 months of Audible at 53% off right now ($6.95/month). 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