April Wick Reads Too Much reviewed Technically Faking by Robin Hale
Shell scripts are her love language, and I like it.
4 stars
Aaaah! It's sapphic fake-dating between a techie who reads as autistic and someone who appreciates her frankness. Writing is good, plot moves fast, not too much angst for my taste at the moment.
Iris is a little stereotype-y (brilliant coder who is also successful in business in spite of not being good with people) and I'm not convinced that she would still be doing code reviews as CEO of a sizeable tech company. Even so, I really enjoyed her character. Many of the technical details were reasonably plausible.
I could have done with a little less of a "for-profit silicon valley tech entrepreneurs with brilliant ideas can change the world" attitude, though. Not that it was a major plot point, but it was definitely present.
The epilogue from a different POV was a fun twist; now I want to read a book about Carrie.
Oh, and it had some sex …
Aaaah! It's sapphic fake-dating between a techie who reads as autistic and someone who appreciates her frankness. Writing is good, plot moves fast, not too much angst for my taste at the moment.
Iris is a little stereotype-y (brilliant coder who is also successful in business in spite of not being good with people) and I'm not convinced that she would still be doing code reviews as CEO of a sizeable tech company. Even so, I really enjoyed her character. Many of the technical details were reasonably plausible.
I could have done with a little less of a "for-profit silicon valley tech entrepreneurs with brilliant ideas can change the world" attitude, though. Not that it was a major plot point, but it was definitely present.
The epilogue from a different POV was a fun twist; now I want to read a book about Carrie.
Oh, and it had some sex scenes. As you'd expect from a romance novel. You'll have to ask someone else for opinions on those; I'm ace-spectrum and mostly just skim them. :-)