A review by moomin333
Emily Eternal by M.G. Wheaton

4.0

Emily Eternal was a really unique book with a writing style and humor that reminded me a little bit of The Martian. I found the concept really interesting – “Emily” is an Artificial Consciousness designed to interface with humans using a tiny chip worn on their neck. Once she’s connected with them, she appears visible and touch-able like any other human, but she’s inside their mind as a true empath. She was designed to help process trauma through talk therapy sessions. She does so by reviewing the memories clients and is able to see the disconnect between what really happened (like watching a video of the true event) and what they only remember. Honestly, a book focused even just on this practice would have been truly interesting, but then they took it a huge step further and involved an even crazier plot twist within the first few pages: the sun is dying and there are only a few weeks left before solar flares disable all electronics on the planet, diseases spread, mass extinction begins, etc.

I loved that this book had the romance element and I very much enjoyed all of the characters and little, unpredictable twists. I didn’t enjoy the end as it was a little too far-fetched, but I’d gladly read more by this author!