Though the author develops her characters deeper than her previous book, the plot felt dry. Rather than gallivanting about space, I think a stationary locale would be a better backdrop for an AI learn how different organic life can be. Balancing nosey in laws, avoiding suspicious goverment agents, and learning to love sounds is much more compelling than standard space faring for this series. 

Aguirre definitely fixes the pacing issues that plagued her last book but the talking pet shtick got old pretty quickly. Furthermore, the sexual tension between the protagonists fell pretty flat and even when it followed through, it didn't capture anything unique like Strange Love did.

Interested to see what she does with her third book in the series.