Ann Aguirre is an automatic pre-order author for me. No matter what genre she writes in, she brings me joy. So a fake-relationship romance between and alien and an AI (now given a body) might not have been something I bought by anyone other than maybe Ruby Dixon, I enjoyed it all the same. I don't read sci-fi often so it does take a bit to get into the flow but I loved the sincere way they interacted and the clear consent. There was something very heart-warming about how Helix (The "male" character for all intents and purposes) processes feelings physical and emotional for the first time in his new body. The physical intimacy aspects of this book were a bit strange as they are non-humanoid beings so if you are looking for spice it might not be your scene but it was cute.