Some cars are self-driving but others are analogue. Yes, there’s a robot sex-ed teacher, but a teaching aide is required to sit in the classroom while the robot delivers content. This book feels much more reflective ofthe gradual encroachment of technology that we’re seeing in the present. Much SF is set in worlds profoundly different from our own. Even the best efforts of her Clowder, her new best friend (or something more?) Rachel, and her AI ally may not be enough to keep her free, or even alive.
When Steph’s mom falls sick and Steph starts to unravel the story she’s been told about their past, she realizes what she thinks she knows may not be true. Her friends forum, or Clowder, is populated by fellow teens – except one user, unbeknownst to them, is an AI (Artificial Intelligence) which has gained sentience. Steph’s only source of continuity is a secret online forum called CatNet. Her father tried to kill them both via arson and has the tech-savvy to find them no matter where they go. Steph Turner and her mother have been on the run for almost as long as Steph can remember. Catfishing on CatNet by Naomi Kritzer is a YA suspense tech thriller with strong romantic elements, and it’s electrically good at every single element.
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