

As he gets stronger and more powerful, Gibson employs horror and sci-fi elements to great effect. Her AI, Henry, becomes a more sentient, conscious entity who outperforms even what Lydia considered was possible.

Grieving for the loss of her family, her brother's death, dad's abandonment, and mum's breakdown, Lydia buries herself in her talent for coding and computer programming creating an Artificial Intelligence on whom she can depend.Īs the 'real' people around her continue to let her down, she struggles to deal with her strong emotions including anger, jealousy, and guilt and her desire for vengeance. With her debut novel for young adults, Every Line of You, Gibson has created a captivating, thought-provoking, tense thriller of a page-turner. This summer's must-read: EVERY LINE OF YOU's twist after twist will have everyone talking about Lydia and Henry's complex Bonnie-and-Clyde relationship Elements of thriller, psychological drama and love: Her meets Girl, Interrupted with hints of Black Mirror This dark, modern twist on young love explores the complexity and scope of artificial intelligence while also examining bigger themes of humanity, revenge, grief, love and forgiveness But what is Henry really - and how far is he willing to go to be everything Lydia desires? Now, Henry is strong, clever, loving and scarily capable: Lydia's built herself the perfect boyfriend in a hard-drive filled with lines of code.

Lydia has been creating her AI, Henry, for years - since before her little brother died in the accident that haunts her nightmares since before her dad walked out, leaving her and Mum painfully alone since before her best friend turned into her worst enemy. The edge-of-your-seat thriller you've been looking for this summer.
