She was also good for some sarcasm and witty remarks when a laugh was sorely needed. She comes to understand herself better because of her friendship with Abel and Noemi. She also is able to see Abel for what he truly is and his potential to become more than the sum of his parts. I loved Virginia, a tech genius that they meet and befriend in the first book. There are some great secondary characters in this series as well. Mechs don’t have the ability to care humans do, yet often choose not to care at all.” It seems to Abel that humans deserve the term far more. “Humans frequently (and inaccurately) speak of mechs as ‘cold-blooded,’ unable to care. Abel’s thoughts and ideas about humans were also very insightful. He truly does have a soul and is unlike any other AI out there.

The change in Abel over the course of the books is subtle, but you can see him change as he experiences the world and love. My heart just broke when he finds out what his true purpose is, why Mansfield created him. Over the course of the first book, you can’t help but find him endearing and lovable. When we first meet Abel, he has been alone for thirty years, entertaining himself with his powerful AI brain. It makes them ignore the love they have in favor of what they can never attain.” “This is what greed does to humans, Abel thinks. It was her capacity to see beyond the fact that he was created, to the fact that he could feel and love, which made both of them better people. Her acknowledgment of Abel as more than a mech meant so much to both of them. There were many times that I stopped and had to think about what she was saying.

Her ideas and perspectives on religion and God were very insightful and thought provoking. She is so protective of those she loves, and she will do anything to save her planet. That’s what the dead would tell the living, if they could-to grab hold of joy whenever it comes.” “Ester would tell her to dance faster, leap higher, to laugh out loud with all the breath in her lungs. There is a lot to think about while you are enjoying all of the rest of the story. The story deals with a lot of issues around religion, humanity, what it means to be human and to have a soul. This is an amazing romance that unfolds slowly and brings into question what it means to be human and to have a soul. Adventure, action, evil corporations and governments, space flight and visiting other worlds. Everything I usually want in a science fiction book was here.

“Your soul is bigger than your programming.”

Claudia gray constellation series