The Cybernetic Tea Shop by Meredith Katz
Genre: Sci-fi romance
Short summary: A robot who owns a tea shop and a human fall in love.
My rating: 5/5 stars

Plot:
This isn't exactly a plot-driven book, but what plot it did have, mostly character development, was done beautifully. I don't think I've read such good character arcs in a long time.

Characters:
I've already mentioned the character arcs and development, so I'll try to focus on the characters themselves in this section.

Clara: She seemed like a real person to me. She had her own personality and never fell into stereotypes, and although this is only a novella, I felt as if I've known her forever.

Sal: My robot queen who must be protected at all costs. I liked her even more than Clara. The same things I said about Clara also apply to Sal.

Setting:
I love everything about the setting, especially everything relating to the robots and Raises. The Tea Shop was such a pivotal factor in the plot that I must appreciate it as well.

Other:
I love how the "asexual=robot" stereotype was subverted here, by being taken literally. We have a robot and a human, both of whom are ace, fall in love. It has to be the most beautiful romance I've ever seen.

This book touches upon a lot of themes and philosophical stuff as well that I'm not going to go into here, but it was all very well done and never took away from the story.

Would I recommend it? Yes, yes, yes. Get yourself a copy of it right now and read it.