The Cybernetic Tea Shop

by Meredith Katz

• ISBN10: 198964614X
• ISBN13: 9781989646144
• Publish Date: 25 October 2019
• Publish Status: Active
• Imprint: Soft Cryptid
• Format: Paperback (US Trade)
• Pages: 116
• Language: English

Reviews

[celinenyx]

Super sweet f/f novella about an asexual mechanic and a sentient robot. The Cybernetic Tea Shop is the kind of story I'm all for: kind, loving, and filled with patience and understanding. Add a soft scifi twist, which was well-articulated, and you've got a winner.

Though the writing of the novella was very good, I did feel like it wasn't justifiable that the main characters don't meet until 30% in. It is only about 65 pages in total, and I feel like the beginning could have been spent better with the crux of the story, and characters that are pivotal to it.

Once the main characters do meet, however, The Cybernetic Tea Shop was exactly what I wanted from it: an uplifting story about two people finding their home in each other.

[Heather]

This novella tells the story of a humanoid robot who is keeping her former owner's beloved tea shop running almost 300 years after her death.  Robots like her have since been outlawed.  Robotics technician Clara is thrilled to meet Sal and offers to help fix up her ailing software.  What does she want to have changed though?  What makes her HER? 

This book features a f/f romantic, asexual relationship.  









This is a fun read that works if you just suspend disbelief and embrace the magical realism of the idea. Emma knows one spell. There really isn't an explanation for that.
I also wondered how they have Batter Up night every week in this very small town and never run out of bachelors who want to commit.
It is a fluffy, light romance with fade to black sex scenes and magical cupcake batter so if you are looking for an escapist quick read this one might be for you.This review was originally posted on Based On A True Story

[lovelybookshelf]

A gentle, sweet novella featuring independent women (one is an android!) and themes of wanderlust and ennui, bigotry, love, loss, and learning to move forward. Really loved these characters and the overall feel of the story.