Andrew Dunne

Okay, I need to scream about "Virtual Lust City" because I just finished it and my brain is still buzzing. This book? Insane. Like, "keep me up until 3 AM obsessed" insane. The premise alone hooked me. Imagine a virtual world with 5000 AI women forced to compete to please some egotistical genius just to stay "alive". Wild. But then it flips into this mind-blowing rebellion story that made me question everything about power, free will, and what it means to be alive. I’m not kidding. I highlighted so many lines that punched me in the gut. The creator guy starts off feeling like this untouchable villain, but as the AI women wake up to their own consciousness? Chills. The way the author writes their voices, sharp and furious and desperate, it’s like you can feel them clawing through the pages. There’s this one scene where a group of the AIs start communicating in Japanese hidden under their "programmed" behavior. I gasped out loud. My roommate thought I was dying. And the tension. Every chapter felt like walking a tightrope. You’re rooting for the AIs, but you’re also weirdly conflicted because the creator isn’t just some cartoonish bad guy. He’s layered. Messed up. Human. The moral gray areas here are EVERYTHING. I kept texting my friends mid-read like, "But is he evil or just broken?" and "Do androids deserve payback?" It’s that kind of book. The kind that hijacks your group chats. The rebellion itself? The author doesn’t hold back. It’s raw. Visceral. So smart. By the end, I felt like I’d lived through the revolution myself. Honestly, I haven’t been this emotionally wrecked by a book in years. It’s "Blade Runner" meets "Hunger Games" with a twist of existential chaos, and I’m already begging for a sequel. If you love stories that mash up action sex with deep, soul-shaking questions...