He repeats the word over and over like surf beating sand: I want you. A hand clasps mine and a thumb grazes my lips. He traces the outline of my jaw and I surrender to his exploring touch. They move to the back of my neck, stroke the skin there, making my hair prickle and my skin pebble. His chip buzzes as he slides his invisible fingers up and down my arm to comfort me. So what will she do? Break his heart? Re-program him? The AI Lydia made in memory of her very young, very related, and very dead, younger brother. They can share thoughts, plot revenge and Henry can voice all of his desires. Lydia transfers Henry's consciousness into her own brain. *Cue "When Two Become One" by the Spice Girls*. With Henry's help she'll be unstoppable, but Henry is currently trapped inside a phone where his abilities are limited. So when Henry suggests they plan revenge against her bully, Lydia doesn't think twice. "Lydia Chlamydia, always in places you're not wanted." Since she built a brand new Henry.įrom the moment Henry died Lydia has been plagued with flashbacks of his death, worsened by the relentless taunting she faces at school.
It has been two years since the car crash that killed Lydia's 10-year-old brother, and 18 months since she replaced him with code.
(TWs: Incest, Adult-Minor Relationship, Rape, Toxic Relationship, Child Death, Misogyny, Fatphobia, Bullying, Sexual Assault, Violence, Forced Institutionalisation, Confinement) Spoilers ahead, but I promise I'm doing you a favour. 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.I wasn't going to write this review. Bonnie and Clyde for the digital age, Every Line of You is a gripping thriller about the power of AI and a fresh twist on the intensity of first love.' AMY MCCAW, author of MINA AND THE UNDEAD 'Big issues are explored in this thrilling, high-concept page-turner that I devoured in two sittings.' PAULA RAWSTHORNE, author of SHELL 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. So tense - and it didn't lead where I thought it was going.' SUE WALLMAN, author of YOUR TURN TO DIE 'Frankenstein meets Heathers. The edge-of-your-seat YA thriller you've been looking for.
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