LIBRARY JOURNAL -- When Alex receives the gift ofAda, a sophisticated android companion, he's initially turned off by the idea ofliving with a life-like robot woman waiting to obey his every command. Butthere's more to Ada than meets the eye, and after an encounter with anunderground faction of rogue AIs dedicated to granting their kind sentience,Alex finds himself bucking both the law and societal norms by falling in love.With a carefully paced, intelligent script cowritten by Vaughn ( Ruined )and Luna ( The Sword ) and Luna's deceptively simple illustrations, thisintriguing sf manages to combine action, intrigue, big questions about what itmeans to be sentient, and a passionate romance born of two solitary soulsfinding unlikely solace in each other. VERDICT While fans who lean more toward the swashbuckling end of the sf spectrum mightnot find enough adventure here to be satisfied, readers who enjoy more adult,thoughtful speculative fiction are sure to besmitten.