Loved that the book was set in London, loved the high-tech aspect of it, hated the fact that it could all have been avoided if the main character had the sense to actually record on her smart phone her Alexa acting up. Sorry – the book’s version of Alexa. Listened to in Audiobook format on my way to work and really loved the voice actress.

It’s a cold winter evening and Jo is living in her best friend’s apartment while job hunting and also trying to date when one of the many Electra’s in the apartment comes alive and starts sprouting stuff that happened ages ago. And being generally creepy. And invasive. But when hasn’t technology been invasive? Do we know what we let in with all the “smart” features we keep adding to our house? Yes, you can control the lights but at the same time, someone is always listening, someone is always watching.

This creepy tech-book goes hand in hand with the tech-house haunting from The turn of the key * Ruth Ware where a Scottish place filled with the latest gadgets was actually a death trap.

Things take a bad turn for Jo as her assistant is now hacking her – her messages, her emails, her communications and she can’t trust anyone, including herself.

90% of this book was Jo on the verge of madness, not being able to articulate to people that the tech around her is playing up or recording any of the weird behaviour happening and thus alienating friends and family.

It’s only the last 10% of the book where everything gets revealed that I’ve actually really liked. The baddie – because there is one – is none other than one of … [spoiler] her childhood friends who was molested by her father. Not the friend’s father, Jo’s father.

Jo’s father liked to tickle little girls a bit too much, and to watch them undress and steered clear of his own family and instead went for his kid’s friend. Who grew up to be a tech psychopath and program a bunch of Alexa’s into doing creepy stuff like crying like a baby and calling her momma.

Great book – loved the AI references and the last 10%.