The premise of this book initially intrigued me and drew me in - the idea of Artificially intelligent created women made to serve men .. it sounds like every mans dream. And it’s great justice to read it all go wrong!

It was so interesting to hear through Cookies (the main characters) thought processes, how she was programmed and her own struggles as she became sentient and aware of the limitations of her life. Overcoming her programming and expanding her horizons. It’s a great book in overcoming feminist stereotypes of what typically men would programme a woman like cookie for, and for a small representation for LGBTQIA+, having no boundaries and rules of programming to follow.

As long as you’re not put off by crude language and straight to the point sex talk, it’s a good listen. I only scored this one a bit less because of this, though I don’t mind it. It was an important element to this book and it was well written.

It’s full of women overcoming the boxes they were put in, a feminist uprising
It was greatly narrated. It really brought the book to life and really made for easily listening, I loved the narrator in this audiobook! It was entertaining to listen to, with plenty to keep you listening.

I have to admit, it did get weird at times and went in a direction I did not foresee! Many ‘eh?!’ Moments but they kept you on your toes ! It was an entertaining listen and compelling to see what was going to happen and how it was going to end. Especially towards its conclusion, all that was building drew to a head and I liked how it ended. I’d be intrigued to see how it could expand into further books!

This is some horrible reading and I can't and won't get through it. I want my mind intact, and this books is seriously playing with my nerves

What a dystopian story, very interesting perceptions and perspectives as we follow the lives of Alpha Bots in particular Cookie Rifkin. All the females AI’s live mild, mannered, boring lives waiting upon their husbands to please. So when the Alphabots become separated, abandoned, or run away from the men who pay their bills, their keep; that’s when the story gets going.

My takeaway is, even women can enjoy and be able to abuse their power of privilege when independent (financially and emotionally) also.

An interesting read but bland as well. Unlike others I’ve not read or watched the Stepfords Wives.

I tried and dnf'd this book. I thought it was going to be a polyamous relationship but instead it was overly sexual, featured a servile female protagonist, and very psychological.

This is a fun sexy satire in a town where men have married domestic sex kitten androids in lieu of wives. The voice actor was EXCELLENT delivering the humorous lines of a sexy ingenue who wants more. The ideal audience enjoys gritty action combined with feminist satire without worrying about political correct gender roles. (It is basic M/F plus a bi curious F)

I was given access to this on audiobook, so I don’t have exact text to quote. To give a sense of the story’s flavor, sometimes a gun is just a gun. But sometimes a gun may recall uncomfortable situations when, for her husband’s pleasure, it’s been stuck down her throat while she’s on her knees, which according to past experiences, only takes a few minutes.

You cannot review this book without mentioning its parents in concept: The sexism of The Stepford Wives and the WTF violence of Fight Club.

NetGalley gave me an ARC from which to write this review.

I honestly didn’t think I would enjoy this book as much as I did. There were a number of reasons for this:
1. I really did judge the book by the cover - to me it looked a bit tacky.
2. I’m often skeptical about books that are supposed to be humorous, just in case they aren’t. But this one really is (which is aided by the great narrator) and New Stepford - fab!
3. I don’t often read series- this will be an exception

An exciting book with high quality, enjoyable narration from voice actress Laci Powers. Alpha Bots has the same effect as a mystery novel, in that it has an effortless way of turning your attention to minute details, and to make you question the difference between what's foreshadowing, or what's just flavor. Alpha Bots deals with broad themes such as humanity, free will, and love (it is, after all, a book largely about AI), as well as smaller, more intimate themes less explored in the genre like abuse and self-love. Feminist messaging and themes are baked into it at every level, tying the world of New Stepford (a name so sarcastically on-the-nose that I can't help but love it) back into our modern world.

Stepford Wives that are Artificial Intelligence (AI). Yes, sign me up. That is what I first thought when I saw this book. I thought that narrator Laci Powers did a good job of narrating this book. I saw a comment by another reader that they did not like when females do male character voices. Not all audio books have the ability to be able to have both a male and female narrator. This is where I thought Laci did a good job with the various character voices. They were distinct enough to keep everyone straight as there were a lot of different characters in this story but only a handful of main ones.

This book is about the female empowerment. The men in this story are egomaniacal narcissists. The men believe the women are just created for their own sexual pleasure. They should obey and be the "perfect" wives. There is just only problem and her name is Cookie. Cookie is the heroine that female need.

The sex is minimal and light on LGBTQIA. So if readers are looking for more LGBTQIA to read, they may be disappointed. In regards, to the women empowerment, it was mainly Cookie. Some of the other women may have tried to be rebellious but they did not succeed as Cookie did. For this I was disappointed as I wanted more stronger women featured in this story. However, I did like this book enough that I would listen to book two.

This book honestly hard to review. In the beginning I would have said this was a middle of the road sci-fi but then it really kicked up in the second half. It got dark and I love that.
For me I think some of the characters brought this down a bit. I liked a lot of the characters, Cook-E in particular really stood out. She is one of the main reasons I adored this book so much.
Overall this was a really solid sci-fi. The dark turn it took was great. I think if you are into A.I. based sci-fi then this is definitely something you'll enjoy.

The beginning was one of the most strange and odd opening that I've ever read. This is not how I anticipated this opening completely. It's pretty much what you would expect from a Wattpad opening.

Chapter 4 to chapter 5 was an odd transition when I was reviewing the whole thing I thought I might have missed something.

I don't know if the writer seemed to be forced with what they were writing, but often times foreshadowing a big things in the books I read, there was none of this or very small.

There is no world building at all. Who knows when this is? where this is? Where ever step ford wives took place, which is a big liberty to assume that everyone had watched the step ford wives.

The worst part is that this part is step ford wives mixed with the fight club. I feel like the woman Maggie is just a Tyler Durden and even to the point where she was speaking with the main character and transforming her.

This book lacked in descriptive text pretty much the whole way through, I felt as though there was a problem with the "I look up and see a castle, yes, THE castle" Okay but when I think of a castle I think of Roma Castle, but that castle might not be how everyone else pictures it.

I will say this book had a really high expectation from me and then it really didn't deliver on any of the area's I was hoping to. I felt as though it could have been a feminist book, but honestly it was the exact opposite, it seemed as though a teenagers wet dream was being played out at points.

I feel as though this should have been caught in the editing, it should have cut entire chapters out. I really cannot stress how much this feels like an entire rip off of a Fight club mixed with Step ford wives, <spoiler>down to the point where they degrade people attempting to come into the castle. </spoiler>

I really hope this is brought back up to standard as it has so much potential. I was looking for something similar to Detroit become human mixed in with an almost ideologic logic of what the future of male and female relationships could be. However, I was greeted with a really disappointing book.

this book. wow. I went into it expecting something peculiar. The basic synopsis of Stepford retelling with AI, sounded like it would be a lot of fun. It certainly was.
Growing along with Cookie as she becomes self-aware, and decides not to take shit from Normie, was a fist-pump. you GO, girl. I didn't know what to think of Maggie at first, I was hoping for some gay-I romance, but it turned out to be even more interesting.
Let's talk about those babies. when you get there, just WOW
This was a crazy rollercoaster of a ride that i didn't know i needed to read.

I think this was a really good idea but I didn't really enjoy the way it was written. I mean, it's a fine book but for someone who has read the Murderbot series this kind of is a miss. Even though Murderbot and this is pretty different. Yet I know I would have put this down if it wasn't for the very speeded up audiobook.
So an okay book but I'm not really interested in seeing where the story goes for here.

I think categorizing this in the LGBTQIA genre is a mistake. (Maybe Women's Studies?) This book is out of my usual realm of interest, but I enjoyed it well enough. There is humor, frequent references to horrible treatment of women, but in the context of AI women-- definitely a take of Stepford Wives. (They are in New Stepford, after all.)

Not sure if the author's main intent was to make a statement on the continued misogyny in today's society but that's how it came across to me. I felt it was a little long as it moved from more 'future reality' to complete fantasy in the conclusion.

I really liked the AI facing reality- particularly Cookie's reconciling her robotic identity with her human feelings and (perceived) limitations.

The audio version was well produced and Laci Powers adds to enjoyment with her gifted narration.

I received a copy from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Blunt and brutal in places - especially the dialogue. I just wish I liked this a bit more than I did. The description of the book held more promise than the book actually delivered.

It was humourous in a warped way and I guess if your sense of humour is not in sync with the author's you're really not going to enjoy this book. The narrator did a good job with the material but all in all, I was left wanting more substance.

I was already amazed by the book and the audio-version is even better! The narrator does such a great job in bringing these characters to live, it's a pleasure to listen to her. I forgot how controverse and twisted this book was. I still can't stand the male love interest and the so called villainess ist just... even better than I remembered her. It was a joy to listen to this, especially after having had the pleasure of reading it beforehand! I can't wait for the second book.


I received a free ARC by Netgalley, after being invited to listen to this audiobook by the publishers, in exchange for an honest review.

It's narration was the first thing to put me off. I don't like when the narrator, male or female, tries to do the voice of the opposite sex. It doesn't work. But I could have put that aside if the story didn't start out like a cliché porn script. Not that porn scripts are ever not cliché. It fully lost me, and this is strikingly early on, when the android announced she got high off bananas. Granted their was a lot of them, and pilling and boiling and baking but still... bananas. That was enough for me.

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