Autonomous by Annalee Newitz ★★☆☆☆

Man: Hey Blue Bot, you’re looking good.

Blue Bot notices Man’s erection.

Blue Bot: Did you want to have sex?
Man: No! I’m not gay!

Blue Bot researches humans on the internet. Blue Bot replaces its blue carapace with a pink one.

Man: You’re pink?!?! Why are you pink?

Pink Bot: I decided this was me. Do you want to have sex?

Man: Yes!

After sex.
Man: Did you enjoy that?

Pink Bot: I enjoyed that you enjoyed it.

Man: I knew you were a woman.

The best I can say about this book is that it reminded me of Malka Older’s The Centenal Cycle. Near future topically focused stories with lots of factions, nerd love, and chasing. Also the covers...

But this was not as good by a long shot. It also had the worst sex scenes I’ve ever read. 

“When they kissed, she could taste the political analysis he’d described during the Freeculture meeting.”

“She could taste a nuanced ethical understanding of the patent system all over his body.”

I’ve read tentacle porn with more heat.