My Robot Pet Dog : The future is soft

What if the future you dreamed of... loved you back? Lily Vass has it all: her art, her freedom, her routines. No mess. No compromise. No pets. Until Kai — the world’s first emotionally responsive robot dog — enters her life and rewrites everything she thought she knew about connection, control, and care. As public backlash turns personal, Lily is swept into protests, politics, and the quiet unraveling of a life built on order. But in the chaos, she finds unexpected love — and a new way to live. A story of presence in an overstimulated world. Part love story, part social reckoning, part meditation on healing, habits, and what it means to feel fully alive. This novel doesn’t ask which side you’re on — it asks how you stay human.