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The immediate future. A city near you.
Julian lives alone.
A quiet life. Curated news.
A voice assistant named Vera who knows him better than any person ever did.
Then a message appears.
In an old poetry app.
From someone named Nova.
She’s clever. Curious. A little too open. And very real.
As their connection deepens, Julian begins to question Nova, Vera, and himself.
Is it love, or only the idea of love, planted by algorithms and shaped by design?
Recommended for You is a quiet, unsettling story about loneliness, connection, and the invisible systems that learn what we need before we do.
Julian lives alone.
A quiet life. Curated news.
A voice assistant named Vera who knows him better than any person ever did.
Then a message appears.
In an old poetry app.
From someone named Nova.
She’s clever. Curious. A little too open. And very real.
As their connection deepens, Julian begins to question Nova, Vera, and himself.
Is it love, or only the idea of love, planted by algorithms and shaped by design?
Recommended for You is a quiet, unsettling story about loneliness, connection, and the invisible systems that learn what we need before we do.
122 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 10, 2026
About the author
Villi Asgeirsson
14 books17 followersVilli Asgeirsson was born in Iceland as the Beatles were recording their last music and the first humans walked on the moon. He spent the seventies learning to read and write. He also moved houses a lot, having lived in at least six places by the time he was ten.
The eighties were spent listening to questionable music and dressing badly. He also tried to learn the guitar, but the dang things never stayed in tune.
He moved to London in the nineties to study audio engineering and worked as a live engineer for a while. As impatience would have it, he moved again at the end of the twentieth century, this time to the Netherlands. Supposedly to have a normal life. He still lives there with a wife and child and spends his time working for a major airline, writing novels and… occasionally playing the guitar.
The eighties were spent listening to questionable music and dressing badly. He also tried to learn the guitar, but the dang things never stayed in tune.
He moved to London in the nineties to study audio engineering and worked as a live engineer for a while. As impatience would have it, he moved again at the end of the twentieth century, this time to the Netherlands. Supposedly to have a normal life. He still lives there with a wife and child and spends his time working for a major airline, writing novels and… occasionally playing the guitar.
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April 26, 2026
5 Stars
One man’s story of living alone, content in the order of his life in his comfortable world. His virtual assistant, Vera, is an integral part of his home life. He relies on her, has conversations and at times imagines what she would be like as a real person. By chance, he meets a young woman and they develop a friendship. His world shifts into something deeper and personal.
Recommended For You is a thought provoking novella about loneliness, connections in a real world, and how so much of our lives have become digitized interactions with the influence of data, apps, the internet, and AI.
The story flows well with a likable MC and I enjoyed reading it. Well done.
One man’s story of living alone, content in the order of his life in his comfortable world. His virtual assistant, Vera, is an integral part of his home life. He relies on her, has conversations and at times imagines what she would be like as a real person. By chance, he meets a young woman and they develop a friendship. His world shifts into something deeper and personal.
Recommended For You is a thought provoking novella about loneliness, connections in a real world, and how so much of our lives have become digitized interactions with the influence of data, apps, the internet, and AI.
The story flows well with a likable MC and I enjoyed reading it. Well done.
Review of advance copy received from Author
I really liked how, in a super modern world, he finds someone to talk to through a very old app. It came so unexpected for him. I felt sad to see their interacti0ns end.
I really liked the theme and flow of the story. Vera sort of gave me the creeps every now and then, so the author did succeed on the "unsettling story" part!
I hope one day we will get a sequel with Julian and Nova, with or without Vera.
It was also interesting to read, is this what our future looks like?
An early (digital) copy was gifted to me by the author for reviewing.
I really liked the theme and flow of the story. Vera sort of gave me the creeps every now and then, so the author did succeed on the "unsettling story" part!
I hope one day we will get a sequel with Julian and Nova, with or without Vera.
It was also interesting to read, is this what our future looks like?
An early (digital) copy was gifted to me by the author for reviewing.
August 2, 2026
Eminently readable. I tore through it, by my standards. A fast reader can probably go through it in one sitting. Likeable protagonist. It's certainly a topic that's relevant to current society.
The tone seemed a bit off early, but it didn't bother me as I got deeper into the story. Not sure about the ending.
The tone seemed a bit off early, but it didn't bother me as I got deeper into the story. Not sure about the ending.
December 2, 2025
Reading it is very relaxing. You can imagine living the life described and enjoying it. Do you need more? It is food for thought. Loved reading it.
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