Before beginning this book, ask yourself this question "Do I like the Gilmore Girls?" Your answer will determine how you feel about this book. There's no connection between the two works in terms of plot, but the tone of this book is incredibly Gilmore Girls-esque. Willis writes all her banter-y dialogue (spoken and telepathically communicated) as if it is coming from the hyper verbal, hyper caffeinated, hyper pop culture referencing mouths of Lorelai and Rory. Briddey's wacky, nosy family and co-workers are very reminiscent of the secondary characters of Stars Hollow. I could not stop thinking about the Gilmore Girls as I read this. If the thought of "science fiction Gilmore Girls, the book" makes you smile, I think you'll enjoy this as much as I did. If that thought makes you recoil, stay far away from this. 
 Much of this book is written as a screwball comedy. Briddey, an executive at a smart phone company, agrees to receive an EED implant to allow direct emotional communication with her boyfriend Trent, who wants her to have the procedure before he proposes. An EED is a brain implant which allows you to read the emotions of an individual you have a strong emotional bond with. Briddey has the procedure done but things go awry. Instead of emotionally bonding with her boyfriend, she finds herself telepathically communicating with her snarky coworker C.B. Much of the book is based around Briddey dealing with her new and unexpected telepathic gifts, which bring her closer to C.B., a long time telepath, and away from Trent. Her telepathy has to be carefully managed. Through him she learns more about why she and C.B. (view spoiler)[ and the other members of her family (hide spoiler)] specifically are telepathic. (view spoiler)[ Willis goes with "an Irish genetic predisposition to telepathy" (hide spoiler)]. The plot eventually gets a bit heavier, as we get our inevitable "the telepaths must hide their gifts from those who seek to exploit them" in the third act but on the whole this stays pretty light. 
 I thought this book was a lot of fun. I enjoyed the breezy tone and found a lot of the verbal pyrotechnics clever. The "science" in this science fiction is pretty light lifting, which is fine by me as I like my science fiction on the soft side, but the plot is plenty entertaining. Your suspension of disbelief has to be high to appreciate this but if you can get on Willis's zany wavelength it's quite delightful. I really appreciated how Willis wrote Briddey and C.B.'s relationship. She did an excellent job making me care about these characters and their relationship, even though there are some troublesome aspects to how C.B. treats Briddey (why yes, there is some paternalistic "I need to guide and protect you and thus lie to you") business. Man did I love their scene in the library. Willis also does an great job capturing the frantic feeling of communication overload. 
 Some of the humor was overly broad and repetitive. Briddey's sisters are one note characters, and Willis strikes that one note over and over and over (boy crazy for the wrong men! hysterically overprotective helicopter mother!). We get it already, move on. The payoff for Aunt Oona was funny though. 
 There's not a lot of heft to this book, but it's fun light read.