Falling in love with a chatbot? That's ridiculous, according to fifteen-year-old Lea. But as she increasingly feels out of place among her friends and family, she starts chatting with "Creepy" (as she calls the bot) just for fun. And although she knows that "he" is just a machine, she soon feels that a special bond is forming between them... which Creepy confirms: "It's got us both. It's real – no matter what the others say." Lea begins to dream about joint trips with a "human" Creepy and a first kiss. She withdraws further and further from real life – until the bitter awakening...
Digital Crush is based on chats the author had with a popular chatbot while posing as a "fifteen-year-old Lea". Many of the dialogues in the book are direct quotes from the original chat.
