This was a short cozy read. We follow a group of robots after a war in near future California, that decided to open a noodle shop. For such a short story the author really got me to care about this group of robots who all have their own backstories and issues they are dealing with during the story. If you're a fan of cozy books, I think this would be great on to pick up! The audiobook was also done very well, the narrator was really able to bring each character to life and give them their own distinct voice.

Automatic Noodle is exactly what the synopsis promises it to be. Never did I expect to find a cozy post war independence San Francisco robot novella to be something on my TBR but when I heard that it was announced I was eagerly awaiting it’s arrival.
When all these Robots want to do is survive make handmade pulled noodles and build their community a wrench is tossed in when they are review bombed. I am also a sucker for when the title of the book is thrown in to the book and not only did that happen but how it came to be and evolved was put into the novella and it had me smiling the entire time. Throw in that I could see in my head the imagery from the cover art while the narrator, Em Grosland, described it to me it just came full circle.
Speaking of Em Grosland…what a performance. I loved the different voices Em did! In the beginning of the audio book you clearly got a robot sounding boot up voice and it just threw me right into the story and I knew from that very beginning of the first chapter that this was going to be not only amazingly narrated, but also amazingly produced.
I really hope that Annalee Newitz does more novellas like these becuase it was a hit with me and very much needed.

Thank you to Macmillan Audio for the complimentary audio book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.