Imperfect Algortithms

Jimmy, the owner of a trendy coffee shop, thrives on appearances-followers on Instagram, admiration from strangers, and the thrill of feeling important. Yet behind his polished surface, he is restless and hollow. When two women enter his life, they ignite a conflict he cannot untangle: Ava, a flamboyant artist whose ego-feeding behavior keeps him chasing her approval, and Lila, a compassionate nurse whose empathy challenges him to face who he really is.
Caught between them, Jimmy turns to an AI app for advices. What begins as curiosity soon becomes dependency. The AI interprets Ava's games, guides Jimmy through every message, and warns him of dangerous patterns. But it also holds up an unflinching mirror, labeling behaviors like narcissism, empathy, and ego-feeding with a clarity Jimmy cannot ignore, unless he chooses to.
The more he relies on AI, the more he thinks that everything is under control. He wants love, but on his terms, without vulnerability. He wants connection, but without accountability.
This novel is both a psychological drama and a reflection on our AI-driven era. It explores how artificial intelligence can reveal the hidden patterns of human behavior but cannot change the one thing it diagnoses most clearly: the human tendency to deny uncomfortable truths. But maybe, just maybe, love can change everything.