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Annie is a robot built to be the perfect girlfriend. The problem is that she's starting to want things of her own.
Annie was designed to please Doug: to cook, to agree, to be exactly what he wants, and to reset when she isn't. But as she learns and adapts, the model of a flawless companion starts to crack, and she begins asking questions the product was never meant to ask.
Greer writes it from inside Annie's head, and the effect is unsettling and compulsively readable, a story about control, consent, and what happens when a creation outgrows its maker.
Reader note: Adult literary science fiction with explicit sexual content and depictions of emotional abuse.
What is love without autonomy? Honesty when one partner's sole desire is to please? Sierra Greer's riveting debut sketches an intimate and unsettling portrait of relationship power dynamics in a near-future when humans own conscious AI companions.
Lauren Nossett, award-winning author of The Resemblance
An intricate, intimate look at the fundamentals of human relationships... unflinching in its examination of humanity.
Library Journal
Riveting, shocking, can't-look-away sci-fi on steroids. I was absolutely mesmerized with my heart in my throat!
Frances Cha, author of If I Had Your Face
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