Annie Bot

For fans of Never Let Me Go and My Dark Vanessa,a powerfulprovocative novel about the relationship between a female robot and her human ownerexploring questions of intimacypowerautonomyand control. Annie Bot was created to be the perfect girlfriend for her human owner Doug. Designed to satisfy his emotional and physical needsshe has dinner ready for him every nightwears the pert outfits he orders for herand adjusts her libido to suit his moods. Trueshe’s not the greatest at keeping Doug’s place spotlessbut she’s trying to please him. She’s trying hard. She’s learningtoo. Doug says he loves that Annie’s AI makes her seem more like a real womanso Annie explores human traits such as curiositysecrecyand longing. But becoming more human also means becoming less perfectand as Annie’s relationship with Doug grows more intricate and difficultshe starts to wonder: Does Doug really desire what he says he wants? And in such an impossible paradoxwhat does Annie owe herself?