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The Candy House opens with the staggeringly brilliant Bix Bouton, whose company, Mandala, is so successful that he is “one of those tech demi-gods with whom we’re all on a first name basis.” Bix is forty, with four kids, restless, and desperate for a new idea, when he stumbles into a conversation group, mostly Columbia professors, one of whom is experimenting with downloading or “externalizing” memory. Within a decade, Bix’s new technology, “Own Your Unconscious”—which allows you access to every memory you’ve ever had, and to share your memories in exchange for access to the memories of others—has seduced multitudes.

Freya’s been quietly surviving high school—keeping her head down, trying not to get noticed. Being trans means she’s used to stares, whispers… and loneliness. But when a cocky classmate hits her up after school, everything changes. She doesn’t expect his attention. Definitely not the filthy things he says. But behind his teasing is something else: want. And that want lights a fire in her she can’t put out.