Review: Absolutely one of my favourite reads of 2010
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 15, 2010
Although this is an intensely sexual read, there is a strong dystopian plot driving the action that would not be out of place in a mass market science fiction novel.This is a story comprised of contradictions - justice/revenge, male/female, slave/master, human/machine, dominant/submissive, science/supernatural - but it's the unique compromises that Darcy introduces to those contradictions which are so pleasantly surprising.This is also an intensely sexual read, with innovative obscenities and novel delights that never cease to amaze, even as they furiously arouse. Silver herself is the centrepiece of all this sexual activity. Once a human female, she has been progressively modified into a thing of unique beauty - a voluptuous, dual-gendered, humanotic sex goddess.Every time you think the story has reached its height, every time you figure the sexual innovations have reached their peak, Darcy insists on taking you a bit father. And, just when you think you've figured out where the story is going, she exposes a few satisfying twists that force yet another compromise - this time, with the your expectations.Definitely recommended.