Not sure what to say. The pacing is bonkers, tons of things are left unaddressed, and the author tramples every fantasy convention he can find. I rarely like contemporary fantasy but this was fantastic. No lazy outs or obvious romantic arcs. Brilliant, dark, funny: feels like the weirdness wasn’t forced, it just came out of him as he was writing. Reminds me of The Stars My Destination (both are fast paced, dark revenge stories that play with big ideas). Will read this again later to find out what the hell is going on.

Carolyn killed Steve and resurrected him, but why did she need his heart? David wanted an innocent heart originally, but Steve’s heart isn’t innocent (or maybe it is and that’s the point).There are tons of obvious places where one might call “plot hole”, especially with how convoluted Carolyn’s plan was, but I think this misses the point. She spent her entire life planning this alone in total secrecy and fear, so I’m not surprised it quickly became convoluted and unnecessary: the insanity is her response to what she’s doing (and this is even pointed out, when Steve says he would’ve done her little jog for $200). And to be fair, she’s right that killing David is something so hard that at first blush it seems impossible, so an insane plan was needed anyways.