I loved the set-up and loved the ending, perhaps because I suspected that this was the ending and we all like to be proved right. Some of the in-between was pretty out there. But this was a fun ride although, at the end, of the day, Charmaine is clearly a dark character with a dark past that is only hinted at since she suppresses so much. Well, yeah, and that whole she's a serial killer thing for her job. Really a fun read though which couldn't be easy with that kind of material to work with. The only real quibble is that it's already 2015 and surely this story is set at least a few more years in the future-- the dominance of Elvis I could maybe accept since there do seem to be a lot of Elvii loitering around Vega) but I doubt anyone cares about Marilyn Monroe or Doris Day anymore and too much of this unnecessarily dates an otherwise good story in my humble view. Old boys in the future have never heard of even Britney Spears, let alone the 21st century? I find that a little hard to believe. Nothing dates as fast as a woman in her early twenties in the harsh world of the male gaze where men only want you as a brainless sex bot...