This is a re-read for me; I was going through my archives, trying to update this blog and my presence on the new site, bookhype.com, when I came across is and just felt like I needed to re-read it.
It held up well, though my original rating was 4 stars, and on the re-read it gets 3.5. I'm not sure why, except that on the second read, I found parts tedious. But it remains a compelling read. I still didn't really connect with Penryn as a character, but Raffe became more compelling.
The same elements of it disturbed me that disturbed me the first time around; I don't think I'd really like to see the imaginings of Susan Ee too up close and personal, but the story remains, to a degree, haunting.