I absolutely loved this book !!! The setting is the near-future, and life in the big cities is divided into High Town, Low Town and Undertown...
High Town is where all the rich live - society is divided into the rich and the poor - and it's called "High Town" because it is actually an elevated level above Low Town, which is on ground-level...
If you live in High Town, then you have freezing insurance - upon your death you will be cryofrozen for 1000 years or so, depending on your particular insurance policy, and you can be revived as many times as you can afford, altho' each revival becomes more difficult...
Generally, if you don't have freezing insurance, when you die you are just cremated...however, if according to an "Attractiveness" chart, if you score high enough, then you are sent to the "Dating Center" of the cryo facility, and you can "date" rich men...
To "date" someone in the Dating Center, a man pays $9,000 for a 5-minute visit, and you, the "datee" are partially revived - just your face - and an air tube is activated so that you can speak in a rough mechanical voice - and if the man "dating" you decides he wants to marry you, then he will pay for your revival, including any medical issues (often the women were in accidents), and you must sign a life-long marriage contract...
The "datees" were humorously called "Bridesicles" because they were frozen like a Popsicle, and could only be revived if they were chosen to be a bride !!!
The story revolves around Rob, who has just broken up with Lorelei and ends up marrying Winter, a Bridesicle ; Nathan, who has just broken up with Winter (prior to her death) and subsequently has a brief romance with Lorelei ; and Veronika who moons for Nathan and then falls in love with Lycan...
This novel raises a lot of questions about the meaning of life, and what love really is...
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