- How quickly did you engage with the book? Were you engaged immediately, or did it take you a while to get into it?
- Which character did you feel the most empathy towards?
- What major emotional response did the story evoke in you? When?
- What question do you think the author was trying to find an answer to?
- Why do you think Marlee behaved the way she did?
- Did you like the characters and, if not, was that important?
- Were there any characters you loved to hate?
- Who were you gunning for and why?
- Why did the characters do what they did? Were their actions justified?
- Did they remind you of people you know?
- Did the main characters change by the end of the book? If so, how?
- Marlee said, “You worry too much—you need to learn how to live a little, at least walk to the edge where the view is better.” Do you agree with her?
- Is living life safely healthy or unhealthy?
- Is being a risk-taker healthy or unhealthy?
- What main themes does the novel explore?
- Did the author use symbols to reinforce the main ideas?
- In this book, Elliana looks into the history of her adoption. How does adoption affect those involved?
- What did you think the central conflict was?
- What ironies did you discover in the novel?
- Which were your favorite scenes or chapters?
- Did you enjoy the Seeking Realm aspect of the writing?
- What questions would you ask Rose?
- Consider Marlee's and Granger's behavior. If someone is suffering, does that justify their bad behavior?
- What do you think about Elliana dating two guys at the same time with their consent (and not kissing either)?
- Elliana saved her first kiss for someone special. How many people do you think regret their first kiss?
- How do people become duplicitous (like Granger and Marlee)?
- Did the bonus chapter change anything for you?
- In Chapter 1, Elliana complains that people think she's weak because she's nice. Is being nice a sign of weakness?
- Elliana believed that rising up seemed to make one a target. Is there any truth to that?
- Elliana feels driven to find out who her parents are. How important is it to know one’s parents and have a relationship with them?
- How do you think the use of third-person viewpoint affected the story? How would it have been different if told in first-person only?
- Why might the author have chosen to tell the story the way he or she did—and what difference did it make in the way you read or understand it?
- Did any passages strike you as insightful or profound? Perhaps a bit of funny or poignant dialogue that encapsulates a character?
- What did the title come to mean to you by the end of the novel?
- Were you satisfied with the book’s ending? What do you think the future holds for Elliana and Cai?
- Did the novel leave any questions open-ended that you would have liked to have known the answer to?
- Had you read reviews before reading the book? If so, did you agree with the reviewers or not?
- If you had to halve the size of your book collection, would this book stay or go?
- If you could ask the author one question, what would it be?
- If there were a Book 2, who or what should be the focus?
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