By Breeana Shields
Book Discussion Questions
1. “It’s not healthy to know too much
about your own future,” Della says. Would you choose to have a bone kenning?
2. Latham says that, “Fate is
predictable, but choice isn’t.” And Saskia insists that the power of choice is
“the greater luxury.” How are Saskia, Bram, Declan, and Della’s choices
unpredictable? Is the power of choice a luxury?
3. “Trying to escape your fate is like
trying to make a toad croon like a songbird...No matter how good your
intentions, you’re just wasting your time.” Do you believe in fate? Do you believe there is a perfect mate for
you? For everyone? Would you choose to be bone-matched?
4. “You have a hundred possible futures,
my love,” Della says. Do you think that’s true for everyone? Every age?
5. Gran explains that fate and freedom
aren’t opposites... “they’re partners in the dance of life. Always circling
each other, touching and then coming apart again, both made more beautiful by
the existence of the other.” Do you agree? Would you pick fate or freedom?
6. What do you think the bones in the
story are a symbol of?
·
“Bones
are the source of all magic,” Nora says, pacing along the stage in the
amphitheater. “They are the most permanent part of us, enduring long after the
flesh has rotted away. But even while our bones are still within our bodies,
they are powerful. If broken, they can heal themselves. And the marrow within
them fights off evil, wards off disease, and keeps you well. But eventually, we
all succumb to the grip of death; the magic in our bones is all that remains.”
·
“When
everything else is destroyed, the bones always manage to survive.”
7. What type of bone magic would you
study if you attended Ivory Hall? (Bone Charmers, Bone Masons, Bone Breakers,
and/or Bone Healers)
8. How are the tattoos on the characters’
bodies created? Would you want your past experiences or present feelings to
show on your skin?
9. If you could pick one sight, which
one would it be: first (past), second (present), or third (future)? Which one
do you think is the most powerful? Which sight do you think will help Saskia
the most?
10 “Do you ever wish you could go back
in time and choose a different path?” Saskia asks. Do you have anything small
or big in your past that you would like to change?
11 Which reality did you want Saskia to
keep? What did you think of the ending?
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