Fallen Rook
Cut along the dashed lines and pass the cards around the table.
Where did you do most of your reading of this one, and did you find yourself hiding it a little the way the characters hide each other?
What was the first moment you knew you were not going to be able to put this down? Describe the feeling, not the plot.
Forbidden love stories live on anticipation. Which small, quiet instance of longing in this book stayed with you after you closed it?
The Society of Villains world runs on loyalty oaths and chosen sides. What did it feel like to root for someone whose loyalties you were not supposed to share?
An F.B.I. badge and a crime family are opposite kinds of family. Which one felt more like home to you while reading, and why do you think that is?
Shen writes characters who protect themselves with sharpness. Was there a moment where someone's armor cracked and it genuinely moved you?
Without saying how things land, was there a point where you quietly forgave a character for something you did not expect to forgive? What softened you?
If you could sit one of these two down with a cup of tea and say one gentle thing to them, which one would you choose, and what would you say?