Haunting Adeline
Cut along the dashed lines and pass the cards around the table.
Cozy up and tell us: where were you curled up while you read this one, and did the setting seep into your evening at all?
Adeline adores her cats and her writing nook. What is the small comfort in your own life that you would never give up, no matter what?
The old manor almost breathes on the page. Which room or corner would you most want to wrap a blanket around, and which one made you want to leave a light on?
This story leans into things that unsettle us. What surprised you about what your own body and heart did while reading, and did any part comfort you when you least expected it?
Family history and inherited spaces run through the book. Has a house or heirloom in your own life ever felt like it held a story bigger than you?
Adeline is a writer who processes the world through words. When life gets heavy, what is your version of her notebook, the thing you reach for to feel steady?
Without giving anything away, this book sits with the tension between feeling wanted and feeling safe. How did that push and pull land for you, and did it stir anything personal?
Some scenes are meant to be hard to sit with. Speaking gently and only as much as you want to, how did you take care of yourself while reading, and where did you draw your own line?