The Poison Daughter
Cut along the dashed lines and pass the cards around the table.
Curl up and think back to when you first met the poison daughter. What was the first feeling she stirred in you, and did it stay or soften as the pages turned?
If you could bring her one comforting thing (a warm drink, a safe corner, a kind word), what would you offer her and why?
This is a heroine who protects others yet lives with something dangerous inside her. When has caring for someone else made you feel both powerful and a little fragile at the same time?
The book plays with the idea of a touch that harms and a heart that wants to hold on. Which moments of closeness felt the most tender to you, even when danger was near?
She takes it upon herself to shield people from abusive men. Did any part of her sense of justice comfort you, unsettle you, or remind you of someone you admire?
Betrothal is supposed to promise safety and belonging, but here it carries a shadow. What does home or safety look like to you, and where did this story make you long for it most?
Without giving anything away, was there a moment where you quietly wanted to reach into the pages and change a choice she made? What would you have whispered to her?
Thinking about the whole journey, what did this story leave warming in your chest afterward, and what did it leave you gently worried about? Try to answer without spoiling how things land.