1. Vivian feels guilty because she thinks if she had told her father about Axel and the Five running wild in West Virginia, many deaths and the burning of the inn could have been avoided. Is she right about this?

2. Vivian knows that showing Aiden her wolf form violates pack law, yet she does it anyhow. Is there any way to tell when revealing one's secret to a boyfriend or girlfriend will make you closer, and when it will drive you apart?

3. At one point Gabriel says that humans too have a beast within, and from fear of that beast they hate and fear werewolves too. Can you think of other targets of hate and fear that this idea might apply to?

4. One book reviewer disliked Vivian, saying she was preoccupied with her own looks and "viciously competitive" with other girls. Do you agree, or...