This month’s FYA Book Club selection is Spell Bound by F.T. Lukens. This charming book is a cozy fantasy filled with wholly entertaining queer characters.

Check out the discussion questions below! (Slight spoilers ahead.)

P.S. If you’ve already read the book, feel free to add any other discussion questions of your own in the comments!

Icebreaker

if you could animate one object (e.g., Herb the coatrack), what would it be and why?

Questions

  1. Would you want to be BFFs with Rook?
  2. How did you feel about Sun? Their family?
  3. What did you think about the relationship between Rook and Sun?
  4. Do you feel like Antonia was a good boss or a bad one? Why?
  5. Did you find the magic in the book compelling? Why or why not?
  6. There were a lot of tropes used or subverted in Spell Bound. Do you have a favorite from the book
  7. Are you interested in reading any more of Lukens’s books after this one?

Mandy (she/her) is a manager at a tech company who lives in Austin, TX, with her husband, son, and dogs. She loves superheroes and pretty much any show or movie with “Star” in the name.