BOOK CLUB QUESTIONS

BOOK CLUB QUESTIONS

Note: Questions may contain spoilers. Please read the book prior to reading the questions.

Both Eva and Thomas experience traumatic events. How do they respond to stress? How are their characters growing? In which areas do they need to continue to grow?

How do Eva’s breakthroughs in dolphin communication affect her, her community, her reef, and her dolphins?

Does employing dolphins to help clear the Caribbean reefs of the invasive Pacific lionfish seem ethical?

Are Julian’s genetic engineering projects, such as the hybrid CobiX, to grow bigger fish with more protein to feed more people ethical?

Why does Julian need the money so badly? Who does he owe and why? What other financial liabilities does he have?

What is the back story between Mel and Julian, and how is that playing out again?

After Romina’s rescue, Mel and Romina are anxious to tie the knot. Does this seem advisable?

Does Thomas have anything to learn from Mel and Charlie that might help him reignite a relationship with Eva?

What contributes to Thomas’s big misunderstanding about who is actually Soledad’s mother?

At times, Eva seems to withhold information from Thomas. Why would she do that?

How does both Thomas’s and Eva’s communication issues affect their relationship?

Thomas must get back to Kansas to formulate another cancer cure for Nevaeh. His place is in Kansas caring for kids with cancer, and Eva’s place is on Roatán with her dolphins. Does the reader see a way that Thomas and Eva could ever pursue a relationship?