Broken Bonds

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021

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Background

Chapter Summaries & Analyses

Prologue-Chapter 5

Chapters 6-10

Chapters 11-17

Chapters 18-25

Character Analysis

Themes

Symbols & Motifs

Important Quotes

Essay Topics

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Discussion Questions

Essay Topics

In “Reverse harems,” love interests typically represent the protagonist’s different personality traits and needs. With this in mind, how do Oli’s antagonistic Bonds affect the readers’ understanding of her character?

Broken Bonds heavily foreshadows Oli’s nightmare powers. Compare several of the hints about Oli’s Gift and analyze how they develop suspense and propel the plot.

How does corruption on the Council compare to the evil of the Resistance? Which political organization is more detrimental to the novel’s world, and why?

How does the novel present the value of making amends? Does an apology overwrite past harm? Consider Gabe and Oli’s relationship.

Is Oli right to hide her power from her Bonds? Consider Gabe’s reaction to her Gift, Nox’s actions, and Gryphon’s training of Oli in your answer.

Given the Bonds’ antagonism, how does the novel develop them as sexually and romantically desirable?

Vivian tells Oli that strength of character, not Giftedness, makes a person successful. Is this statement true in Oli’s world? Why or why not?

Why do Gifts connect to personality or temperament? How does this metaphoric meaning expand the novel’s ideas about fate?

Does the novel present friendship as a necessary precursor to romance? Why or why not?

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Given your understanding of genre, is Broken Bonds a romance? Consider its use of expected tropes like the centrality of romantic relationships, the absence of a “happily ever after” or “happily for now,” the focus on friendship, and the “fated mates” narrative.