1.    What did you like most about the book?

2.    What did you struggle with while reading this book?

3.    How was your experience reading the story as told by five different perspectives?

4.    Did the story keep you engaged with the different characters and settings and how did that help or hinder the pace of the book?

5.    Describe your thoughts about the development of the characters… what worked and what could have been different?

6.    What elements of the story did you relate to the most and how did the narrative impact you?

7.    Share what you learned from reading this book?

8.    This book is fiction but tackles some very real issues. Do you think the author succeeded in raising awareness about human trafficking?

9.    Both Mallory and Jenna took major risks during their captivity, putting their own lives in danger. Would you have taken similar risks? What would you have done differently?

10. The relationships of the characters are important elements of the story, which relationship did you connect with the most?

11. Did you appreciate the prologue and epilogue and how did they add to the story for you?

12. Human trafficking is a difficult topic and the violence and dehumanizing conditions can be difficult to read. How did you handle this as you read the story?

13. This crime is global and the response to it is very different depending on the culture and socioeconomic standards of the location. Did the story reflect these differences?

14. After Jenna’s rescue, she makes a hard choice about her pregnancy. How was this an important part of the story?

15. How did the novel and the interactions between characters and situations give enough attention to the trauma of the main characters as well as the vicarious trauma of the secondary characters?

16. What were your thoughts about having Mallory and Ryan rekindle feelings from long ago?

17. Explain how Mallory and Jenna’s different experiences after being taken and then surviving added to the story?

18. The story has several different settings, but it originates in the Midwest. Did this make the story more relatable to you as a reader? How so?

19. Reclamation touches on the importance of family dynamics and how those relationships impact who the characters are and how they make decisions. What did you notice throughout the story that helped create depth and interest when it came to those relationships?

20. In the second half of the book, there is a lot of focus on Mallory’s trauma and therapy. Did the story bring enough focus to the importance of this aspect of recovery? What did you think of Patricia the therapist?

21. Did any of these characters remind you of people you know or those who are close to you? If so, who and how so?

22. If you could meet any of these characters, who would you like to talk to the most and what would you ask them?

23. Did the end of the book fit well with the story?

24. How did the end of the book make you feel?

25. The author uses the tag line: “Holding on will keep them Captive, Letting Go will set them Free.” What does this mean to you?