Haunting Adeline

Content Warning: This section contains references to sexual assault, rape, child trafficking and pedophilia, and domestic abuse.

What reasons does Adeline present for her decision to live in Parsons Manor? What do these reasons tell us about Adeline and her family? Why does her mother not want her to live there?

Adeline is independently successful, and she notes that she has the freedom to live wherever she chooses. What keeps her from moving out of Parsons Manor after she discovers she has a stalker? How does she justify remaining in the house, and how does this reflect on the plot of her and Zade’s relationship?

Early on, Zade establishes his obsession with Adeline. Is there evidence in the text that Zade is in love with Adeline? How does Zade define love? What evidence might suggest that Adeline is more of an object of Zade’s obsession than a person with whom he is in love?