Content Warning: I want to be 100% clear, this is a YA novel, but heavy emphasis on Adult; these are teens but there's a LOT of sex, drugs, and alcohol involved in their lives. If this were a TV show I'd def put it into the HBO type of show, not like the CW.

There are also light content warning spoilers below [no specifications as to what happens to which character]. These below are most that I could think of but there could be more, as triggers are very personal. I would say none of this is too graphic, but again, what could be graphic for me could be considered as mild for someone else. Take care of yourself and your mental health first if you get triggered by any of the following and still want to proceed with reading.

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sex, drug abuse, drug overdose, alcohol, underage revenge p*rn, death and subsequent euthanization of an animal, implied self-harm, rehab, thoughts/contemplation of suicide

Meet Anna K. At seventeen, she is at the top of Manhattan and Greenwich society (even if she prefers the company of her horses and Newfoundland dogs); she has the perfect (if perfectly boring) boyfriend, Alexander W.; and she has always made her Korean-American father proud (even if he can be a little controlling). Meanwhile, Anna's brother, Steven, and his girlfriend, Lolly, are trying to weather a sexting scandal; Lolly’s little sister, Kimmie, is struggling to recalibrate to normal life after an injury derails her ice dancing career; and Steven’s best friend, Dustin, is madly (and one-sidedly) in love with Kimmie.

As her friends struggle with the pitfalls of ordinary teenage life, Anna always seems to be able to sail gracefully above it all. That is…until the night she meets Alexia “Count” Vronsky at Grand Central. A notorious playboy who has bounced around boarding schools and who lives for his own pleasure, Alexia is everything Anna is not. But he has never been in love until he meets Anna, and maybe she hasn’t, either. As Alexia and Anna are pulled irresistibly together, she has to decide how much of her life she is willing to let go for the chance to be with him. And when a shocking revelation threatens to shatter their relationship, she is forced to question if she has ever known herself at all.

Dazzlingly opulent and emotionally riveting, Anna K.: A Love Story is a brilliant reimagining of Leo Tolstoy's timeless love story, Anna Karenina―but above all, it is a novel about the dizzying, glorious, heart-stopping experience of first love and first heartbreak.

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DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
Feel free to answer any or all of these questions! Some overlap but these are just to get you started!

• To those of you who have read Tolstoy, how well did it track with Anna K?
  
• This book definitely mentions racial stereotypes etc. -- what do you think the importance of these being mentioned, as well as how people of color are at front and center of a YA novel?
  
• What was your first impression of Alexander and how did his arc end up influencing your thoughts on his character at the end?
  
• A lot if not most of these characters are certainly going through puberty; what advice would you give to one of them if you had them right in front of you?
  
• Your favorite moment in the book?
  
• Least favorite?
  
• Favorite Character
  
• Least Favorite Character
  
• Favorite Relationship [platonic, familial, antagonistic etc]
  
• What are your overall thoughts?
  

SPOILER DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

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This is a discussion thread for people who have read or are reading the book in question. With that in mind, there are likely to be spoilers throughout. However, in the event of major twists or “how it ends”, please wrap content in spoiler tags.