Content Warning: This section of the guide includes references to sexual harassment.

Gather initial thoughts and broad opinions about the book.

1. Discuss your most and least favorite aspects of By a Thread. Which characters, conflicts, and scenes were most and/or least believable, and why?

2. How did your experience reading By a Thread compare to your experience reading Score’s other novels? Discuss similarities and differences between By a Thread and Score’s Things We Never Got Over and The Worst Best Man.

3. Compare and contrast By a Thread to romantic comedies by other authors. What narrative and thematic threads do you notice to novels like Ali Hazelwood’s The Love Hypothesis and Lauren Weisberger’s The Devil Wears Prada?

Encourage readers to connect the book’s themes and characters with their personal experiences.

1. How did you respond to the revelations surrounding Paul Russo’s crimes and reputation? Do you think Score accurately represented the fallout associated with Paul’s illicit behaviors?

2. The novel explores the challenges of Balancing Personal and Professional Responsibilities. How do Ally Morales’s and Dominic Russo’s work-life conflicts compare and contrast with your own?