What role does sexuality play in the novel? How would the novel be different if Gilda did not harbor romantic love for women?

Explore the connections between the younger Gilda and the elder Gilda. Why is it important that the younger one takes the elder one’s name, and why does the book give her no name before? How are their journeys similar, and where do they differ?

Fox, Eleanor, and Samuel are the only examples of “bad” vampires in the novel. Compare these characters to one another and to the “good” vampires. What do these characters show about the novel’s sense of morality in the vampire world?