Ada remains in North Carolina to avoid being forced to marry a rich man in Charleston.

She stays in Cold Mountain because she is waiting for Inman to return.

Wanda willingly heads to Arizona to see Healer Fords after discussing her options with the Comforter. On the way there, Wanda is shown, little by little, memories of Jared. Then once she sees Picacho Peak, Melanie remembers Uncle Jeb's plan for a hideout, and Wanda agrees to go walking thru the desert.

Wanda uncontrollably attacks the Seeker and is being guarded by Seekers until the scheduled reimplementation into another host without Wanda's consideration. Then Melanie takes control and convinces Wanda to escape and start driving in the wrong direction. Melanie also causes a car crash.

Ruth grows up there are separate stories about her at 36 and 41 years old.

The story only focuses on her as a 4 years old.

In 1903 Mattie receives a letter from her brother saying Cogburn will be in Memphis in a Wild West Show. She travels to visit him but is told by Cole Younger that Cogburn died a short while ago. Mattie has Cogburn's body interred in her family plot back home. Mattie never marries but instead takes care of her invalid mother and has a successful business.

This does not happen.

Henry joins the Army but is eventually discharged.

He never joins the army.

However, back in Shakespeare times the costuming he may have intended would have been Elizabethan style.

Lurmann’s costumes are highly modernized. The opening scene finds the Montague boys wearing Hawaiian shirts and having unnaturally colored hair, while the Capulet’s have leather jackets and metal boots.

Many of the Greek gods appear at several points to assist or hinder the Trojans and Aecheans.

The only deity that appears is the goddess Thetis, warning Achilles that if he participates in the Trojan War he is doomed to die in it.

This is not mentioned here, but in later books Vampires can cut their hair and have it grow back when they sleep.

Claudia cuts off her curls in a tantrum. Her hair instantly reverts to its previous length.

Curtis was a used car salesman before becoming The Dreamette's manager.

He sold new Cadilacs.

Jack and Miles meet Terra at a winery.

Miles and Jack meet Stephanie at a winery. She and Jack flirt. Jack makes a date with Maya, Stephanie and Miles.