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Not recommended

Book Club Review

Tusk Love

by Thea Guanzon

fantasy romance Read: Feb 2025
A merchant's daughter who yearns for adventure gets more than she bargained for when she falls for a broodingly handsome stranger in this saucy romantasy from the New York Times bestselling author of The Hurricane Wars.

Review

This book really wasn’t my style. I can’t say I enjoyed it much but it also wasn’t the worst thing I have ever read. I felt it was slow and predictable at the beginning and middle, then fast but still predicable at the end.

The mysterious box that was the centre of a lot of the worry in the book didn’t really have the imact it should have given the time spent on it, but perhaps that was the point. It was meant to be something trivial to prove how bad her parents were. I feel like that message was already sent though so it really should have been something more.

Discussion Questions

  1. What did you make of the mysterious box — did the reveal pay off?

  2. Would you read the next book in the series if there is one?

Highlights

Fav character

Rodregg - the lewd musician

Least fav character

Oskar - Grumpy man randomly falling in love straight away for no visible reason???

Fav quote

The fine tenor of his voice range exquisitely over the open road. "She is a gentle warrior, she handles my sword like a dream." "I'm going to kill you!" Oskar roared.

Least fav quote

I honestly don't remember - but it was some dirty talk from Oskar which was so out of place compared to the rest of the text.

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