Tusk Love

How much did you know about Tusk Love before you started reading it? Did it live up to your expectations?

Tusk Love was originally created during a moment of improv in the on-stream campaign of Critical Role, and the cast mentioned a few scenes they thought their characters would’ve read in the book. Did you recognize some of those scenes during the story? Did you enjoy how they were incorporated into the overall narrative?

How did you feel about the development of the relationship between Oskar and Guinevere?

Who was your favorite secondary character and why? Were there any characters you wished had played a bigger role?

Guinevere’s relationship with her parents is—to put it mildly—strained, whereas Oskar is mourning the recent passing of his beloved mother. How did their differing family dynamics impact their characters and, in turn, their relationships with each other?

Teinidh turns out to be Guinevere’s inner voice, as personified in a fire spirit. Why do you think the voice of Teinidh came into being in the first place for Guinevere?

There are several romance tropes present in Tusk Love, including a recurring gag of there being “only one bed” at several of the inns the couple visits. What is your favorite romance trope?

Guinevere and Oskar travel the Amber Road over the course of the story. Did you enjoy the “road trip” framing device? Do you feel their relationship would’ve developed in the same way if the story was set in a different place?

What was your favorite scene, and why?

If this book were a part of a series, would you read the next book?