A Literary Escape

Tusk Love by Thea Guanzon

Published on July 7, 2025July 3, 2025 by Celeste11 Comments

Today’s review is about TUSK LOVE by Thea Guanzon. Though part of Critical Role, it reads as a standalone. It’s also not necessary to be familiar with Critical Role to jump right into this fun romantasy.

Author: Thea Guanzon
Series: None
Age Category: Adult
Publisher: Random House Worlds
Publish Date: July 1, 2025
Print Length: 288

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Everybody Wants to Rule the World Except Me by Django Wexler

Published on July 3, 2025June 28, 2025 by Celeste8 Comments

Today’s review is about EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD EXCEPT ME by Django Wexler. It’s the conclusion to the Dark Lord Davi duology. This review contains spoilers from HOW TO BECOME THE DARK LORD AND DIE TRYING.

Author: Django Wexler
Series: Dark Lord Davi, #2
Age Category: Adult
Publisher: Orbit
Publish Date: May 27, 2025
Print Length: 384

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WWW Wednesday: July 2, 2025

Published on July 2, 2025July 3, 2025 by Celeste7 Comments

I think I’m more or less finished with my lowkey blog hiatus? I find myself not being turned off by the idea of sitting down and writing posts. So I guess the hiatus did its job and allowed me some time to reset. That’s good news! It could also be that I’m taking a couple weeks off from dance and so feel like I have more free time. But, let’s not start thinking too deeply on that! I’ve got a new WWW Wednesday this week instead!

WWW Wednesday was revived and hosted by Sam at Taking on a World of Words. The idea is to answer the three questions below and leave a link to your post in the comments for others to look at. No blog? No problem! Just leave a comment with your responses.

What are you currently reading?

What have you just finished reading?

What are you going to read next?

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July 2025 TBR

Published on July 1, 2025June 30, 2025 by Celeste10 Comments

I feel like I did a pretty good job with my June TBR considering my attention span recently. I read two ARCs and started a third. Next I might take a small breather from ARCs with a mood read before jumping back into the fray. I’m not sure what yet, though, so my July 2025 TBR consists mostly of ARCs at the moment.

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June 2025 Book Blog Wrap-Up

Published on June 30, 2025June 30, 2025 by Celeste7 Comments

June was a much-needed month of a low-key blog hiatus. I still lurked on the blogosphere, but I didn’t post as frequently, the results of which are evident in my monthly statistics. Despite that I have plenty to share to fill up a June 2025 Book Blog Wrap-Up. So hop aboard and check out what I was up to (or you missed) earlier this month in my June 2025 Book Blog Wrap-Up.

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