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Thorn
by Tracy Lorraine
REVIEW POST - Book 38 of 2025
Thorn by Tracy Lorraine
I've read my fair share of bully romances, and Thorn didn’t quite hit the mark. The setup had potential— brooding bad boy, and the enemies-to-lovers trope—but it all fell a bit flat.
The reason behind the male lead’s hostility toward the heroine is hinted at early but dragged out unnecessarily. And when we finally get the reveal? It doesn’t pack the punch it needs to justify everything that came before.
The female lead wasn’t particularly compelling either, and together, their chemistry lacked spark. In better examples of the genre, there’s usually a turning point where the bully starts to fall hard—softening, obsessing, craving. But here, it felt like the story was just going through the motions, trying to tick all the trope boxes without really giving us anything fresh or emotionally satisfying.
Also, their ages (17 and 18) didn’t match how they behaved—they came off much younger playing at drama, which made the stakes feel even lower.
Overall, Thorn reads like a watered-down version of better books in the genre. It’s not awful, but it didn’t leave much of a lasting impression either.
Thorn by Tracy Lorraine
I've read my fair share of bully romances, and Thorn didn’t quite hit the mark. The setup had potential— brooding bad boy, and the enemies-to-lovers trope—but it all fell a bit flat.
The reason behind the male lead’s hostility toward the heroine is hinted at early but dragged out unnecessarily. And when we finally get the reveal? It doesn’t pack the punch it needs to justify everything that came before.
The female lead wasn’t particularly compelling either, and together, their chemistry lacked spark. In better examples of the genre, there’s usually a turning point where the bully starts to fall hard—softening, obsessing, craving. But here, it felt like the story was just going through the motions, trying to tick all the trope boxes without really giving us anything fresh or emotionally satisfying.
Also, their ages (17 and 18) didn’t match how they behaved—they came off much younger playing at drama, which made the stakes feel even lower.
Overall, Thorn reads like a watered-down version of better books in the genre. It’s not awful, but it didn’t leave much of a lasting impression either.