Dark Paranormal (Vampire / Demon / Monster)
Wretched Thorns: A Paranormal Reverse Harem Shifter Dark Romance (The Thornwood Trilogy)
Book 2 in the The Thornwood Trilogy series · Reading order →
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Why we recommend it
A paranormal reverse-harem shifter romance where wretched thorns hide a devotion shared between several dangerous men. Feral, possessive, and unapologetically why-choose.
At a glance
Wretched Thorns is book 2 in Anne Halle’s The Thornwood Trilogy series; to read in order, start with Wild Thorns. It rates 4/5 for spice and 3/5 for darkness, mid-range for dark paranormal romance: of the 852 dark paranormal romance books we rate, 19% score lower for darkness and 45% lower for spice. Tropes: primal play, forced proximity and possessive-obsessive MC. It is about as dark as Anne Halle’s other books on Readark (average darkness 3.3/5). It runs to 246 pages. We have not tagged its content warnings yet, so check the author’s notes before you start.
Book details
- Pages
- 246
- Published
- June 2026
Wretched Thorns spice level
Wretched Thorns is rated 4/5 for spice on Readark’s scale: explicit and frequent, meaning multiple detailed scenes, with heat central to the story. Its darkness rating is 3/5: genuinely dark, meaning violence, coercion or captivity drive the plot, not just the mood. How we rate
Wretched Thorns content warnings
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