J.T. Geissinger Blackthorn Review!

Blackthorn

By: J.T. Geissinger

Release Date: November 4, 2025

Publisher: Bramble

Author Website: https://www.jtgeissinger.com/

5 Stars

Great macabre mood setting set the tone for J.T. Geissinger's gothic romance Blackthorn for a read with lingering darkness and undying love!

Maven Blackthorn returned to a place she had fled seemingly a lifetime ago to attend her grandmother's funeral and to ultimately confront her past. Yet fate had more in store for Maven, showing her to be fierce and tenacious as she challenged fears both real and perceived like the champion she was. 

Ronan Croft, heir to the town's influential and elite Croft family, exuded power and went after what he wanted. This character had just enough ambiguity and at times outright dark behavior to give him antihero status but the one thread that carried through this character was his love for Maven.

The tension between Maven and Ronan was menacing and constant, always waiting to flare up. It felt like this couple had lifetimes of unfinished business to address and their love-hate relationship was a powerful force in this work. The banter between Ronan and Maven was master class. Whether it was viciously ruthless flirting or ominously serious intent the exchanges between this couple were mesmerizing and took this work to a whole other level.

The boundaries between what was real and not real in this story were perfectly blended, building a sense of urgency and uncertainty that permeated this whole work for some edgy energy. This story was meticulously crafted to pull readers in and make them question everything they read. No one or anything was safe from this writer's devious imagination and taboo was always a lingering undertone in her plotting.

J.T. Geissinger loves not just a good plot twist but plot twists. Readers should never let their guard down and become compliant with this writer because what they thought they knew will come back to knock them off their feet with 180 revelations. Blackthorn will lure readers in and have them craving more of the sinister machinations of J.T.Geissinger's haunting world!

*I was given an advanced copy. All opinions expressed are my own.*