Blog Blitz & Review – Dance of Thorns by Jagger Cole

Book six of the Darkest Dance series is here and I couldn’t be more excited!

Thank you Valentine PR for the gifted ebook copy and for having me on the blog blitz

DANCE OF THORNS – Jagger Cole (Releasing December 4th, 2025)

DANCE OF THORNS, and the rest of the series, is available for download and on Kindle Unlimited

Book Description:

I’m forced to marry my dead best friend’s fiancé. Most people call me a freak. Damaged goods. Addict. The outcast daughter of the Marchetti crime family. A black sheep with a dark soul. But then one night, I fall into a darker one.

Bane Antonov, the cold, villainously beautiful crown prince of the Antonov Bratva. A man covered in scars and ink. A man who was supposed to marry my now dead and buried best friend. The night we crash together, we talk each other off the literal edge. I should’ve jumped. Because somehow, Bane knows my every dark secret. Every scar. Every inky black desire.

He’s a villain and a monster. The thing is, I might be, too. There are things I don’t remember. Like why he hates me. Why I crave his venomous touch and poisonous lips anyway. Now, he has me locked in his cage with his ring on my finger. We’re in a war, ‘til death do us part. But we’ll see who falls first. And it’s a Long Way Down.

Dance of Thorns is a standalone dark mafia, forced marriage, enemies-to-lovers romance with a smart, untamable black cat heroine, and an ultra possessive morally gray hero with “look at her and I’ll unalive you” energy. Readers are advised to read the TW inside. No cliffhanger; HEA included.

My Thoughts: 5/5 stars – Another installment in the Darkest Dance series and I cannot get enough of these books. DANCE OF THORNS was a two sitting read, and only because I had to get some sleep (it wasn’t much, though). Dove and Bane finally get their stories told and, oh my god. Dove has got to be my favorite in this series. Hands down. She’s been THROUGH IT and I loved the mental illness rep in this and I think it was handled very well. I do recommend that readers check out the trigger warnings prior to starting.

If you want dark romance and mafia romance, this is the series for you. I sound like a broken record with each review and that’s because it’s so true. Jagger Cole has quickly become one of my favorite authors and my go-to for dark romance. As usual, things get spicy! There is always suspense and real emotion to go along with it. There were so many twists in this book. I was completely unprepared for the majority of this book. The number of times I thought to myself, “what the f…how??” is ridiculously high and I loved every moment of it. I never want this series to end.

About the Author:

A reader first and foremost, Jagger Cole cut his romance writing teeth penning various fan-fiction stories years ago. After deciding to hang up his writing boots, Jagger worked in advertising pretending to be Don Draper. It worked enough to convince a woman way out of his league to marry him, though, which is a total win.

Now, Dad to two little princesses and King to a Queen, Jagger is thrilled to be back at the keyboard.

When not writing or reading romance books, he can be found woodworking, enjoying good whiskey, and grilling outside–rain or shine.

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