Book Spice Level Reference 🌶 - hosted by honyombooks

🌶 Level: 1
Warm and Cozy Romance. Physical relationships between characters may include detailed descriptions of kisses or make out sessions, but does not progress beyond that on the page.

Examples: Dumplin’ by Julie Murphy, Beauty and the Clockwork Beast by Nancy Campbell Allen, and Mr. Malcolm’s List by Suzanne Allain all fit here. Y.A. books with romantic storylines often are on this level, as well as some romance or rom coms, and cozy mystery series. 
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Without Merit by Colleen Hoover

Without Merit

Colleen Hoover

384 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance young adult emotional sad medium-paced
Gwen and Art Are Not in Love by Lex Croucher

Gwen and Art Are Not in Love

Lex Croucher

410 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction historical lgbtqia+ romance young adult adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced
Miss Butterworth and the Mad Baron by Julia Quinn

Miss Butterworth and the Mad Baron

Julia Quinn

144 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction graphic novel historical romance lighthearted medium-paced
Destroy Me by Tahereh Mafi

Destroy Me

Shatter Me #1.5

Tahereh Mafi

111 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

fiction dystopian romance young adult adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson

Mistborn

Mistborn #1

Brandon Sanderson

657 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

fiction fantasy adventurous mysterious medium-paced
Lore by Alexandra Bracken

Lore

Alexandra Bracken

532 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous tense medium-paced
A Word so Fitly Spoken by T.A. Lawrence

A Word so Fitly Spoken

The Severed Realms #1

T.A. Lawrence

594 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction fantasy romance adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
To Kill a Kingdom by Alexandra Christo

To Kill a Kingdom

Hundred Kingdoms #1

Alexandra Christo

352 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous dark medium-paced
A River of Royal Blood by Amanda Joy

A River of Royal Blood

A River of Royal Blood #1

Amanda Joy

368 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Frost by C.N. Crawford

Frost

Frost and Nectar #1

C.N. Crawford

326 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction fantasy adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced