The honest spice rating guide for romance & romantasy
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before you turn the first page.
AI-powered spice ratings, tropes, trigger warnings, and ending types — for romance and romantasy books.
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The Rating System
One scale. No ambiguity.
Steam, Closed Door
All the romance, none of the explicit scenes.
Mildly Spicy
1–2 brief open door scenes, or a single longer one.
Moderately Spicy
2–3 longer open door scenes
Spicy
3+ scenes. Still here for the story, but the spice is real.
Very Spicy
A real story with substantial, detailed spice.
Extremely Spicy
Frequent, graphic, and unapologetic. Plot exists.
Smut
Plot? What plot? You know why you're here.