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Welcome to the Dark Side by Giana Darling

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

✨️Re-Read 2025
Star Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (same as previous)
Spice Rating: 🌶🌶🌶
HEA: 🌟🌟🌟/3
❗️Safety and Small Spoilers Below❗️


📌 Triggers: Violence/Gore (on-page) Murder (on-page) Death of a Loved one (on-page) Grief (on-page) Cancer Treatment (on-page) Chemo & Sickness (on-page) Drugs (mentioned) Absent Parents (on-page) Extremely Age Gap (on-page)

📌 No Cheating/Sharing 

📌 Slight OMD: FMC has a casual relationship with a boy. They aren't fully intimate with each other (one on-page scene of them kissing). He's not around much and FMC breaks up with him at around 45%. There aren't any hard feelings and he doesn't cause any drama.

📌 No OWD: There's one on-page scene of MMC kissing OW to make FMC jealous. Other than that, there are no other scenes. However, there is mention of him being with lots of women. 

📌 19-year age gap. MCs met when FMC was 7 and MMC was 26. The only contact they had was through letters. MMC never watched or had anyone else watch FMC once he was out of prison and only reconnected with her when she was 17.

📌 No Separation/Third-act Breakup

His Greatest Muse by Hannah Cowan

dark emotional funny mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

Star Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Spice Rating: 🌶🌶🌶
HEA: 🌟🌟🌟/3
❗️Safety and Small Spoilers Below❗️



📌 Triggers: Stalking (on-page) Violence/Gore (on-page) Attempted Murder (on-page) Strained-Relationship with Parents (on-page) 

📌 HEA: Together with plans for marriage.

📌 No Cheating/Sharing 

📌 No OWD: MMC was with one woman years ago to get over his obsession with FMC but couldn't go all the way with her.

📌 No OMD: FMC was with one man just because she wanted to loosen her virginity.

📌 No Separation/Third-act Breakup

Skate the Line by S.J. Sylvis

emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Star Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Spice Rating: 🌶🌶
HEA: 🌟🌟🌟/3
❗️Safety and Small Spoilers Below❗️



📌 Triggers: Sexual Assult (off-page; mentioned) Abuse (off-page; mentioned)
Stalking (on-page) Car Accident (on-page) PTSD/Anxiety Attacks (on-page) Death of a Parent (off-page; mentioned)

📌 FMC was sexually assaulted by her former employer. And while there is no on-page details, the book deals with the aftermath and how it's affecting her emotionally.

📌 HEA: Living together, plans for marriage 

📌 No Cheating/Sharing

📌 Slight OWD: MMC tries to hook-up with OW to get over FMC but can't go through with it. (36%)

📌 Slight OMD: Due to FMCs past, she tries to face her fear of intimacy by hooking up with a stranger at a bar. She gets scared and can't go through with it. (49%)

📌 Extreme Slowburn: They're don't admit their feelings for eachother until about 90% of the way through. 

📌 Third-Act Breakup: Around 95% and lasts a week or so.

Scoring Position by C.L. Rose

adventurous funny informative inspiring lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Star Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Spice Rating:🌶🌶🌶🌶
HEA:🌟🌟🌟/3
❗️Safety and Small Spoilers Below❗️



📌 Triggers: Extortion (off-page; mentioned) Non-consensual Recording During Sex (off-page; Mentioned) Trauma Surrounding Intimacy (on-page) Loss of a Loved-one (off-page; Mentioned)

📌 No Cheating/Sharing 

📌 No OMD: FMC separated from ex one year prior and was divorced at the beginning of the story. 

📌 No OWD

📌 No Separation/Third-act Breakup 

Starcrossed Colorado by Hannah Shield

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted mysterious relaxing slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

✨️ARC Read
Star Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Spice Rating: 🌶🌶.5
HEA:🌟🌟🌟/3
❗️Safety and Small Spoilers Below❗️



📌 Notes: This was the cutest little singe-parent romance with a murder mystery twist. I think it's the perfect palate cleanser for when you're in a small town mood.


📌 Triggers: Violence (on-page) Loss of a Loved-One/Parent (off-page; Flashback) Infidelity (off-page; Not between MCs) Child Abuse (off-page; Mentioned)

📌 No Cheating/Sharing 

📌 No OWD: MMC has a child with his best friend after a ONS. They both realize that they don't romantically love each other. However they both agree to get married so that their child can have a stable relationship. Their marriage is platonic, they even sleep in separate beds.


📌 No OMD: FMC had a fling with her music director and later finds out he was married. This was a year prior to meeting MMC and the director never make a comeback. However, the cheating scandal does cause some drama.

📌 No Third-act Breakup

📌 2 Day separation due to storyline drama 

Tempt the Flame by Ria Wilde

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Star Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5
Spice Rating: 🌶🌶🌶
HEA: 🌟🌟🌟/3 
❗️Safety and Small Spoilers Below❗️


📌 Triggers: Murder/Violence (on-page) Child Abuse (Mentioned/Flashback) Abduction (on-page) Child Birth (on-page)

📌 No Cheating/Sharing 

📌 HEA: Married w/ a baby 

📌 No OWD: MMC is described as a playboy but he hasn't been with anyone since meeting FMC.

📌 No OMD

📌 No Separation/Third-act Breakup

Heart of Thorns by S. Massery

emotional funny mysterious sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Star Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5
Spice Rating: 🌶🌶
HEA: 🌟🌟🌟/3
❗️ Safety and Small Spoilers Below❗️



📌 Triggers: Living to parental expectations (on-page) PTSD (on-page) Career-Ending Injury (on-page) Arson (on-page) 

📌 No Cheating/Sharing

📌 No OMD: FMC broke up with her boyfriend a couple of months before MMC due to him cheating 

📌 Slight OWD: MMCs parents push girls onto him in hopes he'll marry one. He's not interested in them and doesn't go on any dates with them after meeting FMC.

📌 Sorta Third-act Breakup: MCs were scared that their fake relationship was becoming too real, so they decided to distance themselves. This only lasts a week before they confess their true feelings.

Make Your Play by Cali Melle

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

✨️ARC Read
Star Rating:⭐️⭐️⭐️.5
Spice Rating: 🌶🌶
HEA:🌟🌟🌟/3
❗️Safety Below❗️
Will post more detailed safety on release day!


📌 Triggers: High-Risk Pregnancy (on-page) Pre-Eclampsia (On-page) POTS (on-page) 

📌 No Cheating/Sharing

📌 No OWD/OMD

📌 No Third-act Breakup

Honor by Danielle Baker

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Star Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5
Spice Rating: 🌶🌶🌶
HEA: 🌟🌟🌟/3
❗️Safety and Small Spoilers Below❗️



📌 Triggers: Body Insecurities (on-page) Death of a Loved One (off-page; Mentioned) Grief (on-page) Anxiety Attack (on-page) Death of a Parent (off-page; Mentioned)

📌 No Cheating/Sharing 

📌 HEA: Married 

📌 No OWD

📌 No OMD: FMC lost her husband six months before the story started. She still grieves him. But don't worry, she isn't constantly re-living their marriage or comparing him to MMC. 

📌 Sorta Third-act Breakup: MCs get into an argument right before MMC has to leave for a month due to work.

📌 Physical separation due to MMCs job.

Protect by Paisley Hope

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

🎊First Read of the Year
Star Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5
Spice Rating:🌶🌶🌶
HEA: 🌟🌟🌟/3
❗️Safety and Small Spoilers Below❗️


📌 Triggers: Grief (on-page) Death of a loved one (off-page; Flashback) Anxiety/Panic Attacks (on-page) Body insecurities (on-page; Flashback) 

📌 HEA: Married

📌 No Cheating/Sharing 

📌 No OWD

📌 Slight OMD: FMCs ex-husband tries but fails to cause some drama between MCs

📌 Second Chance Romance: MCs were together when they were teens. But broke up due to some drama. They have a 10-year separation. Both are with other people during this time.

📌 No Third-act Breakup 

📌 Physical Separation: 2 weeks due to MMCs job.