Haley, I have a question for you. I read People we meet on vacation. Emily Henry. I had to shut it half way bc it got too spicy for me. If you don’t like spice how did you overcome that book. I feel like that book went way into detail about things I didn’t need it to go into detail about -if you know what I mean-
Omg! Haley. I don't know if you know this but because of you I read the folk of the air trilogy and I am obsessed with it. And I just found out at like 15 minutes ago we are getting a spinoff of the trilogy "The Stolen Heir" which is going to be a duology about Oak who is 17 years old now and Suren who was the child queen of the court of the teeth. I was happy that I literally screamed and you were the first person I thought should. It's coming out on January 3 2023 p.s Love your book videos, you are one of my favourite book tubers
A book series that isn’t focused on romance but has my OTP is The Ever Afters by Shelby Bach, I love those books so much. They’re middle school books but I personally LOVE them and I’m almost 17 🙃
Thank you!! I’m a Christian and have to constantly skip over spicy scenes. I love romance stories and I’m okay with skipping, but it would be nice to read some where I don’t have to skip :)
That’s literally my problem right now! I’m trying to move away from the spice and I’m skipping scenes 😂 I’m glad I’m not the only one!! I’m also trying to dive into actual Christian romances
@@anarodriguez5285 the cheat sheet, baggage claim, folk of air trilogy, our secret song, in 27 days :) (they’re all pretty popular so it shouldn’t be hard to find the authors)
@@anarodriguez5285ood christian / clean romance authors who post their audiobooks on youtube canals are courtney pearson / sally britton / feel good fiction / jennifer joy audiobooks / bree livingston / danna k.weawer / victorine e.lieske / ellie hall sweet &swooney / hannah jo abbott / meg easton / j.dawn king / rose fresquezz / mindy burbridge struck / bridget e.baker / m.a.nichols / misty b.beller / jean oram./ alexa werde / malory ford / lucy mcconell / say with joy / robin patchen / p.o.dixon / taylor hart / cami checketts / julliete duncan / terri lorah / laura hile / lorana hoopes / shanae johanson / jennifer youngblood / liven y .ho / martha keyes / andrea boyd / jan hooper / sara blackard / jewell allen/ happy listening and best wishes
a list for people wanting to reference it (bc i’m rewatching the video to make one for myself lol): - better than the movies by lynn painter - the do over by lynn painter - the summer of broken rules by k.l. walther - love and gelato by jenna evans welch - anna and the french kiss by stephanie perkins - 99 days by katie cotugno - the summer i turned pretty by jenny han - to all the boys i’ve loved before by jenny han - the selection by kiera cass - daisy jones and the six by taylor jenkeins reid - the romantics by leah konen - redeeming love by francine rivers - the cheat sheet by sarah adams - it only happens in the movies by holly bourne - meet me at midnight by jessica pennington
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My favorite book series of all time is “The Lunar Chronicles” by Marisa Meyer and I think you would LOVE this series. It’s a sci-fi/romance and the writing is just so clever and is a 5 star read in my opinion. I love these book videos!! 💞
I’m not a big fan of spice in books, so I really appreciate this video. I would rather fangirl over 2 characters holding hands than a spicy scene. Cute romances make me super happy bc I feel like spice sometimes ruins a ship. I want the ship to he cute and then mature later into spice (which is probably why I love it when both characters have a strong foundational friendship/companionship other than the romance)
@@Aura_160 thank you! Also is it just me, or whenever I read something spicy, I feel super weird after and I hate it. Like straight smut makes me feel weird, but tension feels a lot better (like when the character says “make me” or there’s a longing for each other). When spice is present, I don’t just want to read what they did, but rather what they felt (and it better make me fangirl)
Another LIST OF BOOKS with no spice/closed-door romances (from the comments section or books I know): +Flipped by Matt Berman +If I Never Met You by Mhairi McFarlane +Places We've Never Been by Kasie West +[ *not exaclty romance* ] Keeper of the Lost Cities by Shannon Messenger +100 Days of Sunlight by Abbie Emmons +The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon (2 or 3 make-out scenes) +This Time It's Real by Ann Liang (Binged this book in nearly 3 days. Literally amazing. There was like only 1 kiss scene) +Six Crimson Cranes by Elizabeth Lim (There is like one peck scene, and one kiss I think)
Keeper of the lost series is great but I wouldn’t call it a romance because it’s not focused around that but ofc that’s a great bonus. :)) also it’s more of a middle grade book rather than a YA book I believe but it’s still such an amazing book! 😊
Finally 🙌🏻 I never read romances because the spice makes me feel uncomfortable. Raised in the church so yeah lol. So I’m so happy to see this video with all these book recs. They’ve all been added to my goodreads. Thank you
I'm so excited for this. I love reading romance books, but I'm still young so it's tricky finding stuff that I feel okay with reading. Thank you so much for making this.
I'm excited to read some of these! I took a long reading hiatus after high school and I'm just getting back into it again, but I love a good cozy romance! I grew up getting all of my romance reads from my Christian school library, so reading again I was a little shocked to find how many books have a lot of spice! I guess I assumed only the books with the muscular bare-chested men on the cover were filled with that. 😂 There are so many cute stories out there that I would prefer without the spice!
Here’s the thing! I love a little spice (the kind where the male character is obsessed with the girl) I love these specific quotes that I can obsess over between the characters but I DON’T want to read really detailed stuff of the intimate scenes😤
I finished Places We’ve Never Been by Kasie West maybe a week ago and it was a road-trip romance with no spice at all! None of Kasie West’s books have any of those things or even cursing, so I would recommend all of her books.
I just finished reading "If I never met you" by Mhairy McFarlane and it is also a closed door romance with a fake dating trope. It's really fun ! Would recommend !!
I’m fine with spice and no spice with my romance books. Half the time I don’t even realize that the romance book I’m reading isn’t spicy but when it is it’s a nice surprise. The summer I turned pretty trilogy and To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before trilogy are two of my favs
I read (listened to) Redeeming Love after hearing about it on your channel and it was a beast of a book (17 hours listening time), but it's one of the books I think about and appreciated the most. I agree that a non-Christian could appreciate it too, but I feel like understanding the Biblical background from the book of Hosea made it so much more meaningful and gave me an appreciation for the patience some parts of the story took. I watched the movie too and didn't like it nearly as much. There was more spice than expected, but nothing explicit. They actually had an interview with Francine Rivers after the audiobook and she said she used to write explicit romance novels and when she became a Christian she bought back all the copyrights and took them out of print. Redeeming Love was her first closed-door romance novel as a Christian writer.
Am I crazy for remembering scenes in the book? Like with the brother in law when he takes her into town? I remember reading that scene in full context- as well as her and the main character’s first time 🤷🏻♀️
@@ellendebelon They are in there but things were basically just implied, not described as in a lot of books. I guess that's why I considered this more "closed door". I think with riding into town with Paul it said something like "Paul was quick and then pushed her aside." There were definitely a lot of scenes where you know things have happened without getting a play-by-play. I'm pretty sure even the "steamiest" of scenes were pretty tame. I guess I thought she did a good job of handling the balance of limiting spice while writing a whole book basically themed around sex.
I just finished Better Than The Movies, I love it so much, it was funny and by the end I was a sobbing mess because of how perfect it was :"))))) Haley's recs never disappoint. 5 stars!!!!
haley, i have been WAITING for this one! i am so thankful you made this video! thank you so so much, and please keep recommending no spice romances when you find new ones!
I need a list for non-spicy tv-shows and movies too! It’s very hard to find something when you’re not in the mood for high school as a theme either. Everything is so explicit in all directions these days. I want a story!
Kasie West is a great author if you love cheesy romances without spice! I also really loved the romances in the Lunar Chronicles as well as the Renegades trilogy (both by Marissa Meyer!)
Another closed book series is Emma st Clair’s romance series. it’s about these five best friends and in each book one friend finds a lover. It’s really cute and it has a lot of verity.
I read Summer of Broken Rules because of you and I absolutely loved it! Definitely gave it 5 stars! I also put off reading Love & Gelato because of the cover and I just read it this week and really loved it! It was such a fun setting and I loved the dynamic between the Lina and Ren so much
ok. this is more of a juvenile fantasy series but i’m 17 and i am OBSESSED with it. it’s called Keepers of the Lost Cities. seriously don’t judge the book by it’s cover. i literally can never put the books down. it’s SO GOOD
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This is honestly the perfect video! There are so many books right now that are recommended but there is no way to find out if they have that and sometimes you just want something without it. This video was amazing!
Thank you so much for making this video!!! I feel like it's getting harder and harder to find romance books with no spice in it so this is making my life so much easier!!!
I'm 13, and the Cheat Sheet, and the Two All the Boys series is such a good start to romance! The Summer I Turned Pretty series was a little slow for me, so I don't recommend it as much, but still a great choice :) I'm currently reading the Summer of Broken Rules, and it's not as good as the Cheat Sheet, and the Two All the Boys, but I'll see!!
haley!! i highly recommend reading ‘sick kids in love’! i think it has an implied scene but its definitely closed door and super clean. from the first page, all of the interactions are super sweet and funny and i think you’ll really like the love interest. cover and writing style is adorable too ;)
REDEEMING LOVE OH MY WORD I SOBBED The movie was incredibly mid and didn’t live up to my expectations at all and I had to skip through a bunch of scenes, but the book sent me through the entire line of emotions
highly, highly reccommend 'ill give you the sun' by jandy nelson. its about a pair of twins that are artists, switches POV, they both have their own love stories and the writing is phenominal. since theyre artistic, they see the world through such a unique lens and it honestly changed how i view the world. i think there may be a bit of spice but im pretty sure its fade-to-black or at least very mild edit: there is also some mystery in it!!!! its just *chefs kiss*
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Francine rivers' writing is fantastic. I've read redeeming love so many times and always take something new away from it. The masterpiece was really good and I also highly recommend Bridge to Haven. It's a wonderful book. Not as heavy on the romance but definitely worth reading
Love this list! If you love romance without spice I would highly recommend Edenbrooke by Julianne Donaldson. She writes ‘proper romance’ books and they’re perfection! I also think anything by Julie Klassen doesn’t have spicy scenes!
At first the only reason I wanted to read the summer I turned pretty was because the T-Swift song inspired me, but now I fell more drawn to reading it in general lol
As someone who is 13 with strict parents. I'm only allowed ya no spice like my parents proof read any book I want I can't have anything that rated above ya so THANK YOU
Better than the movies is my favorite book EVER! I am in my Liz Buxbaum phase, I got bangs, changed my aesthetic, all my clothes are flowery now, every weekend I watch a rom com! I AM NOT KIDDING, Send Help!!!
a fantasy series that i remember really enjoying is "The Land of Stories" by Chris Colfer. I do think it is a children's fiction (it is a chapter book, all of the books have around 400 pages) but I think anyone could read it. It obviously doesn't have any spice since it is a children's fiction Also, please continue to make videos like these! I prefer my books with no spice and I never really see anyone make these kind of videos.
hi THANKYOU i am 12 and read at a high level i love romance but most isnt apropriate for my age!! EDIT: ive read love and gelado and summer i turned pretty and i am in LOVE
Katie Cotugno is one of my favourite authors! Her book “How to Love” is my favourite 😍 The title sounds cheesy but it’s SOOO GOOD!! 99 days also has a sequel which is amazing!! It’s called “9 Days and 9 Nights”
3:05 Ok so I’ve seen people talking about better then the movies and I swear I’ve read a book called this and it’s about her older brother being schizophrenic and she didn’t know and it was really good when I read it but I’m guessing this isn’t the book your talking about? It was called better than the movies though. I can’t find it anywhere. I think I leant my copy to a friend. I got it at Ollies I think (Ollies is like an everything store…their mascot is an old man with a receding hairline and a kinda mullet look)
Yes no spice romance because I love romance but I am 12 so I am not allowed to read spice but I accidentally bought icebreaker without knowing it has spice lol
Thanks for making this video!! Such a good reference when picking new books, especially in this category. I love when you mention spice level of books in some of your other videos too! It's so so so helpful as I'm cautious what I fill my mind with! :)
I read a book called love and olives which is kind of in a series with love and gelato and another book called love and luck. I highly recommend love and olives, but I haven’t read either of the other two. As a 14 year old it is really hard to find romance books that are appropriate for my age, so thank you, Haley, for making this video!!:)
My favorite 5-star romance books are “The Last Song” (Nicholas Sparks), “Where the Crawdads Sing” (Delia Owens), “The Wish” (Nicholas Sparks), “Reminders of Him” (Colleen Hoover), “The Cabin” (Jasinda Wilder), and “The Keeper of Happy Endings” (Barbara Davis)
There is this super cute book I found it's called "Beyond the Break" by Heather Buchta it's a great summer read and the main character is christian and she's just trying to live her life but then comes this boy. And that's all you need to know it's super cute.
No trying to be mean but better then the movies opening line is the reason why I won’t read it and it isn’t really good from a Christian pov no hate to anyone who reads it ❤
thank youu haley! i’m actually organizing my bookshelf right now and having the time of my life ahahh so excited for this video! and i recently read ugly love and yeah.. safe to say i prefer romance with no spice because that was a bit much for me
watch out for colleen hoovers books if you dont like spice. ive read multiple of her books and all of them so far have had a noticeable about if spice. i love her books so much but obv they arent for everyone
Faux Real by E L Lewis is also a great closed door romance. It's young adult, enemies to lovers, fake dating and both of the main characters are really strong . Highly recommend. All of my favourite tropes are in it . A Five star read for me
Thank you SO MUCH for this video! You seem so sweet and your voice is so pretty! Thanks for taking the time to share some no spice reads!!! I cant stand smut so i love to get clean recommendations! Also, THE CHEAT SHEET ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️(So good)
❤The summoning by Kelley Armstrong. (Darkest Powers Series)I love this book there is just something special about the romance that grows in the crazy situation they are in. I have read this book so many times and it never gets old. ❤ hope she turns this into an adult series in the future.
