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Spice guide · reviewed 21 September 2026
How spicy is Bride?
Sort By Cravings editorial review · scale 0–5 · Bride by Ali Hazelwood
Bride is spice level 4 out of 5 (Spicy). Standalone fantasy romance: marriage of convenience, werewolves, 400 pages. Open-door heat — hotter than The Love Hypothesis on the same rubric, not a dark-romance 5/5.
Explicit on-page heat is part of this standalone. Start if 4/5 fantasy is the craving.
Hazelwood 4/5: werewolves, marriage of convenience. Not her 3/5 STEM.
Ali Hazelwood· 400 pages· Moderate
explicit on-pageMarriage Of ConvenienceWerewolvesFantasy Romance
15 seconds · then decide
Hazelwood 4/5: werewolves, marriage of convenience. Not her 3/5 STEM.
Ali Hazelwood · Bride · Sort By Cravings spice guide
No invented opening line. The green control sends you to Audible for the real sample — this page stays muted.
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What the search is asking
How spicy is Bride? Is it smut? Can I start tonight?
What the SBC profile actually rates
Hazelwood fantasy 4/5: werewolves + marriage of convenience, 400 pages, HEA. Same author as the STEM 3/5; hotter register, still no dark-romance tag.
- Book spice: 4/5 Spicy
- Explicit sex: yes — frequent and graphic
- Style: explicit on-page
- Series: Standalone on the live profile
- Vs Love on the Brain: hotter (3/5 Moderate)
- Vs It Ends with Us: hotter (3/5 Moderate)
- Genre: Fantasy Romance
- Start: Bride
Comfort check · the number is on the cover
Kindle before this tab cools
Audible sample on their site
Comfort check, not a dare
Hazelwood fantasy 4/5: werewolves + marriage of convenience, 400 pages, HEA. Same author as the STEM 3/5; hotter register, still no dark-romance tag.
Spice comfortExplicit lane — check warnings
Time400 pages on the profile
PayoffHEA guaranteed
VoiceRomantic
ListenAudible · tagged sample
LaneFantasy Romance · explicit on-page
Is Bride smut?
This is “will I feel blindsided if I press play in the next ten minutes.”
Heat is a significant part of the story.
Bride is in the explicit fantasy lane. Spice 4/5 Spicy means on-page werewolf / marriage-of-convenience heat — not The Love Hypothesis’s one-big-scene 3/5.
If you needed permission: Explicit on-page heat is part of this standalone. Start if 4/5 fantasy is the craving. The longer compatibility check lives on the Bride profile.
Who should read Bride — and who should skip the spice?
This is your night if…
- You want a spicy 4/5 comfort check before you commit.
- Fantasy Romance is the lane you are already reaching for.
- Marriage Of Convenience is a hook you actually want.
- A 400-page commitment is acceptable tonight.
Yes. Buy it now →
Not this craving if…
- You are avoiding explicit on-page heat.
I wanted Haunting Adeline heat instead →
Where is the heat in Bride?
No chapter spoilers. Just so you stop refreshing “does anything happen.”
0–25%
The comfort check still holds
Early pages still match this guide: Hazelwood 4/5: werewolves, marriage of convenience. Not her 3/5 STEM.
25–55%
The heat lane does not change mid-book
Hazelwood fantasy 4/5: werewolves + marriage of convenience, 400 pages, HEA. Same author as the STEM 3/5; hotter register, still no dark-romance tag.
55–85%
What “the scenes” means here
4/5 Spicy standalone. More open-door than The Love Hypothesis’s 3/5.
85–100%
Then the door (Amazon or Audible)
Finish if the number still fits. The buy path is on this page; the longer fit notes live on the book profile.
Is Bride part of a spicier series?
Bride is 4/5 Spicy on the live SBC profile. Later titles are only listed here after they have a verified spice number.
Is Bride spicier than other titles on this hub?
Numbers below are live Sort By Cravings ratings, same 0–5 rubric. This is a comfort ladder, not a ranking.
Bride spice level compared on the same rubric
| Book | Spice level | What that means | |
|---|
| Bride |
4/5 Spicy |
Hazelwood 4/5: werewolves, marriage of convenience. Not her 3/5 STEM. |
Get it |
| Love on the Brain |
3/5 Moderate |
Milder on the same SBC rubric. |
Guide |
| It Ends with Us |
3/5 Moderate |
Milder on the same SBC rubric. |
Guide |
| Credence |
5/5 Scorching |
Hotter on the same SBC rubric. |
Guide |
The other comfort check
Open-door 4/5 fantasy romance: graphic on-page sex in a werewolf marriage-of-convenience. Not a dark-romance CW list. Skip if you wanted Hazelwood’s closed-leaning STEM 3/5.
The questions you type after midnight
How spicy is Bride?
Bride is spice level 4 out of 5 (Spicy). Standalone fantasy romance: marriage of convenience, werewolves, 400 pages. Open-door heat — hotter than The Love Hypothesis on the same rubric, not a dark-romance 5/5.
Is Bride smutty?
Bride is in the explicit fantasy lane. Spice 4/5 Spicy means on-page werewolf / marriage-of-convenience heat — not The Love Hypothesis’s one-big-scene 3/5.
Does Bride have explicit scenes?
Yes on this scale. Bride is in the explicit fantasy lane. Spice 4/5 Spicy means on-page werewolf / marriage-of-convenience heat — not The Love Hypothesis’s one-big-scene 3/5.
Is Bride a series?
Bride is listed standalone on the live profile (400 pages). Hazelwood 4/5: werewolves, marriage of convenience. Not her 3/5 STEM.. This page does not invent later-book heat.
Is Bride spicier than Love on the Brain?
Yes. Bride is 4/5 Spicy (Hazelwood 4/5: werewolves, marriage of convenience. Not her 3/5 STEM.). Love on the Brain is 3/5 Moderate.
How does Sort By Cravings rate Bride?
Bride sits at 4/5 Spicy on the 0–5 scale (Clean→Scorching). Hazelwood 4/5: werewolves, marriage of convenience. Not her 3/5 STEM.. Frequency, explicitness, and how central intimacy is. Unsupported ratings stay unpublished.
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