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Love on the Brain
Spice guide · reviewed 21 September 2026
How spicy is Love on the Brain?
Sort By Cravings editorial review · scale 0–5 · Love on the Brain by Ali Hazelwood
Love on the Brain is spice level 3 out of 5 (Moderate). Ali Hazelwood’s 368-page 2022 STEM rom-com: explicit tagged, satisfying close. Standalone listing. The 400-page fake-dating hotel-scene leaf is a different night. No shared-universe ladder on this profile.
Start if 368-page STEM 3/5 is tonight’s ceiling. Not if you wanted Hypothesis’s hotel scene.
368 pages. 2022 STEM rom-com. Standalone. Not the 400-page hotel scene.
Ali Hazelwood· 368 pages· Moderate
open-door
15 seconds · then decide
368 pages. 2022 STEM rom-com. Standalone. Not the 400-page hotel scene.
Ali Hazelwood · Love on the Brain · 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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0:00–0:15
muted preview
What the search is asking
How spicy is Love on the Brain? Is it smut? Can I start tonight?
What the SBC profile actually rates
Live profile: engrossing/moderate. Hypothesis’s workplace-harassment subplot is not copied here. Plot-aware 3/5, not a one-hotel-scene clone.
- Book spice: 3/5 Moderate
- Explicit sex: yes, open-door
- Style: open-door
- Series: Standalone on the live profile
- Vs The Love Hypothesis: same lane (3/5 Moderate)
- Vs The Cruel Prince: hotter (2/5 Warm)
- Start: Love on the Brain
Comfort check · the number is on the cover
Kindle before this tab cools
Audible sample on their site
Comfort check, not a dare
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3 / 5 · Moderate
Live profile: engrossing/moderate. Hypothesis’s workplace-harassment subplot is not copied here. Plot-aware 3/5, not a one-hotel-scene clone.
Spice comfortOpen-door, story-led
Time368 pages on the profile
PayoffSatisfying
VoiceSTEM rom-com
ListenAudible · tagged sample
Laneopen-door
Is Love on the Brain smut?
This is “will I feel blindsided if I press play in the next ten minutes.”
Explicit scenes exist, but they do not dominate the story.
Open-door 3/5 on a 368-page 2022 STEM night — not a 400-page one-hotel-scene fake-dating leaf and not a 421-page palace email HEA.
If you needed permission: Start if 368-page STEM 3/5 is tonight’s ceiling. Not if you wanted Hypothesis’s hotel scene. The longer compatibility check lives on the Love on the Brain profile.
Who should read Love on the Brain — and who should skip the spice?
This is your night if…
- You want a moderate 3/5 comfort check before you commit.
- A 368-page commitment is acceptable tonight.
Yes. Buy it now →
Not this craving if…
- You wanted either fade-to-black or series-peak explicit heat.
I wanted Fourth Wing heat instead →
Where is the heat in Love on the Brain?
No chapter spoilers. Just so you stop refreshing “does anything happen.”
0–25%
The comfort check still holds
Early pages still match this guide: 368 pages. 2022 STEM rom-com. Standalone. Not the 400-page hotel scene.
25–55%
The heat lane does not change mid-book
Live profile: engrossing/moderate. Hypothesis’s workplace-harassment subplot is not copied here. Plot-aware 3/5, not a one-hotel-scene clone.
55–85%
What “the scenes” means here
3/5 Moderate. 368 pages. Satisfying. Not a one-hotel-scene clone of Hypothesis.
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 Love on the Brain part of a spicier series?
Love on the Brain is 3/5 Moderate on the live SBC profile. Later titles are only listed here after they have a verified spice number.
Is Love on the Brain 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.
Love on the Brain spice level compared on the same rubric
| Book | Spice level | What that means | |
|---|
| Love on the Brain |
3/5 Moderate |
368 pages. 2022 STEM rom-com. Standalone. Not the 400-page hotel scene. |
Get it |
| The Love Hypothesis |
3/5 Moderate |
Same 3/5 lane as Love on the Brain. |
Guide |
| The Cruel Prince |
2/5 Warm |
Milder on the same SBC rubric. |
Guide |
| House of Sky and Breath |
4/5 Spicy |
Hotter on the same SBC rubric. |
Guide |
The other comfort check
Explicit sexual content on this 368-page Hazelwood leaf. No extra tags. Hypothesis’s workplace-harassment subplot is not copied here.
The questions you type after midnight
How spicy is Love on the Brain?
Love on the Brain is spice level 3 out of 5 (Moderate). Ali Hazelwood’s 368-page 2022 STEM rom-com: explicit tagged, satisfying close. Standalone listing. The 400-page fake-dating hotel-scene leaf is a different night. No shared-universe ladder on this profile.
Is Love on the Brain smutty?
Open-door 3/5 on a 368-page 2022 STEM night — not a 400-page one-hotel-scene fake-dating leaf and not a 421-page palace email HEA.
Does Love on the Brain have explicit scenes?
Yes on this scale. Open-door 3/5 on a 368-page 2022 STEM night — not a 400-page one-hotel-scene fake-dating leaf and not a 421-page palace email HEA.
Is Love on the Brain a series?
Love on the Brain is listed standalone on the live profile (368 pages). 368 pages. 2022 STEM rom-com. Standalone. Not the 400-page hotel scene.. This page does not invent later-book heat.
Is Love on the Brain spicier than The Love Hypothesis?
Same 3/5 number as The Love Hypothesis. 368 pages. 2022 STEM rom-com. Standalone. Not the 400-page hotel scene. — tropes and CW, not the shared number, tell them apart.
How does Sort By Cravings rate Love on the Brain?
Love on the Brain sits at 3/5 Moderate on the 0–5 scale (Clean→Scorching). 368 pages. 2022 STEM rom-com. Standalone. Not the 400-page hotel scene.. Frequency, explicitness, and how central intimacy is. Unsupported ratings stay unpublished.
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