my favorite romance books!! *no spice*

[@haleyphamvlogs]

It turns out “shipped” DOES have spice scenes so goodreads lied to me 😐 thx for letting me know though reader pops have fun reading!!!!

[@Karnam0]

mmmmhmmmm.... spice scenes be spicing

[@joysedits4632]

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-

[@sharanyayadav5425]

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

[@chuubry]

@@sharanyayadav5425 OMG?? THANKS FOR TELLING THIS TO ME

[@noracomanda4973]

Accidentally Engaged also has some spice in it. I started reading it and had to skip some parts.

[@snowbird7254]

finally someone who appreciates non spice in romance

[@WHOISEVATBH]

ikr

[@starsfornafisa]

FRR

[@crystaltatal500]

Ikr

[@parkjimin-yy8xd]

Yessss!!! Im searching for thiss!!

[@JustAnotherPotato365]

What does no spice mean

[@jaymeestahl]

why can’t YA have the characters going through something hard other than someone’s death? it’s in every one!!!

[@zohraibrahimi2726]

You should read 'love is a revolution' its a really good one

[@jordanlamb8158]

Nicola Yoon writes a lot of good, genuine struggles that aren't death.

[@fa_cts]

Y'all need to get on this channel the book recs are Soo good youtube.com/@fa_cts

[@sw61911]

Hell yes or a sibling with cancer. It just feels like a cold subplot to create sympathy.

[@StellaTheStar96]

Literally like when their parents died when they were 13 like we don’t care and you’re so “original”😍 Coughs @ twisted series

[@kamryng509]

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 :)

[@annalouise1930]

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]

im also christian and could you recommend some good novels?

[@kamryng509]

@@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)

[@cbcimutebi5564]

@@annalouise1930 I read a lot of Karen Kingsbury. She writes a lot of Christian adult romance😄

[@martakavaliauskaite4566]

​​@@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

[@kassiespookyandinteresting2327]

As 14 year old i appreciate this video because i can probably read most of it

[@kimari3138]

Same!

[@kassandra0]

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 🙃

[@reeserenton6295]

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!! 💞

[@audreyroberts5149]

omg i love those books so much there soooo good

[@anaroberta4203]

I love these books!!! honestly one of my favorites series ever

[@xxyayfoodxx]

Omg yes I second this!! That’s the series that made me fall back in love with reading again!! 💕

[@joysedits4632]

I read the renegades books front when same author and they might be my ALL TIME favorite series I loved them soo much

[@raymondslafka1671]

Omg those are literally elite🤩

[@avabritton-heitz8093]

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.

[@meettherodgers1374]

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

[@kamryng509]

Same haha. Christian here, it gets tiring skipping over scenes.

[@princess_chrlie]

I’m not raised in the church but it still makes me uncomfortable so I get you

[@13spjm_]

it just feels so weird to read them T_T

[@mimosap632]

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😤

[@Itzurfavperson]

YES

[@leah0027]

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!

[@snowbird7254]

agreed

[@courtneykramer664]

I wish it was easier to figure out if a book has spice in it before you buy it. This video was really helpful, thanks Haley! God bless

[@applejewel7730]

I tend to look online for the spice levels or reviews. Honestly, they should have a spice warning.

[@wronglayerbutok]

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!

[@Mucasae]

Anne with an E 😚

[@EmLJ2M]

I love Francine Rivers’ writing style too! Her characters have so many layers and dialogue and relationships are so relatably depicted!

[@adriennefuller1543]

This is the reason I love Haley, she comes up with the best book recommendations 🤩

[@kristinadidenko9379]

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!

[@jamyamoline5510]

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

[@hannadavis6867]

You should read Jenny Han's other book series "Burn for Burn". YA, really good. Plus mind blowing plot twist.

[@madalynjohnson493]

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

[@-outofmydepth-3631]

I've been wanting to read that! Sounds so good!

[@freya9026]

omg yes it’s so good

[@lylah.2091]

I LOVE THAT SERIES (if you couldn’t already tell by my profile…)

[@louisem2375]

yessss it's literally amazing

[@siennadickens8350]

Hey! I've been working on a project about which kinds of books are the most popular! If you could help me with my studies and fill in my form, that would be much appreciated! Thank you :) forms.gle/3u1FPqZCUZGMEJoz6

[@gnomelover333]

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 ;)

[@Vartika-hy6mw]

THE CHEAT SHEET ❤❤❤ It was soo heartwarming 😊

[@Abby_Nichole]

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

[@meganrost7341]

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!

[@melissadesa4612]

A super fun romance/fantasy book is “Daughter of the Pirate King” by Tricia Levenseller. It’s one of my all time favorites!!

[@kaitlynnicolereads]

this book is so good i read it so fast!

[@marrithiemstra4959]

YESS OMG

[@everythingevelyn3159]

i just got that book yesterday im so excited to read it

[@leonie-jq7lu]

i literally just finished it and omg i loved it

[@kaijahminor8041]

Am i the only one who thought that this series was mid 😭

[@Sprangyt]

Even tho i am not into books that much, seeing haley speak abt them just makes me wanna read em

[@simona5658]

I’ve read Better Than the Movies because of you and it’s one of my fav books ever rn 🥺 it’s literally everything I love packed into a book 💛

[@Artbyrim]

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 !!

[@aishao6838]

I absolutely LOVE THIS BOOK!!! Second everything said above haha

[@girlwiththemagicpen]

Yes, that book is really entertaining. I really enjoyed it. Read it twice. 😊

[@saranyachawla2938]

thanks for the rec! i ended up reading it cuz of your comment and really enjoyed it :)

[@sophiyapotrick]

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!!!!

[@genia2021]

I LOVEEEE The Summer of Broken Rules it was perfect to start off my summer with!

[@evehubbard1217]

That book is sooo good! I read it in one sitting!

[@itsnoterica]

I’m 75% of the way through it rn & I only started like 3hrs ago 😭 it’s so good!!

[@genia2021]

@@itsnoterica Fr it was one of my fastest reads

[@rodsitamara]

one of the best romance books ive read

[@say_bae]

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.

[@annablevins232]

The Masterpiece is one of my FAVORITE books! it’s so so good. An amazingly written story for sure!

[@ceressialovesJesus]

yess girl this book is a masterpiece in itself

[@julia-ur4gv]

thank u so much for making this video, i dont like reading spice but i love romance books.

[@miiabackstrom8971]

those are 5 star books for me!! so so good!!

[@rodsitamara]

both are rlly rlly good

[@flynn7314]

i also heard that the summer of broken rules is based off of the folklore love triangle! (i could be wrong though)

[@khuzhiii]

As I love clean romance novels without any spice I was finding some good books to read and this is the best❤

[@ceciliafield1983]

That purple looks so nice on you!!

[@emmak0]

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!!

[@itzmaggie9685]

Love and Gelato is also one of my favs!! it is so so cute and i would recommend it to everyone and anyone :)

[@Emyshanelle]

I just ordered better than the movies and love and gelato I’m so hyped to read these two! Thank you for the recommendation Haley!

[@ericabakke7522]

Here are some of my fav YA books!! 1.American Royals 2. All This Time 3. Clique Bait 4. Field Notes On Love 5. Delirium

[@vv_2777]

THE SUMMER I TURNED PRETTY TRILOGY! I LOVE LOVE LOVED.

[@jayadrew7410]

Thank you SO MUCH for making this video!!! The amount of hours I’ve spent this week trying to find another book to read has been insane. ❤️

[@craftyreads]

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

[@raynajessen8460]

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

[@jcicrafters5724]

I completely agree 😭 so powerful, it brought me closer to Jesus ❤

[@MilasBooked]

you should do another one of these for this year

[@josiebarber]

thank you haleyyy i have been trying to look for some closed door romances!! this is so helpful!!

[@yourmentalhealth6338]

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!!!

[@penguinpaddle743]

Also no spice but really good romance is A pho love story by Loan Le. Super cute!

[@lucindaellis2925]

I also love reading about characters doing mundane things, morning routines, grocery shopping, cooking a meal. I love Twilight too

[@moriahhart2117]

Meet Me In The Margins was SO cute and fun. It was also totally clean which I loved, no implied stuff or whatever just a fun, sweet book with a creative storyline and likable characters, highly recommend!!

[@laurenphillips1964]

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.

[@snowbird7254]

i remember those omg i still have them on my shelves. i would buy the next book as soon as it came out haha

[@kassandra0]

Going with the books made for younger audiences, I LOVE the Ever Afters by Shelby Bach and will never stop recommending them.

[@yaraqadi]

GIRLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!! "float" by kate marchant was right next to you!! PLEASE, IT'S CLEAN AND ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS EVER!! i was waiting for you to mention it!!

[@Fiona-ym4lo]

My favourite book is „The Grace Year“, it is soo good and totally underrated💗

[@kayleneyeh5980]

i’m reading 99 days rn and i TOTALLY GET WHAT U MEAN by liking morning routines and just things that characters do in their rooms like getting out of a slump and being in a messy room and then freshening up and what-not. i just love reading these types of realistic things in book-form

[@theresanehnevaj2036]

If anyone’s looking for a good closed door fantasy romance, A Curse so Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer is good option!! Happy reading everyone

[@deryalovesbooks]

congratulations, haley on 1 year of reading!!! :) what an accomplishment!

[@Lea-tw5kc]

I know you don’t want to read too much romance right now but two books I think you really might like are Tell me three things ( YA no spice) and The flat share ( I am not sure but I think it was a little spice but nothing „crazy“. Especially the flat share I thought was SO sweet and really surprised me! I hate when romance has instant attraction and doesn’t have real connection but that one didn’t disappoint.

[@alisonmolina6794]

❤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.

[@cheezekit]

i really enjoy watching your book related videos! im glad you made this, its so hard to find books without spice. it always annoys me. i wanna read a ROMANCE book!

[@magdalenabagaric4155]

I have read the selection when I was younger and I am SO glad you talked about it. 😍 I always go back to it

[@baileyreece1823]

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.

[@baileyreece1823]

And its no spice

[@thora-leejacobs5040]

Thank you for this rec, defs buying it 💃

[@chelseafox8685]

If you are looking for closed door romances I highly recommend Jenny Proctors books!! She writes such good chemistry between her characters and her banter is always so good! 🤩

[@LunariaOasis]

Finally, books which I DON’T have to throw across the room and smash my head into a pillow to.

[@bethany619]

I am so thankful you made this video x

[@savannahstewart2501]

for a cute fake dating friends to lovers book, i recommend The Upside of Falling. there's one closed door thing that's like a paragraph and a fade to black around the end of the book, but its basically clean and like reading a netflix rom-com. personally 3 stars but i thought it was really cute!

[@emilyzubanov8729]

Can you do a video with no spice fantasy?

[@aditipaithankar14]

Thank you for this video!! I will definitely try reading the cheat sheet ❤

[@sadiehave7174]

In the "Summer of Broken Rules" it is implied that they do some stuff but it is never like an actual scene or part when it's described if that makes sense. Also the summer of broken rules is my all time favorite book ever pls read it if you haven't!!

[@seal2697]

Bro I’m literally so excited for this because I’ve been waiting for clean recs for so long. Like I always search the book up and try to find if there’s spice but there’s like never any information about it 😫. Thank you so much for doing this

[@shezmeister2771]

if you want romance books with no spice i highly recommend heartstopper (pls read content warnings because volume 3&4 are quite heavy). Atp I'm prepared to start a hearstopper cult. it's my fav show and book series rn.

[@deboraardito7012]

omgg thank u so much for ur recommendations i was waiting for this one love uu

[@xoxellerose]

Just found your videos recently and have become quite the bookworm..also a believer so I’m not super into “spice” lol the masterpiece is 5/5 for me it’s amazing!

[@nadishawittwer3002]

so if you wanna read a great love story with no spice i also recommend "five days in skye" and "under scottish stars", those are literally my favorite books ever they are so good trust me

[@Zonaishpirwani]

love you Haley your my comfort KZbinr Can we all just appreciate the amount of effect Haley puts into these videos

[@victoriagrace5855]

I haven’t researched this, only read 3 of her romances, but Taylor Jenkins Reid seems to be a closed door romance author! I love her writing style and would highly recommend her romance stuff!

[@songloverz5074]

Would you please tell me which ones you’ve read? It’s really hard to find books with no spice!😅

[@squidwardtentacles7144]

​@@songloverz5074Well I've read her books (I'm currently going through her backlist) and the ones I've read are "One True Loves" (loved it). That one had no spice, but some of her other romance fiction books do. But don't worry the spice in there is like 1-2/5. Nothing extreme at all.

[@Tulixpixp]

MY FAV BOOKTUBER ILYSM POOKIE

[@kaylacollado2931]

Yes!!! Thank you! Can you do a “best fantasy and thriller books without spice” video too???

[@ella69]

the way that your whole youtube feed is just books makes my heart happy

[@aisaparsania3932]

Could you please make a video for teenagers also with no spice but fantasy and romance?love your videos ❣️

[@arianaspencer3382]

I'm about to start Love & Gelato! I'd highly recommend Morgan Matson and Kasie West books for clean YA contemporary. There are many summery ones! And Amy Harmon is one of my absolute favorite authors & writes some incredible, layered, profound new adult stories that are clean and sort of Christian-influenced. The Law of Moses is mostly realistic fiction with a cool element, it's beautiful/heart wrenching. Making Faces is an all-time fave. It quotes Shakespeare & Scripture, involves a wounded warrior, heroic & self-acceptance themes, a romance & a wonderful character with muscular dystrophy. Amy Harmon's stories will make you think & feel so much!

[@greeneggsandsambooks]

Meet me in the margins was pretty cute and enjoyable, I listened to the audio 😊 it didn't even contain implications of anything sexual!

[@ileykaye2689]

Inheritance games has no spice too!

[@allmyp3achesareruined]

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

[@everythingevelyn3159]

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

[@saraalbani7559]

I would recommend also: The Unhoneymooners- Christina Lauren The Undomestic Goddess- Sophie Kinsella Breakfast at Darcy’s- Ali McNamara

[@leahs.9305]

OMG!! I loved Redeeming Love!! 5 stars for me!!

[@rashmiramteke3739]

If you could see the sun is really good it has no spice and it was amazing , the free audiobook is available in KZbin too

[@lilacaquarius4052]

Since im young this is the best because i loveeee romance but NO SPICE like thank you Haley ur my. Fave

[@CloverCanRead]

As a raging asexual Im so glad you made this video because I’m just looking for a wholesome romance 💕

[@lilibethramirez2756]

spice makes everything better, but like i want a book with no smut but for them to have just makeout sessions not like full on describing what they are doing to eachother

[@mothfrye]

I love cute, fluffy romance books and not really spicy scenes. Thankyou for this!

[@Skincareandmakeupofficial]

As a younger book reader, I really appreciate this. I recently just finished the Hunger Games series and I have Harry Potter and Piercy Jackson left to read, but I really want to read some other books to get into different series but it’s just so hard to find good books with no spice.

[@coocoonuts6913]

If you like those books then maybe you will like the Keeper of the Lost Cities book series. Also if you like Percy Jackson, there is a second series connected to that called Heroes of Olympus. By the way I love all three of those series!

[@leonorpimentel7417]

Haleeeey I just came back from a reading slump and I'm eating up your content, I could ear you talk about books all day I swear. I'm new to your channel but I love you already 🥴

[@sierraslater281]

I LOVE the selection series!!

[@miajasmine5606]

This vid is perfect for me u were the first booktuber I’ve ever watched lol Lysm ❤ I am on the younger side but I love reading and I’m a mature reader and I normally read fantasy but I’ve been in the mood for some romance but it’s so hard to find age appropriate romance books so tysm for this

[@ellyzagomez2045]

I just read this book, it’s soo good! atleast for me. And it’s called “The Wrath and The Dawn”. And I believe it has a sequel so I’m about to read that one. It’s fantasy fiction, you should read it!😍

[@emmapierskalla7622]

I read the cheat sheet and it was so adorable, definately on my top books list!

[@nyahmay2512]

I’ve decided it’s time to get back into romance and now my list is full, thanks for the recommendations can’t wait

[@KaylaTalksBooks]

I usually read spice, but when I’m not in the mood for it Sara Dessen books really hit the spot. She rights great male main characters.

[@kaylan5832]

Also recommending Words in Deep Blue by Cath Crowley. Super cute closed door romance set in a bookshop!

[@haleyfarris544]

the summer of broken rules is my comfort book. so so good!

[@jennajewel986]

Thank you for discovering these so I don’t have to spend all the time to track it all down! 💗

[@ReggiesVersion]

I literaly just finished Better Then The Movies. I LOVED It

[@WHOISEVATBH]

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

[@Stephanie-hl7lo]

When i first started reading again, Better than the movies made me cry!!!