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Crowntide Spice Level and Content Notes

By Alex Aster. Last checked .

Spice level

4/5

Several explicit scenes

“Several erotic passages describe sex in detail without mentioning specific body parts”

Source: Common Sense Media, checked Oct 19, 2026. We place that description on the FaeShelf 0 to 5 spice scale.

Read it or skip it

Read it if

  • You want several explicit scenes that are a notable part of the book (FaeShelf spice 4/5, from Common Sense Media's note).
  • You have read Lightlark up to book 3.

Skip it if

  • You want romance without explicit sex (FaeShelf spice 4/5, from Common Sense Media's note).
  • You want to avoid violence on the page (listed by Common Sense Media, which rates Violence & Scariness: "a lot").
  • You have not read Lightlark yet: start there.

Content notes

  • Violence: Large-scale battles and fights with weapons and magic. Common Sense Media rates Violence & Scariness “a lot”. “Fantasy violence includes large-scale battles and individual fights using weapons like swords, knives, and arrows as well as magical powers.” (Common Sense Media)
  • Strong language: Strong swearing. Common Sense Media rates Language “a lot”. “Occasional swearing such as "f--k," "f--ked," "f--king," "bastard," and "bitch."” (Common Sense Media)

A book missing from this list is not guaranteed to be free of that content.

Same series: Lightlark

Read Skyshade first.

How we checked this

This page draws on 3 source pages, each linked next to the fact it supports, last checked on Oct 19, 2026. Spice comes only from a named review or the author’s or publisher’s own content notes, quoted as published and placed on our 0 to 5 scale; reader shelves and fan sites are not used. Ratings change daily, so the Goodreads figure is a dated snapshot. Read more about our sources, or browse all books.