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Serpent & Dove Spice Level and Content Notes

By Shelby Mahurin. Last checked .

Spice level

3/5

Open door

“An explicit sex scene of intercourse between consenting, married adults”

Source: Common Sense Media, checked Oct 12, 2026. We place that description on the FaeShelf 0 to 5 spice scale.

Book facts

Author
Shelby Mahurin
Series
Book 1 of Serpent & Dove
Publisher
HarperCollins
First published
Sep 3, 2019 (Goodreads)
Age rating
15+ (Common Sense Media)

Content notes

We found no content note list from the author, the publisher or Common Sense Media for this book.

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Tropes and creatures

Only tags the publisher’s own description names, with its wording.

  • Witches“There, witches like Lou are hunted” (source)

Read it or skip it

Read it if

  • You want an open door romance with one or more explicit scenes (3/5 per Common Sense Media).
  • You want witches, as the publisher's description puts it.
  • You want to start a series: this is book 1 of Serpent & Dove.

Skip it if

  • You want romance without explicit sex (3/5 per Common Sense Media).

Serpent & Dove FAQ

Is Serpent & Dove spicy?

It is 3/5 (open door) on the FaeShelf 0 to 5 scale, based on Common Sense Media: "An explicit sex scene of intercourse between consenting, married adults"

Is Serpent & Dove YA or adult?

Common Sense Media rates it 15+ (checked Oct 12, 2026).

Is Serpent & Dove part of a series?

Yes. It is book 1 of Serpent & Dove by Shelby Mahurin.

When did Serpent & Dove come out?

Goodreads lists it as first published Sep 3, 2019.

Same series: Serpent & Dove

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How we checked this

This page draws on 3 source pages, each linked next to the fact it supports, last checked on Oct 12, 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.