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!!!!

[snowbird]

finally someone who appreciates non spice in romance

[kamryng]

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 :)

[jaymeestahl]

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

[courtneykramer]

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

[sitka]

a list for people wanting to reference it (bc i’m rewatching the video to make one for myself lol):
- better than the movies by lynn painter
- the do over by lynn painter
- the summer of broken rules by k.l. walther
- love and gelato by jenna evans welch
- anna and the french kiss by stephanie perkins
- 99 days by katie cotugno
- the summer i turned pretty by jenny han
- to all the boys i’ve loved before by jenny han
- the selection by kiera cass
- daisy jones and the six by taylor jenkeins reid
- the romantics by leah konen
- redeeming love by francine rivers
- the cheat sheet by sarah adams
- it only happens in the movies by holly bourne
- meet me at midnight by jessica pennington

[kassiespookyandinteresting]

As 14 year old i appreciate this video because i can probably read most of it <3

[reeserenton]

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!! 💞

[miadoesmanythings]

I’m not a big fan of spice in books, so I really appreciate this video. I would rather fangirl over 2 characters holding hands than a spicy scene. Cute romances make me super happy bc I feel like spice sometimes ruins a ship. I want the ship to he cute and then mature later into spice (which is probably why I love it when both characters have a strong foundational friendship/companionship other than the romance)

[avabritton-heitz]

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.

[meettherodgers]

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

[soiammagenta]

Another LIST OF BOOKS with no spice/closed-door romances (from the comments section or books I know):
+Flipped by Matt Berman
+If I Never Met You by Mhairi McFarlane
+Places We've Never Been by Kasie West
+[ *not exaclty romance* ] Keeper of the Lost Cities by Shannon Messenger
+100 Days of Sunlight by Abbie Emmons
+The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon (2 or 3 make-out scenes)
+This Time It's Real by Ann Liang (Binged this book in nearly 3 days. Literally amazing. There was like only 1 kiss scene)
+Six Crimson Cranes by Elizabeth Lim (There is like one peck scene, and one kiss I think)

[kaitlynnicolereads]

i love the summer of broken rules and love and gelato! i’m currently reading love and luck and it is so different but still enjoying it!

[adriennefuller]

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

[EmLJM]

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

[leah]

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!

[kristinadidenko]

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!

[courtney.n]

Thanks for making this video!! Such a good reference when picking new books, especially in this category. I love when you mention spice level of books in some of your other videos too! It's so so so helpful as I'm cautious what I fill my mind with! :)

[leaht]

Finally someone else who likes romance books WITHOUT spice I came here for some good recs lol

[meganrost]

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!