How spicy is The Ritual?

Sources for these ratings

• britsbookhaven.com: Lists content warnings for graphic sexual content, manipulation, stalking, coercion, violence, and dubcon or noncon elements, and labels it mature dark romance. Covers spice level, tropes, content warnings and darkness.
• asthebookends.com: Describes the book as dark romance with sexual content, but gives no detail on specific scenes or the darker themes. Covers spice level, tropes and darkness.
• booklovinmamas.net: Lists dark college romance and suspense as genres, describes a stalking plotline, and notes explicit sexual content between the leads; no content warnings are given. Covers spice level, tropes and content warnings.
• booktriggerwarnings.com: Identifies the book as a dark romance in the new adult category, first released in late 2021, with nothing further on its tropes or dark themes. Covers tropes and darkness.
• triggerwarningdatabase.com: Lists dubious consent scenarios, including somnophilia and non-consensual role-play, plus stalking and nonconsensual surveillance as content warnings. Covers tropes and content warnings.
• sobrief.com: Lists tropes including a secret society setting, an arranged marriage, a stalker hero, dark academia, and CNC kink, with high angst. Covers tropes.

Tropes

• Dark romance
• Stalker romance

Facts

Point of view:

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Ending:

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Standalone or series:

Book 1 of the L.O.R.D.S series

Series completed:

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Darkness:

Dark romance (3 of 3)

Pairing:

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In this series: The L.O.R.D.S

• Book 1: The Ritual · spice about 4–5/5
• Book 4: Sabotage · spice 5/5

Like this but less dark

• Lights Out: Also stalker romance; darkness 2 of 3 vs 3 of 3 here

Where to get it

• Bookshop.org

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