How spicy is Things We Left Behind?
by Lucy Score
Sources for these ratings
- goodeyreads.com: Notes an enemies-to-lovers dynamic with banter and hidden passion, and lists content warnings for domestic abuse, gun violence, murder, and attempted murder. Covers tropes and content warnings.
- moodreads.app: Describes the sexual content as explicit and on the page, with no fade-to-black, and lists flagged warnings including domestic violence, kidnapping, and gun violence. Covers spice level and content warnings.
- theliterarylifestyle.com: Lists enemies-to-lovers, small-town and childhood-love tropes; flags alcohol misuse, domestic violence and sexual content as warnings, recommended for readers 21 and up. Covers tropes and content warnings.
- thenerddaily.com: Lists content warnings for wrongful imprisonment, abuse, violence, cancer, a parent's death and arson, plus grumpy/sunshine and forced proximity tropes. Covers tropes and content warnings.
- theramblingbooknerd.com: Notes content warnings for violence, death, childhood domestic abuse, alcoholism, and unlawful imprisonment, and says the book is built on an enemies-to-lovers pairing. Covers tropes and content warnings.
- triggerwarningdatabase.com: Notes on-page domestic violence, alcoholism, and a parent dying of cancer. Covers content warnings.
Tropes
Content warnings (5)
- Domestic violence (graphic, estimate)
- Alcoholism (moderate)
- Gun violence (moderate)
- Child abuse (minor)
- Death of parent (minor)
Facts
- Point of view:
- Not enough data
- Ending:
- Not enough data
- Standalone or series:
- Part of the Knockemout series
- Series completed:
- Not enough data
- Darkness:
- Not enough data
- Pairing:
- Not enough data
Spice: about 4/5 (High, estimate)
Kindle Unlimited: Not checked yet
Content warnings: Domestic violence (estimate), Alcoholism, Gun violence (see all 5)
Based on 6 sources. How we rate
In this series: Knockemout
- Things We Left Behind · spice about 4/5
- Things We Hide from the Light · spice 4/5
- Things We Never Got Over · spice about 3–4/5
Like this but spicier
- Sabotage: Also enemies to lovers; spice 5/5 vs about 4/5 here
- God of Wrath: Also enemies to lovers; spice about 5/5 vs about 4/5 here
- Their Vicious Darling: Also enemies to lovers; spice 5/5 vs about 4/5 here
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Ratings last checked Oct 16, 2026. The Kindle Unlimited line carries its own source or check date, when there is one.
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