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How spicy is How to Kill a Guy in Ten Dates?
It's 3 out of 5 on the Loracle heat scale (Spicy). On-page intimacy, but the story comes first.
Does How to Kill a Guy in Ten Dates have trigger warnings?
Yes. Readers flag 6 content warnings, including murder, blood and violence. The full list is below.
Spice level
3 of 5 · Spicy
SweetClosed door
WarmFade to black
SpicyA few open-door scenes
SteamyFrequent and explicit
ScorchingVery explicit
Tropes
What's in it
Content warnings
Before you start
6 content warnings
About the book
The story
A film-obsessed woman at a speed-dating event that turns deadly uses everything she knows about rom-coms and horror movies to survive.
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