CONTENT WARNINGS AND SPICE RATINGS (2026 BOXES)

CONTENT WARNINGS AND SPICE RATINGS (2026 BOXES)

We believe in providing our subscribers and customers with all the information you need to make the right reading choices for you.


This page outlines the content warnings and spice levels for every book included in one of our monthly subscription boxes (Young Adult Fantasy and Adult Fantasy), quarterly subscription boxes (Romantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, and Romance) as well as any of our limited edition books.


For more information on the spice scale we use at OwlCrate check out this page.


PLEASE NOTE: The content warnings listed for each book may contain spoilers!

JANUARY 2026

YOUNG ADULT FANTASY


This book contains:

  • Toxic relationship
  • Murder
  • Emotional Manipulation
  • Domestic Abuse
  • Bullying
  • Death
  • Violence
  • Death of parent

Please note:  The content warnings listed above don’t cover all content included in this book. 


CONTENT WARNING

This book would be rated a 1 (Extra Mild) on our OwlCrate Spice Meter.



SPICE LEVEL



ADULT FANTASY


This book contains:

  • Religious Trauma
  • Sexual Assault (mentions only)
  • Classism
  • Death
  • Emotional Abuse
  • Abuse
  • Child Abuse
  • Abduction / Kidnapping

Please note:  The content warnings listed above don’t cover all content included in this book. 

CONTENT WARNING

This book would be rated a 2 (Mild) on our OwlCrate Spice Meter.


SPICE LEVEL


ROMANTASY


This book contains:

  • Graphic violence
  • Self-harm
  • Suicide
  • Extreme gore
  • Body horror
  • Trauma/PTSD
  • War crimes and massacres
  • Dubious consent
  • Substance abuse
  • Possible magical cannibalism (similar to medicinal cannibalism and the consumption of mummies)
  • Mention of sexual assault
  • Abuse
  • Blood / Gore
  • Knife/primal/breath play
  • Consensual pain/bruising
  • Dom/sub + rough play that blurs ethical lines

Please note:  The content warnings listed above don’t cover all content included in this book. 

CONTENT WARNING

This book would be rated a 4 (Hot) on our OwlCrate Spice Meter.


SPICE LEVEL

FEBRUARY 2026

YOUNG ADULT FANTASY


This book contains:

  • Abandonment
  • Abuse
  • Blood
  • Gore
  • Body Horror
  • Body Modification
  • Bullying
  • Character Death
  • Classism
  • Death
  • Death Of A Parent
  • Emotional Manipulation
  • Emotional Abuse
  • Illness
  • Injury
  • Parental Neglect
  • Trauma
  • Violence

Please note:  The content warnings listed above don’t cover all content included in this book. 


CONTENT WARNING

This book would be rated a 1 (Extra Mild) on our OwlCrate Spice Meter.



SPICE LEVEL


ADULT FANTASY


This book contains:

  • Abandonment
  • Abuse
  • Alcohol Use
  • Blood / Gore
  • Bodily Harm
  • Body Horror
  • Body Modification
  • Bullying
  • Classism
  • Death
  • Domestic Abuse
  • Emotional Abuse
  • Emotional Manipulation
  • Exploitation
  • Gaslighting
  • Injury
  • Isolation
  • Loss
  • Murder
  • Misogyny
  • Parental Trauma
  • Predatory Relationships
  • Psychological Horror
  • Relationship Grooming
  • Self-Harm
  • Violence

Please note:  The content warnings listed above don’t cover all content included in this book. 

CONTENT WARNING

This book would be rated a 2 (Mild) on our OwlCrate Spice Meter.


SPICE LEVEL


HORROR


This book contains:

  • Body horror
  • Blood
  • Gore
  • Violence
  • Abuse
  • Death
  • Murder
  • Religious trauma

Please note: The content warnings listed above don’t cover all content included in this book. 


CONTENT WARNING

This book would be rated a 2 (Mild) on our OwlCrate Spice Meter.


SPICE LEVEL

SCI-FI


This book contains:

  • Alcohol use
  • Blood/Gore
  • Bodily Harm
  • Body Modification
  • Bullying
  • Character death
  • Classism
  • Colonization
  • Death
  • Depression
  • Grief
  • Injury
  • Isolation
  • Loss
  • Mental illness
  • Power exchange/imbalanced relationship
  • Profanity
  • Religious trauma
  • Sexual content
  • Trauma
  • Violence

Please note: The content warnings listed above don’t cover all content included in this book. 


CONTENT WARNING

This book would be rated a 4 (Hot) on our OwlCrate Spice Meter.



SPICE LEVEL


MARCH 2026

YOUNG ADULT FANTASY


This book contains:

  • Assault
  • Blood
  • Gore
  • Bodily Harm
  • Character Death
  • Consensual Harm
  • Death
  • Exploitation
  • Grief
  • Loss
  • Murder

Please note:  The content warnings listed above don’t cover all content included in this book. 


CONTENT WARNING

This book would be rated a 1 (Extra Mild) on our OwlCrate Spice Meter.



SPICE LEVEL



ADULT FANTASY


This book contains:

  • Animal death / cruelty
  • Bodily harm
  • Death of a parent
  • Death
  • Injury
  • Classism
  • Violence

Please note:  The content warnings listed above don’t cover all content included in this book. 

CONTENT WARNING

This book would be rated a 1 (Extra Mild) on our OwlCrate Spice Meter.

SPICE LEVEL


 ROMANCE


This book contains:

  • Age Gap Relationship
  • Dominant / Submissive Themes
  • Fatphobia
  • Sexism
  • Sexual Content

Please note: The content warnings listed above don’t cover all content included in this book. 


CONTENT WARNING

This book would be rated a 4 (Hot) on our OwlCrate Spice Meter.


SPICE LEVEL

LIMITED EDITION: 
AND NOW, BACK TO YOU



This book contains :

  • Single caregiver (absent parent/mother)
  • Sexism
  • Parental Neglect
  • Work place bullying (by side character to FMC)

Please note:  The content warnings listed above don’t cover all content included in this book. 


CONTENT WARNING

This book would be rated a 3 (Medium) on our OwlCrate Spice Meter.


SPICE LEVEL


APRIL 2026

YOUNG ADULT FANTASY


This book contains:

  • Abandonment
  • Character Death
  • Classism
  • Death Of A Parent
  • Exploitation
  • Grief
  • Injury
  • Loss
  • Misogyny
  • Parental Abuse
  • Parental Neglect
  • Sexism
  • Trauma
  • Violence
  • War
  • War Crimes
  • Profanity
  • Blood
  • Gore

Please note:  The content warnings listed above don’t cover all content included in this book. 


CONTENT WARNING

This book would be rated a 1 (Extra Mild) on our OwlCrate Spice Meter.



SPICE LEVEL


ADULT FANTASY


This book contains:

  • Abduction
  • Kidnapping
  • Abuse
  • Alcohol Use
  • Assault
  • Blood
  • Gore
  • Bodily Harm
  • Death
  • Death Of A Parent
  • Emotional Manipulation
  • Guns / Weapons
  • Grief
  • Injury
  • Murder
  • Sexual Assault 
  • Violence

Please note:  The content warnings listed above don’t cover all content included in this book. 

CONTENT WARNING

This book would be rated a 2 (Mild) on our OwlCrate Spice Meter.


SPICE LEVEL


ROMANTASY


This book contains:

  • Abduction / Kidnapping
  • Alcohol Use
  • Temporary animal death
  • Blood / Gore
  • Mentions of child abuse (off-page by the MMC's father)
  • Death Of A Parent
  • Mentions of domestic abuse (off-page by the MMC's father)
  • Drug Use (mentions of past substance abuse)
  • Grief
  • Guns / Weapons
  • Mental Illness
  • Profanity
  • Sexual Assault
  • Spiders
  • Substance Use
  • Substance Abuse
  • Trafficking
  • Mild torture
  • Violence
  • Two instances of off-page and/or implied suicide

Please note:  The content warnings listed above don’t cover all content included in this book. 

CONTENT WARNING

This book would be rated a 3 (Medium) on our OwlCrate Spice Meter.


SPICE LEVEL

LIMITED EDITION: THE BEWITCHING


This book contains :

  • Incest
  • Grooming
  • Sexual Violence
  • Sexual Assault
  • Animal Abuse
  • Animal Death
  • Gore
  • Violence
  • Blood
  • Murder
  • Death
  • Classism
  • Death of a parent
  • Assault

Please note:  The content warnings listed above don’t cover all content included in this book. 


CONTENT WARNING

This book would be rated a 2 (Mild) on our OwlCrate Spice Meter.


SPICE LEVEL


MAY 2026

YOUNG ADULT FANTASY


This book contains:

  • Bullying
  • Child Abuse
  • Classism
  • Death
  • Domestic Abuse
  • Emotional Abuse
  • Injury
  • Murder
  • Parental Abuse
  • Parental Neglect
  • Parental Trauma
  • Profanity
  • Trauma
  • Violence

Please note:  The content warnings listed above don’t cover all content included in this book. 


CONTENT WARNING

This book would be rated a 2 (Mild) on our OwlCrate Spice Meter.



SPICE LEVEL


ADULT FANTASY


This book contains:

  • Abduction
  • Kidnapping
  • Bodily Harm
  • Blood
  • Gore
  • Character Death
  • Death
  • Emotional Abuse
  • Emotional Manipulation
  • Guns / Weapons
  • Illness
  • Murder
  • Power Exchange
  • Imbalanced Relationship
  • Predatory Relationships
  • Suicide
  • Trauma
  • Violence
  • War And War Crimes

Please note:  The content warnings listed above don’t cover all content included in this book. 

CONTENT WARNING

This book would be rated a 2 (Mild) on our OwlCrate Spice Meter.


SPICE LEVEL

HORROR


This book contains:

  • Abandonment
  • Abduction / Kidnapping
  • Abuse
  • Addiction
  • Alcohol Use
  • Animal Death/Cruelty
  • Assault
  • Blood
  • Gore
  • Bodily Harm
  • Body Horror
  • Death (including of a parent and child)
  • Child Abuse
  • Depression
  • Domestic Abuse
  • Drug Use
  • Emotional Abuse
  • Emotional Manipulation
  • Gaslighting
  • Graphic Violence
  • Grief
  • Guns / Weapons
  • Illness
  • Injury
  • Isolation
  • Institutionalization
  • Loss
  • Medical Content
  • Mental Illness
  • Murder
  • Parental Abuse
  • Parental Neglect
  • Parental Trauma
  • Psychological Horror
  • PTSD
  • Self-Harm
  • Sexism
  • Substance Abuse
  • Substance Use
  • Suicide
  • Torture
  • Trauma
  • Violence
  • Violence In A School Setting
  • War
  • War Crimes

Please note: The content warnings listed above don’t cover all content included in this book. 


CONTENT WARNING

This book would be rated a 2 (Mild) on our OwlCrate Spice Meter.


SPICE LEVEL

LIMITED EDITION: WOLF WORM


This book contains:

  • Body horror
  • Gore
  • Blood
  • Racism
  • Torture
  • Animal death
  • Child abuse
  • Pregnancy

Please note:  The content warnings listed above don’t cover all content included in this book. 


CONTENT WARNING

This book would be rated a 1 (Extra Mild) on our OwlCrate Spice Meter.


SPICE LEVEL


LIMITED EDITION: The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches & A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping


This book contains:

  • Abandonment
  • Child abuse
  • Death
  • Death of a parent
  • Grief
  • Loss
  • Parental neglect

    Please note:  The content warnings listed above don’t cover all content included in this book. 

CONTENT WARNING

This book would be rated a 2 (Mild) on our OwlCrate Spice Meter.


SPICE LEVEL


LIMITED EDITION: The Illuminae Files


This book contains :

  • Blood
  • Gore
  • Death
  • Violence
  • Child Abuse
  • Guns
  • Weapons
  • Death Of A Parent
  • Murder
  • War
  • War Crimes
  • Grief
  • Injury

Please note:  The content warnings listed above don’t cover all content included in this book. 

CONTENT WARNING

This book would be rated a 1 (Extra Mild) on our OwlCrate Spice Meter.


SPICE LEVEL

JUNE 2026

 ROMANCE


This book contains:

  • Classism
  • Sexual Content

Please note: The content warnings listed above don’t cover all content included in this book. 


CONTENT WARNING

This book would be rated a 3 (Medium) on our OwlCrate Spice Meter.


SPICE LEVEL

LIMITED EDITION: You Did Nothing Wrong


This book contains :

  • Abuse
  • Blood
  • Gore
  • Child Abuse
  • Physical Abuse
  • Sexual Content
  • Substance Use
  • Pregnancy
  • Death Of A Parent
  • Stalking

Please note:  The content warnings listed above don’t cover all content included in this book. 


CONTENT WARNING

This book would be rated a 2 (Mild) on our OwlCrate Spice Meter.


SPICE LEVEL


LIMITED EDITION: Fire & Metal Duology


These books contain:

  • Violence
  • Blood
  • Gore
  • Death
  • Death Of A Parent
  • Murder
  • War
  • War Crimes
  • Abduction
  • Kidnapping
  • Confinement

Please note:  The content warnings listed above don’t cover all content included in the books. 


CONTENT WARNING

These books would be rated a 4 (Hot) on our OwlCrate Spice Meter.


SPICE LEVEL

JULY 2026

LIMITED EDITION: JUST FRIENDS


This book contains:

  • Mentions of war
  • Running away from bad relationships

Please note:  The content warnings listed above don’t cover all content included in this book. 


CONTENT WARNING

This book has no spice.


SPICE LEVEL

AUGUST 2026

LIMITED EDITION: Divine Descent


This book contains:

  • Dubious Consent
  • Domestic Abuse
  • Violence
  • Blood
  • Gore
  • Body Horror
  • Sexual Assault
  • Explicit Sexual Content
  • Death Of A Parent
  • Abduction
  • Kidnapping
  • Self-Harm
  • BDSM Themes

Please note:  The content warnings listed above don’t cover all content included in this book. 


CONTENT WARNING

This book would be rated a 3 (Medium) on our OwlCrate Spice Meter.


SPICE LEVEL

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