Reposted by A Green
impressed by the number of romance authors, reviewers, and readers interviewed in this article!
my own view is that this is a fun thing to chat about, but there will never be a useful scale because what people find hot is so personal. you're just gonna have to use words to describe it
thecut.com
‘Someone’s Five Is Someone Else’s One’
Decoding spicy romance’s popular — and divisive — chile-pepper scale.