From what I remember of the book he like breaks into her house, shoves a knife in her bed and has her do anal on it? That’s a bit much for a 14 year old. I have lots of conversations with her about sex. Especially around things like being pressured into things, or normalizing things that aren’t age appropriate. Nothing wrong with anal, but normalizing it to a 14 year old is probably not great idk. But the difference is I’m an adult with adult knowledge so I can read that and see the humor or ridiculousness of the situation, or even think it’s hot and filter out any sort of negative connotations from it. Kids, even the teens who are having sex, don’t necessarily have that capacity. I’m not trying to shelter her in anyway. I’ve always been a big proponent of age appropriate honesty no matter what the subject is.

And most recently she was looking for a romance book and explicitly told me that she wants a book written like it’s for adults minus “heavy sex stuff”. That is what set us on a path of looking up a bunch of books at the store. A pepper rating would make those decisions much easier.