After
by Anna Todd
A good girl, a tattooed college bad boy and the toxic love story that started on Wattpad.
- Spice
- 3/5
- Burn
- Medium
- Pages
- ~580
- Ending
- Cliffy
How spicy is After?
After is a 3 out of 5 on our spice scale: steamy (open door). On-page sex scenes, a handful of them, with some detail. Spice supports the plot. Spice starts around the middle.
- Steam: Open door
- Burn: Medium burn
- When: Spice starts around the middle
- Pairing: One man, one woman
- POV: Heroine's POV only
- Ending: Cliffhanger
Tropes & tags
Content warnings
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Show 3 content warnings
- Manipulation / gaslighting
- Domestic / partner abuse
- Addiction / substance abuse
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Spice 4 out of 5, SpicyAfter: quick answers
How spicy is After?
After is a 3 out of 5 on our spice scale: steamy (open door). On-page sex scenes, a handful of them, with some detail. Spice supports the plot. Spice starts around the middle.
Is After a standalone?
No. After is book 1 of 5 in After. It is the place to start. The series is complete.
What tropes are in After?
After features college / university, enemies to lovers, bad boy. It is a medium burn M/F romance that ends with a cliffhanger.
Does After have content warnings?
Our notes for After include: manipulation / gaslighting, domestic / partner abuse, addiction / substance abuse. This list may not be complete; check the author's own content notes if anything is a hard limit for you.
What should I read after After?
If you loved After, try Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuire, The Soulmate Equation by Christina Lauren, The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood. They share its college / university and enemies to lovers energy at a similar spice level.