The Sweetest Fiend
Our rating
Spice: high. Darkness: dark.
Pied Piper retelling. The Piper clears a plague from her city and takes 130 people as payment, her included. The first half is plague and survival, the back half gets very explicit, and it ends mid-fall.
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Is The Sweetest Fiend spicy?
Yes, The Sweetest Fiend is spicy. The scenes are frequent and explicit, and we rate it 4 out of 5. Maybe not one to read over someone's shoulder on the train.
How dark is The Sweetest Fiend?
We rate The Sweetest Fiend 3 out of 5 for darkness (dark). The big content warnings are kidnapping, graphic violence. The full list is further down the page.
Do you need to read Played by the Piper in order?
The Sweetest Fiend is book 1 of Played by the Piper, so it's the place to start. The series has 1 book on our list so far and is still ongoing.
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Content warnings
Show 2 content warnings for The Sweetest Fiend
- Kidnapping
- Graphic violence
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Details
- Series
- Played by the Piper, book 1
- Series status
- Ongoing
- Released
- September 22, 2026
- Genre
- Romantasy
