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The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy

by Megan Bannen · 384 pages · Published August 2022
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3.94 / 5 across 28K ratings
Spice: 🌶️🌶️ (2/5)

A sweet, charming Adult fantasy romance built around enemies to lovers, pen pals, found family. 384 pages with a gentle romantic thread and a satisfying conclusion.

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Content notes

Death Themes Violence
Enemies to Lovers
Pen Pals
Found Family
Book profile

Mood, trope, and intensity breakdown

How this book actually feels — based on mood analysis, not publisher blurbs.

Mood profile
Romance
40%
Fantasy
75%
Pacing
3/5
Darkness
1/5
Spice
2/5
Core elements
Genre
Fantasy Romance
Cozy Fantasy
Moods
Sweet
Charming
Witty
Key Tropes
Enemies to Lovers
Pen Pals
Found Family
Ending
Satisfying
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Is The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy spicy?

Low heat (2/5) — some tension and mild scenes.

Who would enjoy The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy?

Readers who love sweet and charming stories with enemies to lovers and pen pals. Best suited for Adult readers and up.

What kind of read is The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy?

A sweet, charming Adult fantasy romance built around enemies to lovers, pen pals, found family. 384 pages with a gentle romantic thread and a satisfying conclusion.

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Content notes include: death themes, violence. Sort By Cravings always flags these so you can make informed choices.

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Every Sort By Cravings guide is written after a full read-through — not scraped from publisher blurbs or Amazon summaries. We map tropes directly from the text, cross-reference BookTok and Goodreads reader reactions across 500+ community posts, and calibrate heat ratings against reader consensus before publishing. Mood tags, spice numbers, and “skip if” notes reflect actual reading experience. Read our editorial standards.

📚 Last reviewed: March 2026 Guide verified against current edition
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