Candy Shorts series: every title rated from 1 to 5

Reading the heat dots

Each card carries one to five filled dots. The count is the heat level, fixed from the category and the tone of the premise, never from a scene. One dot means the story stays implied; five means both the tags and the premise push as far as Candy Shorts goes. The dots say nothing about the paid episodes, which we have not watched; Candy AI presents them as the continuation of the free ones.

• One dot: Suggestive
• Two dots: Warm
• Three dots: Bold
• Four dots: Very bold
• Five dots: Scorching

Filtering the grid

The filter runs in your browser, so nothing is sent anywhere and no account is needed to browse.

1. Type part of a title in the search box; the grid narrows as you type.
2. Click a heat level to keep only series at that level, click it again to clear it.
3. Combine both: a word plus a level, for instance a fantasy title at level 1.
4. Open a card to read the setup, the free episode count and the 'Why N out of 5' box.

Which levels hold most series

The catalogue is top-heavy. Levels 3, 4 and 5 hold the bulk of the 97 series, because most Candy Shorts premises are built on a forbidden pairing or a household secret, which the scale treats as bold by design. Level 2 gathers the awkward-situation stories: a host, an exchange student, a hitchhiker. Level 1 is the smallest shelf and leans on fantasy courts and royal intrigue, where the charge sits in the setting rather than the pairing.

Four places to start

If you have no idea where to begin, these four cover the scale from gentle to full strength, and each has two free episodes.

• The Witch Who Made Me King, level 1, a fantasy premise and the lightest tone on the site
• Our Exchange Student, level 2, a household guest and a slow build
• My Wife's Dance Instructor, level 3, a marriage and a lesson that goes further than planned
• Don't Tell Your Mother!, level 4, a family secret named in the title

Before you judge the levels

The scale is explained in full on how we rate Candy Shorts, including what pushes a series up or down and what the rating deliberately ignores. Read that once and the dots will make sense across every card.