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Wanted

Sara Shepard
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young adult mystery thriller past tense third limited POV ~231 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

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tense paranoid melancholic

A dark young adult. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose, epic scope. Plot-driven. Ends on an unresolved note. Contains notable violence, romance.

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Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 60
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 20
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 85
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 65
externalintrospective
Ending 10
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 90
intimateepic

Content

Violence 80%
noneextreme
Sexual content 30%
noneexplicit
Humor 40%
seriouscomedic
Romance 60%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count57,833
Page count~231 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited

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