The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue 📖

The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue

Lee, Mackenzi
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historical fiction historical romance with adventure past tense first POV ~451 pp high worldbuilding

Vibe

tense romantic oppressive

A historical fiction. Expect rich worldbuilding, dense, literary prose, epic scope. Plot-driven and deeply introspective. Ends on an unresolved note. Contains notable violence, romance, sexual content.

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Style Fingerprint

Prose density 78
sparsedense
Pacing 65
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 35
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 85
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 70
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 82
externalintrospective
Ending 20
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 90
intimateepic

Content

Violence 75%
noneextreme
Sexual content 65%
noneexplicit
Humor 45%
seriouscomedic
Romance 90%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count112,863
Page count~451 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVfirst