Of Fire and Stars 📖

Of Fire and Stars

Coulthurst, Audrey
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fantasy romantic fantasy past tense third limited POV ~410 pp high worldbuilding

Vibe

tense oppressive romantic

A fantasy. Expect rich worldbuilding, dense, literary prose, epic scope. Deeply introspective. Ends on an unresolved note. Contains notable violence, romance, sexual content.

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Style Fingerprint

Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 60
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 30
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 85
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 65
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 70
externalintrospective
Ending 10
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 90
intimateepic

Content

Violence 90%
noneextreme
Sexual content 60%
noneexplicit
Humor 20%
seriouscomedic
Romance 90%
nonecentral
Speculative hardness soft/vibes → hard sci-fi / rigorous magic

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count102,454
Page count~410 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited