On the Night of the Seventh Moon 📖

On the Night of the Seventh Moon

Holt, Victoria
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historical fiction gothic romance past tense first POV ~447 pp high worldbuilding

Vibe

gothic romantic melancholic

A historical fiction. 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 40
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 30
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 85
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 60
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 80
externalintrospective
Ending 20
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 90
intimateepic

Content

Violence 60%
noneextreme
Sexual content 70%
noneexplicit
Humor 30%
seriouscomedic
Romance 95%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count111,708
Page count~447 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVfirst