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The Wicked King

Holly Black
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fantasy urban fantasy / high fantasy past tense first POV ~350 pp high worldbuilding
features extracted 2026-04-12

Vibe

tense oppressive volatile

A fantasy. Expect rich worldbuilding, dense, literary prose, epic scope. Plot-driven and deeply introspective. Contains notable violence, romance, sexual content.

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Prose density 85
sparsedense
Pacing 60
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 30
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 95
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 70
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 80
externalintrospective
Ending 40
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 90
intimateepic

Content

Violence 85%
noneextreme
Sexual content 65%
noneexplicit
Humor 30%
seriouscomedic
Romance 75%
nonecentral
Speculative hardness soft/vibes → hard sci-fi / rigorous magic

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count87,592
Page count~350 pp
Prologue
Epilogue
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVfirst

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