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How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories

Black Rovina Cai Holly
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fantasy urban fantasy past tense third limited POV ~86 pp high worldbuilding
features extracted 2026-04-12

Vibe

darkly whimsical gothic vengeful

A fantasy. Expect rich worldbuilding, dense, literary prose, epic scope. Plot-driven. Ends on an unresolved note. Contains notable violence, romance, humor.

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Prose density 78
sparsedense
Pacing 45
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 30
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 92
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 85
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 60
externalintrospective
Ending 20
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 80
intimateepic

Content

Violence 75%
noneextreme
Sexual content 40%
noneexplicit
Humor 60%
seriouscomedic
Romance 55%
nonecentral
Speculative hardness soft/vibes → hard sci-fi / rigorous magic

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count21,433
Page count~86 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited

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