We Hunt the Flame 📖

We Hunt the Flame

Hafsah Faizal
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fantasy high fantasy with political intrigue past tense third limited POV ~493 pp high worldbuilding

Vibe

oppressive gothic desperate

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

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Style Fingerprint

Prose density 78
sparsedense
Pacing 65
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 30
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 92
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 60
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 85
externalintrospective
Ending 20
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 95
intimateepic

Content

Violence 95%
noneextreme
Sexual content 15%
noneexplicit
Humor 25%
seriouscomedic
Romance 45%
nonecentral
Speculative hardness soft/vibes → hard sci-fi / rigorous magic

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count123,132
Page count~493 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited