The Summoning 📖

The Summoning

Armstrong, Kelley
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young adult supernatural thriller past tense third limited POV ~320 pp high worldbuilding

Vibe

tense suspenseful mysterious

A young adult. Expect rich worldbuilding, dense, literary prose, epic scope. Deeply introspective. Contains notable violence.

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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 40
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 80
intimateepic

Content

Violence 80%
noneextreme
Sexual content 10%
noneexplicit
Humor 30%
seriouscomedic
Romance 40%
nonecentral
Speculative hardness soft/vibes → hard sci-fi / rigorous magic

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count79,915
Page count~320 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited