Dance of the gods 📖

Dance of the gods

Roberts, Nora
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fantasy urban fantasy / high fantasy past tense third limited POV ~394 pp high worldbuilding

Vibe

gritty mythic romantic

A fantasy. Expect rich worldbuilding, dense, literary prose, epic scope. Deeply introspective. Contains notable violence, romance, sexual content.

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Style Fingerprint

Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 60
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 40
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 85
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 65
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 70
externalintrospective
Ending 30
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 90
intimateepic

Content

Violence 95%
noneextreme
Sexual content 65%
noneexplicit
Humor 45%
seriouscomedic
Romance 85%
nonecentral
Speculative hardness soft/vibes → hard sci-fi / rigorous magic

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count98,545
Page count~394 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited