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Shiver

Maggie Stiefvater
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young adult urban fantasy past tense first POV ~388 pp high worldbuilding
features extracted 2026-04-12

Vibe

melancholic gothic angst

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

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Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 60
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 30
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 85
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 65
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 80
externalintrospective
Ending 10
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 90
intimateepic

Content

Violence 85%
noneextreme
Sexual content 40%
noneexplicit
Humor 20%
seriouscomedic
Romance 75%
nonecentral
Speculative hardness soft/vibes → hard sci-fi / rigorous magic

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count96,991
Page count~388 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVfirst

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