The Tearsmith 📖

The Tearsmith

Erin Doom
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young adult contemporary fantasy romance past tense first POV ~768 pp

Vibe

melancholic gothic romantic

A young adult. Expect dense, literary prose. Plot-driven and deeply introspective. Ends with catharsis. Contains notable violence, romance, sexual content.

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Style Fingerprint

Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 40
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 30
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 60
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 80
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 90
externalintrospective
Ending 85
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 70
intimateepic

Content

Violence 65%
noneextreme
Sexual content 75%
noneexplicit
Humor 20%
seriouscomedic
Romance 95%
nonecentral
Speculative hardness soft/vibes → hard sci-fi / rigorous magic

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count191,896
Page count~768 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVfirst