King of Shadows 📖

King of Shadows

Cooper, Susan
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fantasy historical fantasy time travel past tense first POV ~196 pp high worldbuilding

Vibe

melancholic lyrical whimsical

A fantasy. Expect rich worldbuilding, dense, literary prose. Deeply introspective. Contains notable violence, humor.

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Style Fingerprint

Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 60
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 40
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 90
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 60
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 85
externalintrospective
Ending 50
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 70
intimateepic

Content

Violence 60%
noneextreme
Sexual content 10%
noneexplicit
Humor 70%
seriouscomedic
Romance 30%
nonecentral
Speculative hardness soft/vibes → hard sci-fi / rigorous magic

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count48,969
Page count~196 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVfirst