Ironside: A Modern Faery's Tale 📖

Ironside: A Modern Faery's Tale

Black, Holly
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fantasy urban fantasy past tense third limited POV ~256 pp high worldbuilding

Vibe

dark oppressive gothic

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

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Style Fingerprint

Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 60
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 30
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 90
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 60
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 70
externalintrospective
Ending 20
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 95
intimateepic

Content

Violence 85%
noneextreme
Sexual content 15%
noneexplicit
Humor 25%
seriouscomedic
Romance 65%
nonecentral
Speculative hardness soft/vibes → hard sci-fi / rigorous magic

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count64,039
Page count~256 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited