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Once Upon a Broken Heart

Garber Stephanie
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fantasy urban fantasy romance past tense third limited POV ~358 pp high worldbuilding
features extracted 2026-04-12

Vibe

melancholic oppressive gothic

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

Style Fingerprint

Prose density 72
sparsedense
Pacing 45
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 30
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 85
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 60
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 75
externalintrospective
Ending 40
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 80
intimateepic

Content

Violence 70%
noneextreme
Sexual content 40%
noneexplicit
Humor 20%
seriouscomedic
Romance 90%
nonecentral
Speculative hardness soft/vibes → hard sci-fi / rigorous magic

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count89,378
Page count~358 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited

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