Dark Legend 📖

Dark Legend

Feehan, Christine
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fantasy paranormal romance past tense third limited POV ~459 pp high worldbuilding

Vibe

passionate oppressive gothic

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

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Style Fingerprint

Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 60
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 40
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 85
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 65
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 70
externalintrospective
Ending 30
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 90
intimateepic

Content

Violence 85%
noneextreme
Sexual content 95%
noneexplicit
Humor 15%
seriouscomedic
Romance 95%
nonecentral
Speculative hardness soft/vibes → hard sci-fi / rigorous magic

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count114,826
Page count~459 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited