Thornyhold 📖

Thornyhold

Stewart, Mary
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fantasy contemporary fantasy / witchcraft past tense first POV ~286 pp high worldbuilding

Vibe

melancholic atmospheric whimsical

A fantasy. Expect rich worldbuilding, dense, literary prose. Deeply introspective. Ends with catharsis. Contains notable romance.

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Style Fingerprint

Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 40
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 60
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 85
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 65
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 80
externalintrospective
Ending 85
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 70
intimateepic

Content

Violence 30%
noneextreme
Sexual content 10%
noneexplicit
Humor 40%
seriouscomedic
Romance 90%
nonecentral
Speculative hardness soft/vibes → hard sci-fi / rigorous magic

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count71,403
Page count~286 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVfirst