Reckless 📖

Reckless

Roberts Lauren
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fantasy urban fantasy / dystopian romance past tense first POV ~416 pp high worldbuilding

Vibe

tense angst romantic

A fantasy. Expect rich worldbuilding, dense, literary prose, epic scope. Plot-driven and deeply introspective. Contains notable violence, romance.

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Style Fingerprint

Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 60
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 30
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 85
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 80
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 70
externalintrospective
Ending 40
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 90
intimateepic

Content

Violence 90%
noneextreme
Sexual content 40%
noneexplicit
Humor 30%
seriouscomedic
Romance 80%
nonecentral
Speculative hardness soft/vibes → hard sci-fi / rigorous magic

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count103,896
Page count~416 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVfirst