Match BookDestiny Unchosen
Lindsay Buroker
2014 · 66 pages · Fantasy
How it reads
Destiny Unchosen is fantasy (urban fantasy novella, specifically), and its dominant mood is adventurous. It's driven by momentum, discovery and getting into trouble. It moves fast: plot-driven and hard to put down, the kind of book that carries you along even when you're tired.
It's set in an invented world, in no single period, told in the first person by a single narrator. Its central concerns are identity, survival and friendship. In weight it's light and escapist — easy to fall into.
It's a companion to a series: set in the same world, readable on its own. The ending resolves happily. At 66 pages it's a single-sitting book. It's a hidden gem — known to relatively few readers.
Pick it up if…
- you're in the mood for something adventurous
- you want a book that pulls you through
- you want an escape
Maybe not if…
- you need something cosy or melancholy
- you want dense, lingering prose
All 15 dimensions
- Genre
- fantasy
- Author gender
- female
- Author experience
- early career
- Setting: place
- fictional world
- Setting: time
- timeless or multiple
- Mood / feeling
- adventurous
- Pace
- fast paced
- Tone / weight
- light and escapist
- Length
- short
- Narrative style
- first person, one narrator
- Publication era
- modern classic
- Popularity
- hidden gem
- Series vs standalone
- companion
- Themes
- identity, survival, friendship
- Ending style
- resolved and happy
What these mean: the 15 dimensions of a book.
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