One lover will live forever; the other won't.
Vampires, gods, fae and cursed sorcerers: the immortal lover brings centuries of loneliness to a romance with someone whose life is a heartbeat by comparison. The trope asks what love means with an ending already in sight — or how to cheat it.
Oscar Wilde
H. Rider Haggard
H. Rider Haggard
Natalie Babbitt
Naomi Novik
Tamora Pierce
Anne Rice
Tamora Pierce
Matt Haig
Oscar Wilde
Colleen Houck
Pseudonymous Bosch
Christine Feehan
Karen Marie Moning
Colleen Houck
Colleen Houck
Karen Marie Moning
Karen Marie Moning
Gena Showalter
Colleen Houck
Karen Marie Moning
Julie Kagawa
Deborah Harkness
Kresley Cole, Anna Turró i Casanovas
Gail Carson Levine
Aimee Carter
Gena Showalter
Kresley Cole
Karen Marie Moning
Gena Showalter
Gena Showalter
Gabrielle Charbonnet
Tananarive Due
Yvonne Woon
Richelle Mead
Melissa De La Cruz, Michael Johnston
Steven Brust, Skyler White
Christine Feehan, Maggie Shayne
Aimee Carter
Gena Showalter
Aimee Carter
Jennifer Ashley
Pseudonymous Bosch
Gabrielle Charbonnet
Gena Showalter
Kim Liggett
Paula Brackston
Gena Showalter
One lover will live forever; the other won't. Vampires, gods, fae and cursed sorcerers: the immortal lover brings centuries of loneliness to a romance with someone whose life is a heartbeat by comparison. The trope asks what love means with an ending already in sight — or how to cheat it.
Popular immortal lover books include The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890), She (1886), Ayesha (1900), Tuck Everlasting (1975) and Uprooted (2015).