War of the World
This slavic-inspired fantasy universe includes nations such as Ravka and Fjerda.
The Grishaverse (Shadow and Bone)
A popular romantic trope involving three people.
Love Triangle
Intense longing.
Yearning
This pink-haired rider of the dragon Glane helped train Violet.
Imogen Cardulo (Fourth Wing/The Empyrean)
An Illyrian "batboy," this general commander looks 28, but is actually 537.
Cassian (ACOTAR)
Adarlan, Terrasen, and Wendlyn are a few kingdoms set in this world.
Erilea (Throne of Glass)
Romance develops gradually over a longer period of time in this type of story.
Slow Burn
A condition in which they're often deprived from, that is the emotional need for physical contact.
Touch Starved
A Princess of the Undersea, her cruelty, jealousy, and sense of entitlement, along with a failed coup led by her mother, led to her imprisonment in a tree trunk.
Nicasia (The Cruel Prince/The Folk of the Air)
Around 2,778 years old, this half, she-elf had a choice between immortality and a mortal life.
Arwen Undómiel (LOTR)
In the Known World, this kingdom, home to the Ascended, opposes the Atlantia.
Solis (Blood and Ash)
An alternate, speculative universe that introduces three biological dynamics: A/B/O.
The Omegaverse
A back and forth playful exchange that may include teasing or witty remarks.
Banter
A twin witch who faked her death to re-awaken her true existence as a ruthless goddess of the House of Vengeance.
Vittoria (Kingdom of the Wicked)
With illustrations depicting him in his mid-twenties, this immortal high fae is actually 1,733 years old, and about 200 years older than his sister, Everlayne.
Kingfisher (Quicksilver/Fae & Alchemy)
The land of Nyaxia consists of three vampire houses: Night, Shadow, and Blood.
Obitraes (The Serpent and the Wings of Night/Crowns of Nyaxia)
A platonic pair of friends whom readers can establish as their "favorite friendship."
BROTP
Sharing close quarters or unavoidable physical interactions.
Forced Proximity
A lethal assassin of the Fíur Du Ath, this protagonist bit the finger off a bounty hunter who murdered her only friend.
Raeve (When The Moon Hatched/Moonfall)
This vampire scholar was turned in 537 AD, which makes this 37 year old over 1,500.
Matthew Clairmont (A Discovery of Witches/All Souls)
A medieval-fantasy world defined by its blood-red sky and nine houses controlled by a ruthless vampire king.
Cordova (King of Battle and Blood/Adrian x Isolde)
Originating from an episode of Arrested Development, this content warning is exactly as described, and no further complaints on how disturbing the content actually is.
Dead Dove: Do Not Eat
Commonly used in Gen Z slang, this term defines the desperate, shameful, or pitiful state of an intense and often unrequited romantic or sexual attraction.
Down Bad
Obsessed with killing and gaining power, she killed her first love after rejecting her, and later in life made plans to seduce and murder the Shadow King.
Alessandra (The Shadows Between Us/The Stathos Sisters)
A 68 year old chief assassin who serves as "The King's Blade," and appears much younger due to her halfling nature.
Keera (A Broken Blade/The Halfling Saga)