The Crossroads Tour: Lucienne Diver

Wanted: An immortal boyfriend who is extremely rich, would dote on me and take me to exotic places. Specifically, hot and handsome. This would be my perfect YA paranormal literature boyfriend. Being immortal, he would have the experience and maturity of a man far older. I know it sounds silly, but it’s been brewing in my mind for a while: What would attract him to a young teenager then? What are the chances that he would go for my high school teacher rather than someone my age?
You know, I don’t think it’s necessarily far-fetched to think that an older insert immortal of your choice would go for a younger woman. Anyone who’s lived for hundreds or thousands of years is bound to be old and jaded. Heck, I’m old and jaded even at my (cough) very young age. I’ve noticed, via my son—who, of course, was brought to me by the angels and left in a cabbage patch, because I’m much too young (cough) to have actually born him myself, especially since he’s nearly as tall as I am and will shortly be able to use me as an armrest—that a truly youthful, fresh perspective helps you take a new look at the world. I’m infected by his sense of wonder, the shock and awe that he experiences at things I’ve taken for granted. I learn so much by experiencing things with him that he keeps me from stagnating. He’s not grounded by conventions or labels slapped on him by society or the way things “should” be. Right now, as far as he’s concerned, anything he can imagine can be done. And who’s to say differently? I’m sure several who considered themselves “the voice of experience” told the Wright Brothers they’d never fly.

What could be more intoxicating to someone who’s been there and done that, even before there were T-shirts, than to encounter someone who makes you see everything anew? Who convinces you that life is a grand adventure? No amount of money or power or position can grant you that! The very point is that a teenager brings the potential to re-experience. And who doesn’t like a do-over?

I think part of the intrigue with paranormal novels is that they involve transformation. A decades-old vampire can feel again, a fanged fashionista can find more of her humanity after death than she did in life, shapeshifters can transform literally as well as figuratively…. Every moment you live is a chance to reinvent yourself, but some moments, like rising from the grave, are just more obvious jumping off points.

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