Deathless by Catherynne M. Valente. Some books are gorgeous because of the words the author uses. Other books are gorgeous because of the images they spin in your head. This novel falls under the latter category, and that is not a criticism. I enjoyed every moody, magic-soaked page of the story. I think that, at its heart, it is a love story about two people who have absolutely no business being in love with each other. Yet they are both too stubborn to give up on their ideal of love. But life is like that.