star-crossed

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Their retelling imagines the star-crossed lovers meeting later in life, repositioning the story from a perspective of age and experience, with the title characters aged in their 40s.

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026

Including Jule, ace fighter for the Crowns, and Rafe, her counterpart for the Rogues, who we meet in the book’s opening pages and quickly become the star-crossed lovers of the story.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2026

And in the same instant, Andie’s dreams of a romance with her star-crossed lover begin to cloud her better judgment.

From Salon • Feb. 28, 2026

Yet the comic high jinks, star-crossed lovers and long-lost relatives that pop up in his play “The Miser,” first produced in 1668, will be instantly familiar to anybody who has ever seen a Shakespeare comedy.

From New York Times • May 3, 2024

I hurt with the knowledge that maybe our meeting had been a cruel accident and not star-crossed love.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri