Huge thank you to @wednesdaybooks @macmillan.audio and @netgalley for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.

I really loved this one!
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I was hooked from the very first line. This is a unique love story that crosses centuries. Two soulmates fall in love over and over again, but there’s a catch. Arden, or the version of Arden has killed Evelyn in every life right before her eighteenth birthday. This current life is different. Evelyn is ready to finally break the curse and there are so many twists and turns along the way.

Laura Steven’s 'Our Infinite Fates' is a dazzling, genre-blurring tale that explores destiny, free will, and the countless paths a life can take. With sharp wit and propulsive storytelling, Steven crafts a narrative that is both wildly inventive and deeply human, balancing humor, heart, and high stakes twists. 'Our Infinite Fate's is a must-read for those who love their speculative fiction bold, brilliant, and brimming with possibilities. Clever, thought-provoking, and endlessly engaging! This is one I will be thinking about for quite some time.

Thank you to NetGalley and Wednesday Books for this eARC.

This book was beautifully written and I enjoyed reading it. BUT I needed more of Evelyn and Arden, not just snippets of their past lives (it actually got a little redundant towards the middle because it typically just skipped to the parts of their demise) but more about them in each life, how they were as individuals, their journeys to finding each other, how they end up loving each other more in each life until it becomes too much. I just needed a little bit more! I expected a soul sucking book. The tears were enough to give it 4 stars and not 5.

beautiful beyond belief… this book made my hand sore from highlighting in my kindle so aggressively!

I DEVOURED this book, the prose swept me off of my feet and I could not stop the emotional ache that lived in my heart the entire time. If you’re looking for a love story that spans centuries, and truly gives meaning to the words “soul mate” then you NEED to pick up this book this year.

The fantasy level in this book is very entry level, if you’re more of a historical fiction/romance reader I still feel as though this book will appeal to you!

I could say so much more about this story, but I feel like it’s one of those books that you should experience for yourself, the sentiments shared throughout carried lessons I will continue to hold close to me for years to come…

Thank you to Wednesday Books, NetGalley, and Laura Steven for the e-arc of this book 🤍

💫Our Infinite Fates by Laura Steven is a love story where two souls are born minutes apart from each other. They keep finding each other to just die.

Evelyn and Arden are destined to be together. However, it is only to die at eighteen. Throughout the centuries, that's how it has been. In the present life, though, Evelyn wants to live because she loves the family she is born to, and her family needs her. She needs to figure out how to live fast.💫

🥹I am still contemplating how I feel about this book. Did I like the premise of the story? Yes! The concept of reincarnation and meeting your soulmate through centuries really intrigued me. The author takes us through the important pieces of both the characters through centuries, which was interesting. The other thing that I really liked was the gender fluidity of the characters. Having said that, what I was waiting for was a 'it' moment or a big revelation that didn't land for me. I definitely would say, though, that I really liked the way these characters were portrayed throughout. I can't imagine the angst and pain their souls might have gone through over and over again.🥹

Thank you, St. Martin's Press and Wednesday Books for this book.

I think this is an intriguing concept, but a lackluster execution. I shouldn’t be bored while they’re trying to kill each other. I didn’t pick up on any recognizable chemistry either and the flashbacks should have helped to develop the plot and ultimately they felt like a distraction because we never truly get any motivation behind them. At least, from what I’ve read, but honestly I’m so bored with this I don’t even care if they make it or not.

I was unable to finish this as I am not the target audience for this book. I didn’t feel themes were explicitly marketed as expected. Thank you for the e-ARC!

Thank you to the publisher & Netgalley for the eARC!!

One of the most captivating books i've read in a minute. I was enthralled from the first few pages and stayed up all night to finish it because I just had to know how it ended! Truly heartbreakingly beautiful, to be fated to someone in every lifetime, but to it have it end tragically by the hand of your true love each time. I just loved everything about this book & the author's writing style, and I need everyone to read it at least once!!!

Such a beautiful love story and one I am going to remember for a long time.

This is one of those books that even after finish reading, that I just don’t know how I feel about it. On one hand, I really liked the writing and the format of current and then past lives. On the other, I felt it lacked some depth and emotion between the two main characters. Also the ending had me a little lost at first that I had to go back and reread it.

Overall, I think I liked it? But I don’t know if I could recommend it to a broad group of readers.

I honestly don’t know where to begin. I haven’t read something like this in so long. I agree with people saying if you liked The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, you’ll love this.

The writing style of this author is beautiful. Filled with vividly painted imagery, the writing would lend itself so well to a screen adaptation. The writing is tight and flows seamlessly between chapters weaving intricately through different times and places.

The characters, though they change appearance, gender and circumstance, are so clear and strong through the work. It took a handful of chapters to lock into that concept but once I did, I was surprisingly impressed.

I enjoyed peeling each layer back chapter by chapter to uncover the mystery of how Evelyn and Arden came to be in this situation. The choice of going further back each flashback chapter, getting closer and closer to the origin, was satisfying and so effective.

I am so thoroughly impressed and heart-wrenched after experiencing this book. This will have a special place on my shelf for many years to come.

This book begs the question, what if Stockholm syndrome, but in the multiverse, and make it yearning. And it does a dang good job of it. A couple fated to meet and subsequently kill each other in infinite lifetimes, what’s not to love? This book keeps you in suspense about the why of it all while providing rich enchanting snippets of historical fiction to set the scene. What truly stands out here, besides the incredible story, is the writing, and with a beautiful book of poetry interspersed throughout the text, I couldn’t help but highlight every other line of the ebook. There is a fair bit of murder and death in many different forms (although not graphically depicted) so possibly a trigger warning for that. I honestly think this book could be enjoyable for anyone. It appears to be marketed as YA because amorous scenes are depicted vaguely, but the writing is certainly advanced enough a reader of any age could enjoy. I’m sad I read possibly my favorite book of 2025 this early in the year, but so glad Laura Steven wrote it. Highly recommend.

4.5 / 5 ⭐

I loved this book, Arden and Evelyn have been finding each other in every lifetime and in each one are destined to kill each other before their eighteenth birthday. The premise was intriguing to me and I enjoyed the flashbacks to different time periods, the moment they recognize their soul counterparts in new people and the different ways they died each time. Tragic, fated mates, Evelyn so hopeful and Arden so sad in his quest to end their lives but never able to explain to her why. I really enjoyed their love stories. I both read and listened to this, Sofia Oxenham's narration was really good.

Favorite Quote: "I love you, and I have loved you, and I will love you."


Thanks to NetGalley, Laura Steven and Wednesday Books for providing me with an ARC in exchange for review.

Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for the eARC.

I really enjoyed this book. I loved the flashbacks, the present timeline, and the ending. The major reveal took me by absolute shock. Such a unique premise to me and I loved it.

Thank you Netgalley and St Martins Press for this ARC!

What an absolutely beautifully written story. For almost 80% of it, I kept asking why? The why had me stuck in this book, unable to put it down. It was so beautiful and heartbreaking.

I loved how we got glimpses into the past lives to get a better idea of who these 2 characters were and how each life affected both of them. I love how the author created 2 opposite characters who orbited around each other. "If a hero is someone who will give up love to save the world, then a villain is the reverse. Someone who will give up the world to save love."

While this book was out of my normal genre, I devoured it and enjoyed it. It was hard to put down because I had to know. The grand reveal, however, was a little lacking but I still loved what happened. And the ending was beautiful and perfect.

Evelyn and Arden - i will be thinking about you for a loooong time. I really enjoyed this book and will be recommending this to my friends and family. They yearned for each other and thats beautiful

Well it looks like I’m going to be the odd person out here…..this was almost a DNF for me. The premise showed promise and I was so excited to get started on the book.
The problem (in my humble opinion) is the author is so focused on all the past lives/deaths that they forget to have us become invested in the love story.
Why do we care about these people who keep killing each other? Why do they care about each other? I feel it that had been established I could have enjoyed this book.
Hopefully it will resonate with its intended target but that unfortunately is not me.
I received an ARC of this title, all opinions are my own.

I was both excited and hesitant to read this book as it was likened to The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue in its description, which is possibly my favorite book of all time. But I can confidently say—I was not disappointed.

The pacing of Our Infinite Fates is stunning, effortlessly weaving through time periods with a grace that never felt jarring. I fell completely in love with Evelyn and Arden in every version of themselves, in every lifetime.

I’ve realized that the books I give five stars to are the ones in which I love the story and cry a whole bunch. And let me tell you—the last quarter of this book was read through blurry, tear-filled eyes. There are so many quotable moments, and the poetry woven into the narrative is breathtaking. I’m such a sucker for books that artfully incorporate their title, and Our Infinite Fates does this in such an impactful way.

The explanation behind Evelyn and Arden’s curse took me by surprise, and while the chapters following that revelation leaned into a bit of cheesiness, their true origin story (the first iteration of their lifetimes), was the best explanation of how things came to be.

And the ending? Chef’s kiss. I love their story, I have loved their story, and I will love their story.

Huge thank you to St. Martin’s Press for providing this book for review consideration via NetGalley. All opinions are my own.

One small caveat: I selected this book for the book of the month club before I was approved for the Netgalley ARC. This review is of the eARC, not the printed BOtM book.

Ok, now that we have that out of the way. That prologue! Holy shit. I am 100% sold right there. That is how you start a book! I am absolutely blown away at how good this book is! There’s just a few that come along to transcend their categories, this is without a doubt one of those rare books. Every page is a gut punch in the best possible way. It’s beautifully written and I will argue to my dying day this should not be YA, it’s too big and too gorgeous to be limited in audience.

This is the kind of book that I will forever buy every special edition of so I can keep it close and lend it out to share the amazing story with someone new. Absolutely incredible.

I knew just from reading the synopsis on this book that it was going to beautifully written. The idea of having a soulmate and having to cycle through lives knowing one of you would kill the other is such an intriguing concept! I enjoyed how the various chapters went back and forth in time, and between "lives" allowing us to really learn about these characters.

I loved that each time one of the "lovers" came back, it wasn't always as the same sex they'd been before. This added a fluidity to the writing, and really highlighted how the main characters had more of a true soul connection, and not a physical quality that was a "give away". It heightened the experience of each character never really knowing who it was that was coming to get them, until the moment the person revealed themselves. However, adding the element of the book of poems was clever and really made me believe that despite what is happening, Arden has a deep deep soul and a love that truly crosses time.

Finally, I had so many times where I found myself getting wrapped up in the visuals the writing created in my mind. How we moved from a Nordic Viking style wedding, to war torn Europe and even jumping to snow and ice covered tundra in Siberia really adds to the depth of this story. I will absolutely be watching for more works from this author!!

This book was beautifully written and made me think about lot about what it means to love. It definitely reminded me a lot of the invisible life of addie larue. Overall, I enjoyed the glimpses of their past lives and seeing how they kept finding each other.