Our Infinite Fates by Laura Steven is a captivating love story that transcends time, following the journey of two souls as they are repeatedly reincarnated throughout the centuries. This sweeping romantic fantasy vividly portrays the enduring power of love, showcasing the limitless possibilities of fate.

This was such an emotional e deep read. I was on the edge of my seat for the entire time and didn’t know if I should be crying or smiling. In the end I did both. Visceral and full of love, I live for books like this that can make you truly FEEL.

This scratched the itch and filled the void that was left by the Invisible Life of Addie La Rue. Poetic, romantic, magical.

Frankly, I was kind of obsessed with this one! It was tough to put down when it contained so many things I love—glimpses of other lives across history, a Complicated central romance, musings on what it means to be human—you know, the good stuff! Steven's writing is lovely, juxtaposing Evelyn's perspective across history with snippets of Arden's through his poetry at the end of the chapter. I loved leaping through their different lifetimes, and the queer representation and discussions of how the same souls may manifest differently each time yet still be drawn together was delightful. It was nice and refreshing and I could read plenty of other stories from these two.

Unfortunately, I had issues with how the climax was handled, as the reveal behind why all of this is happening shifted the narrative so sharply that it felt jarring. Compared to books like Addie LaRue and This Is How You Lose the Time War, the "magic system" behind their unique circumstances wasn't that well-integrated into the rest of the story.

Still, I had a blast with this one and wholeheartedly recommend it. It definitely hits the spot for anyone who loves history and a reincarnation story.

Evelyn has never lived past her eighteenth birthday. Haunted and murdered endlessly by Arden, an equally eternal being who hunts her down in every iteration of her life from century to century, from body to body and form to form to end her life before she comes of age. She is tied to Arden in more ways than she understands and is racing against time to find WHY before he comes to end her again.

I’m grateful to have received an ARC in exchange for an honest review. When I first started reading this book, I thought I wouldn’t enjoy reading the same relationship happening over and over again, but again and again, the author nailed each story, drawing me in and flipping the light on in a way I truly never expected! Brilliantly executed! I highly recommend!

Content warnings: Sex, violence, LGBT romance

I absolutely loved this book and was hooked from the very start. However, I will admit that it felt a bit slow at times, and the shifting between time periods was occasionally confusing. That said, it was still a fantastic read! The relationship between Arden and Evelyn was beautiful and one of the main reasons I kept turning the pages. After finishing this, l'm definitely excited to explore more of Laura Steven's books!

I loved reading The Society for Soulless Girls!
So I knew I had to read her newest masterpiece Our Infinite Fates by Laura Steven!
And oh my gosh! Y’all she delivered! She wrote! I absolutely eat this book up!
A magical book filled with unforgettable characters. I could not put this one down.
I was absolutely amazed and enamored with these characters.
There's so much to love here. The prose is sublime. The storytelling is constantly surprising and inventive. And this book just pulses with emotion and heartbreak.
This had me hooked from the very beginning until the end.
My favorite book of 2025! No doubt.

4.5⭐️: “I Love you, I have loved you, and I will love you.” This was SO GOOD. I found myself hooked on this story from the beginning. The idea of traveling through time & the strength of love is so beautiful. I really enjoyed the themes in this story & there were so many great quotes. I found myself wanting to see what happened next. I didn’t love the ending as much as I thought I would but overall, it was such a great read. It really shows how far love will span.

This book absolutely devastated me. Our Infinite Fates by Laura Steven absolutely became my a top read of 2025 and an all time favorite. I don’t think I remember a time where I’ve cried more than I did with this. The writing is beautiful. We get current day chapters mixed in with snippets of Arden and Evelyn’s past lives/deaths, along with some gorgeously written poetry. From beginning to end, everything is just so purposely written and mentioned. I continually found myself saying wait a minute and flipping back to catch the connections being made.

While at first glance, this is a romance between two souls along with a mystery as to their circumstances. If you read it at this very surface level, it’s great. You feel the love between the two characters, as well as the betrayal and hurt. You can’t help but want them to finally be allowed to be together. To be at peace. But, once your start looking at it a bit deeper, my god, the deeper meanings just blew me away. The varying answers as to what is love, what does it mean to love, and how despite having contrasting answers, they are both valid and honest and right. There is a rawness to love that is both gorgeous and grotesque, raw pain and joy, suffering and yearning and pleasure. It’s everything ugly and everything beautiful because love is so multifaceted it cannot be viewed as a singular. It is overwhelming and all encompassing. We see how love is unbearable to hold and to be without.

Our Infinite Fates by Laura Steven is quite simply one of the best books I’ve read in a very long time. It is tragic and Orphic with a bittersweet pair of endings. Personally, I was not comforted by the end but I am trying very hard to not spoil anything. I think some people will consider this a happily ever after, but I am simply devastated. Despite reading this as an advanced copy, I already purchased one deluxe edition as a pre-order and am on my way to pick up a second copy just to annotate and highlight the words that will stay with me for a long time to come.

Our Infinite Fates - Laura Steven (stand alone)
3 ⭐️⭐️⭐️/🌶️ (YA)
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Thank you NetGalley, St. Martin’s Press, and Laura Steven for the e-ARC!

Evelyn and Arden are soul-bound… and are destined to die before their 18th birthday in every life they live. But when Evelyn starts searching for why her fate is infinitely tied to Arden, the truth is not what she was expecting.

Ugh. I’m kind of disappointed with this one tbh. The blurb and story intrigued me but the read was difficult to stay hooked into. The chapters jump between times of now and the past. I did not feel any sort of connection to the FMC, MMC, or their relationship. Especially for a relationship that’s said to be a thousand years old. Finding out the “why” doesn’t happen until the last few chapters of the book and I feel like I really only wanted to continue to read so I could figure out the “why” 🥲

This is YA and not spicy much at all - for those looking for that, you will not find it in this book.

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Two souls find each other in every timeline, only to kill each other by their 18th birthday.
A solid YA book. The characters are very themselves even across their various incarnations. Settings are distinctive but could feel more cinematic. The mystery continues along for the first 80% without much forward development, which all comes to a head until nearly the final chapter. I appreciated the dual-ish timeline to help keep us rooted to the main thread of the story.

This was really beautifully written. I found myself lost in the prose, highlighting phrase after phrase. I was drawn into Evelyn and Arden's story and desperate to figure out why they were stuck living this way in life after life. I loved how it was their souls that found each other again and again - no matter their sex or their race, their souls called to each other over and over. For the first three fourths of the book, I was IN IT, trying to pick up on any clues, trying to figure out the mystery. The last quarter was a little chaotic and took a turn into the supernatural that I wasn't quite expecting. Most of the book felt much more like magical realism to me, and then we went straight into more of a true fantasy/underworld experience which jarred me a little bit. I think I would've liked to be able to have a chance of figuring out what was happening and I felt like the reveal really came from left field. It did surprise me though, so I'll give it that. Overall I really enjoyed it and it was a solid read. I'd definitely recommend it to readers of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, Wisteria and The Unmaking of June Farrow.

Dare I say god-tier book? Yup.

Without a doubt, this is a soul book for me.

This story was gripping from the moment I learned about it. Just from the title alone, I was hooked. Then I opened to the first page and the fast-paced chapters and beautiful writing had me in a chokehold.

I’ve highlighted approximately half the book in quotes and cried at *least* 42 times while reading. Not even exaggerating.

I felt SO seen reading this book. I deeply relate to it and the characters on many, many levels; but especially to Evelyn and her gift of feeling so deeply in a existence that is fleeting, to grieve things before they are gone and to love wholeheartedly anyways, because of the impermanence of it all.

WOW this book will live on in me forever and I already want to reread all my favorite quotes again.

100000/10 recommend <3

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Thank you @macmillan.audio @wednesdaybooks for my gifted copies. ⁣
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“I love you. I love the bones of you. I cannot fathom how I will bring a blade to your throat after all that we have shared.” ⁣
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Let me tell yall. I have been through the it with Our Infinite Fates. I was cheerful, confused, hurt, and now my heart is destroyed. Audio is amazing but this physical copy is a beauty in itself. ⁣
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We have multiple timelines where the two have (basically) a fate thread. Before they’re 18, one must destroy the other. However, in 2022, Bran’s sister needs a transplant and she’s desperate to stay alive to save her life. ⁣
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I’m actually really glad social media was discussed. That was my biggest question. Can they Facebook check in on their previous family? I am so glad that was addressed. ⁣
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Once we hit 65% I thought, oh.. I’m only halfway through? While I loved that we went through different timelines, I think we got the point about 30% in and felt the rest may have dragged on a bit. However, I kept on because this book had a visceral pull to me to where I know I needed to savor this book, I need to take my time. ⁣
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I was sitting in my car at lunch and while listening to the beautiful audio, I yelled a very loud, “WHAT?!” When we hit Lundenberg 1006. I promise you, the audio is BEYOND phenomenal. When I say there was a visceral pull, the audio is like a siren song because it’s so well done. Sofia Oxengam, this is stunning. ⁣
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Towards the end, I had hiccup sobs and my heart was destroyed. It’s such a selfless kind of love that was written so beautifully well. ⁣
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I need a few business days to recover. ⁣
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Happy pub day, Our Infinite Fates. The tissues came in handy.

Our Infinite Fates is so beautifully written. The idea of being bound by fate to love and kill each other in every lifetime is what really drew me in. While I was a little slow getting into it, the story eventually picked up and I enjoyed the glimpses into Evelyn and Arden’s past lives.

Thank you to NetGalley for an eARC of this book in exchange for an honest review!

This book has a great cover and an interesting premise. I started it thinking it would be more sweet than it actually was. Although well written it felt like the story was a bit repetitive. I liked the flash back stories but found myself uninterested in the main timeline. This made it hard to enjoy the story and by the end I just wanted to know what the secret was so it could be over. The answer wasn’t what I expected but was still kind of a let down. I guess the story just wasn’t for me.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the arc

I have been chasing something to fill the hole The Invisible Life of Addie Larue left in my heart for years. This. This is it.

This was my second Laura Steven book, and getting to see how her writing has changed and grown is truly amazing. This book was so lyrical and enchanting. I’m the kind of person who notices a writing style immediately, and have been known to swear off an author entirely because I couldn’t stand the writing. This writing was simply beautiful. I will probably never stop raving about it.

I adored Arden and Evalyn. I absolutely loved how in each life, there are bits and pieces of them that carry over no matter how different their new life is. Reincarnation can be a tricky thing, and I think the author handles it beautifully. Arden is always a poet who distances themselves from everyone because of the pain of knowing their time is limited every life, meanwhile Evalyn can’t help but love everyone around them fiercely despite knowing how limited their time is.

I was fascinated by the way Evalyn and Arden could reincarnate as either gender. It really made me pause and contemplate the idea of a soul more than I ever have before. These two were always the same person, no matter where their new lives were and who they presented as. And I found that so beautiful.

The flow of this book was also a huge reason why I loved it so much. While there seems to be one main timeline, the “current” one, every chapter or so we get to travel further and further back into their history, slowly unraveling why things are always fated to end the same. I love that setup so much.

I genuinely could not recommend this book enough. It had me contemplating life, it had me sobbing, and it had me staring off into the abyss. This book is sticking with me, and I’m already excited for a reread where I can tab a physical copy because I just loved this writing so so much.

Thank you so much to NetGalley and Wednesday Books for the ARC!

This novel is an intriguing story of fate and undying (literally) love following Evelyn and Arden whose intertwined lives span centuries. Bound by an eternal cycle, they reincarnate every 18 years, destined to meet, fall in love, and ultimately kill one another. This idea of fates wound in love and tragedy was enough to interest me.

Steven did a wonderful job curating intriguing characters. Gracie, the present-day sister of Evelyn (FMC), brings a joyous, yet somber, presence that provides comedic relief to break the tension at times. My favorite, however, were Arden's reincarnations. I felt they added an air of unpredictability, as their identities shifted dramatically across lifetimes, creating fresh dynamics each time. Evelyn, who is often described as kind, steadfast, and determined, remains a constant through the timelines. Though her flaw of being unable to recognize certain important connections left me a bittt exasperated at times.

The prose is where this book truly shines. Its beauty compels you to keep reading, and the high stakes made it impossible, for me personally, to put down. However, despite their fates being tethered, I found Evelyn and Arden's romance to be a bit lacking. For a love that has gone on for centuries, it sometimes felt as though the romance itself was put on the back burner. While the plot is undeniably a page turner, I found myself longing for deeper moments between the two love interests, especially given the scale of their bond. That said, this reflects more on my personal expectations/preferences, so take from it what you will.

Ultimately, this novel succeeds in blending beautiful prose, an imaginative plot, and compelling characters into a story that will leave you longing for nostalgic moments. It was single-handedly one of the most frustrating and fascinating novels I have read to date. I would recommend for fans of poetry, historical fiction, and love stories with a twist.

Wow!

This book hooked me from the start. Kept me guessing throughout the book, and had an ending I couldn't have predicted. The tale of Evelyn and Arden was beautiful and heartbreaking. Romantically poetic. The only issue I could have is, I wish there was MORE!!!

Wow oh wow. I don't know how to honestly put this in words. But this book has me in all of my feelings and I absolutely couldn't get enough of it. I cried and laughed so many times during this amazing book. I was so interested in this book when I read the description. Then I read it and I could not put it down.

I did not expect to get so connected to these characters and each life we got to experience even if it was just a little bit of it. I loved how we didn't get everything all at once. It was so interesting to go back in time in a way and get more and more of Evelyn and Arden and each life they lived. You slowly learned about their stories and what they have done and what made their love so strong.

Every time I was on edge wondering if this was the time we got some answers and what would happen. Then came the ending that I was not expecting. I was on the edge of my seat just as much as Evelyn was during this book. I can't recommend this book enough to everyone! It will be a book I am always telling people they should read!

Thank you so much Lura Steven and NetGalley for giving me the opportunity to be a part of the ARC team!❤️