I was super excited for this ARC, so thank you so much for the opportunity to read and review! The prose was amazing, I can only say positive things about it. Unfortunately, I DNF the book, as it was too slow paced for me! I stopped at about 40%. I didn’t feel connected to the characters, and the pacing was far too slow for my liking. I felt like we weren’t getting any sort of answers for anything, and I didn’t really know anything by 40% that I didn’t get from the description. It was mostly still background info at this point, and not much plot development. I know that some people will love this, and I totally see why! People who enjoy slower moving, character driven stories will definitely resonate with this. I definitely see why it was compared to Addie LaRue, like advertised. Although I won’t be finishing this one, I will definitely try other books from this author in the future!

“I love you, and I have loved you, and I will love you”

If you loved The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue- you will adore this. Also this book is the embodiment of “Exile” by Taylor Swift- this IS folklore.
The pacing of the story was very slow but I also couldn’t tear myself away from it. The alternating timelines and the breadcrumbs you get does have an excellent payoff in the end, but I am also left with many more questions. At times I found myself very confused, but almost everything was explained in due time. Historical fiction meets fantasy meets mythology and lore, it’s a melting pot of themes! If you take away anything from this story, it’s that love endures.

You’ll love this if you love:
*star-crossed lovers
*alternating timelines
*slow burn
*yearning
*poetic writing

Extraordinarily written; bright and unique; a fresh perspective in this same universe.

Evelyn remembers all of her past lives, but she also remembers how they’ve all ended: “They've loved each other in a thousand lifetimes. They've killed each other in every one.”

Before her 18th birthday, she will encounter another person who has been present in each of her past lives, and they will die. Their lives are seemingly tethered across the cosmos.

But when Evelyn finds a reason she must live beyond that day in her current life, she has to unravel the curse to save her sister.

“Life after life, cruelty after cruelty, and the unbearable weight of being human was beginning to wear me down. The constant cycle of love and loss, as inevitable and natural as the rolling seasons. But I would always try to build the dam anyway.”

I think one of the reasons I resonated with this book so deeply is that I’ve spent most of my life considering the patterns of the world, the rolling seasons and natural repetitions, the anticipation and resolve of the order of life.

“In a futile attempt at self-preservation, my mind rehearsed loss before death closed its fingers, as though practicing it would lessen the blow. It never did.”

Most of all, I think Laura Steven writes this story in a way that makes you want to live better, to appreciate and to enjoy life even more, particularly the ‘little joys” and I think that is one of the greatest things literature can do.

“The fifth item on my dream list: to grow old with the love of my life. A wedding, a home, a child of our own, all the quiet rituals and shared stories of ordinary, long-lasting love.”

Thank you so much to NetGalley, St. Martin's Press , and Wednesday Books for the #NetGalley eARC of #OurInfiniteFates

#1 most annotations in an eBook for the previously mentioned amazing lines, and a few more Taylor Swift-isms:

“She was the golden strand running through his life, tying his past and future together in a harmonious bow.”

“Did he remember the emotions all too well, or were they like the musings of a stranger?”

“Perhaps he was my true homeland; our existence a language only we could speak.”

Love stories involving reincarnation is one of my favourite niche subgenres to read—it’s the tragedy in losing someone you love and the comfort that the feelings you have for someone transcend time and space, allowing you to find each other over and over again. Our Infinite Fates was exactly what I wanted from this type of story, and the execution of telling it from one POV but alternating between the present and snippets of their reincarnated lives, was an incredible choice. Knowing that the years are trickling down to the catalyst and that answers are inevitable was such a great way to drive up the stakes of the story.

I don’t know that what it was building to ultimately worked for me, but I can say that I didn’t see it coming, and still wound up enjoying the ride.

Loved that the different bodies that the lovers were born into weren’t exclusively man or woman, and that their relationship meant that they loved each other no matter what form they were in.

Quick but super interesting. I found that once you hit about halfway through, I could have done without so many flashbacks. I think the relationship was cemented pretty well at this point and we didn't need to keep going. But let me tell you that twist had me GASPING it was so good. The ending was stunning as well, what an absolute ride.

I found this book intriguing. It kept me guessing (by design) for a good chunk of the book, and I thought the payoff was a good twist/execution of an idea. I think the book was woven together well, throughout the infinite fates/timelines the characters experience. As always, I wanted more, but I think the story had enough set up to have the character connection be believable. I think I felt the ending could have taken an extra chapter for conclusion, but again, I always want more and it was a solidly entertaining and captivating book.

Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin's Press/Wednesday Books for the ARC!

Evelyn remembers all her past lives, where she's been murdered by Arden, a supernatural being, before her eighteenth birthday. In her current life, she needs to save her little sister, who relies on her for bone marrow transplants. To do so, Evelyn must find Arden, uncover the reason behind her curse, and resist falling in love.

This book was an absolute delight! I thoroughly enjoyed watching the love story between Arden and Evelyn unfold across centuries. The way the chapters alternated between present day and past lives was captivating, though I wish there had been more focus on their past lives and love stories. A few chapters from Arden's perspective would have been a great addition to deepen their love story even further. Overall, their romance was incredibly sweet, and I adored how Arden consistently tried to protect Evelyn.

The mystery of Arden's identity in each new life kept me on edge, especially in the present day. The plot twist revealing the reason behind it all was completely unexpected! Evelyn's character was truly inspiring, and her determination to survive in the present day was moving. This book brought me to tears multiple times, but the beautiful ending left me feeling so happy. Highly recommend!

Rating: 4.5/5
Spice: 1/5

Tropes:
Time Travel
Fated Love
Immortality
Soul Mates
Enemies to Lovers
Dark Secrets

Thank you NetGalley, St Martin's Press, Wednesday Books, and Laura Steven for an ARC of this book. All thoughts are my own.

I was super excited for this book because the premise was so good! And while I think it did an OK job with the story, it at times felt redundant and I wasn’t in love with the reason why they were fated. I thought it kind of came out of nowhere and there could have been more hints to the reason as the story progressed. I also did not really even feel any chemistry between the characters, but we were repeatedly told me they were in love, but how? 3.5 stars.

Overall: 3.25⭐️
Our Infinite Fates by Laura Stevens is an adventure told through centuries of reincarnated love and loss. It's a book that promises an epic, soul stirring love. This story is perfect for fans of Rebecca Ross' writing style (particularly in Divine Rivals) and love a little mystery to boot. For me, personally, I didn't love it as much as I thought I would, and there were times I didn't feel all the way connected to the MC's (even when I wanted to be) 😭😭

What I Loved:

💖 Reincarnation & Eternal Romance: I was instantly invested in the idea of two souls locked in a tragic, never-ending dance. Evelyn and Arden’s eternal cycle of love and betrayal is a unique concept, (I love anything to do with reincarnation ever since reading Blue Bloods in highschool) and, like Evelyn, I also wanted to know WHY. Why did they have to kill each other in every life???

💖 Atmospheric Prose & Beautiful Quotes: Stevens’ writing reminded me a lot of Rebecca Ross, with lush, evocative descriptions and some absolutely gorgeous quotes. The book certainly has its moments of poetic beauty, but it was also intermingled with awkward dialogue here, clichés there, or rambling trains of thought. This one was definitely a double edged sword.

💖 A Deeply Resonsnat Ending: Even though much of the narrative felt disjointed, the final chapter hit me HARD. The ending, with its deep sense of déjà vu and soul connection, left me in tears and provided a bittersweet closure that resonated with the core theme: there are things in this world we may not understand or fan't explain, but that doesn't make those feelings any less real, or their impact any less profound.

What Kept It from Being a 5-Star Read:

😞 Rushed Relationship Evolution: I felt like we never actually got to see Evelyn and Arden’s romance truly evolve. There were big, pivotal moments that were glossed over without enough of the small, intimate details that make a relationship feel lived-in and real.

😞 Repetitive & Predictable Flashbacks: The multiple incarnations and flashbacks ended up feeling repetitive. Instead of building a continuous, evolving connection, each lifetime seemed like a separate character altogether, which diluted the emotional impact.

😞 Juvenile Dialogue & Heavy-Handed Foreshadowing: At times, the dialogue came off as immature and cliché, which undermined some of the book’s more ambitious themes. Stevens also seemed a bit too eager to hit every foreshadowing beat, which made the narrative feel uneven and a bit over-explained.

Our Infinite Fates had all the ingredients for an epic romance, but the uneven pacing and lack of deep, nuanced relationship development kept it from fully delivering on its potential. If you’re a fan of reincarnation tales and atmospheric love stories, there’s enough here to intrigue you, but for me, it ultimately felt like a promising idea that just didn’t quite hit the mark.

Thank you to Wednesday Books, Netgalley, and Laura Stevens for this ARC!

This was absolutely phenomenal. I am still thinking about it. What a great 5 star read. The romance was perfect and the characters had so much depth. I love the twist where we find out how these characters got into this position. This author is going to become an auto buy for me.

Omg I’m in love with this book. The fact that the FMC remembered all her past lives and then had to go
Laura Croft on everyone is wild. It just was so gorgeous and the world building wasn’t too much it was just the right amount of glamor and violence to stay alive

it pains me to say i sadly have to dnf this one. after multiple attempts, ive concluded that this book simply isn’t for me, although i truly hope that after this book slump ends ill be able to try it again and give it a fair chance.

gave it another shot but i think i liked the premise more than the execution. never knowing from the very beginning how their love even came to be took me out of it completely and made it hard for me to root for them

In Our Infinite Fates we follow Evelyn, someone who remembers a long winding road of past lives, and Arden, who is her soulmate for better or worse and makes sure Evelyn is always killed before her eighteenth birthday. In her current life, the future of her sister’s well-being depends on Evelyn living past eighteen, so she needs to track down Arden in this life so he can’t get the drop on her and hopefully get some answers as to why they are trapped in this cycle.

There is a very beautiful sentiment at the core of this book about love knowing no limits drawn in the sand by humans, like gender, race, or creed. It’s not just the love between our main two characters, there is a devotion both of them have to the little sister of the modern day Evelyn.

Since the premise of this book is centered around two immortals being in love in a thousand lifetimes, I was under the assumption that we would get to watch them fall in love throughout history. That’s not really the vibe here, the way this book is set up the majority of it takes place in the present day with modern iterations of Evelyn and Arden. I think we do get to see both of the “moments” the two realized they loved one another, but there isn’t any tortured yearning by any means. It works best if the reader is willing to buy into them being soulmates, and thus already in love, from the jump.

I unfortunately wasn’t really able to connect with Evelyn at all and that really hindered my ability to take this book as seriously as Steven wants me to take it. Several reveals hinge on Arden not being able to fully trust Evelyn, and I think that gives him the benefit as coming off as more complicated and human than Evelyn. Evelyn historically is a martyr any time she can help it and plainly, unquestionably good. It’s likely she was in this reincarnation cycle for ten hundred years without ever killing or seriously harming anyone. While this might be a nice sentiment, Steven doesn’t exactly shy away from putting Evelyn and Arden in dangerous places in history. I understand being a pacifist, but Evelyn simply being so good makes her kind of toothless and ends up having some of her most interesting character moments trapped in the first act of the book without any real growth or struggle for her.

I think this book will connect well with a YA audience and I fully expect to be in the minority of opinions for not adoring it. If you need a story about love enduring, I think there is something very comforting to be found here.

Thank you NetGalley and Macmillan for the eARC.

Devoured in less than 48hrs. From the moment I picked it up I could not put it down. The vibes, the existential woe, the love, the loss. This was everything I hope it would be.

“I love you, and I have loved you, and I will love you.”

This is a book for the romantics. For those who believe in love even if there's no rhyme or reason to. For those who love being in love and fight for love. For those who believe in the tragedy and the healing of it.

Evelyn and Arden are pulled together lifetime after lifetime. Even though Arden must kill Evelyn in each one, she loves him despite not knowing why.

This book was so beautifully written. It was poetic and lyrical. It was dreamy and swoony. I enjoyed reading about the different lifetimes Evelyn and Arden shared. I felt the love Evelyn had for her mother and sister in the present timeline, and the desperate ache and need to grow old and plant roots in one place, in one lifetime. I also appreciated the message that love is love. It takes no specific form and we can love each other across time and space with no boundaries.

I enjoyed much of the book, but did feel the climax fell a bit short. There was much build up to the mystery of these infinite lives, but the resolution just seemed a bit quick and abrupt. However, overall, I still enjoyed this book and think the writing was so beautiful.

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word count: ~100,000 | page count: 352 | chapter count: 43
4.5/5 🌟 | 1.25/5 🌶️

age: young adult / new adult | genre(s): romance, fantasy
writing: 4/5 | quotes: 3/5 | characters: 4/5 | romance/spice: 4/5

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"I love you, and I have loved you, and I will love you."

~~~~ overall thoughts ~~~~

when I heard this called The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue meets This Is How You Lose the Time War, you KNOW I got excited, and even more so when I was selected for an ARC! I was nervous that the comparison to two of my favorite books would set my standards too high, but the combo is a perfect description for the vibe and plot of this book in a way that I loved. I cannot wait for more from Laura Steven.

~~~~ why not 5🌟? ~~~~

I am obsessed with the time-jumping, cat-and-mouse, chasing through time vibes. you definitely have to be engaged to follow the time and location jumps, but I am a big fan of the broad and delicate story it weaves. my main qualm is with the pacing and build-up; it was too slow of a burn for a plot that didn’t achieve feeling high enough stakes for me personally. I still feel like this was a great book and would definitely recommend it, but it has similar struggles to its inspirations without overcoming them in the way Addie LaRue and Time War accomplished for me.

~~~~ ✨what to expect✨ ~~~~

✨soulmates✨
✨I’ll find you in every lifetime✨
✨slow burn✨
✨time jumping✨
✨reincarnation✨
✨death & immortality✨

~~~~ quotes ~~~~

"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."

"Love can make a villain of anyone."

"Maybe that’s all love is, in the end. An endless tempting of fate."

“I love you, and I have loved you, and I will love you.”

I didn’t expect to love this book as much as I did. This was such a wonderful read! It had me guessing and second guessing and then getting teary eyed and happy… ALL THE EMOTIONS! I mean… THEY HAD TO KILL EACH OTHER IN EVERY LIFE. *cue all the tears*

Just as the premise says, Evelyn and Arden are two souls that have reincarnated into so many lives and in every life they fall in love and kill each other. But this time is different, or at least Evelyn decides that it has to be. Because she’s grown fond of this life, much more than the others and she has a sister who she needs to save.

I loved how Our Infinite Fates is set in the present, our main story, and then it takes us back into the past lives of Evelyn and Arden. They reincarnate in different centuries, times, places, countries, they are not always of the same sex or gender as their previous lives, and they always… always find each other. It was written so beautifully, spanning so much time. This was what I enjoyed most about the story, the way we experience just how strong their live for each other is and how gut wrenching it is every time they have to die. It makes the present so much harder to experience. I truly felt the desperation Evelyn had to make this time the last.

“Please know that what I do, it is for us, for this.” He spoke gently, as though his proclamations might break me. “If I didn’t, the hell we’d go through . . . Please trust me. Do you trust me?”

I loved these characters so much and was thinking about this story for days and days after finishing. I swear I was telling anyone who would listen to me about it. I hope everyone picks this one up on release day. It’s such a beautiful story.


A huge thanks to Wednesday Books and NetGalley for the eARC for review. All thoughts are my own.

This book is well written and very interesting. The book is told in alternating timelines between a present day and different periods in history. The way the book plays with structure and storytelling is fascinating.
Our Infinite Fates explores the long intertwined history and destiny of Evelyn and Arden. Evelyn knows Arden is her great love that she is pulled to him but she cannot remember the source of their bond and eternal curse. They must work together in the present to break their destiny and reshape this bond.
This book is definitely a book that even non fantasy readers can enjoy. Thank you to Netgalley and Wednesday Books for an advanced copy of this book.

Our Infinite Fates by Laura Steven 5⭐️

“the cruelest fate the gods and stars had ever written: the person I loved the most was the person who would ultimately destroy me.”

Thank you so much NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for the ARC of this amazing book!

Our Infinite Fates follows Evelyn and Arden, fated to be together as they are repeatedly reincarnated over a thousand years in different bodies and different lands. The twist? They are also fated to die together, by each other’s hands, before they can turn eighteen.

Let me preface by saying I can be very stingy with 5⭐️ reviews but I truly feel this book deserves it! I could not put it down and finished in about 36 hours. I had heard a lot about this book before reading it and I feel like it lived up to the hype. I’ve seen it compared to The Invisible Life of Addie Larue, a book I may be in the minority of disliking, but I felt like this book was a better version of that!

I think this book was so well written and the prose was beautiful. The bits of poetry woven in made me fall more and more in love with the characters and their story. I enjoyed that we got alternating chapters of their current life and glimpses into their past lives. I saw some criticism that the chapters in the past were too short but I think they were just right. They let us see enough of Evelyn and Arden’s love and loss in past lives while also giving nice snippets of historical content from the era they were in.

I enjoyed the mysterious nature of the plot in that Evelyn could not remember the origins of their story while Arden could but would not share. I did not see that twist coming and that is something I enjoy when reading a book. I also liked the suspense in the beginning that Evelyn felt when she was unsure when Arden would show up and in what form.

The themes of reincarnation and soulmates were thought provoking and emotional at times. I liked that no matter what form they took, Evelyn and Arden retained certain underlying personality traits and always felt love towards each other, even if they could not understand why.

The chapters in The Underrealm were a bit weird to me but ultimately I think the story wrapped up very nicely.

I will definitely be recommending this book and am so grateful I got the chance to read this early!

I would like to thank NetGalley and Wednesday Books for the eARC of this title.

I loved this book - I have told everyone I know who reads to read this book when it is published. The story is interesting, the alternating between present day and past lives is genius (without it I think the present day storyline could have felt too drawn out). The prose is beautiful and concise - proving that an immaculate story can be told in one book. I might get flack for this, but, I enjoyed this more than The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue (which kills me slightly because VE Schwab does no wrong in my eyes).

Perfection. This story will stay with me for a long time-