There are so many good things to say about this book. Lyrical in its story telling, it contains such an interesting mix of historical fiction, romance and mystery. I was hooked instantly, needing to know how Arden and Evelyn came about and where they would end up. I found the alternating timelines of present and past lives truly immersive, though I do wish we got a little bit more detail about the two main characters within each timeline. Though I understand that they spent time together before their deaths, I do think showing snippets of those memories rather than just their endings would have allowed the reader to understand the complexity of their bond more.

Overall, I felt like I couldn’t tear myself away from this book. It was beautiful, unique and inspiring. Thank you NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press/Wednesday Books for the ARC!

This was one of my most anticipated reads, and IT DID NOT DISAPPOINT! I fell in love instantly and already know I’ll be rereading it over and over again.

The story follows two souls eternally bound—destined to meet in every lifetime. But for Evelyn, this cycle is a curse. In every life, she remembers being murdered before her eighteenth birthday—and the one responsible is always Arden, the other half of her soul. But in this life, Evelyn has something to fight for—her sister. To save her, she must find the hunter before they find her, unravel the truth behind their curse, and resist the pull of fate that always leads her back to Arden.

Evelyn is the kind of protagonist who radiates warmth—she’s full of love, empathy, and an unshakable belief in the goodness of others. Every lifetime, she opens her heart completely, making her losses feel all the more devastating. In contrast, Arden is cold, calculating, and weary from the weight of immortality—but through glimpses into their past lives, we see the depth of their struggles. Their connection is achingly beautiful, an unbreakable thread that binds them no matter how many times fate tears them apart. Their love is magnetic, full of tragedy and forgiveness, making every moment between them feel profound.

One of my absolute favorite parts of this book was the writing. It’s lyrical, atmospheric, and filled with poetry that adds another layer of depth to Evelyn and Arden’s bond. This book made me slow down, reflect, and truly appreciate the fleeting beauty of the present. There are so many stunning passages that will stay with me, and I hope everyone gets the chance to experience them.

Our Infinite Fates is an unforgettable story of love, fate, and the lives we touch along the way. If you love poetic prose, star-crossed romance, and stories that leave you breathless, this is a must-read.

Thank you so much NetGalley for the ARC!

This book had a promising synopsis, but ultimately missed the mark for me. The flowery language used throughout the book often felt out of place for adolescent characters, making it hard to connect with their voices. The pacing was slow and meandering, culminating in a lukewarm anticlimax. Steven leaned heavily on telling over showing, so the emotional moments fell flat and the relationships felt underdeveloped.

While there were occasional sparks of interest, the cringey over-the-top language and predictable plot left me disappointed. The twists felt weak and didn't have the impact I was hoping for, and the lack of background on the characters' relationship made it hard to stay engaged. Excited as I was, this one never fully delivered on the promise of its premise.

This is such a unique storyline. I loved the idea of it. It is very romantic and a bit suspenseful. I recommend checking it out!

Our Infinite Fates by Laura Steven is an enchanting, high-stakes tale of fate, love, and breaking the cycle of destiny. Evelyn and Arden are cursed to find each other in every lifetime—only for one to kill the other before their eighteenth birthday. But this time, Evelyn is determined to change their fate, no matter the cost.

Steven’s writing is lyrical and immersive, drawing you into a beautifully woven story filled with tension, romance, and heartbreak. The twists keep you hooked, and the emotional depth makes this a truly unforgettable read. If you loved The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue or This Is How You Lose the Time War, you need to pick this up!

This book had everything you could ask for! Reincarnation, a curse and a mystery to unravel. Definitely recommend for fans of the invisible life of Addie la rue.

This was excellent. The writing was slightly overwrought in moments (to my taste), but the premise was just so compelling. I loved all the past lives flashbacks: beautifully constructed moments in time. I also loved the very very end. It took this wild twist (that I wasn't sure was going to work because it felt so out of the blue) and pulled it back around to fit the story.

If you loved The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, you should read this book immediately. It is different, although it feels the same as far as the beautiful writing, and basically the journey through time and so many lifetimes. The basic premise of this story is that two fated lovers are together through hundreds of lifetimes, finding each other in various forms and places, but they have to kill each other before they turn 18, or face mysterious consequences.

This is one of the few books that I loved having flashbacks--they felt essential to the story since they had so many lives together before the one in the present. I ended loving them, especially because of the diverse people and places Evelyn and Arden were in each. There was no limitation of them just being in Europe, or the West, they were all over the world, covering almost every region in the world in various timelines. I especially liked that Evelyn and Arden were not male or female in every lifetime--they switched around as randomly as their location did with each reincarnation.

I also (mostly) loved the development of the romance in this book. Seeing them love each other in so many lifetimes, and then finding each other again in the present, even with the issues Arden had was great. I also loved how they came together at the end. Their story and relationship was not perfect, but that made it more realistic, despite the fantastical nature of their reincarnation. I will say, there were a few things that bothered me, which came down to some parts of their story being tragic and traumatic.

The story itself followed a clear line, with no twists being way from the left field (even though I did not fully predict the main twist). The plot and its twists felt right for the story, especially for the fantasy aspect of Evelyn and Arden having so many lives. I was also quite happy with the ending--it felt fitting and I would have been mad if it ended more tragically than it did. It neatly tied the loose ends of the book.

Thank you to St. Martin's Press and NetGalley for the advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.

Thank you St. Martin's Press/ Wednesday Books for this eARC in exchange for this review!

This was a really beautiful story, it was heartbreaking and hopeful and not a 'fun' time but I wanted to keep reading, I was enjoying it...not to be confused with loving what was happening. just to be super clear on that - I don't thrive in pain lol

The characters and everyone in all the span of times we read about, however brief, capture the same feeling of same - like you would feel it being the same person even if you didn't KNOW it was the same person.

I love loved reading the spectrum of reincarnations, the soulmate aspect proved over and over and over that it's SOUL, does not matter what body it inhabits, what socioeconomic class they fall into, what gender they might be assigned to etc. At first, it really threw me off, but as you get to know them you can almost unfailingly know which one you're reading about first.

The over arching story is expansive and gorgeous, the main plot she's currently experiencing is touching, and also funny at times which definitely adds levity.

I think this is going to emotionally tear apart a lot of people, which is exactly what I wanted it to do to me haha - it fell a tiny tiny bit flat ( by that I mean I didn't cry but I could feel the tears WANTING to if that makes sense)

The end was beautiful and hopeful and gorgeous. I loved it.

wow. just wow. i’ve been following this book since may of 2024 when i saw a tiktok marketing it as if ‘exile’ by taylor swift was a book. i knew from the jump i would love this book. i was right. 



i was fortunate enough to get an eARC and an ALC of ‘Our Infinite Fates’ (thanks @wednesdaybooks and @macmillan.audio!) 



this book follows Evelyn and Arden across lifetimes. Evelyn remembers bits and pieces of her past lives. She also remembers that in every single one, she’s been murdered before her eighteenth birthday by Arden, a supernatural being whose soul―and survival―is tethered to hers.

the problem is that she’s quite fond of the life she’s in now, and her little sister needs her for a bone marrow transplant in order to stay alive. set in Wales, 2022, Evelyn, now Bran, must find the centuries-old devil who hunts her through each life―before they find her first… figure out why she’s being hunted and finally break their curse.. oh, and try not to fall in love with the very thing destined to kill her. 



the writing in this book was beautiful. it was romantic and lyrical and its not often that i find myself unable to put a book or an audio down. there were flashbacks to previous lives that not only provided insight and helped move the story along but also had me asking even more questions about the story of Evelyn and Arden. this story also manages a nod to societal issues and changes in history such as humans affinity for war & conflict, our relationship with the earth and its resources, the dealings of mental health, and the LGBTQIA+ community (some of the more beautiful and meaningful flashbacks involved mm and ff pairings!)



and the ending? the entire last 10% of this book had me on edge. literally screaming, crying, throwing up, anxiously tapping on my kindle, furiously adjusting audio speeds, all of the above. this books ending not only destroyed me but put me back together seemingly at the same time.



i could probably go on and on for hours about this book but please just take my word for it and go read it! 



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

"and there, in a grave colder than Mars, next to the soul I'd loved for a hundred lives and lost in every one, we took our final breath beneath indifferent stars."

Well, I finished it one day.. so that's saying a lot!

This really did feel like "what if Addie LaRue loved Luc".. in the best sort of way.

Seeing them overcome everything, time and time again, to find each other was heartbreaking. With each life you get a better glimpse of their story, and the depth of time they are dealing with.

"Bravery is picking up the fear and carrying it alongside you, rather than allowing it to block the path."

Around 55% of the way through I felt it was getting a bit repetitive, but it picked up again around 75%.. then it was a speed run to the end.

So, the only thing I wish was different was if we skipped some of that section, and spent more time on the ending.

Overall, their relationship is great and Evelyn's relationships with her family members are beautiful too.

This one will probably stick with me.

Stevens’ writing feels like stepping under the night sky away from the light of cities. It is vast and beautiful and nuanced, with something else to discover everywhere you look. Our Infinite Fates was lovely and heart breaking and hopeful and tender.

That said, the pacing felt slightly off, with the narrative mostly meandering for the first 85% of the book, which made the final 15% feel rushed and forced and rather out of left field.

I do look forward to reading more from this author.

Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC!

Evelyn and Arden have lived for hundreds of lifetimes... and they've killed each other in every one.
Evelyn remembers all her past lives, but can't remember how it started. She vows to figure it out this time, and break the curse.

The writing in this was phenomonel. The poetry aspects were hauntingly beautifu. I loved the concept of this book and it's uniquness.
It had a bit of mystery, a bit of history as we get snapshots of Evelyn and Arden's past lives, it had magic and it had love. It really had it all.
The twist we were all waiting for as to the "why" wasn't quite as satisfying as I was hoping. But that last chapter... that last chapter was perfection ❤️

I'll remember this for a long time and can't give it anything but a 5!

"I love you, and I have loved you, and I will love you." 😭
Thank you to Netgalley and St. Martin's Press for the advanced copy!
This releases in less than a week on March 4th!

** Before I write out my review I do want to disclose that I received this book through NetGalley as an ARC. I am so incredibly thankful for Laura and St Martin’s Press for giving me the opportunity to read this story early, but to also voice my opinion after reading it. **

Our Infinite Fates follows a love story spanning several hundred years. The relationship within this book surrounds Evelyn and Arden and the inexplicable curse that plagues their lifelines. Neither can live past the age of eighteen and due to this, their deaths are normally cause by each other. When one is murdered the other shortly succumbs as well, thus the entire cycle begins over and over.

Going into this book I had extremely high hopes. Like most, this book has been all over my socials and at this point is anticipated to be one of the best YA books of the year. I am a big reader of YA fiction, and when you add fantastical elements into the mix I can never turn down a story. I sadly wish I felt that way for this book.

What could have been an amazing, historical tale of star-crossed lovers only left me deprived and disappointed. I felt we never really learned a lot about our characters, including how they fell so deeply in love in the first place. In my honest opinion, the fact we did not get this as a main plot within the book (as there are multiple timelines) only left holes within the story that could not be explained or imagined.

At the same time as the missing plot, I felt the same scenarios were repeated over and over again. Mostly with Evelyn being bitter towards Arden never telling her the origin of the curse, why they cannot try to fight it, and the constant arguing of “do you love/respect me?” After seeing this same argument in four timelines, I grew rather bored and felt the book was growing more dull with each chapter. I do believe the distrust is an important element of this story, but I think it was focus on so heavily that the rest of the plot suffered. As a result, we lost so many key factors that could have made this book a four star read.

I understand that this book is YA, and that it will not live up to what we would expect in an adult romance book of this nature, but I think even a young audience would want more plot and less teenager bickering.

To compare this book to The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue is only a marketing ploy to reel in readers who enjoyed the immortal symbolism of Addie’s story. This book did not nearly encompass the emotion and rawness of V.E. Schwab, and I feel those who are looking to this story hoping for a similar joy will be very let down. I sadly am one of those people.

All in all, is this a terrible book? No, I have read more disorganized stories. Do I agree with the marketing and the “hype” I have seen on TikTok and IG? No, sadly. Do. I think a negative review will discredit any of Lauren’s future work? No, I think she will continue to grow and thrive. This book just sadly missed the mark for me.

3.5 stars

Love and hate across time. Two characters are reincarnated and die before their 18th birthday, but only one of them knows why this is happening.

Overall, the book was good.

I thought the story was great at first, but it quickly became bogged down with the same questions and the same scenarios with a different setting. I feel that all the settings would have had more impact if there wasn't so much focus on the same question of why. I enjoyed the characters when they weren't so focused on the why and the avoidance of an answer. The relationship between the two main characters is a bit unsettling at times and very sweet at others and in the end the why didn't seem to matter much at all.

Wow, wow, wow. This has been one of my favorite reads. I was looking forward to it ever since I heard about it and I am so grateful to NetGalley for giving me an ARC
The poetry is incredibly beautiful, the story is captivating, and the twist- I didn't see it coming! I had guesses and got close, but I wasn't getting it quiet right.
I want every special edition that will come available of this book. Recommending to everyone.

I'm teetering between a 3.5 and a 4 but will settle for a 4. I really loved the premise of this story... soulmates doomed to never be together as their lives are cut short by force for some unexplicable reason. The writing was beautiful and in elegant prose. But I think the execution fell a bit flat for me in terms of the emotional impact. I liked how the book was structured toggling between present day and different blips of their past lives which were typically teased/referenced but I feel like we didn't get the opportunity to spend enough time in their earlier lives which essentially served as the foundation of their relationship. Once the reveal/explanation comes around as to how they have ended up in this situation, the reveal didn't seem as impactful and honestly left me a bit confused as to how they've developed such an intense bond because we are kind of outsiders during the entirety of the formation of their bond. Maybe it's just me though but I can definitely see this book having a wide appeal.

Evelyn and Arden have lived hundreds of lives together, growing deeply in love. They have also killed each other hundreds of times. Evelyn still doesn't know why. She remembers only her most recent lives; the rest of her fraught existence is a frustrating blend of foggy locations and flashes of memory. What she knows for certain is that Arden has changed in the most recent lives. Gone is the soft, poetic being who she almost convinced not to go through with the killing just a few lifetimes ago. Now, he's more determined than ever not to let them survive past their eighteenth birthdays.

But Evelyn is fond of this life, and her little sister needs her for a life-saving bone marrow transplant. Is it worth trying to find Arden for answers? Or are they doomed to repeat this cycle of infinite, tragic fates forever...

This was such a beautiful and tragic concept. I am a sucker for the fated romance trope, and I love the idea that someone could have a true soulmate that they love no matter what body, gender, name, or time they are confined to. Steven does a wonderful job reminding us that one of the most vital parts of life is the love we share with other people. Evelyn and Arden are a heartbreaking example of true romantic love, but Evelyn's undying loyalty to her sister and all the people she has cared about in past lives is what makes her so undeniably human.

I do wish this book had been paced a little better, though I did blow through it pretty eagerly. It takes over half the novel to get any real answers about the nature of Evelyn and Arden's curse, and a lot of loose ends are left unsatisfactorily untied both for the sake of drama and just due to the nature of a story that is always fated to end too soon. 3.5 stars; compelling and tragic but not quite well-constructed enough to round to a four.

"the last thing they saw before the world blinked out was the red ribbon of fate still binding their wrists."

a beautiful story of infinite fates & the idea of soulmates. as someone who so strongly believes in the ideas of souls being tied, I found this story to be incredibly beautiful and someone haunting. i love every second of this story, from bran & dylan's present day path to the historical anecdotes that bled into the storyline of soulmates.

"even when we are but bones in the earth
my eternal heart will love you still,
for even when a star does not perish
its light burns on for millennia"

This book had it's hold on me from the second I read the comps. Addie La Rue meets This Is How You Lose the Time War- sign me up. Those are 2 of my favorite books ever. However, I was skeptical that any book cold really live up to that comparison. Talk about setting the bar high! But Laura Steven does just that, writing a beautifully romantic story about 2 cursed souls, bound to fall in love only to kill each other before their 18th birthday over and over and over again. Our Infinite Fates is one of the best YA books I have ever read!

Since before she can remember, Evelyn has met death at the hands of Arden (or sometimes vice versa) for hundreds of years. With each reincarnation, she is able to hold onto a little bit more of herself from past lives, but has now idea why she and Arden are connected of why he is compelled to hunt her down in each life. Told through her POV, the narrative moves from the present day arc to events in past lives seamlessly, slowly developing character depth and the bound between them. The prose throughout is poetic, and the dilemma excruciating. The hardest part for Evelyn is not knowing why this is their fate, and despite his love for her, Arden cannot (or will not) share the reason.

I was glued to the story from the first few lines and did not put it done unless absolutely necessary from beginning to end. It is devastatingly brilliant in every way. As someone who has read a great deal of YA fantasy as an adult, Our Infinite Fates offers something truly original and special, setting the standard even higher for what I want from a five star read.