I had a wonderful time reading this story. Two star crossed lovers fated to destroy each other in every lifetime and I fell every part of the heartache they felt. I felt every ounce of yearning they felt for each other and truly ate up every word. The prose was beautiful without being pretentious.
This book took me out of a reading, slump and I found it very hard to put down. it really set standard for a love that spans all of time and distance and circumstance

3.5 ⭐️

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

Here’s alittle backstory on this book-

We follow Arden and Evelyn over the span of 1,000 years in which they have loved, loathed and unalived eachother in a never ending cycle. They can never live to be 18 due to a curse placed on them long ago. Their souls are twined together in a twist of fate that causes them both to take their final breath of their current life and the first in their next together.

I loved the time jumps between present day and the past and how each time we made this leap it took us further and further back in time and in their story. Each life was vastly different from the next. They changed genders, status in life and location so it was very intriguing to follow along with their unique journey.

This book felt so profound. It held little nuggets about life written in the most beautiful light. It was truly poetic in its description of love and loss and grief but also the depths of what it means to truly love someone to their core. Knowing and loving them in all their forms. We, as the reader, get to experience the human existence through all of its phases, portraying all walks of life and what it means to live a difficult life of suffering or poverty to the ease of wealth and opportunity.

Some downfalls for me were the “plot twist” at the end and not being able to truly understand where Arden and Evelyn really began. We get snippets here and there but I feel like the fact that they have loved eachother for more than 1,000 would’ve hit me harder had I understand how deep their love ran for one another. The plot also completely took me out of the story. It felt like a stretch or as if I was reading two completely different stories.

Otherwise, I would recommend this book to others. It was very beautifully written and had so many emotional and relatable insights about the human existence and life.

Big thanks to NetGalley for the early read. I did have to come back to this book a second time but I’m glad I did!

Our Infinite Fates by Laura Steven is a captivating read that tackles themes of fate, free will, and self-discovery. The characters are relatable and their growth is heartfelt, even if I wished for a bit more depth at times. The plot is engaging, with some emotional twists that really make you think. The writing is sharp, and while the pacing can be uneven, it’s a story that stays with you. Overall, a solid four-star read for those who love thought-provoking YA!

Oh my god. This book. This glorious, beautiful book. I love any kind of book with soulmates and enduring love so I knew I’d enjoy this but holy god I didn’t know how much I’d love it. I feel like my heart was just put through the wringer, torn apart, and then swaddled back together with all the care and love in the universe. An absolutely perfect book. Not a single note. Evelyn and Arden live in my heart now.

POV: singular, first and third person

You can expect: fate, reincarnation, loss, family, forgiveness, curse, soulmates, sacrifice.

Rep: side character with leukemia, queer main characters, grief, lesbian side character.

Spice: 1/5 (vague, brief, and non-graphic description)

CW: violence, death, murder

Our Infinite Fates by Laura Steven is a haunting and imaginative story of love, destiny, and the brutal weight of repetition. Evelyn and Arden have lived—and died—together across countless lifetimes. Bound by a curse that demands one of them kill the other before their eighteenth birthday, they are caught in an endless cycle of love and loss. Arden remembers every tragic detail, while Evelyn stumbles through fragmented memories, desperate to understand why they are doomed to this fate. But this life is different. Evelyn’s younger sister needs a life-saving bone marrow transplant after her birthday, and breaking the curse is no longer just about survival—it’s about saving her family.

Steven’s writing feels like walking through a vivid dream, transporting readers across centuries and continents with ease. The alternating glimpses into past lives add depth to Evelyn and Arden’s relationship, making their present-day struggle more poignant. Their connection is compelling yet unsettling, constantly teetering between affection and destruction.

Beyond the central romance, the story also explores the enduring power of family and friendship, reminding us that love isn’t just about passion—it’s about sacrifice, loyalty, and the desire to protect those we care about.

While the ending leans more into the fantastical than expected, the emotional impact remains strong. Our Infinite Fates is an addictive, beautifully written tale about breaking cycles, confronting the past, and discovering whether love can truly transcend time. If you enjoy stories where fate and free will collide, this book will captivate you from start to finish.

I’m respectfully DNF’ing this book and giving it 3 stars. My friend reposted a pic of this book w a screenshot of her honest, generally positive review and got a DM from the author - I didnt even know people could see when you repost pictures on IG stories! Personally that left a bad taste in my mouth as I don’t ever want to worry if an author is in reviewer spaces. A few of my friends and the GR reviews generally say this one misses a lot in substance, so I’m going to pass !

“Our Infinite Fates” is the story of two souls that are reincarnated into each generation for a thousand years. Each time, Arden must kill Evelyn before her eighteenth birthday. Arden remembers every aspect of the history that led them to this point, but Evelyn does not, and Arden won’t tell her. In this life, Evelyn is trying to stay alive long enough to donate bone marrow to her sister Gracie and save her life. When Arden appears, Evelyn knows she doesn’t have long, and strikes a deal for him to wait as long as possible to kill her. While trying to wait out the clock, the two explore their feelings for one another, as they have in countless lifetimes before.
I didn’t feel this book had anything new to offer to the idea of incarnation and immortality; most of what happened hear has already been done in other stories. The catch I thought was somewhat more unique was the cognitive dissonance of being in love with someone who has killed you and is trying to kill you again, however I don’t think the book took this idea as at as it could have. I also thought Arden’s supposedly catastrophic reasoning for keeping their origins from Evelyn were largely anticlimactic and detracted somewhat from their dynamic. Also, as a med student, I couldn’t help but be bothered by the major plot point that hinged on Evelyn’s allergy to general anesthesia and therefore had to undergo bone marrow aspiration with no sedation or even local anesthesia, despite the fact that a) there are so many kinds of general anesthesia and some of them would certainly have been safe (where was the ketamine?) b) local anesthesia and general anesthesia are not even close to being the same thing and c) why did she not undergo desensitization therapy years ago. All that being said this was a reasonably interesting and enjoyable read.

Incredible potential with a premise like this, but the execution was sloppy and messy. This was the worst kind of instalove, where the book keeps telling us that they are so much in love but does not show us why (No connection or backstory supported their relationship). The plot barely moves until the twist is revealed at the 80ish% mark and even that felt flat. It just shorts scenes from their past lives that tell us nothing followed by the present-time chapters where nothing happens, rinse and repeat for 200ish pages.

*not a spoiler free review*

3.25 ⭐️!

i was very excited for this book! the premise seemed lovely and i was promised angst so i was alllll for this. however, i found that the interesting premise wasn’t captivating enough. everything was far too underdeveloped for me to get attached.

i think YA readers will like this however, as there were some pretty and poetic, if not tumblr-esque, lines about love. and who knows, name dropping taylor swift and formula one may also be appealing to that audience. i personally felt that those quirks—and sentences like ‘which i did recognize as an extraordinarily sapphic way to think’—were jarring and lowered the prose to an unnecessarily juvenile internet-buzzwordy level.

i also felt like it took a long time to figure out why anything was happening. the time spent before that did not lead me to get especially attached to evelyn or arden. dylan’s complete drop of the ‘golden retriever act’ (hello tiktok trope) was very strange; arden puts on these characters, unceremoniously drops them, and seems to retain none of their characteristics or connections to evelyn. i found myself mostly craving the flashback sequences where evelyn and arden do seem to have a genuine connection, one that keeps its dynamic through the centuries. i could spend forever in those scenes, flitting between lives with the two protagonists. i dearly enjoyed the different families we got to meet and for how small a role each side character played, they felt pretty real. so that was truly lovely!

other than that, this was okay. the ending did feel incredibly rushed and unearned (which may have been solved if arden admitted what the hell was going on earlier…) but hey… defeating evil with the literal power of love isn’t new and is touching, at least slightly, every time. i think it’s intended audience will overlook most of my other small criticisms and be obsessed with the enduring nature of their love and since this book was enjoyable over anything else, i would recommend it in the end!

thank you to net galley and the publisher for this ARC!

3/5 stars. Overall, the book was entertaining but a bit slow at times. I wish there was more time spent showing how Evelyn and Arden fell in love. I feel like the story skipped how they fell in love and got straight into the consequences of their love. This made it feel like the consequences dragged out but I didn't know or at times care why. I wanted to love this book so badly, because the premise was so interesting. I loved the poetry aspects and the flashbacks were great, I just wanted move of why/how they fell in love.

Oh I absolutely loved this. One of those books that impacted and affected me in ways I was not expecting in the slightest. While this is being compared to a few others, the story felt wholly fresh and unique and left me wanting so much more.

Evelyn and Arden had an electric chemistry in every life and I love how their love extended beyond any constraint one would typically expect. I don’t want to give too much away in reviewing this for the sake of allowing other reads the same experience I had but to sum it up simply I adored this book. I am so thrilled to have been able to review it early and am so excited for Laura Steven’s adult release later this year.

This was a highly anticipated read that I struggled to connect with. Although I really enjoyed the flashbacks in reverse telling us the origin story of Evelyn and Arden, it felt very choppy and I never felt like I got invested in any of the storylines. I wish there would have been more development into their history since we spend 85% of the book not even knowing the why behind the arrangement. By the time we get to trying to actually solve the problem, I really didn’t care anymore. This was well written and the poetry and concept were beautiful. I just don’t think this was the type of book for me.

Our Infinite Fates is a lyrical blend of fantasy, romance, and murder mystery. We know the victim, we know the murderer, but we don't know the why, and Steven has created an astounding love story wrapped around this dark question.

Evelyn and Arden have chased each other through time, reincarnating again and again for millennia only to have to kill the other just before they turn 18. Arden remembers their past lives and knows exactly what will happen if the pair fail to die before their 18th birthday, but Evelyn remembers little more than snatches of her earlier lives, forced to constantly question why her fate is to die at Arden's hand. Despite the animosity between the two, years of relationships--both platonic and romantic--have caused the two to fall in love, yet that love doesn't stop Arden from completing his task. But Evelyn has finally reached a life where she's desperately needed: she's a perfect bone marrow match for her sick sister, but the procedure is set to occur after Evelyn's birthday. How far will Evelyn go to stop Arden, save her sister, and find the truth of her infinite fates?

I really enjoyed this book. Steven's writing is poetic and descriptive without being too much, and Evelyn and Arden are both strong characters. Every few chapters is a flashback to one of the pair's previous lives, and these glimpses into the past provide depth to the character's relationship as well as answers. The current timeline is filled with interesting side characters and an intriguing book of poetry that is both lovely to read and important to Evelyn, and I couldn't wait to see why Evelyn and Arden kept having to die.

The only reason I didn't give this one 5 stars is because the ending is a bit fantastical, and not in a good way. I mean, I guess all the questions were answered, and everyone got what they wanted, but it seemed a bit silly? The final chapter, however, was a nice, open-ended conclusion, and it did leave me with warm fuzzies. Overall, this was a great read, and I will definitely be keeping an eye out for Steven's future releases.

This book reminds me so much of Addie LaRue but anything Addie LaRue lacked Our Infinite Fates made up for it. I could tell by Chapter 2 that not only was I hooked but that I was going to enjoy this journey with Arden and Evelyn. Even though the vibes were similar to Addie LaRue, this book blew it out of the water. I loved the characters developments, jumping between present and past lives, how the reincarnation worked and all the different past lives. The ending was a perfect wrap up for the 1000 year lives the characters lives.

I can not stress how much I loved this story and I have already been sharing it with as many people as possible and so excited to see its release.

Evelyn and Arden have been alive for centuries, if not longer. They have never made it past their 18th birthdays, mostly due to the fact that their lives are tied together and one must always kill the other before they become adults.

However, in present day, Evelyn really loves her current life and is determined to save her younger sister from cancer via a bone marrow transplant. The only problem is that it can’t happen until after her 18th birthday. When Arden shows up, Evelyn begins to unravel.

I made it about 50% of the way through this book and I was really enjoying it, but it just got so repetitive and I didn’t have the urge to pick it up anymore. I think if the book was shorter it would have worked better. I liked the flashbacks to previous lives (and deaths), but it just was over and over and over and the way it sort of edged the reader just got redundant for me.

A huge thank you to NetGalley, the publisher, and Laura Steven for providing me with an ARC of Our Infinite Fates in exchange for my honest review.

Overall, I enjoyed this book. I loved the historical aspects of the story and the progression of the plot. I was rather unsatisfied with the ending and the big "why", but I think that is definitely just my personal opinion and does not reflect the book or the author in any way. The writing was good but it was a little inconsistent at times.

I wish we got more descriptions of previous times and appearances. The main characters stayed consistent in every time period except for the current time, where I feel the fmc personality didn't match up with every other one. There was just a slight change that made her feel as though she was a different person entirely.

I would recommend this book, but I don't think I would recommend it to everyone. It read similarly to V.E Schwab, whom I love, so I really enjoyed reading something that had the same vibes as her books.

3.5 stars rounded up⭐️ They fall in love in every lifetime and in every lifetime they are destined to kill each other…..

This is one of the most unique stories that I have ever read. I found it to be very reminiscent of The Invisible Life of Addie Larue, but it is also completely original at the same time. If you loved the pacing and overall feeling of that book then I think you will love this one too.

There were multiple times where my jaw dropped at the lyrical poetry that is written into every single sentence. This story is a love letter to the people who keep a white knuckled grip on what it means to be hopeful and soft in a hard-edged world.

I can’t even begin to imagine the hours of research that Laura Steven had to put in to make this book happen. This book is so rich in culture and I loved feeling like a world / time traveler!

The reason I am giving this 3.5 stars is because I felt like the pacing dragged at times. That being said I think it suited the tone of story really well and that this is just a personal preference. I think this book is going to BLOW UP and it truly deserves the world!💗

thank you to netgalley and wednesday books for the opportunity to read an advanced copy. all opinions are my own.

rating: 3.5/5*

every now and then, you can just tell an author had fun writing a book—our infinite fates is definitely one of those. something about the way all the different time periods and settings were written shows the author’s enthusiasm so well. this, more than almost anything else, is what stood out to me. beyond this, our infinite fates is a fun and easy read; it’s the fastest i’ve finished a book in a while, and the short chapters suck you in well.

overall i found this book good, if failing to make me feel anything strongly. i definitely can see this appealing to a lot of people, and for once the comparisons are spot on (it really is reminiscent of this is how you lose the time war and the secret life of addie larue). as someone who didn’t love either of those two books, though, a lot of what i didn’t like about them could be found in our infinite fates.

while i loved seeing all the different time periods and lives evelyn and arden lived, the chapters were so short that it was hard to get invested in any of them. when you have five pages on a life, there just isn’t much to be moved by. i wish, too, that we’d been able to see evelyn and arden fall in love—we primarily see the lives where they’re already in love, and because of that it felt like something was missing from the romance. additionally, this book is the perfect place for the flowery writing like addie larue, and i wish the author had taken that opportunity. i found the tone too casual and straightforward (outside of the poetry) in a way that didn’t really lend much to the story.

This book hooked me from the beginning and was solid all the way through, with a superb ending as well. This is one of the best books I have read this year so far, its original and unique, its mysterious and beautiful. I loved the characters, the love story, the magic, the poetry, the back and forth timelines, the ending, the beginning, just all of it.

4.5 rounded up💫!! And excuse me - what a story!!🥹🫶🥲😩

this writing was BEAUTIFUL!!Some of the most poetic and lyrical prose I’ve ever read. I highlighted basically every other sentence✍️

AND it’s a standalone fantasy!! which I’m always on the hunt for!

Two reincarnated souls, a cursed love story spanning decades and continents!👩‍🍳💋 it had flashbacks and mystery, romance and magic, family and drama, Addie LaRue vibes!?

The audio was well done but I’m really glad I had an eARC as well so I could follow along with my eyes and annotate! The beautiful writing, remember??🙌

The end surprised me! but also wrapped up a bit *too* quickly for me after a lot of build up! But trust me this one’s going to be a big hit!!💌✨and my brain is already working overdrive on all the edits I can make for it!!!🤭