If you love The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, you will probably like this novel. It has a similar feel, but it still has its own uniqueness. I love the idea of reincarnation and being able to find your soul mate in every life. There is a bit of a mystery with why Evelyn's lives end in tragedy around the same age, which is interesting. I also liked how when our two main characters reincarnated they were switching genders, races, etc. It felt natural. I loved how the chapters moved back and forth from the present to important moments from their past lives.

Beautiful. Brilliant. Wonderful. I couldn't put this one down and managed to finish it in two sittings. At times the story is poetic and even tragic. The story of two lovers that are forever fated to both fall in love and kill each other as they reincarnate life after life. For any fellow Taylor Swift fans, you'll definitely appreciate the easter eggs throughout!

Rarely have I seen a book actually live up to its comp titles these days, but I am delighted to report that this one absolutely did.

With promises of channeling the energy of the love of my life The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue this book had a high bar to live up to, and while I'll likely never love any book as much as I love that one, this book did manage to incorporate a lot of the elements that have made that one so special. The way it flashes back and forth between past and present creates a bridge between historical and contemporary fiction that has a way of making the story feel timeless and lets us see the ways that the characters have evolved and shifted over the course of centuries. While one of the criticisms I see other people have most often about Addie is the way it remains Eurocentric despite taking place over the course of 300 years, this book, on the other hand, makes an effort to depict the main characters living in a variety of different countries and cultures. Though I cannot speak to the cultural accuracy of that representation and will wait and see how people from those countries feel about their depictions, I think it did serve to provide a sense of a story that truly spans time and space in a way that Addie may not have captured as fully.

The characters themselves were also so easy to grow attached to. While this book isn't a romance in the sense that you get to watch the characters fall in love — since it employs the soulmates dynamic from the beginning to suggest that they have essentially always been in love — I still appreciated the way that the inevitability of their connection drove them together. Though I'm often the first to criticize books for having the characters either fall in love too quickly or already be together by the time the story starts, it didn't end up bothering me here since I felt like Laura did a good job of giving us compelling reasons as to why they actually admired one another as people, and what would bring them together outside of their cosmic connection. The setup of this book with the characters inhabiting a different body in each life also allows it to make the list of books that don't have a romance driven purely by physical attraction, which is always going to be a point in its favor for me personally.
I think Laura also did a fairly good job of acknowledging the power imbalance and moments of toxicity within their relationship in a way that didn't make it feel as though we were supposed to ignore the whole "killing each other in every life" setup and believe that they had the perfect romantic relationship.

I also absolutely adored the writing in this book. It definitely leans towards the flowery side — maybe sometimes just for flowery's sake — but that did not stop me from having so many quotes and paragraphs highlighted because of just how breathtaking they were. I think this is the kind of book I'll go back and reread someday, and I have a feeling that it will end up being one that is filled with tabs of all the lines that need to be marked and appreciated.

I'm glad that the advanced hype and marketing budget this book has been getting drove me to prioritize reading it because it is definitely one that managed to exceed my expectations. Catch me buying every special edition of this book I can get my hands on when it comes out. 😅

Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for providing me with a copy of this egalley to read and give my honest review. The opinions expressed here are my own.
I'm all about fantasy books that are stand alone. They are hard to find and always peak my interest. I'm always curious how the author will build the world and then wrap it up in only one book. While this book has some fantastical elements, it really teeters on the border of fantasy and magical realism.
The book is told in alternating chapters of historical events between the characters and modern day. It's a love story strewn across time.
Evelyn and Arden are fated to be together no matter when in history they meet. But they are also fated to die together over and over again by their 18th birthdays. In modern times, Evelyn finds herself fighting to stay alive to ensure her sister can be saved from the cancer she is enduring by a bone marrow transplant.
Overall, the story was nice. I liked the background the author chose to give with the chapters that take us back to other times in history. It gave a some good background as to why the characters interact with each other the way they do. However, I did find the back and forth a bit choppy and it slowed the pacing for me a bit. I also felt like we didn't spend enough time in those chapters to truly get a sense of the relationship between the two characters. I wanted to be immersed in this epic romance but I just didn't feel the chemistry between the two characters or invested in why their love story was important.
Did I connect with the characters? Not particularly. I found Evenly quite standoffish, no matter the time frame in which we met her. And Arden was just too mysterious and hard to figure out the entire book. I wanted to love them and their epic romance, but it never felt quite epic enough for me given their meetings over and over again across time.
The author did a fairly good job with the LBGTQ+ representation throughout the book. She chose to show it throughout history but what I would have liked to see is how it was truly represented at that time. Was it accepted? shunned? How did it effect the characters and how they lived their lives during all those times? It just seemed to me there should have been more of this rather than just scenes of the two characters interacting and showing their attachment to one another.
Overall, I enjoyed it enough but pushed a bit to get to the part where we find out the mystery of it all. The reveal comes quite late in the book and is not truly alluded to in any of the interactions between the characters to give the reader a sense of at least guessing what it was all about. I wish I had breadcrumbs along the way that would have kept me more interested in knowing what was actually going on. And the wrap up was just too easy for me. I wanted more from the deal that was made, more of the interaction with the evil we are introduced to, just more.

As I read this story I could not help myself from highlighting and annotating on my kobo. There are so many quotable and meaningful moments in this story.
I will preface the rest of my review by stating, that I recommend this to readers that enjoy magical realism along the lines of the Invisible Life of Addie Larue and Midnight Library. To me, this book is not one that will necessarily appeal to a younger audience, but definitely has much to offer an older audience.
The story of Evelyn and Arden is love story. They’ve lived many lives for over 1000 years and one has killed the other in each of them. The story is told from Evelyn’s point of view while she is navigating her current life. The stakes are high in this one and she is determined for this life to be different. Her memories of past lives evade her as she moves further in time away from them. As we follow her through today’s life, we learn about her past lives. We know very little about Arden, but get pieces through each memory and as the present progresses. There are times where we feel their love more, but others less. Theirs is a love filled with conflict and tragedy. There are some interesting turn of events and the reveals at the end are satisfying.
Overall, I enjoyed the story, but the pacing was at times slow. I feel that it could have progressed nicely and without plot holes, even if a few of the in between chapters were cut out. I did enjoy the story most when I could get larger chunks of reading time in a sitting; this permitted me to really be immersed in the tale. I highly recommend that you read the book with extended periods of reading time that will permit you the time to reflect as you read.
Many thanks to Wednesday Books (St. Martin’s Press) and NetGalley for a digital advanced copy of the book. The opinions expressed are honestly and my own.

Evelyn and Arden have lived thousands of lifetimes, where they have always been fated to fall in love and to kill one another before the moment they turn 18. No matter who they are or where they are in their newly reincarnated lives, the two of them always find one another, because of the tether between their souls. Evelyn has yet to discover Arden’s identity in her newest life, but she’s planning to evade him this time, so she can save her younger sister who is in need of a bone marrow transplant. Little does she know, he’s closer than she thinks, and it’s time for her to face Arden and get answers to why he hunts her through every lifetime and break their centuries old curse.

Our Infinite Fates is a beautiful story of life, love, empathy, loss, and suffering. I really fell in love with the premise of the book, and I was hooked from the first chapter. The book is written in modern day, with flashback chapters that help to unfold Evelyn and Arden’s history. I loved the way Steven wrote the flashback chapters in a descending order, until you reach the earliest point in Evelyn and Arden’s relationship.

There is a heartbreaking element to Evelyn and Arden’s story. Evelyn has memories of her past lives, but she does not remember everything the way Arden does. He knows he is fated to kill her in every life, and has never told Evelyn why they have to die before they turn 18. Once they both remember their past life and what will inevitably happen, they have such a short time together before they have to start over in the next life.

The twist was really great and wasn’t what I was expecting at all, but I loved the way it played out. I did wish there was a bit more time given to the confrontation with the villain, but I don’t think the rest of the story suffered because of the quickly wrapped up conflict.

Our Infinite Fates was an unputdownable book, for me. I highly recommend this book if you love stories of soulmates and fate, with dual timelines and POVs.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for a chance to read and review this arc.

This book sounded incredibly interesting in the blurb - “they’ve loved each other in a thousand life times, they’ve killed each other in every one” - and the book itself held up pretty well to the attention grabbing one liner.

This books chapters alternate between the present and past lives of Evelyn and Arden, and the journey you go on with them spans centuries, continents and experiences - well written story telling showing how their entangled lives would weave together no matter the circumstance, and repeatedly lead to their heartbreaking ends.

The book loses me towards the end though. There are deals with the devil, for a new lifetime of freedom, and it felt like it all wrapped up too well and too quickly, after a thousand years of building to this point. I wish it had been just a bit longer to really tease out a better ending.

The premise of this one was pretty good, and unique. I enjoyed it a lot and will definitely be seeking out this author more this year

I enjoyed parts of this book. It was slow at first and I kept wishing they’d stop dying or we’d at least get some clues as to why this is happening. The reveal happened at around 80% in, and I think that was too far into the book for us to get some clarity. I also don’t think it should be marketed to kids (YA). I think adults would understand and be interested in it more. For me, this book was just okay.

Our Infinite Fates is a novel spanning time and space that does a great job of building glimpses of lives around its main characters, who love each other — and kill each other — in each one of them. It's pitched as The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue meets This is How You Lose the Time War, and I can see why based on the elements of those books (though I think it leans towards the latter). However, both of those novels are adult books, and this book falls squarely in the young adult genre in terms of tone and writing style, which is perhaps why I didn't love it.

I loved the premise of the story, but the execution didn't work for me. I thought Steven did a great job bringing color to each life our protagonists have lived, but each setting is given so little time to breathe in the story that the emotional impact and character development I imagine these brief peeks into the past intended to give to Arden and Evelyn's background was lacking.

I felt that the writing was a bit overwrought in its attempts to be poetic, but it may work for some people even if it didn't work for me. In fact, I imagine this will find an audience of avid fans who don't mind purple prose because the concept is very cool. Thank you to the publisher for the arc!

Laura Steven delivers beautiful prose and an enchanting story that expanses hundreds of years. From the first page I was fully immersed in Evelyn and Arden’s story. It is gripping, heart wrenching, and beautiful—I felt their love and yearning ripple beneath my skin with each turn of the page. The pace of the plot was near perfect with flashes between the past and present. The minor characters were just as integral to the story and were just as lovable as the protagonists.

In short, I never thought I would read another book that would hold my breath the same way since reading the Invisible Life of Addie LaRue—once again my brain chemistry has been altered.

Thank you again to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press/Wednesday Books for a chance to read and give an honest review of an advanced copy of this book.

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Our Infinite Fates is a beautiful story about the power of love, the power of hope, the power of goodness and of believing. The prose and how the author expressed the themes and various nuances were very poetic and had a philosophical approach.

We follow Evelyn's point of view. She's a girl full of love for her family and love for life. She loves every family fiercely even though she knows she will lose them. She tends to help people in every life, which makes Arden call her a martyr throughout the book. She was an okay mc but to be honest, how can someone spend millenia (!) going through with reincarnation and being murdered without actively seeking out the truth? Even if she fails every time, even if Arden doesn't tell her when she asks, how can you not seek the truth at every turn? I would much prefer see her try and fail than see her do nothing but wait for Arden to come. I had this thought from the very beginning and I kept hoping she would become more active, but she only held her ground on this during the last 20% of the book.

Arden is such a sad, poetic soul. He carries his notebook and his love for nature and languages through every life of his. I felt like I knew Arden much better than I ever knew Evelyn, even though we had Evelyn's pov and even though Arden is a very closed-off character. I found him to be more compelling and more believable than Evelyn. He had baggage and traumas, and it showed.

Furthermore, there isn't much plot. Things really happen during the last 20%, and until then, we see many glimpses into their past and glimpses into their current life. I love a fast-paced plot, things happening, and active mcs, so while I liked this book, I'm not overly enthused.

Poetic prose carried this book, as the writing was truly beautiful and emotionally resonating. If I would sum up the book somehow, it would be like this: poetic and emotionally resonating.

This is the March pick for a YA monthly box, and I'd tentatively renew as I believe they have paid lots of attention to this book's design.

After all the rave I've seen about Our Infinite Fates, I thought I was set for an exciting, plot-twist filled, mystery for Evelyn and Arden. However, that was not the case. Most of the book consisted of a mix of flashbacks of their past lives and the current life, and I found much of this to be very tedious. While I did find the first few past lives to be interesting, what was happening in the present was so incredibly slow-paced that the book practically fell off for me. I also did not find the romance, while admirable, to be believable. Anyways, I would recommend this book, but I was expecting a lot more intrigue with an idea that could've been more.

I absolutely adored this book. It gives real Addie LaRue vibes in the best way, Its magical and enchanting and captivating.
The characters are so enchanting and I was desperate to know about each life they lived and how their fates intertwined and what happens. The writing is very poetic and flows really beautifully I felt I was right there in every situation. While the two Main characters are obviously well described and their personalties elaborated on, the side characters are all very detailed and each with their own lives and personalities, but still allowing the main duo to shine. Their stories are just so beautifully intwined and the mystery kept me turning the pages as i needed to know why things were happening. I cannot recommend this book highly enough, and I know so many people will get lost into this book world.

I got a copy of this from Netgalley because it promised The Invisible Life of Addie La Rue and This Is How You Lose the Time War vibes. I usually end up finding these kinds of comparisons meaningless, but Our Infinite Fates actually had a lot of Addie La Rue similarities - if you liked that one, you will like this one.

I did think the synopsis didn't quite capture the plot. Much like Addie La Rue, this book switches back and forth between the present time and the past, showing all the various reincarnated lives where the two main characters theoretically fall in love over and over again only for one to kill the other. The actual passages that take place in the past don't really demonstrate the "falling in love" part - most of them are "surprise, I am here and ready to kill you now" vignettes. It all gets a little repetitive and much like my feelings toward Addie La Rue, I found myself impatient during the past sections and just wanted to know more about the present storyline. There was so much "Why are you killing me again and again?" "I can't tell you!" over and over again, it got a little old.

I did enjoy the explanation for why it was happening, once it finally got there - it wasn't anything I predicted, which was nice. The resolution was satisfying.

This book! Oh this book! I didn’t have any expectations of Our Infinite Fates and I was absolutely addicted, staying up late every night just devouring this story. Evelyn can remember her past lives—at least most of them—and in every one, her life is taken by Arden, her love who is inexplicably linked to her soul. Except she likes her life now and she’s willing to do whatever it takes to stay in this life. This is told in contrasting timelines—the present life in Wales and flashbacks to the past lives Arden and Evelyn have had. It is gripping and heartbreaking with a feel of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue. While I think it was perfectly done, I would’ve loved to have had Arden’s POV, mostly because he is so tortured and so in love with Arden I wanted to know him more. And Evelyn is so full of love and optimism, even though her life consistently ends in tragedy. I audibly gasped at the twists and cried as these two faced impossible choice. It is a striking and stunning love story. It’s beautiful and unique. And with short chapters, it flies by. Even the decisions I didn’t love that Evelyn made made sense. The banter, the soul-gripping romance, all with a kind of enemies-to-lovers/soulmate romance. It has banter and emotion and heart and it’s just different. I was really pleasantly surprised how much I loved this one.

Laura Steven’s *Our Infinite Fates* is a dazzling and thought-provoking novel that masterfully explores the interplay between destiny, choice, and self-discovery. With her signature wit and poignant storytelling, Steven delivers a narrative that is as imaginative as it is emotionally resonant.

The story follows a protagonist grappling with life-changing decisions, set against the backdrop of a world where alternate paths and parallel lives intertwine. Steven’s ability to balance humor, heart, and high-stakes drama makes the journey utterly compelling. Her characters leap off the page with authenticity, their struggles and triumphs striking a chord with readers.

What truly sets this book apart is its exploration of “what ifs” and the ripple effects of our choices. The narrative’s inventive structure keeps readers engaged, while its themes of identity, purpose, and human connection add profound depth.

With its sharp prose, clever twists, and emotional impact, *Our Infinite Fates* is a must-read for fans of speculative fiction and heartfelt storytelling. Laura Steven has created a novel that stays with you long after the final page—a beautiful reminder of the infinite possibilities within us all. I would highly recommend this book.

This is not just a novel- this is a journey across time about what the strength of love is able to protect.

Following Evelyn and Arden, who have lived countless lives, are in love in all of them, but die by each other's hands right before their 18th birthday in every one, is one of the most creative ways to develop the growth of each of them over time. The idea of soulmates is only one part of understanding the storyline, as there are some twists and turns that leave you wanting more.

Not only did the story and plot work so well, but the writing added an extra element to the flow of love and connection.

I loved The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue but found it a little too long. The ending didn't sit well with me, but this was a YA version of Addie and I loved it. Loved the main leads and the romance. Whimsical, magical, emotional.

"...And hadn't I always known this? That to be human was to love and love and love, knowing it could only end in tragedy?"

Beautifully written. Highly recommend. An exciting addition to any collection!

Hmm.. I really wanted to like this book as I was so thankful to get the ARC for free from Wednesday Book via NetGalley so I could write this review but I need to be honest.. it just didn’t hold my attention.

Full disclosure I was not a fan of the invisible life of Addie LaRue and this kits seemed like another version of it. Dare o say that it’s a bit suspect of the similarities but maybe it was just the inspiration.

What bothered me the most is that you have this epic love that goes throughout the centuries but what is it based on? You can only be told so much before you want to be shown evidence of the why. It just wasn’t there. The premise is great. It’s the execution that’s lacking.

So I’ll leave it at the above. It’s not. Bad book by any means. The character development is there so many may love it. It just wasn’t for me.

My rating system since GoodReads doesn’t have partial stars and I rarely round up.

⭐️ Hated it
⭐️⭐️ Had a lot of trouble, prose issues, really not my cup of tea (potentially DNF’d or thought about it)
⭐️⭐️⭐️ Meh, it was an ok read but nothing special
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Really enjoyed it! Would recommend to others
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Outstanding! Will circle back and read again