I am a huge fan of novels that move around in time. This one did not disappoint! A love story, built in the real world with a touch of fantasy and a twist of mystery. At no point did I guess correctly the genesis of Evelyn and Arden’s ill-fated love story.

Thank you Netgalley, Laura Steven, and publisher for a copy of this arc.

I rate this book 4 stars.

The writing was beautiful! Especially the use of poems throughout. The theme of reincarnation was interesting and added diversity to both the characters and the setting (which in my opinion was gracefully done). Reading the different life times throughout the book added a lot of insight to their tragic love story.

There were some minor details towards the ending of the book that made me cringe a bit. Starting with the mention of an actual artist and also an actual event. Just made me retreat from the story.

The last chapter did feel rushed. It left me with some questions and felt inconclusive.

10/10 stars this book is amazing!!! I can’t wait to have allllll the special editions of this book on my trophy shelf!
The story overall is slower paced, but the intricate storylines being woven together make it flow well. I’ve found myself trending away from YA focuses books, but this was a really lovely story.
Thank you NetGalley for allowing me to read this ARC!

This book was so good! I loved the story, I loved Arden and Evelyn, I loved the side characters, I loved the imagery, I loved the twists, I loved everything! This was so incredibly well written and it had me so captivated that I read through tailgating for Taylor Swift. It was so good and I was so sucked in! This author absolutely killed it, I can’t wait to see more from them. Definitely recommend this book, you owe it to yourself to read this incredible love story!

"To love was to live, and to live was to die."

ARC provided via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. All opinions expressed are my own.

Do you ever read a book and just instantly know how many people will love it?

That was my experience with Our Infinite Fates, a YA book with a uniquely executed concept and plenty of angst - filled with lines of poetic longing and pain, a look into the human experience and what love really means to each person. How it can transcend time, how it can cause euphoria and agony, and what it means to be alive.

The entire time I was reading this ARC, I could tell it was filled with so many things that will work for so many people - especially on BookTok. This checks so many boxes and tropes that I think plenty of readers will adore it.

Unfortunately for me, it felt kind of like a My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic episode had a baby with a John Green novel. I could carry that comparison on, but I think it adequately describes all of my opinions on this book.

I will say: if you're someone that's not a fan of certain popular books (like Powerless by Lauren Roberts) or you're struggling with YA feeling a bit predictable or immature at the moment, I'd probably recommend skipping this one.

Overall, I wholeheartedly recommend this book - even though it was 100% not for me. As I said, it checks so many reader boxes, such as: beautifully illustrated queer love, enemies and lovers, Taylor Swift references (not excessive, if that bothers you), sibling bonds, and the kind of poetry that would have slayed on Pinterest a decade ago.

i didn’t think YA was still capable of making me cry but this book set out to prove me wrong. a gorgeous, intricate tale of a love lost through the eras— when i tell u i was bawling by the end.

3.75 - Overall, this was an enjoyable read. I was lucky enough to get my hands on an ARC from NetGalley and sat down and quickly read through the book. The line writing was beautiful and the storyline kept me interested. There's no way I could have guessed what was revealed during some of those final chapters, which I always like. Surprise in a book is fun.

That being said, I knocked it down a star and a quarter because the pacing was off for me personally. We spent a lot of time building up to something that felt too quickly and conveniently resolved. In YA books, typically the plot is one of the main drivers with character exposition taking a back seat and there were parts of this book that felt like we were doing mild character exposition with little plot building. It made the book feel slow at times.

Overall, I get where the hype is coming from and I think this a book a lot of people will enjoy, even people who aren't big into YA.

Where do I begin? I loved the concept of this book. It explored more of what I craved for in The Invisible Life Addie Larue. But while it shined in that department I felt like all the short glimpses into the different periods took away slightly from the Evelyn and Arden. You know Evelyn loves Arden but for most of the book you only see the pain and aftermath of everything they've gone through. You get brief glimpses into their love but personally I would have liked more. The snapshots felt too short. While the main time period focused on a version of Arden that was heartbreaking. Maybe it all balances each other out in the end by design.
I did enjoy really this book. The poetry. The glimpses of both Arden and Evelyn as people. It had so much working for it.
Still a little confused at the end but when my physical copy comes in I'll happily do a reread.

The ending of this book was everything. While sometimes it felt repetitive with the flashbacks, it did not detract from my enjoyment of the story. There were also two major twists that I did not see coming, and the second one really pulled everything together. Lovely story that makes you appreciate what you have and wonder if the connections we feel with others are based on something bigger than we realize.

This book was so profoundly good that I don't really have the words. It was written beautifully. It gave me all the feels and some that I didn't want. You will need a moment after you finish reading it, I know I did.

*Thank you to the Publisher, Author, and Netgalley for providing me with an E-ARC of "Our Infinate Fates" in exchange for an honest review *

This was super sweet.

Amazing,.Amazing. Amazing.. Our Infinate Fates was absolutely everything I hoped it to be! The writing, the plot, the creativity. 10/10 will be reccomending to everyone.

I'm a huge sucker for immortality and reincarnation, I'll love you in every life and Laura Steven delivered.

This is the best young adult novel I've read in years! I already left a review on Goodreads but I just want to say that it was such a pleasure to read this book and it has such potential crossover appeal to adult readers as well because the story is so amazing. Seriously I don't say this often but it was such a pleasure to read an advanced copy of this and I cannot wait till the book comes out because it will only help spread the word and Laura Steven and our infinite Fates is a name and a title to know! Absolutely very highly recommended and definitely the ya of 2025

"If I show the universe how much I love my family, they'll be taken from me in spite. Maybe that's all love is, in the end. An endless tempting of fate."

This book….I honestly don’t think I will ever be the same again. It captivated me the entire way through. Evelyn and Arden meet in every lifetime…and kill each other. But Evelyn doesn’t know why Arden is hunting her down.

If you loved Addie LaRue, you’ll love the pacing of the book and questions and answers surrounding love, the afterlife, and what love means.

4.5 stars/5

This book was one of my top reads of the year! The plot is so original and creative. I adored the main characters and found myself rooting for them every step of the way despite knowing the specifics of their arrangement. The brought me to tears and I've been thinking about it daily ever since I finished it! Thank you so. much Netgalley for the ARC opportunity! I cannot recommend this read enough!

I’m still recovering from this book. While on paper, it looks like it took me forever to read, it’s because I wanted to savour it.

The concept 👏🏼 the writing 👏🏼 the love 👏🏼. And not just romantic love too, the strong familial love was gut-wrenching. For me, this book had it all. It was so beautifully written, with such detailed settings of the past.

The title OUR INFINITE FATES is a heavy one, and it surely delivered. Although it gives ADDIE LARUE fall vibes, it could also be best read in the colder months!!!!

Thank you NetGalley for the ARC of the book.
The concept of the book was very interesting. I loved the idea of ressurection a lot and seeing the characters previous lifes was intriguing.

For the first 30-35%, I was interested in both storylines. Seeing their past and how they feel for each other every single time was very fascinating. I also liked the first small plot twist in the first chapters, it was a fun one.
I also liked the small poems at the end of some chapters, showing us how the love interest felt. I loved the characters personality as well!

The problem is that after a while, the plot became a bit repetitive, knowing how every past memory will end.

I'm a little bit insure about the ending, it became confusing. It was too easy <spoiler>They really defeated the enemy with the power of love.</spoiler> There's also the fact that the origin of the "curse" isn't very clear. The love interest tells us about how it began but we discover something else? I'm confused a little. We also had no real hint for us to analyse, trying the guess what happened. I wish we had more.

In summary, it was a good book but a little bit too repetitive reaching the end.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for this arc!

This book was gut wrenching and beautifully written and just wow. Really made me think. I often don’t like that in a “fun book” but it works here.

I can say without a doubt that this is one of the most beautifully written, heart wrenching stories I have ever read. I haven’t had my heart broken and mended that many times while reading. I cried 7 times due to being overwhelmed by the pure beauty of the writing and from the story itself.

I find myself struggling to find the words to describe this book because this is a love story but it is so much more than that. It is agonizing pain, heartbreak, swoon-worthy love and harrowing adventures that will actually make your heart do leaps and bounds throughout the story.

What would you do if you were destined to kill your soulmate every year before your 18th birthday for centuries? What will you do to survive and get answers? Why are you stuck in this twisted turn of infinite fates?

That is this book in a nutshell. I went into it completely blind and can honestly say that is the way to go. I haven’t sobbed that hard in a while and it was honestly refreshing to have a book elicit that much emotion from me. I will definitely be rereading this book and it will be a book that sticks with me for many years to come.

y’all. this book 😭 i have so many feelings to unpack so buckle up because this is going to be a long one.

evelyn and arden are two souls inextricably linked, destined to meet each other in every lifetime, but kill each other before their eighteenth birthday. the book is primarily told in the present where evelyn is more desperate than ever to break the curse so she can give her sister a life-saving bone marrow transfusion. but every few chapters, we also have the delight of flashing back to a previous life, tracing their tragic story across the world and throughout history.

everything about this book with its incredible hook, stunning writing, and gut-wrenching plot twists had me devouring it cover-to-cover in five hours. i literally could NOT put it down. don’t even speak to me about the final two chapters..... i think about them every day and break down again every time i do.

one thing is that i REALLY loved how steven raised the idea that a person is not their body, but their soul, and as she takes the reader through evelyn and arden’s past lives, they are reborn each time as someone completely new. this meant that evelyn and arden had no way of identifying each other beyond a gut instinct. because of that, there is a really compelling element of mystery and suspense that is almost always at the back of evelyn’s mind.

but it also meant that their relationship is not always straight-presenting. for a book that is centered on this incredibly powerful, tumultuous, tragic, beautiful love between two characters across a hundred lifetimes, it brought me to tears to see it presented with equal weight and importance whether it was girl meets boy, or boy meets boy, or girl meets girl. in short, evelyn and arden, you will always be famous and always be carried in a special place in my heart.

so. this is me formally requesting that each and every one of you go online to preorder this gem, or go in person to wherever books are sold on march 4th, 2025 because you DO NOT want to miss this. thank you so very much to netgalley and st. martin's press for providing me with an arc in exchange for an honest review!!