What do you do when your fate is intertwined with another persons and you cannot escape? Do you succumb to a fate of death or do you fight against what is inevitable? Bran cannot remember exactly why her life is joined with Aiden's but she has bits and pieces of their previous lives together. But she would love for this to be the last time....the time when they can finally make it past eighteen and live happily ever after. We see how the different lives have interacted and it all leads to a showdown that Bran did not see coming as she races to save her sister in the current life. It's a well told story with historical facts

*Thank you NetGalley and St. Martin's Press/Wednesday Books for an ARC in exchange for an honest review*

Honestly, I didn't love it or really enjoy reading it. Part of it is that I hate time-jump chapters and this book was back and forth, which I understand because of the plot, but I'm just not a fan. Evelyn and Arden were just a bit bland and didn't really gain much depth until the last 20% which also happened to be my favorite part of the book.

I was such a big fan of Addie LaRue which is why I was so excited to read this book, but it was just a bit too flat for me.

Absolutely loved this one and completely agree with all the hype. Did not see any of the twists coming, and could not put this book down. This feels like an instant YA classic.

I love stories that cover relationships that expand over multiple time periods. Some of the different times together seemed repetitive but overall I loved the story

The cover is stunning and absolute dream color scheme wise! This book was everything I wanted to read and nothing I expected. I enjoyed every minute of reading this

“They’ve loved each other in a thousand lifetimes. They’ve killed each other in every one.”

Our Infinite Fates Arc Review ✨

I have seen this book mentioned to be a great pick for those who loved The Invisible Life of Addie Larue and I wholeheartedly agree. I was completely captivated as we followed Evelyn and Arden through a millennia of lifetimes, love, and death.

The history felt so rich and the prose was absolutely beautiful. I had no desire to put this book down at any point while reading. It’s captivating and bittersweet and has you consistently turning pages to find out what happens next. I was longing to read about every lifetime and was completely shocked with the twist we took.

This is a wonderful love story that transcends continents, gender, and time. Their story begs the question, what is it that makes a soul?

If you loved Addie Larue, I cannot help but think you would adore this book. I have so much love for the story, the beautiful prose, and the main characters.

I shared just a few quotes (spoiler free) in this post but my kindle is so full of annotations that I cannot wait for my Blackwell’s preorder to get here to do some annotating this winter when it’s released. Both editions are beautiful but the UK cover is stunning. Absolutely wonderful book. Infinity stars for Our Infinite Fates 🖤

Thank you so much to St. Martin’s Press and Wednesday Books for the opportunity to read and review this arc 🫶🏻

This is a beautiful story. I truly enjoyed the journey of Evelyn and Arden through multiple lifetimes. Its hopeful melancholy through history reminded me of “The Invisible Life of Addie Larue”, but the pure and poignant connection between the two main characters is much more satisfying. The writing’s imagery sometimes feels forced or inflated, but overall I appreciate the author’s thoughtful storytelling and beautiful language. It reminds me of “Night Circus” by Erin Morgenstern in its essence, which is one of my favorites. Some of the past lives chapters are not necessary for the plot and provide some pacing issues, but I still enjoy the glimpses into their past and the details the author clearly researched to lend authenticity. The ending is satisfying, yet powerful!

"They've loved each other in a thousand lifetimes. They've killed each other in every one."

Arden's soul has been tethered to Evelyn's for a thousand lifetimes. Always finding one another, and Arden always kills Evelyn before she turns eighteen. Yet, Evelyn continues to love Arden. Why and When did this start?

If you like Addie LaRue, and magical realism wrapped in a beautiful romantic story then this one is a winner for you.

The story is a slow burn, but the development is so good. I forsee this book being raved about.

Thank you Wednesday books for this e arc. Be on the lookout. PUB Date 03/04/25

I was/am blown away and in awe of this story. Like most, I was instantly drawn to the premise: "They've loved each other in a thousand lifetimes. They've killed each other in every one." is such a great hook. The writing, however, really solidified this as (possibly) one of my favorite reads this year. I tend to fall in the same category of readers who like to watch a love story unfold. There's little and big moments that you're see or read for yourself but there are nuances weaved between the lines of the page that make it obvious or believable.. "Show me, don't just tell me." as a fair critique I see as a reader often and I usually resonate with that but honestly I think Lauren Steven did something so brilliant here. This fated couple has essentially been loving (and hunting) each other for a millennium and it's at the detriment to Evelyn and we as the readers that we have literally no clue why this is. It's maddening!! We obviously just get little peaks into their past lives, each one so beautiful and meaningful 🥹, but even then I intrinsically know these two love each other so intimately. And it's an epic love that transcends time and gender. It's deeply moving and I couldn't get enough.

"And so, in the absence of any abiding religious convictions, this was the one blind faith I had: that love was a physical force, and it was never wasted. Once it was called out into the universe it would echo back to us forever.."

Thank you Wednesday Books and netgalley for the eARC!

Thank you to NetGalley and SMP for this arc. I absolutely loved this book. It was amazingly written, emotional, and thought provoking.

There were quite a few chapters of the past lives of these characters and how they always found each other. However I wanted MORE of this. This book was still a five star read for me, but I could have read hundreds more pages of the stories of their past lives.

The description of “for fans of Addie LaRue” is incredibly accurate, but I did like this one a bit better. I found the plot of this one to hold my attention more, as I found Addie LaRue to be a bit slow. Both beautifully written books, though. Both had similar overarching themes and the plots feel reminiscent of each other. That being said, these two books are uniquely amazing.

3.5 ☆ "how could the soul fated to kill me be the one to make me feel so alive?"

our infinite fates had such an interesting and mysterious plot, so i was super excited to be able to get this arc! this follows 2 souls, arden and evelyn, who over centuries are cursed to fall in love and kill each other before their 18th birthday in every lifetime. we jump between their interactions and deaths of their past lives and the present where evelyn has been reincarnated as a girl who is determined to save her sister, who has cancer. in order to do this, she has to undergo a bone marrow transplant before her upcoming 18th birthday before arden finds and kills her.

the premise of their love story had me really interested and invested, however i wish there was more of a suspenseful nature added to the book. i wanted to feel more connected to their relationship - they're written as soulmates, but i didn't necessarily feel the pull of what was tethering them together until the very end. things started getting really repetitive at the halfway mark - we experience the reincarnation and death cycle over and over again without getting any answers of what the curse was. it felt like we were in the dark with evelyn up until 80% of the book. i was hoping it would be a more gradual story of having evelyn discover small clues. this was beautifully written, but at times i felt like it was trying to hard to be poetic and deep rather than telling a story. overall, i think this was a decent read and i'm curious about laura steven's other novels!

Because of all the hype, my expectations for this book were very high, and I was nervous it wouldn't live up to them. Thankfully, I had nothing to worry about. This was an incredible, engaging story I could not put down. Even though the author drops you into the middle of this story without much explanation, Evelyn and Arden's journey is easy to follow through all their lifetimes as they continually fall in love and kill each other, over and over and over again. I loved seeing all the different time periods and countries, and I loved, too, that both of them often swapped genders in each lifetime and loved each other regardless. The storyline in the present day was also super engaging as you can feel Evelyn's love not only for Arden, but for her family, too. Amazing book!

This book is an enchanting tale of love, betrayal, and an unbreakable curse that spans centuries. Evelyn is cursed to relive her tragic fate over and over. She is murdered by the one she loves in each of her reincarnated lives before she turns eighteen. Evelyn can remember all her past lives, like a recollection of love, loss, and treachery that haunts her through time. She faces an inescapable destiny of being hunted by Arden. Arden is both her executioner and the love of her many lives. Each lifetime, they are drawn to one another in a cycle of love and destruction.

The tension escalates while Evelyn is desperate to unravel the mystery of why Arden is driven to kill her. The romance is beautifully tragic. The push and pull of their relationship keeps the story moving forward. I loved the book; the previous lifetimes blend emotional love stories and thrilling dark ends. Evelyn wants to protect her sister, which grounds the magical elements with familial love. I enjoyed that her family and their love were an intricate part of her story. My only complaint is that it did wrap up quickly, but it was still a fantastic and unique story. I guess love really can be a matter of life and death.

I received an ARC ebook for my honest review. Thank you, NetGalley and St. Martin's Press, Wednesday Books.

This. was. beautiful. There are no words to explain how much I rooted for Evelyn and Arden. Laura Steven’s way of describing and experiencing love is unlike anything else I’ve read.

There were times where I would get a bit frustrated with Evelyn for pushing Arden on the “why” of their situation because I knew once she knew, everything would change and I just wanted to stay in their little bubble for a little while longer. I empathized with her for wanting to know, but that made it that much harder to be angry with because I would feel where she was coming from.

I was a bit worried that when the big explanation came, it’d be kind of a let down, but ultimately, I was happy with how they tied that end.

I was also pleasantly surprised with how big family played a role in Evelyn’s story because I absolutely loved her mom and Gracie and their whole family dynamic.

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

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

One of the most beautiful books I have ever read. I was sucked into this book literally from 5% to the last page. Laura Steven’s writing was so lyrical, mesmerizing, and so beautiful. The story that she created with this book was so incredibly thought out. Evelyn and Arden are everything to me. In this story, Arden and Evelyn are soulmates but in each one Arden has to kill Evelyn and we as the reader and Evelyn don’t know why. I loved that we not only got to see their interactions in the present but also how their journey began in all of their previous lives. This book is the perfect blend between The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue and This Is How You Lose The Time War. The ending chapter had tears in my eyes and was just the most heartwarming end. I can’t wait to get my hands on a physical copy next year so I can transfer all of my annotations!

Some spoilers ahead: I feel like everyone else is going to really like this book, and I so wanted to. I read the description and thought if it was like The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue I was going to be a big fan. However, the charm of going back every few chapters to their past lives started to wear thin for me. Other than seeing the "witch" in the trenches, I don't feel like we gleaned enough from these backstories (other than it was fun to see past lives/history/Arden and Evelyn's love and death). The first 75% of this book is just about Evelyn/Branwen trying to figure out who Arden is, get the procedure before her birthday to save her sister, etc. And then after ALL THAT, we never get any sort of resolution with what happens to Gracie (I assume she'll be fine?) and anything else from that life, because we just move on to the whole Underworld thing (which was way too quick and I know I didn't follow all of it) and then we fast forward in time and ta-da, we're done. I just feel like we stretched out the beginning way too long, and then the wrap-up was super fast. Also, I wish Ceri would have actually had a part in the story (maybe as a Reaper or something interesting) not just as a minor red herring. I feel like this had a lot of potential but didn't quite hit the mark. If you love all of the soulmate/I can't help but love someone who continues to kill me/no matter how awful things are I still see the good in the world/Pablo Neruda poems are so moving, you'll definitely swoon for this book. If you're a bit more pragmatic, you might be disappointed.

Kindly received an ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

The ultimate epic fated mates story, and one for which, perhaps, the less said before reading, the better, so I’ll keep it brief here. Two souls—one the hunter, one the hunted—are linked for a 1000-year cycle of reincarnation as one kills the other before they turn 18 in every life. The hunter knows why, the hunted doesn’t, and much of the story revolves around the hunted seeking the answers the hunter won’t provide, until, at last, he does. Steven explores themes around mortality, grief, love, language, hope, fear, and fate as she takes us through the souls’ past lives, illustrating how variations in gender, race, class, ability, family, religion, and environment create different life journeys, yet how some human experiences are universal. To love openly and hopefully means also to fear what one might, and someday will, lose. I enjoyed the examination of that idea, the expansiveness of a story that’s largely a two-hander, and the cinematic quality of the writing, and I suspect this will be a reader favourite in the year to come.

I received an ARC from the publisher in exchange for an honest review

Our Infinite Fates by Laura Steven is a first person-POV YA contemporary fantasy romance. Evelyn and Arden have loved each other in multiple lifetimes and they will love each other in even more. Unfortunately, their love story in each life ends with them killing each other before they turn eighteen. Evelyn is determined to live her latest life so that she can save her younger sister Gracie, who needs a transplant and Evelyn is her best bet.

What I really liked was how we got a lot of chapters that showed a snapshot of Evelyn and Arden’s lives together, before and after they realize who the other is. I could feel love and devotion the two feel for each other as well as the desperation for them to find another way to have their love story. By the time we reach the present day, Arden has kind of given up and will kill Evelyn without hesitation and we can see how this slowly happened through the chapters centering on their previous lives. I also appreciated seeing how Arden and Evelyn’s gender has changed over the centuries and how they don’t really care about the gender of the other, what matters is that it’s them.

Evelyn is both very much in the present and very reflective. She has only so many of her memories from her past lives, partly due to the limitations of her own reincarnation and the sheer amount of time that she would have to remember would probably break anyone, especially given that it would include her own deaths, the deaths of many family members, and the deaths of the love of her life. Her biggest motivation is her younger sister, Gracie, and trying to make sure Gracie can live and that keeps her in the present but also makes her think about all the people she’s known in the past, all the families she’s lost.

Because everything is from Evelyn’s POV, we don’t get a ton of Arden’s feelings over the centuries beyond what he’s willing to share with Evelyn and the poetry at the end of every chapter that takes place in their past lives. Some of Arden’s poetry was found and published before the book starts and it’s the first time Evelyn has ever had the chance to read it. I really appreciated how we got those tidbits of how Arden is feeling through poetry he’s kept private for centuries as it not only shows us part of his character that is consistent across lives but also gives us a counterpoint to Evelyn who isn’t as inclined towards the written word.

I would recommend this to fans of fantasy romance and reincarnated lovers, readers how prefer a more tragic bent to their romances, and those looking for a YA contemporary fantasy that is both reflective and in the present

I've seen sooo many glowing reviews for this book. "The Invisible Life of Addie La Rue" meets "This is How You Lose The Time War" in a love story that defies death and time? Count me in! And if that isn't enough of a hook, readers are comparing its writing style to "Divine Rivals". On paper, this sounds like the ultimate romantasy!

Which brings me to my point: my expectations might have been a little too high. I wanted an epic love story with high-stakes romance, a fast-paced plot, and unforgettable characters. This book didn't deliver on any of those.

I think my biggest issue is with the pacing. I like how the story is set up. Two souls who fall in love, only to kill each other and reincarnate through the centuries? I'm intrigued! The plot starts strong... and slows to a crawl around the halfway point. Nothing essential seems to happen until the last 15%, and even then, the resolution feels underwhelming. I wish the flashback chapters had clues relevant to the mystery. As it stands, everything gets explained in the last few chapters, and by that point, I no longer felt invested in the mystery.

I also feel like soooo much of this book consists of pretty words strung together to make beautiful sentences. If you're someone who likes that style of writing, you're going to love this book! There are so many quotable lines that my pen ran out of ink from all my highlighting. But while I appreciate the pretty prose, I wish more happened with the characters to balance it out. I can only read so many overwrought proclamations of undying love before I start to lose interest.

Overall, this was an okay read for me. I definitely seem to be in the minority among so many rave reviews. I think this book is perfect for people who enjoy descriptive writing styles and slower-paced plots. I also think it'll appeal to readers looking for an unconventional love story. I'm giving it 3/5 stars and a lukewarm recommendation.

I received an ARC courtesy of the publisher and Netgalley; all opinions are my own.

Reincarnation trope is something I love reading about, but unfortunately not usually well done. This book blew my expectations out of the water and, genuinely, has changed my outlook on the trope. I'll be actively looking for more of the authors work and they may have just become a part of my insta buy authors list.