This was everything. I went into this expecting not to enjoy it for some reason, and I came out of it obsessed.

This is a book middle school me would have eaten up so quickly, and I’m so grateful to have a book that gives me those same feels as back then since I’ve missed that and have been wanting it.

The writing was so entrancing and the characters and their various lives were so heartbreaking and hopeful and tragic and the twist was not what I would have expected it to be.

I do not have all the words to express how much I loved this, but if you are a fan of Fallen by Lauren Kate, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-MohTar and Max Goldstone, or Every Day by David Levithan, I feel like this would be just what you’d need next.

It incorporates aspects of a deal and centuries crossed like Addie LaRue, being semi enemies falling in love and crossing timelines like Time War, multiple lives lived and finding each other in every one with only one person remembering like Fallen, and inhabiting different bodies but loving each other all the same like in Every Day. And I loved it in those books and love them all coming together in this one.

I have been looking for a book for a while that did the soulmates trope justice and I think I've found it. This is the one.

Our Infinite Fates is about a couple who are soulmates and are fates to kill one another in every life. But when Bran Blythe needs to stay alive to keep her sister alive, everything changes.

This book made me cry, laugh and uncontrollably sob as we learned about the ill-fated love story our protagonists take through the years. I truly have nothing more to say than I loved this book and wish I could forget the plot so I could experience it for the first time again. 5/5.

[Thank you to the author, publisher and NG for allowing me to review this ARC with honesty.]

One. I loved the premise. It had me very intrigued by the synopsis.
Two. The setup was working and I found myself unable to stop reading.
Three. Things started to get a little repetitive with little information (it's okay but it did slow my reading down a bit)
Four. How do I word this? I loved the idea and set up. Was not the biggest fan of either main character. Again, I did not HATE it but I did wish there was more to this.

My Rating: 3.25 Stars (rounded down)

Let me just say I loved the concept of this book SO so much . In a game of fates, two souls are destined to love each other for an eternity , but they end up killing one another before they will reach their 18th birthday. In every single life . They will carry the memories and the love from all their past lives , as well as the knowledge that they’ll eventually meet in the current one and have to die together once again.
I LOVED the multiple timelines and glimpses of their past encounters, and I could not not appreciate how beautifully described are being the surroundings during those time periods. At some point during certain chapters you can picture SO vividly the scenery on a hot summer day in Algeria, a street in Athens or the rich and colorful Ottoman Empire.
The idea of being bound to another soul, and finding and loving them over and over in each next life sounded so romantic to me , I was convinced I would have my heart shattered but end up obsessed with this book .
To my biggest regret, I found the book lacking emotion . I have found myself wanting to know more of Evelyn and Arden’s connection. What lies beyond that tether that pulls them together. We get small glimpses of the two of them in their past lives, but not nearly enough for us to hopelessly fall in love with them or desperately root for their fate.
I was steaming with frustration half the time because the miscommunication trope was just becoming a pinch insufferable.
The writing that was so beautiful and flowery would out of nowhere drop a boulder like “this woman killed the love of my life for sport” - and this genuinely ruined the entire idyllic setting for me . The use of slang generally was very out of place in a story so ethereal and romantic otherwise. At some point in the story we get “hurt people hurt people “ and this in my opinion just sounded straight out of an online comment section.
All in all this is a charming and profound story , written very beautifully (with small exceptions) and definitely full of hope.

Big thank you to NetGalley for a digital copy of this book !

This is an incredibly beautiful story. It's also an incredibly sad story. It is filled with so much. So many lives lived. So many deaths. From so many years. Year after year of loving and dying. And not knowing why. Not remembering what happened to start it all. But when that final answer comes your jaw will drop. It will floor you. Unpend your heart. Break you in a way that you will not see coming.

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue is my all time favorite book. It's just that good. This one is my second favorite book. Ever!!!

A boy and a girl. They love each other so deeply. It's an intense kind of love. But they never give themselves to each other in that way that would bind them forever. He can't. She can't. They can't. The unknown is to hard to fathom.

A girl, Evelyn, and a boy, Arden, love each other. They can only live to be almost eighteen years old. Then one kills the other and they are reborn again in another place and time. This continues throughout but is not monotonous in any way shape or form. You turn the pages to find out why. What caused this. Each place they are different but the same. Different names. Different gender. Different in almost every way. Except they almost always fall in love and they always end up dead. Always. It has been thousands of years and still going. Until it's not.

The most frequent place and year in this story is Wales 2022. When you meet the Blythe family. When you meet a young girl who needs a bone marrow transplant. Her older sister is her only match. Will she be able to give her baby sister what she needs most? This is the place and the year that Evelyn finally finds out the truth of why this keeps happening. It's the year she finally get some kind of clouser if you will.. But at what cost?

This was such a good story. It held my attention and kept me turning the pages. I didn't want to put it down. I wanted answers. I wanted their love to prevail. I wanted evil to lose.

Thank you #NetGalley, #StMartinsPress, for this ARC.

3.75 - 4 stars ⭐️

Tragically romantic with beautiful prose! Two fated souls who are meant to kill each other in every lifetime. Props to the author for creating such deep culture when going back in time! It was beautifully done & had the most gorgeous lyrical writing. I overall enjoyed this but the pacing dragged a little bit for me. I also would’ve love to spend more time with their origin story!

I DNFed this book at 22%.

I struggled to decide if I would DNF this book. But ultimately, I was struggling to keep up with the all of the timeline jumps and lives the characters have lived. This was especially difficult to follow on the audio. When I realized just how cyclical the plot was, I decided to stop. The reason this was difficult was because the authors writing is gorgeous and enticing.

In what I am coming to find is a rather unpopular opinion–I hated this book.

The premise sounded incredible–fated soulmates doomed to kill each other in every lifetime? Sign me up. Comps to The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue? 5 Stars, I’m IN. But what that book had–which made it so compelling–this one completely lacks: EMOTIONAL DEPTH.

The story transitioned between present day and Evelyn and Arden’s past lives and while I can see how this structure was meant to make us feel the weight of their history and the stakes of their curse, it completely fails to do so. The past-life chapters all take place at the end of their lives–when they are already in love, already about to die–so we never get to see how that love actually developed. Their connection is something we are continuously told exists, but are never shown. And it doesn’t just feel nonexistent to the reader–it does not exist for Evelyn either. She has no memory of her earliest lives with Arden, no recollection of how their love started. And the most frustrating part? Even the author admits this!

“The very foundations of us–the moments in which our love was forged–just doesn't exist [to you]”

Exactly. IT DOESN'T EXIST. Not for her, not for us, and yet we’re expected to believe in a love that we’ve never actually seen unfold. Beyond that, the book felt repetitive, constantly cycling through different deaths without giving us anything new.

I was also misinformed that this was a Sapphic book and while Evelyn and Arden’s souls were reborn in different genders throughout time, it never felt like a genuine exploration of queerness. At best, this book features queerness and at worst it feels like cross-gender dress up without actually ever exploring what those identities mean.

I have no problems whatsoever suspending my disbelief when it comes their endless reincarnations, or the curse that binds them–but based solely on what we are shown/told in this book, I CANNOT for a second believe that these two are actually in love and at the end of the day, THAT is what killed this book for me.

Thank you St Martin’s Press and NetGalley for the eARC in exchange for an honest review!!!

Our Infinite Fates by Laura Steven is so good. It’s so beautifully written and poetic and I fell so deep in love with the characters. There were a lot of questions that I had that weren’t answered unfortunately which marks the rating down to a 3.75/5 stars for me. I found this a fun read and it pulled me out of my reading slump!

tl;dr brilliant concept, beautiful prose, and significant execution issues. 3 stars, but I'm giving a rating of 4 stars because the plot is so unique, and the novel offers lovely and sincere queer representation.

I think that all of the problems are the result of one thing, the novel is three entirely different books. The first book is Evelyn and Arden's 1000-year-old love story (YA romantasy). The second book is Branwen Blythe's story (YA literary fiction). The third book is Evelyn's devil/villain origin story (YA horror). Instead of connecting together like puzzle pieces as the novel went on, I felt like the reverse was happening, and the different plotlines grew apart.

Stemming from this, there were serious pacing problems throughout the novel, but it really started to lag during the 2nd act when I got more and more confused as to what this novel was supposed to be. There were also aspects of the plot that didn't make sense at the time, or at the end, because they served only one of the three different stories.

For example, what was the point of revisiting Ceri Hughes or Nia's characters after Arden's identity was discovered and through to the end of the book? There was also a lot of words dedicated to the harvesting of Branwen's marrow, but this event didn't lead up to, foreshadow, or contribute to the actual climax of the novel. I also do not understand why Arden could not or would not tell Evelyn what was going on. She forgets her prior lives anyway so what difference would it have made to their outcome if he had partnered with her from the get-go to free themselves of the curse.

I don't know if I truly understood the reaping of souls concept either?

I'm a hopeless romantic and I love the idea of soul mates, and that souls recognize other souls. The fact that it doesn't matter what body the soul is in made this novel a lovely way to honor queer love.

Overall, I loved the vibes of this one and the sweeping romantic arc over centuries of time. I definitely enjoyed the read.

TL;DR: In essence, Our Infinite Fates weaves together elements of romance, magical realism, and philosophical inquiry to examine profound questions about love, identity, and the nature of existence. Great narration, but the pacing drags, and the characters don't quite connect. Think deep thoughts, not action.

I think categorizing this as YA is a little misleading. It is compared to adult books like The Invisible Life of Addie La Rue and This is How You Lose The Time War. which are adult. Also, the characters are technically teens, but they're old souls, you know? The have the burden of thousands of lifetimes of memories.

Sofia Oxenham's narration of Our Infinite Fates lends a thoughtful, almost ethereal quality to the story, perfectly capturing the characters' ancient wisdom. Her delivery helps to emphasize the book's contemplative tone, even if the pacing remains slow.

The cover and summary kinda oversells the romance and adventure. It's a slow burn, maybe too slow. I wanted to love the characters, but didn’t really care about them. The plot was interesting, but kinda boring at points. If you want something super chill and thought-provoking, maybe give this a shot. If you want a fast-paced romance, look elsewhere.

Thanks to St. Martin’s Press, Wednesday Books, and NetGalley for providing an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I love the premise, but I wish certain parts of the story were more fleshed out. I would have loved to see more of their love for each other, like in the Siberia timeline. Would have felt more invested. Enjoyable nonetheless.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ will think about all the time
🌶️ fade to black
😭 ugly cried

Outstandingly BEAUTIFUL book! Extremely well written and sucked me into the story immediately. I was invested during the PROLOGUE.

This book was incredibly UNIQUE and I will NEVER stop thinking about it.

Laura Steven’s wrote this in a way that wasn’t confusing to see the way things changed from each lifetime. This book made me feel every possible emotion. I was shocked, confused, hopeful, mind blown, happy, flabbergasted, scared, and sad. Laura made me cry like an absolute baby.
😊😳🤔😩🧐🫣🤯😭😬😲😩😢

I am usually really good at guessing the plot twist, and the whole book I was trying to come up with theories as to why they had to keep killing each other, especially before they turned 18. I was not expecting THAT to be the reasoning. It totally took me by surprise!

I went out and bought a physical copy as soon as it was released, went through and tabbed it physically and cried AGAIN reading the ending.
I don’t think there will EVER be another book like this. Absolutely unforgettable experience!

Arden and Evelyn have loved through a thousand years. They always find each other- tied to each other forever. forever in love, and forever in death. Every life one kills the other, and they both die. Evelyn never remembers until right before she is to die. Evelyn remembers different lives she has lead and brings in parts of history. She remembers people and events, her love of Arden, and her death- whether Arden kills her or she kills Arden then falls dead as well. Arden always remembers, he remembers how everything started, a memory he refuses to share with her. In this life they are determined to end the cycle, end the pain, and hopefully keep the love and live past their shared eighteenth birthday.

This is a true dark love story. I was drawn in and could not put it down. I found myself arguing with Evelyn at points, and pulling for her in others. I recommend this book to any who love fantasy, or dark romance. Definitely a five star read.

I was given the opportunity to read this book by the publisher and NetGalley, in exchange for an honest review.

Fans of Addie LaRue, get ready to meet your new obsession. Our Infinite Fates is a beautiful tale of fated lovers destined to find - and kill - each other in every lifetime. I was absolutely riveted by this book, and each journey through Evelyn and Arden’s thousand lifetimes kept me devouring chapters to find out the root of their entanglement and experience glimpses of their love reincarnated. Giving this one four stars instead of five only because the ending felt a little lacking to me and pulled me out of the immersive world of Evelyn and Arden’s relationship, but overall this was an excellent read and definitely worth your time. Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for the early review copy!

Y’all!!! This book is so beautiful 😭😭😭 - the cover AND the story!!! Frankly, I’m just speechless. Do your heart a favor and read this book.

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

I was hesitant to try this one because everyone is comparing it to Addie LaRue, and while I liked Addie’s story, that book was way too slow for me.

This one however, was perfection. A love story that transcends time, death, and fate. We learn about Evelyn and Arden’s past lives as they keep getting reincarnated…destined to be together, but destined to kill each other, and each life has its own beautiful tale.

In the present timeline, Evelyn is determined to break her curse, and stay alive to save her sister. The revelation of WHY they are cursed is SHOCKING! And I mean JAW DROPPING ! The ending was so satisfying!

This one will definitely be a favorite of the year, and one I will think about often. It’s such a beautifully written story that will touch your soul .

Our Infinite Fates by Laura Steven is a captivating YA fantasy with decently strong world building and layered characters. The plot is engaging, filled with twists and emotional depth, though at times it feels a bit slow paced. Overall, if you are a YA fan, you will probably like this. Thank you to SMP and Netgalley for the opportunity to read this ARC in exchange for my honest review.

I definitely have some mixed feelings about the book. The concept is SO interesting and the writing was beautiful, but I felt like the pacing was off in parts. The premise is two lovers who are continually reincarnated and destined to kill each other in each life. The story is told in alternating timelines between the present, where they live in Wales, and their previous lives spanning all over the world. I guess I felt like their previous lives began to get a little repetitive, and in the present timeline it took forever (more than halfway) before we started get any information about why they were stuck in this loop. The conclusion was good and we do know everything by the end, but it felt rushed to me.

Thank you Netgalley for an advanced copy of this book. This was my first 5 star read this year, and I won't lie, I am skeptical of any book compared to The Invisible Life of Addie Larue because I gave that book a 2/5, so I was extremely caught off guard that I truly loved this book.

ALL the goods:
- First and foremost, ALL questions are answered by the end. I think this might be my favorite fantasy standalone because I felt completely resolved by the end of the book, even if you have to fill in a blank about the after the book moments, but not in a way where there appear to be a million paths.
- I loved how the time hops went and how everything was fluid.
- This book has a twist I didn't see coming at all and I was completely caught off guard and loved every second of it.
- The idea of having a finite amount of time in life is explored thoroughly and I appreciated the author's creativity of how each life was addressed.
- Evelyn and Arden's characters are fully fleshed out by the end. I had a lot of questions, but the pacing was enjoyable enough that i never got bored.
- Lastly ( a 6th point, wow, I don't think I've done that), the family of Evelyn were great additions to the story.


Overall, if youre looking for a fantasy standalone, try this one.

I want to say Thank you for this Arc. The cover is beautiful.

I was drawn in by the premise of fated to fall in love, fated to be killed by love.

I really enjoyed the build up of the story. The back and forth of the timelines to show their stories.

Overall, I didn’t really connect with the story. I felt the end was rushed a bit.