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Our Infinite Fates is an absolute masterpiece—hauntingly beautiful, wildly imaginative, and deeply thought-provoking. Laura Steven weaves a spellbinding tale of fate, choice, and the ripple effects of our decisions, creating a story that lingers in your mind long after the final page.

The writing is stunning, with prose that feels both lyrical and raw. The characters are complex and compelling, each navigating a world that constantly challenges their beliefs and desires. The twists are unpredictable yet feel inevitable, pulling you deeper into the story with every revelation.

What truly sets this book apart is its emotional depth. It makes you question destiny, free will, and the “what-ifs” that shape our lives. Every moment is crafted with care, making it impossible not to be fully immersed.

I can’t recommend Our Infinite Fates enough. If you love books that challenge you, move you, and leave you breathless, this is a must-read. Laura Steven has outdone herself, and I already know this will be one of my top reads of the year!

Thanks to Wednesday Books for the gifted ARC!

Fantasy reading level: Beginner
Representation: Queer

"Battlefields and asylums, olive groves and caravels, the whole world a backdrop for our doomed love, for our infinite fates."

You want to read this for... the amazing prose and soul mate love story that will leave you replaying scenes in your head days later.

About the book: Evelyn and Arden are reincarnated time and again throughout the centures... but they never make it past the age of eighteen. Each lifetime, Arden finds Evelyn and murders her before adulthood begins, but she can't deny the pull she feels for him anyway. The problem is - she can't remember why she's being hunted or why they're stuck in this cycle.

My review: When V. E. Schwab had this on her list of best books she read in 2024, I knew it was going to be a total win. I highlighted approximately one bazillion quotes because GOODNESS this prose just pulled on my heartstrings and created the deepest sense of longing. I love that Evelyn and Arden come back in mulitple ways in multiple bodies for so many lifetimes, and I adored the present timeline that was consistent throughout the book. The constant "I love you, and I have loved you, and I will love you" was just so sincere between these two souls and they're my favorite. Even if they do kill each other every time. I also LOVE a good villain and the narrative of hero versus villain in this story is utter perfection. If you're into people being "the very fabric" of each other and desperately in love despite circumstances, this one's for you.

*****UNPOPULAR OPINION TIME***

Like many reviewers on this book, I agree the premise was what lead me to want to request an ARC in exchange for an honest review. I was super excited to read this UNTIL I started reading this. I can follow complicated and multiple POVs or timelines, but it was super confusing when the main characters jumped back and forth between past versions of existence. Just when I thought the pace and plot would pick up, there was one disappointment after another with this book....

My other issue is that the premise said this was a love story but the characters end up killing each other, and one does not know why. This sounded interesting in the premise BUT this idea did not read out how I thought it would (and not in a good way). SMH

Lastly, I really did not feel like the two main characters had that much passion or chemistry. It wwas lackluster af probably because I was annoyed reading this already.

I really wanted to love this but it fell flat for me. Cannot recommend.

Thanks to Netgalley, Laura Steven St Martins Press Wednesday Books for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Available: 3/4/25

I was really excited for this one and blew through the arc in a matter of days, and while I did enjoy it, I found myself wanting more. I was really into this concept, the whole "finding each other in every life" thing being one of my favorite tropes and I love to see different iterations of it. However, the execution of it in this one, for me at least, was kind of lacking.

We follow Evelyn and Arden both in the past and in present time, getting to see a little bit of each past life and their relationship with one another. I really enjoyed that aspect. It was interesting to see how their dynamic altered slightly in every life, but no matter what, they always loved each other and always killed each other. But I felt like we didn't get more than that? I was really missing the how in this situation. How did they fall in love? How did they overcome all these obstacles together? How did they find the strength to keep going? Because of that, I really wasn't too invested in the characters or in their love story as much as I wanted to be. We were told how much they loved each other but I really didn't see or feel it.

I did like what we saw of Evelyn and her connection with others in the present life. Her family and friends were really sweet and I did feel why this was the life Evelyn wanted to stay in. I do wish we could have built on it more, especially with Evelyn's sister. The plot twist towards the end did definitely through me for a loop and I found myself kind of stumbling for a bit going, "Wait, what?" I thought that was unique and original. I did also enjoy the writing style. It was elegant but still easily digestible. I found myself thinking it almost felt reminiscent to Divine Rivals in a way.

Overall, I do think that this is a good, solid read. I think the characters and story could definitely connect with readers, unfortunately it just didn't do that for me. I would still recommend it to others especially if you love a tragic romance, and I hope others enjoy it.

Oh my god this was insane. I was so excited to receive this arc, and devoured the entire thing in like a day. I just had loml by Taylor Swift on loop the entire time I was reading this. I’m so obsessed with the idea of soulmates and losing the love of your life, so I felt super connected with this book. I was fascinated by all the difference lives Evelyn and Arden lived. Some of them absolutely broke my heart; I loved how no matter where they were or what gender they were, they were in love. I don’t want to spoil too much, but this was a great read and anyone interested should definitely give it a read!

sadly this didn't grip me. it was slow paced and i was confused most of the time. i was genuinely excited about the premise of the story but it didn't really do it for me. there wasn't passion and i didn't get that spark or feeling of how intense the love was between them.

I was intrigued by the concept of Our Infinite Fates brought, where two soulmates find eachother in life after life, where one must kill the other before their 18th birthday, and the cycle starts over where they are reincarnated into a new life, new culture, new country. This book follows dual timelines, the present, where Evelyn does not want to die before she can give her bone marrow to her sister in need, and then the past timelines, where each chapter is a different life that Evelyn and Arden had lived, going back a millennium.

I did enjoy this book, and these characters with the journey they went through, but it did take me awhile to get through it. I think the past chapters didn't have enough discovery of why this was happening to her and would have been cool if it built off eachother. Ultimately the conclusion was good. It did catch me off guard to see Taylor Swift mention in a fantasy book, but I guess that was relevant to the present time! If you enjoyed The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, I think you would definitely enjoy this book as it is similar.

Thank you NetGalley and St.Martin's Press for an eARC of this book in exchange for my honest opinion.

The only thing worse than a boring badly written book is one that has a great premise and unfortunately all of that is true of this book. What a premise that sounds so good! But completely falls flat and does not deliver. I was bored and annoyed from the beginning. I hoped it would get better but it never did. These two are supposed to be completely in love but there is zero reason to believe it as we never see it. I was curious if the sister would live and started skipping through to find out which was the only part of the story I was at all interested in. There are a lot of flashbacks to their various lives together. It is supposed to be a love story that transcends gender so one character is always a They and they swap bodies throughout time. Definitely not what I signed up for but again the bigger problem was there was no reason to care. There was no grand love to anchor this premise.

This is certainly a rollercoaster ride with reveals scattered throughout the book, right up to the end.

Thanks to the author and publisher for providing me with an ARC via NetGalley for an honest review.
The two leads are stuck in this eternal death loop, they can only be killed by each other and seemingly must be before they turn eighteen. The main time for the narrative is modern day Wales, which, I have to say, was just so personally fun to read. At this time, Evelyn is a big sister with a mom and life she loves and she does not want Arden, her hunter, to take her away. Evelyn only remembers parts of her thousand years of existence and she doesn’t know why Arden finds and kills her. But in this life, she is determined to evade him and live past eighteen.

The book is certainly a very emotional story, with Evelyn reflecting on why she continues to love even knowing she will lose each family after such a short time. And there are snippets from past lives scattered throughout the main narrative. The snippets both pull at the reader’s heartstrings and reveal pieces of this puzzle of Evelyn and Arden’s bond.

I liked the reflections on lives, choosing love again and again, and the historical periods represented. Evelyn and Arden take on a lot of different configurations over the years, born into a wide variety of bodies and places. We get snippets from Northern Song to 1800s America to Siberia and many more. It was interesting to see the brief representations of these times, since they were not the focus, rather Evelyn and Arden were.

However, the big reveal of the why of it all and the final confrontation was a little underwhelming for me. I wish there was more time spent on it or at least the mechanics of it. But this was a sweet, sentimental read with touches of history throughout that I enjoyed.

I'm not typically an emotional reader, but this book BROKE me.

Occasionally I'll have a tear or two for a book, but it's not often that it really guts me. I'm not kidding when I say I cried SEVEN times and two of those were ugly sobbing.

This book had such an intriguing plot where Evelyn and Arden are in a vicious cycle of killing each other by their 18th birthday and Evelyn does not understand why. He has all his memories of his past lives and she only has fragments. So she's constantly trying to discover the reason behind it all while she has only limited moments with Arden.

I loved that they weren't always the same male and female in each life. Sometimes Evelyn was born male and Arden female, sometimes they were both female or both male. It really showed you that their love transcended bodies and really focused on the soul of the other person. It was beautiful.

It also had so many deep thoughts and heavy moments about making sure to spend the most time and focus on even the inconsequential things with family and loved ones because one day, you won't have those.

A few moments took me entirely by surprise and had the ending really squeezing my heart.

Since the characters never quite reach their 18th birthday, this is a YA book and as such, does not have any spice. It does have one open door scene, but uses flowery phrasing and non explicit words to describe their coupling.

Read if you love:
-Star crossed lovers
-Mystery and intrigue
-Deep thoughts about family and life

Thank you to St Martin's Press on Netgalley for the eARC. My thoughts are entirely my own.
Finish date: 2/21/25, Release date: 3/4/25

3.5 ⭐️

✨i received this as a digital arc✨

“i love you, and i have loved you, and i will love you”

a surprisingly beautiful story about soulmates and the love they’ve shared over thousands years and lifetimes. there’s something so wholesome about a love so familiar and recognizable that you feel an undeniable tether to them in the next life again and again. a story for a true hopeless romantic. i appreciated the way the story explored so many types of love -heterosexual, homosexual, platonic, love shared between siblings, the love of a parent, etc. because love really does take on so many different forms.

i think i would have rated it higher if the resolution of the story had been done different. what would i have done differently? i haven’t a clue. but i feel like it just didn’t match the suspense building up to it and was a bit anticlimactic.

this was overall an enjoyable story that i would recommend to anyone who wants to read about love in every sense of the word.

This sounded so promising to me. The premise was unique and it’s hard to find fantasy storylines that you’ve never heard before, but unfortunately this one felt like a miss to me overall.

The idea is that this couple spends all of eternity falling in love again and then killing each other for the rest of time, and one of them doesn’t know why it happens.

In theory, this sounds so interesting. But honestly the fact that every chapter switched from them in another life to another life was just overall confusing and left me not actually caring about the main characters at all.

The reveal was neat. I will say that. That’s what made it 3 stars.

This book just wasn’t for me.

A love story for the ages, complex and trippy and beautifully written! At first, it felt incredibly similar to Addie La Rue. Then, it became its own story, unfurling over centuries. I appreciated the Gracie storyline, and it had me rooting for Evelyn to find a way. I was also surprised at the reasoning behind Evelyn and Arden’s intertwining fates, and felt like it was well done. Slow in some parts, but overall an interesting and meaningful story.

Just wow! This story is so beautifully woven, wonderfully written, and is still suspenseful with a twist I didn’t expect. It’s a poetic love story and a reflection on humanity and a thriller all in one. I finished with my heart feeling so sad yet so full. I loved it so much!!

Actually the most incredible piece of YA fiction I’ve ever read in my entire life. This was a MASTERPIECE unlike any I’ve ever read.

"I love you, I have loved you, and I will love you"

Amazing, beautiful, heartbreaking.
I will say, I wish there had been more clues throughout the story rather than just one big shock at the end. But overall I really enjoyed reading this!

As one of my most anticipated reads of the year, I am beyond devastated that I did not love this 😭

That being said, huge thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for the arc. This just didn’t work for me like I’d hoped 💔

"Maybe that’s all love is, in the end. An endless tempting of fate."
I am unwell. This lyrical, poetic, and utterly stunning novel is a love story that defies time itself. It’s haunting, heartbreaking, and achingly beautiful—one of those books that lingers long after you turn the final page. Reincarnated lovers might just be my new favorite trope.
At its heart, Our Infinite Fates is about two souls trapped in an endless cycle of love and tragedy. In every lifetime, they are fated to meet, fall in love, and ultimately be forced to kill each other. It’s an impossible, gut-wrenching fate, and yet the story never loses its hopefulness. I don’t want to say too much about the plot—going in blind made it all the more powerful—but experiencing their different lives, seeing the echoes of their past selves in each new incarnation, was nothing short of mesmerizing. Each lifetime brought something fresh and compelling, adding layers to their history and making their love story feel even more profound.
“And I will always be yours. But I gave up the right to call you mine a long time ago.”
The writing is absolutely breathtaking. I’ve always been a fan of poetic prose, and Laura Steven is the master of it. Her words flow like music, rich with emotion and meaning, making even the smallest moments feel significant. The way she weaves past and present, fate and free will, love and loss—it’s art. Every passage is beautifully constructed, and I found myself highlighting entire sections just to revisit them later. The inclusion of poetry throughout the novel was another brilliant touch, adding an extra layer of intimacy to the story.
And that twist? I yelled. I genuinely had no idea what was coming, and when it was finally revealed, it hit me like a punch to the chest. The way Steven built up to that moment, scattering breadcrumbs along the way, was masterful. It’s one of those rare books that keeps you on edge, even as you’re completely immersed in the romance.
My only minor issue was the resolution at the end. While it didn’t ruin the experience for me, I found myself wishing for just a bit more—maybe a different outcome, maybe a little more closure. But even so, it didn’t take away from how deeply I loved this book.
The audiobook was also incredible. Sofia Oxenham’s narration was stunning, perfectly capturing the lyrical quality of the prose and the aching emotions of the characters. She truly brought this story to life, making the experience even more immersive.
"To love was to live, and to live was to die."
Our Infinite Fates is an unforgettable, soul-shattering story that will stay with me for a long time. It’s beautifully written, deeply emotional, and completely captivating. If you love poetic storytelling, star-crossed lovers, and a book that will wreck you in the best way possible, this is a must-read.
Huge thanks to NetGalley, Macmillan Audio, and Wednesday Books for the eARC.

Not your run-of-the-mill romantasy, Our Infinite Fates follows Evelyn and Arden, soulmates who have been forced into a cruel cycle of reincarnation in which they have to take each other's lives again and again, despite the love they continue to hold for each other over the course of a thousand years.

Our Infinite Fates presents us with a feast of cultures and a kaleidoscope of glimpses into intimate, isolated moments in past lives as we travel through time and place, class and gender, witnessing a tender, transcendental love story that defies the cruel nature of their entwined existence, that defies death itself. It is a love story built on courage, perseverance, hope and the very raw, human desire to live.

I think I am emotionally wounded. I'm talking, laying on the ground, staring at the selling crying type of emotionally wounded...

I'm pretty sure this is the best book I'll read this year, I would give this book 6 stars if I could. This story is beautifully written. It flows so easily, and it's impossible to put the book down. I read 75% of this book in one go. A major plus is all the poems included in the books; it gives you an insight into all the complicated feelings Arden has.

You see Arden and Evelyn's love story evolve through time. It's not a simple love story, but it's beautiful how they always find such comfort in the presence of the other no matter what is happening to them. Overall, this book is an amazing ode to love! I will definitely be purchasing a physical copy of it when it comes out! Thank you NetGalley, for giving me the chance to discover my new favourite author!