This book was beautifully written and evoked a similar concept and vibe as The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue. At the core this is a poignant tale of two souls destined to find each other across countless lifetimes. Each one that ends in tragedy before they can reach adulthood.
This story explores a love that defies time, gender, and circumstance, bound by something deeper and eternal.
Watching their love unfold again and again, only to be met with inevitable heartbreak, was extremely moving. However, I did find the structure that shifted between multiple timelines a bit distracting at times. Personally, I would have preferred a more traditional timeline approach that built steadily toward the revelation of how their tragic cycle began. And I would have loved to have spent more time within fewer timelines allowing for a deeper emotional connection to their journey.
The origin timeline, in particular, felt rushed and underdeveloped, with only a brief four minute glimpse that didn’t quite do justice to its significance. While the story did drag in places and felt repetitive at times, it still stirred strong emotions and offered a powerful love story and their infinite fates.
If you're drawn to stories about soulmates who find each other life after life, this one will pull at your heartstrings.


*Thank you to Laura Steven, St. Martin's Press | Wednesday Books and Netgalley for the digital copy. I am freely leaving my honest review.

Our Infinite Fates by Laura Steven is a stunningly written novel that weaves love, loss, and destiny into a story that spans centuries. Evelyn and Arden, two souls bound by fate, find each other lifetime after lifetime—only to be torn apart, often tragically. Steven masterfully shifts between historical eras and present-day Wales, creating a sweeping narrative that explores reincarnation, identity, and the inescapable pull of love. The poetic prose and vivid storytelling immerse the reader in a haunting, time-bending romance that feels both timeless and deeply personal.

What truly sets this novel apart is its emotional depth and lyrical beauty. Steven’s writing is rich with feeling, often incorporating actual poetry to elevate the emotional stakes. Through Evelyn and Arden’s many lives—across genders, cultures, and ages—Steven explores the fluidity of identity and the resilience of the human spirit. *Our Infinite Fates* is more than a love story; it’s a profound meditation on choice, memory, and the infinite forms love can take. This is a deeply moving, unforgettable read that stays with you long after the final page.

This book kind of bummed me out. I was SOLD on the premise and had very high hopes for reincarnated lovers that had the ultimate love story AND tragedy! But for some reason it fell a little flat for me.

I wanted and tried to love this so much. I didn’t feel super connected to the characters, but did love the “I love you, and I have loved you, and I will love you.”

I know it was suppose to be a timeless love, but for some reason it didn’t feel that way? I felt like this book had such promise, but maybe the execution of it wasn’t my favorite?


But thank you so much to NetGalley and publishers for this ARC in exchange for my review

I received this book as an early copy and my review is 100% my opinion and not influenced by anyone else.

I went into this book with all the hype that it was getting and I was so excited to read it.

I did enjoy this book, but there were a few points that didn’t hook me like the other readers which is fine. I still enjoyed it nonetheless.

I really thought I would love this book, but I didn’t. I found it hard to get invested in. I understand all the jumping around, but it felt hard to follow and for as much time as we spent in the past, I wish we would have gotten more of their original story, not just a blip at the end. That was the most intriguing part of the whole book.

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

There’s something magical about Laura Steven’s writing that made me not want to put this one down.

As her eighteenth birthday approaches, all Evelyn wants to do is survive long enough to complete the donor surgery needed to keep her younger sister alive. Staying alive seems simple enough, right? But Evelyn knows that the love of her past lives—centuries’ worth of lives—is on their way to kill her. It’s inevitable. By their mutual eighteenth birthday, one will kill the other, and they will both die. She just doesn’t know which form Arden has taken this time around.

It’s an epic story of love doomed for death over and over and over again and the two people experiencing conscious reincarnation and drawn to each other, no matter how far apart they begin. Evelyn doesn’t know why they kill each other; she just knows Arden is coming for her.

I loved how the tales of their different lifetimes are interwoven throughout the book, the discussion of gender and how their genders switch and swap and do not remain constant throughout the story, and how their undying love is what ties them together.

Is there one point in the story where I felt like things were maybe going off the rails? Yes, but ultimately, I loved how everything tied together.

I received an advance copy from Wednesday Books. All review opinions are my own.

I think "Our Infinite Fates" would be an excellent book for someone who is dipping their toes into the world of fantasy reading. Anyone who loves a good story that brings both past and present circumstances together beautifully will enjoy this novel. Instead of giving a true review, here are some of my favorite parts of the book, each I highlighted while reading. If you read these and still aren't convinced to read "Our Infinite Fates" I don't know what to tell you - lol --

"We'd been in love in countless lives, but this was the first time he'd every changed his mind about killing me."

"All I know is that I'd do anything to lie that bed with you just once without thinking about how I'm going to have to kill you soon. That's all I want. You. Alive. With me."

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

"... this was the one blind faith I had: that love was a physical force, and it was never wasted. Once it was called out in the universe, it would echo back to us forever."

"Because that's the thing about humans -- we leave traces of our souls everywhere, as unique and identifying as fingerprints."

"You have faith in all of humanity. You have faith in love. Please, have faith in me. I do this to protect you. Do you understand that? That I would lay my body over yours, war after war after war, life after life after life."

"Even though he was here to kill me, my heart burned for him. I wanted to nestle my face into his neck, to breathe in the papery soft skin there. I wanted to talk, to touch, to share. To revel in the only soul on earth that truly understood me."

"No matter how many lives I got, no matter how many families moved on without me, I would always be known by Arden. Perhaps he was my true homeland; our existence a language only we could speak."

"If a hero is someone who will give up love to save the world, a villain is the reverse. Someone who will give up the world to save love."

"The cruelest fate the gods and stars had ever write: the person I loved most in the world was the person who would ultimately destroy me."

"I will always be yours. But I gave up the right to call you mine a long time ago."

"Sometimes I think the force of your love could mend the earth."

"How could the soul fated to kill me be the one to make me feel so alive?"

Now, if you are a fan of Addie and ever wondered why Luc needed the souls of people like Addie and Henry, "Our Infinite Fates" is an interesting idea of how he would use those souls.

I couldn't get around to reading this book at the time but now that I have I wanted to come back and leave some feedback. I don't think this book was for me as much as I was excited to read it it didn't really hit how I thought it would. Unfortunately, this was not my cup of tea, but I think it will be a lot of other people's!

What a beautiful story. I loved all of the snippets into Arden & Evelyn’s past. I will say that I was sold on this book when someone said that it was like Addie LaRue, which there are a few similarities but ultimately it is completely different.

The end was a little bit of a letdown but I loved everything leading up to it so much I’ll let it slide.

I had high hopes for this one. The writing is absolutely beautiful, and the premise is amazing. However, I felt the plot moved forward extremely slow which made it very difficult to read (DNF for now).

Thank you for an arc in exchange for a honest review

This book was one of my most anticipated book of the year and I ended up DNF’ing it 80% into it. The story was dragging, the MMC was not likeable which was important for the story bc I kept wondering why Evelyn kept going through all this foe him, and the big teveal was a major disappointment. It did not make sense! In the meantime, I also purchased the Fairyloot special edition which I ended up selling because I don’t see myself giving this book another shot. There was also a part I did not understàd when Evely’ mentioned that she teturned to her previoud family (implying that she was also a teenager) and she stated to her previoud mother that she had a daighter that passed 17 years ago. How could she have passed 17 years ago when she was old enough in her next life to visit her? Anyway, it was quite a letdown.

The story of Arden and Evelyn was captivating and distinct, with moments of profound beauty. The author's writing style is straightforward and fluid, which makes the narrative easy to follow. However, the ending felt sudden and left me somewhat puzzled and frustrated.

Our Infinite Fates was one of my most anticipated releases of the year, and unfortunately, it just did not live up to my expectations. The story's premise and tagline instantly drew me in, but I quickly realized that the idea of this book itself is nearly impossible to execute. It would require such a brilliant writer to tell this story, as it happens in such a non-linear way. And while I do think Laura Steven is talented, I did not love her writing enough to want to keep reading this book.

Our Infinite Fates follows our main character, Evelyn, who has been hunted down by the same man in every life. She keeps being reincarnated, and he keeps killing her. The tagline says that she loves him in every life, and while she does, she normally doesn't meet him, nor fall for him, until the last few weeks of each life. Additionally, Evelyn does not remember any of her past lives, and cannot even identify the man she supposedly loves who is hunting her. So while this premise is intriguing, it asks a lot from the audience. It asks the reader to believe from page one that our main characters are star-crossed lovers, even though we don't get to see them fall in love in the current timeline. We are just told that they already are linked and love each other. But again, Evelyn doesn't even recognize her fated love until about half way through the book. And still, the author asks that we believe in this love story so much that we care about the mystery of why Evelyn is being killed. We are asked to believe that the killings are done out of love or mercy, before ever being shown proof. Ultimately, this was just too much to ask of me.

Overall, I think there are some strong elements to this book, such as the grabbing premise. But personally, I never found myself invested in the story. There was a lot of flowery language describing the main characters love for each other, but not enough scenes of them actually falling in love to satisfy me. I'm sure many people will enjoy this story, it just wasn't my cup of tea. Perhaps I went into it with too high of expectations, but what else can you expect to happen when the synopsis compares it to The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue and This is How We Lose the Time War.

This is marketed as "The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue," which for me is a lot to live up to. Unfortunately, it doesn't match up to that type of sweeping story for me. I had a lot of problems with the repetitive nature of the book. Specifically the constant visiting of the past timelines. They were great at the beginning, but they stopped being entertaining and began to drag the story down at about 50% through the book. I think if there were fewer chapters taking place in the past, I would have enjoyed the pacing better.

I also struggled immensely with the romance because I didn't get it. I didn't understand WHY Evelyn loved Arden. It was an incredibly toxic relationship with Arden determinedly avoiding telling Evelyn anything important regarding their predicament. Arden gave up and decided their fate for the two of them instead of continuing to give Evelyn autonomy. Arden decided that being stuck in a constant cycle was better than facing the hardship of trying to solve their problems. Not giving Evelyn a constant choice in the matter is taking away a part of her. I just couldn't stand by that.

The other major issue was the ending. After all of the pain and suffering that Evelyn went through, they still died at the end. All I wanted was for Evelyn to be able to go back to Gracie and love their mom and sister. I find it absolutely horrible that Gracie was left without a sister and a father. The author also just skipped over the ramifications of Evelyn's death on Gracie and just went on to say she was successful. I hated that lack of closure and a happy ending.

Evelyn remembers all her past lives. She also remembers that, in every single one, she’s been murdered before her eighteenth birthday by Arden, a supernatural being whose soul―and survival―is tethered to hers.

When I saw this book was being compared to The Invisible Life of Addie La Rue, I knew I had to pick it up, so I was very excited to get an early copy! It may be too early to make this prediction, but this will likely be a contender for my favorite book of the year. If you love romantasy and you’re tired of insta-love, you won’t be disappointed by Our Infinite Fates. Don’t let the YA label deter you - while the main characters are technically 17, this isn’t a typical teen romance - Evelyn and Arden have lived and loved for thousands of years. The writing is stunning and there’s so much depth and yearning to the romance. I look forward to more from this author. Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the eARC!

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7370207082


I went into this book knowing it would be heartbreaking, and even so, the gut-punch emotions I felt for these amazing characters across so many lives never failed to hit their target. The story structure, the character development, the plot progression, the beautiful prose, THE YEARNING!!!!!
Laura Steven’s ability to captivate an audience is undeniable, and I can’t wait to read more from her.

I really had higher hopes for this one. I felt like it was hard to connect to the two main characters. The ending added a big twist. It kind of felt like a Hail Mary. Unfortunately, this book was not for me.

I loved this romantic fantasy about reincarnation—the intertwining narratives were so compelling, the jumps in time and place kept me hooked, and the themes of revenge, fate, and connection were gut-wrenching. Devoured it!

I adore Laura Steven....but this was just not for me. I tried, I really tried and I feel like I kept rereading the same pages over and over. I just simply couldn't not get into it. I still ordered a physical copy and will try again one day, but I was a disappointment for me right now.

I wanted to love this more than I did. The writing was beautiful at times but it also veered into being overwrought at other times. If you liked Addie Larue you will likely love this. I felt like there was so much TELLING in this book and not enough SHOWING -- like we were told over and over about how Evelyn and Arden love each other and are destined for each other throughout time and space but like..... I don't know why? There's lots of cool ideas in here but the execution left much to be desired for me.