A story inspired by Taylor Swift, especially a folklore track, will always draw me in—and this story with that inspiration and the fated soulmates trope instantly captured my attention.

Fated to love and end each other in every lifetime, two bound soulmates fight for survival throughout history and their lives.

Overall, the concept of the story and the overarching plot kept me intrigued and flipping pages in anticipation to discover the how, what, when, and why these two were drawn together in every lifetime. It was packed full of beautiful prose and emotionally charged moments.

Although, at times, the nature of the plot became repetitive and had me wanting the story to dive deeper into the relationships between the main characters and the dynamics of each of the storylines. But with that being said, the novel still gripped me, and I consumed it in a couple of sittings. It had an addictive quality, and I’m excited to read more from this author!

3.5/5

*Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for sending me an eARC in exchange for an honest review.*

I've been waiting years for a book to come around and make me question everything just like The Invisible Life of Addie La Rue did and Laura Steven has done just that in Our Infinite Fates.

Evelyn and Arden have loved each other in a thousand lifetimes. They've also killed each other in every single lifetime. Their deaths always happen before they turn eighteen and when they reincarnate, they have an invisible, yet magical, pull towards each other, making sure they find each other in every lifetime lived.

Evelyn doesn't know why she must die before her eighteenth birthday. She does, however, know this time, in this lifetime, she will not die. She's reincarnated with a sister that has cancer and she is her sister's only hope. She's on edge as her eighteenth birthday grows near and Arden has not made himself known to her. I'll admit, I did not see Arden coming in this lifetime, but he's just as tired as Evelyn of dying and as the story weaves through the past and the present, we learn more and more about how they fell in love over centuries.

Our Infinite Fates isn't a book that can be binged. It's full of rich detail that needs your full attention to be truly appreciated. Laura's prose was simply stunning and I highlighted so many quotes and passages, especially the poems Arden has written over his lifetimes.

If you were a fan of The Invisible Life of Addie La Rue, definitely pick up a copy of Our Infinite Fates on March 4th! Thank you Wednesday Books for the e-ARC in exchange for a honest review!

our infinite fates (arc)

wow. when i say that i’ve never read a story like this, it’s 100% genuine.

the premise/overall plot of this book is so uniquely interesting. at no point in this book was i able to guess where it was going so i was curious the whole way through.

also id say the best thing in this book is the writing. if you’re a fan of lyrical writing then you MUST pick this up when it’s released. there were beautiful quotes on every single page. the poetic writing definitely made for a bit slower of a story but if i didn’t mind that aspect.

the only thing that kept me from really loving this book was the overall pacing and layout of the story. i couldn’t rip my eyes away from my kindle screen if i tried during the present day perspective. it was so gripping and i felt i was connecting to the characters the most in the current perspective. but sadly, all of the flashback chapter really did not keep my attention in the slightest. every time i was in a past perspective chapter, i just wanted to be in the present. and honestly i don’t think all of the past chapters were even necessary. not only were they boring to me, but they didn’t even add that much to the plot or even help me to connect to the characters more. i really think if there were less past chapters i could’ve given this book a whole star rating higher.

my other complaint is the the twist that came 80% through felt silly and far fetched to me. i can understand why other people wouldn’t have a problem with it but for some reason it felt almost cartoonish to me?

and lastly, i didn’t connect to the characters or their love as much as i would’ve liked to and i feel that’s sort of the whole point of the story. there was a moment at the end i knew i was supppsed to feel super emotional but didnt because i never really understood and believed their love story enough to be emotionally attached.

overall i enjoyed this book and how unique the plot was and how beautiful the writing is but didnt really connect to the story and found a few of the chapters super slow. i definitely can see why so many people have loved this arc so i definitely recommend giving it a shot of the premise sounds interesting to you!

3 stars

our infinite fates is one of those books that i think perfectly encapsulate the phrase “devastatingly beautiful.”

the prose is lyrical without cluttering the clever star-crossed plot and borders on haunting as it’s been days since i’ve finished and the words are still echoing.

for the yearners and the ones who’d fight for love no matter the cost, i i m p l o r e you to pick up this book

will definitely be looking forward to future releases from the is author!

3.75 - 4 stars
I was fortunate enough to review an e-arc & audiobook arc.

This story plays with the age-old question: can love withstand forever? Especially when forever is filled with pain, ache, sorrow & unfilled lives?

‘Our Infinite fate’ follows the eternal pain of two lovers who kill each other in every life before they turn 18 and the pain that follows those actions in every life. Evelyn can remember moments and certain lives but not what began it all. Is their love doomed because of revenge, a curse or something else? She has no idea because the only person who could tell her won’t.
While the plot is very intriguing the story is very slow and the saving grace is the flashbacks to the many different lives and moments that Evelyn & Arden share in the past. Listen, I love that it played with the idea of reincarnation and I REALLY enjoyed that twist on it all. However, this story took a very long time to get to the reveal or really hint that it was different that the usually reveal when it comes to eternal reincarnation.

The ending felt very fast and I feel like pacing could have changed a little especially for the end or maybe change throughout the book so it flowed easier.

In the end I would recommend the book, as the longing of this story was endearing.

The writing was lush and prosaic, the poetry was lyrical and moving, and the premise was beyond intriguing.

The first 85% of the book had me captivated. The weaving between current and past lives, added layer upon layer, slowly revealing back pieces of the mystery and building their lore.

The last 15% lost me a bit. The narrative became stilted and less moving at a time when it should have increased. The resolution should have brought me to tears but instead I felt emptiness and confusion.

The final chapter was a sweet ending, tying up some loose threads, but didn’t make up for the weirdness here pages before.

Overall this was a 4 star read for me.

Unfortunately, I'm in the minority with this one. I've read two of Laura Steven's previous books: The Society for Soulless Girls and Every Exquisite Thing. Both are gothic sapphic dark academia novels, and while they are quite different from Our Infinite Fates, my feelings abut them mirror my feelings to her latest work. Laura Steven's books always have such amazing premises, and there's something about them that just speak to me. With a stamp of approval by the queen V.E. Schwab herself, I was confident that Our Infinite Fates would be nothing short of a masterpiece. After all, I crave anything vaguely similar to the Schwab's

Invisible Life of Addie Larue, and star-crossed lovers is THE best trope of all time, argue with the wall. I just think, though, as I've seen previously with Laura Steven's work, is that I love her concepts, but me and her writing style just do not vibe. I wanted something a lot more poetic, a lot more lyrical for this type of story I was expecting, and I wasn't impressed by the writing here. The romantic story I was expecting just didn't hit the mark I hoped for either. The comp titles for Our Infinite Fates do the book a disservice because they set up expectations that the book just simply didn't deliver. I was let down by the execution of this novel, and as much as I wanted to it, it just didn't resonate with me the way I'd anticipated. I'm still willing to give Laura Steven's upcoming adult book a try because hello? queer harry potter with organized crime and timeweaving (as stated from a review on goodreads) seems delectable. Hopefully, I'll find a lot more to love with that one.

There's been such high praise for this book and I've seen nothing but glowing reviews, so if you're interested in Our Infinite Fates, perhaps you'll enjoy it a lot more than me! While I wasn't in love with the execution, I can absolutely see why so many other readers have fallen for it.

This book was a bit of a mixed bag for me. The pacing in the first three-quarters was slow, and I found myself struggling to stay engaged. The lack of early character development made it hard to connect with the story or feel invested in what was happening.

Things did pick up in the last 15%, which felt like an entirely different book in terms of momentum. The reveal, while essential to tying the story together, fell a bit flat and didn’t deliver the impact I was hoping for.

That said, the ending brought things to a satisfying close. While the journey wasn’t as engaging as I’d hoped, I appreciated how the story wrapped up, leaving me with a sense of closure and a better understanding of the characters. Overall, it wasn’t perfect, but I’m glad I stuck with it for the ending.

Rating: 3.5/5

Thank you to NetGalley, St. Martins Press, and Wednesday Books for this advanced copy! You can pick up Our Infinite Fates on March 5, 2025.

This might be one of the most beautifully written stories I've ever read. The writing not only captivated me but MOVED me, emotionally, with every sentence. I'm also not generally a fan of poetry within books, but in this case, you can tell Laura Stevens absolutely EXCELS as a poet and prose writer. It helped us understand Arden so much more and helped Evelyn draw even closer to them throughout the "Present Day" part of the story.

The pacing of this novel was so fascinating to me. We alternate between timelines and locations in almost every chapter, starting in the past and moving back and forth in time while also telling the story of the Present Day in Wales. Our narrator, Evelyn, knows they've been hunted throughout several lifetimes by the love of their life, Arden. But they don't possess all the same memories as Arden and don't know WHY they've been chasing each other throughout history.

Each moment in time illustrates a different part of their love story, and we see them grow closer and closer no matter their gender, body, disability, etc. This book really puts the SOUL in soulmates and showcases how one falls in love with the person inside.

This book could've easily been 5 stars, but I did not vibe with the explanation at the end. SPOILERS ahead for one line of the book.

I had really high hopes for a well-thought-out and cohesive explanation that fit the vibe of the rest of the book. But as soon as Arden said, "You are the devil, Evelyn," I was immediately sucked out of the story. Like record-scratch, about-face, did-I-really-just-read-that moment.

The last 15% or so of the book explains how this led to them having to murder each other throughout history, and I won't get into too much detail, but it just felt a bit contrived and last-minute brainstormed to me. I think literally any other explanation would've made more sense, tbh.

And while the last chapter of the book was once again beautiful and tied back into the rest of the story, that one 15% part really took me out of it, But would I still recommend this book? Absolutely. It's got pining, yearning, tension, and romance like you wouldn't believe. Not to mention suspense because you never know when someone's gonna die. But I'll be curious to see others' thoughts on the ending and explanation for their tragic fates.

Thank you for giving me the opportunity to read this ARC.

Hmmm …well that took a lot to get into and finish. Definitely not my go to type of book but thought I’d give it a go.

Felt slow and predictable. If you liked The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, this would probably be more down your alley.

This book is written so beautifully and its narrative is so captivating. The concept feels unique and fresh and the storytelling leaves you mesmerized. It’s a book where you can easily get invested with the characters as you get to know them well. This book is full of yearning, nostalgia, and an element of suspense as we wait for their inevitable deaths in every life time.

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

I could not put this down because I was dying to know how it ended. Every time you feel like they might survive this one, your heart is left tattered as things restart. This book is perfect for fans of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue (which I loved). Our Infinite Fates is a creative twist on the concept of enemies to lovers. This is a solid 4 star read for me. Evelyn and Arden have my heart!

I want to thank NetGalley, St. Martin’s Press, and Wednesday Books for the digital arc. I can’t wait to have a finished copy in my hands.

Thank you to Netgalley, the publisher and author. I received a complimentary copy of this book. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.

I enjoyed this book. I liked The Secret Life of Addie LaRue and thought this would be a little more like it. It sort of lost me towards the end. A lot of relative scenes and character moments.

Look, I am going to be very honest with you. I had high expectations since so many people were raving about this book early on. Unfortunately, that wasn't the case when I finished reading this book. I felt a bit lied to. The ending was predictable. I felt bored a few times. It felt too close to other books, so I wasn't a fan of that. I just wasn't vibing with it. Maybe you will like it better than me. It's just my opinion.

If you love The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, you will probably like this novel. It has a similar feel, but it still has its own uniqueness. I love the idea of reincarnation and being able to find your soul mate in every life. There is a bit of a mystery with why Evelyn's lives end in tragedy around the same age, which is interesting. I also liked how when our two main characters reincarnated they were switching genders, races, etc. It felt natural. I loved how the chapters moved back and forth from the present to important moments from their past lives.

Beautiful. Brilliant. Wonderful. I couldn't put this one down and managed to finish it in two sittings. At times the story is poetic and even tragic. The story of two lovers that are forever fated to both fall in love and kill each other as they reincarnate life after life. For any fellow Taylor Swift fans, you'll definitely appreciate the easter eggs throughout!

Rarely have I seen a book actually live up to its comp titles these days, but I am delighted to report that this one absolutely did.

With promises of channeling the energy of the love of my life The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue this book had a high bar to live up to, and while I'll likely never love any book as much as I love that one, this book did manage to incorporate a lot of the elements that have made that one so special. The way it flashes back and forth between past and present creates a bridge between historical and contemporary fiction that has a way of making the story feel timeless and lets us see the ways that the characters have evolved and shifted over the course of centuries. While one of the criticisms I see other people have most often about Addie is the way it remains Eurocentric despite taking place over the course of 300 years, this book, on the other hand, makes an effort to depict the main characters living in a variety of different countries and cultures. Though I cannot speak to the cultural accuracy of that representation and will wait and see how people from those countries feel about their depictions, I think it did serve to provide a sense of a story that truly spans time and space in a way that Addie may not have captured as fully.

The characters themselves were also so easy to grow attached to. While this book isn't a romance in the sense that you get to watch the characters fall in love — since it employs the soulmates dynamic from the beginning to suggest that they have essentially always been in love — I still appreciated the way that the inevitability of their connection drove them together. Though I'm often the first to criticize books for having the characters either fall in love too quickly or already be together by the time the story starts, it didn't end up bothering me here since I felt like Laura did a good job of giving us compelling reasons as to why they actually admired one another as people, and what would bring them together outside of their cosmic connection. The setup of this book with the characters inhabiting a different body in each life also allows it to make the list of books that don't have a romance driven purely by physical attraction, which is always going to be a point in its favor for me personally.
I think Laura also did a fairly good job of acknowledging the power imbalance and moments of toxicity within their relationship in a way that didn't make it feel as though we were supposed to ignore the whole "killing each other in every life" setup and believe that they had the perfect romantic relationship.

I also absolutely adored the writing in this book. It definitely leans towards the flowery side — maybe sometimes just for flowery's sake — but that did not stop me from having so many quotes and paragraphs highlighted because of just how breathtaking they were. I think this is the kind of book I'll go back and reread someday, and I have a feeling that it will end up being one that is filled with tabs of all the lines that need to be marked and appreciated.

I'm glad that the advanced hype and marketing budget this book has been getting drove me to prioritize reading it because it is definitely one that managed to exceed my expectations. Catch me buying every special edition of this book I can get my hands on when it comes out. 😅

Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for providing me with a copy of this egalley to read and give my honest review. The opinions expressed here are my own.
I'm all about fantasy books that are stand alone. They are hard to find and always peak my interest. I'm always curious how the author will build the world and then wrap it up in only one book. While this book has some fantastical elements, it really teeters on the border of fantasy and magical realism.
The book is told in alternating chapters of historical events between the characters and modern day. It's a love story strewn across time.
Evelyn and Arden are fated to be together no matter when in history they meet. But they are also fated to die together over and over again by their 18th birthdays. In modern times, Evelyn finds herself fighting to stay alive to ensure her sister can be saved from the cancer she is enduring by a bone marrow transplant.
Overall, the story was nice. I liked the background the author chose to give with the chapters that take us back to other times in history. It gave a some good background as to why the characters interact with each other the way they do. However, I did find the back and forth a bit choppy and it slowed the pacing for me a bit. I also felt like we didn't spend enough time in those chapters to truly get a sense of the relationship between the two characters. I wanted to be immersed in this epic romance but I just didn't feel the chemistry between the two characters or invested in why their love story was important.
Did I connect with the characters? Not particularly. I found Evenly quite standoffish, no matter the time frame in which we met her. And Arden was just too mysterious and hard to figure out the entire book. I wanted to love them and their epic romance, but it never felt quite epic enough for me given their meetings over and over again across time.
The author did a fairly good job with the LBGTQ+ representation throughout the book. She chose to show it throughout history but what I would have liked to see is how it was truly represented at that time. Was it accepted? shunned? How did it effect the characters and how they lived their lives during all those times? It just seemed to me there should have been more of this rather than just scenes of the two characters interacting and showing their attachment to one another.
Overall, I enjoyed it enough but pushed a bit to get to the part where we find out the mystery of it all. The reveal comes quite late in the book and is not truly alluded to in any of the interactions between the characters to give the reader a sense of at least guessing what it was all about. I wish I had breadcrumbs along the way that would have kept me more interested in knowing what was actually going on. And the wrap up was just too easy for me. I wanted more from the deal that was made, more of the interaction with the evil we are introduced to, just more.

As I read this story I could not help myself from highlighting and annotating on my kobo. There are so many quotable and meaningful moments in this story.
I will preface the rest of my review by stating, that I recommend this to readers that enjoy magical realism along the lines of the Invisible Life of Addie Larue and Midnight Library. To me, this book is not one that will necessarily appeal to a younger audience, but definitely has much to offer an older audience.
The story of Evelyn and Arden is love story. They’ve lived many lives for over 1000 years and one has killed the other in each of them. The story is told from Evelyn’s point of view while she is navigating her current life. The stakes are high in this one and she is determined for this life to be different. Her memories of past lives evade her as she moves further in time away from them. As we follow her through today’s life, we learn about her past lives. We know very little about Arden, but get pieces through each memory and as the present progresses. There are times where we feel their love more, but others less. Theirs is a love filled with conflict and tragedy. There are some interesting turn of events and the reveals at the end are satisfying.
Overall, I enjoyed the story, but the pacing was at times slow. I feel that it could have progressed nicely and without plot holes, even if a few of the in between chapters were cut out. I did enjoy the story most when I could get larger chunks of reading time in a sitting; this permitted me to really be immersed in the tale. I highly recommend that you read the book with extended periods of reading time that will permit you the time to reflect as you read.
Many thanks to Wednesday Books (St. Martin’s Press) and NetGalley for a digital advanced copy of the book. The opinions expressed are honestly and my own.

Evelyn and Arden have lived thousands of lifetimes, where they have always been fated to fall in love and to kill one another before the moment they turn 18. No matter who they are or where they are in their newly reincarnated lives, the two of them always find one another, because of the tether between their souls. Evelyn has yet to discover Arden’s identity in her newest life, but she’s planning to evade him this time, so she can save her younger sister who is in need of a bone marrow transplant. Little does she know, he’s closer than she thinks, and it’s time for her to face Arden and get answers to why he hunts her through every lifetime and break their centuries old curse.

Our Infinite Fates is a beautiful story of life, love, empathy, loss, and suffering. I really fell in love with the premise of the book, and I was hooked from the first chapter. The book is written in modern day, with flashback chapters that help to unfold Evelyn and Arden’s history. I loved the way Steven wrote the flashback chapters in a descending order, until you reach the earliest point in Evelyn and Arden’s relationship.

There is a heartbreaking element to Evelyn and Arden’s story. Evelyn has memories of her past lives, but she does not remember everything the way Arden does. He knows he is fated to kill her in every life, and has never told Evelyn why they have to die before they turn 18. Once they both remember their past life and what will inevitably happen, they have such a short time together before they have to start over in the next life.

The twist was really great and wasn’t what I was expecting at all, but I loved the way it played out. I did wish there was a bit more time given to the confrontation with the villain, but I don’t think the rest of the story suffered because of the quickly wrapped up conflict.

Our Infinite Fates was an unputdownable book, for me. I highly recommend this book if you love stories of soulmates and fate, with dual timelines and POVs.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for a chance to read and review this arc.

This book sounded incredibly interesting in the blurb - “they’ve loved each other in a thousand life times, they’ve killed each other in every one” - and the book itself held up pretty well to the attention grabbing one liner.

This books chapters alternate between the present and past lives of Evelyn and Arden, and the journey you go on with them spans centuries, continents and experiences - well written story telling showing how their entangled lives would weave together no matter the circumstance, and repeatedly lead to their heartbreaking ends.

The book loses me towards the end though. There are deals with the devil, for a new lifetime of freedom, and it felt like it all wrapped up too well and too quickly, after a thousand years of building to this point. I wish it had been just a bit longer to really tease out a better ending.