Our Infinite Fates is a sweeping romantic fantasy (romantasy if you will) about a woman who has lived many lives...and died just as many times. She remembers all the past lives and this time she is determined to not suffer the same fate.

The story is told with both a present day look at the characters, and the past reflections. This really allows you to feel for the characters-deeply. Arden and Evelyn have been fated to die at 18-when Arden kills her and then he dies. Listen, this book is an ugly cry for sure. I'm not sure I was prepared for that. It gets really dark at times and the overall tone is sadness and despair. The ending was...shocking? Unsettling? Frustrating? I'm not sure how to describe it. This whole book kind of defies definition. I loved parts, but it was heartbreaking and sad. I wanted something-anything-good to happen for them. I guess there is a little good in knowing, but as a romance reader, the ending was difficult for me.

As an audiobook, the narrator was fantastic. Sofia Oxenham did a great job!

Imagine living thousands of lives, falling in love with the same soul only to be murdered by them before your eighteenth birthday. That is what Evelyn and Arden's lives are like. Evelyn can remember most of her past lives and Arden in each one of them. But she cannot seem to remember why he kills her. The story bounces between their past lives and their current life in Wales 2022. The changes between timelines was so smooth. It was easy to follow. I loved getting to know the characters in each of them. The story has such Addie LaRue vibes. I did not see the twist coming at all. I loved this book. Thank you to NetGalley and Macmillan Audio for allowing me to read the audio are of this in exchange for my honest review.

I wanted to love this but it fell short for me. The audio was really hard to follow and I felt lost most of the book.

When I lifted her urn
Divinity says, "Destiny can't be earned or returned"
I feel when I question, my skin starts to burn
Why does my skin start to burn?
Ah-ah, capital loss
Love was the law and religion was taught, I'm not bought
Feel when we argue, our skin starts to rot
Our skin starts to rot
(Fable, Gigi Perez)

This was incredible, devastating, and beautifully written. I was a fan of all the characters, and the popping back into the past lives was incredible. I cried several times & adored the ending.

The only thing I wish was different was they should have done more with Cary!!

Our Infinite Fates is brilliant. Two star-crossed lovers throughout a hundred different lifetimes. Set during times of war and sublime peace, luxury and poverty, vibrant culture and extreme deprivation. Their love transcends time. I bawled. This book will stay with me for years to come. It is different. It is new. The author crushed it. This book will be one of my favorites in 2025.

This was really just fine for me. I thought the premise was SO ENDURING and was so looking forward to how the entire story unfolded, but unfortunately the execution fell a bit flat for me. I still thought the romance spanning all of these years was so beautiful, but I don't think I'm the audience for this type of read, but I know that now!

I was very excited for this book, it was one of my most anticipated releases. Unfortunately it fell very short of my expectations. The overall concept of the story was great, but it didn’t feel like it was developed correctly.

Enemies AND lovers..in every lifetime! Evelyn and Arden have lived through story after story, always finding each other, hiding and running - and all in vain. A fantastic concept!
I also loved the audiobook narration, fully recommended!

Incredibly quotable and atmospheric! You will fall in love with every single life time and feel their pain. Unexpected twists and turns and an incredibly satisfying ending! Loved it and I highly recommend to fans of Addie LaRue!

Interesting perspective and I did grow to like the characters. It did get a bit repetitive but I still think teens drawn to a tragic romance will enjoy..

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.

This beautifully written YA fantasy romance blends reincarnation, love, and tragedy. Evelyn remembers every past life, each ending with her murder by Arden before her eighteenth birthday. But this time, she’s determined to survive and save her sick sister. The story masterfully weaves past and present, keeping me hooked with its mystery, lyrical prose, and emotional depth. The twists were unexpected, and the ending left me satisfied yet longing for more. While I wished for a deeper connection to Arden, the themes of love, sacrifice, and destiny were stunningly explored. Recommended especially for fans of “The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue” and “This is How You Lose the Time War”.

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.

I was so intrigued by this magical story! There’s mystery, magic, intrigue and love in this enjoyable tale across time.

The audio narration was impeccable, really drew me into the story!

Evelyn and Arden’s lives are tethered to each other. They’ve lived thousands of lives together and are fated to murder each other before they turn 18. There’s one issue with this life: her sister is sick and needs a marrow transplant to stay alive. As the transplant surgery nears, Arden finds her in this life, and she needs to convince him to let her live at least until then. As they continue to spend time together they try to figure out a way to break the curse.

I LOVED Our Infinite Fates. I truly was not expecting this type of plot for this book. The tragedy of Evelyn and Arden living thousands of lives together but never getting to be happy together and grow old was so heartbreaking. I loved that every other chapter showed a past life and followed the two in their current timeline. I was not anticipating the twist, I do wish there was a bit more of Evelyn’s backstory, but overall I thought it was perfect!

The idea of these two characters loving each other in a thousand lifetimes, but killing each other in each one was such an interesting concept. Our Infinite Fates didn't disappoint at all. This story keeps switching back to Wales and different times in the past our two characters have found each other. I loved that each time they were someone different, men or women, and each time was a completely different life than before. The writing is beautiful and there were so many quotes I highlighted along the way.

Evelyn our main character is frustrated that she keeps dying before her 18th birthday and not quite knowing why. She knows is keeps happening, but has yet to remember why this is the case. Arden seems to know everything, but won't give her any answers. This time she's determined to live past 18 and experience life and save her sister. That's her biggest goal. While the pacing is slow, I understand why, and a lot still happens.

If it were up to Arden, he wouldn't keep taking her life before 18, but there just isn't a choice. Even though we don't get his POV, it's clear this is just as painful for him. I enjoyed them talking about their past lives and remembering different things from each one. When he did finally tell her what the reason was this has to happen if every lifetime, I was surprised. It was such an interesting twist and I appreciated how Laura Steven ended this book. It could've gone many ways, but I loved it wasn't the "easy" way out. It's hard to explain that without spoiling, but I really loved how the book ended.

Sofia Oxenham is the narrator for Our Infinite Fates brought our characters to life with so much emotion. Listening to the audiobook while reading along in my physical copy really made me reading experience more special. I'd definitely love to listen to more audiobooks narrated by Sofia.

My review will also be on https://thebookdutchesses.com on April 24th.

I absolutely loved this book. This was definitely an unexpected gem that I found on my NetGalley shelf and I'm so glad I was able to enjoy it before it came out.

I loved the way the cast of characters was so vast but there were really only the two main characters. Laura Steven crafted such a fascinating concept and wove historical concepts into so much of this book I am in such awe.

This was a rare book that left me completely satisfied with a single book. I loved these characters but the ending was perfect. The glimpse the reader gets into this world is just enough to leave you haunted and thinking about it but I can appreciate the fact that more would only over saturate it. It was perfect as is and I wouldn't add or subtract a single thing.

This was my first book by Laura Steven and I would definitely continue to read books by this author. One last note, Addie LaRue was not my favorite book and that's no secret. This was what I wanted Addie LaRue to be - this was a love story that transcended time.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

“Maybe that’s all love is, in the end. An endless tempting of fate.”

Wow 🥺🥺🥺🥺 my heart hurts. This was an absolutely enchanting story that broke my heart. Arden and Evelyn are two souls who have had many past lives falling in love with each other and then being doomed to die before their eighteenth birthdays. Evelyn has no idea why she’s been murdered before her 18th birthday every reincarnation for centuries, but Arden knows and he won’t tell her.

However, she now has a life that she won’t so easily give up without a fight. In this life, her sister has cancer and needs Evelyn to stay alive. To stay alive and save her sister she needs to find her hunter first and try to stay alive past her birthday. She needs to find Arden in this life not only because he is her soulmate and she has always been drawn to him by supernatural forces… but he’s also her hunter.

This blew me away. The writing was stunning (the quotes I highlighter were just incredible) & the ending was wild. The only thing keeping this from a 5 star read for me was that this did get very confusing at times. The jumping back and forth and narration from Evelyn was a bit tricky to follow and at times I thought we had Arden’s POV, but nope, it’s just Evelyn. The ending also wrapped up a little too neatly and I truly would have enjoyed another chapter or two to flesh out the big reveal.

Either way, I promise just from the prologue you’ll be captivated and won’t be able to put this one down. Also, this was fantastic on audio. Thank you MacMillan for the gifted audiobook! ♥️

**No major plot spoilers were harmed in the making of this review**

*I RECEIVED A FREE ARC OF THE AUDIOBOOK FROM NETGALLEY AND MACMILLIAN. THANK YOU A TON. THIS HAS NOT IMPACTED MY REVIEW IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM. *

“Maybe that's all love is, in the end. An endless tempting of fate.”

Wow. . . this book is intense. This should not be a YA book, it deals with too much intricate stuff that I am still trying to wrap my head around. Wow. This book is like a hate-love letter to humanity and its entire existence. It lays out both our flaws and our flourishes. Both are hindrances and happiness. It is a convexing and concrete depiction of the most fundamental and unmoving force in our world, love. This book definitely gives me fault in our stars mixed with outlander mixed with addie larue vibes. Just the modern mysticism and ancient threads that weave threw this story build a bitter sweet portrait of this book. The enemies/lovers, fate and choices woven into this book captivated me and carried this book until the end.

However, this book was a bit slow paced and choppy. The writing is luscious and heartfelt, but it is slightly difficult to have to reorient yourself to a new environment and dynamics every other chapters. Yes, the same thread is there, but it is like telling mini stories within the main. It got a bit tiring and did not progress the "main" modern plot. I know the back and forth was necessary, but perhaps it could of been told in a dual narrative instead.

I did like the characters, but it was slightly difficult to connect with the main character. Yes she is an immortal, but she often still behaves like a teenager and can be a little short sighted at times, despite verything she has gone through. I understand that she does not really have memories of everything but still. . I think she did the best she could given her current knowledge and circumstances. I applaud her for trying to stick up for what she believed in. I definitely think she could have been developed a bit more, and perhaps some of the ending could have been fleshed out.

I really wanted an Arden pov, that would have helped alot. I get the general gist of his character and that he does feel for Evelyn, but it also felt flimsy in his modern reincarnation. To be honest, one of the past Ardens was better than the modern one. Isnt that funny. I think the authors tried to give the main characters personalities over a life span, and it did not translate the best. But again, the general idea was there.

Do not get me wrong, I loved the idea and concept this book portrayed through its characters. But sometimes the past versions of them stole the show more than the current versions. Maybe its because the past ones were focused on other things than the modern ones, who knows. But all the ideas and concepts each version portrayed added to the complex tapestry of this novel. I thought the idea was unique, and I had not experienced a book such as this. Thank you to the author for broadening my horizons. But also I wish the end had been more. A bittersweet ending for sure.

Remember, this is all my opinion. if you want your own, read the book!

I wanted to like this way more than I did, and maybe if I read it in print I will. However, in audiobook form, I found this story to be a bit too confusing to follow. The narrator has little distinction between voices, making it hard to follow who is actually speaking at times. Her pronunciation of Spanish was god-awful, and all-in-all I just felt the audiobook fell flat for me. I will definitely give this another chance in print, however.

Thank you for the advanced listening copy!