4.25⭐
Spice level:🫑(lots of yearning)

Evelyn and Arden are locked in some sort of curse where they are fated to meet and then die just before they turn 18. Usually it's Arden looking Evelyn, but sometimes Evelyn gets there first. They are born and live in different locations and times throughout history, not always as the same gender as before. Despite this, theirs is a story rooted in love and fated to die nearly together each life and come back to repeat the 18 year cycle, due to an agreement that was made with another party that Evelyn cannot even remember. After 1000 years of this cycle, Evelyn is trying to hold out long enough to save her sister in this life, before Arden catches up with her.

So the comparison was to The Invisible Life of Addie Larue and This is How You Lose the Time War, both of which I've read and this is fairly apt. I think the resonance with Addie comes through in the curse of living over centuries but never getting beyond 18 where as Time War comes in at the interplay of this couple, fated to murder/die yet not fueled by hate. I do not want to share too much more, but I will say that you spend the majority of the story not quite understanding what led these two to these circumstances.

Thank you to Macmillan Audio for an ALC on NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own. This book is due to be published 3/4/25. I'll be posting to Instagram right around publication.

My favorite thing about this book was to writing. The writing was so lyrical and beautiful! When it comes to the overall story I was very underwhelmed. With the beautiful writing and the idea of the overall plot I was just expecting more. I don’t feel like a got a true sense of relationship between the characters. I was expecting an epic romance with yearning. Sadly instead I wasn’t invested in their love story at all. I think that has to do with the fact our characters are changed genders in the different timelines. We also don’t spend enough time in those different timelines. The ending was a huge shock I wasn’t expecting and sadly not in a good way for me.

Thank you NetGalley for the advanced audio copy!

Thank you to the publisher and Netgalley!

I really liked the premise of this book! Two souls intertwined and destined to kill each other over and over again? Sign me up!

Unfortunately the execution didn't quite work for me. For most of the book I just didn't care about their relationship. The main character knew they were doomed to die and yet still felt so in love with the person about to kill them for no real reason. We did find out important information in the last like 15% which explained things more but by that point I just really didn't care.

I also felt like the jumps through time didn't give us enough time with the characters in those periods to be meaningful but instead made the storytelling feel kind of jerky as you kept getting pulled out of the main timeline.

So sadly this didn't work for me, but hopefully it will work for others.

4.5 stars

What a beautifully written book. It takes place over multiple timelines and lifetimes. It is a slow, steady pace with not a lot of action but we learn so much about the two main characters through the present day and their past selves. I liked the narrator for this book and found the audio hard to stop as the story went on.

Thank you Macmillan Audio for providing this audiobook for review consideration via NetGalley.

Our Infinite Fates is beautiful, haunting and epic. It is only YA because of the mortal age of the main characters, but the story truly appeals to readers all ages. I especially recommend it highly to anyone who loved The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue. Perhaps I loved this even more.

This was a 5 star read for me until the last like 10%. I don't do well when it feels open ended, but it also was not - not- a happy ending... still kind of struggling on how I feel. I do think the narrator did an excellent job for the audio, and the story was easy to follow while listening!

📚 #BOOKREVIEW 📚
Our Infinite Fates by Laura Steven
⭐️⭐️ / Pages: 346 / Genre: YA Fantasy
Audiobook Narrator: Sofia Oxenham
Duration: 11 hours 12 minutes
Release Date: March 4, 2025

Evelyn and Arden are cursed to relive their lives over and over again. And in each life, Arden murders Evelyn before her eighteenth birthday and then the cycle repeats itself. Each time they’re reborn, their souls are the same and they remember their past lives but they are born different people. Sometimes male, sometimes female, but they always find each other, fall in love, and then Arden has the sudden urge to kill her before her birthday.

The Groundhog Day trope is one of my favorites, but I really hated it in this one. Usually, the couple figures out a way to do things differently to make small changes until they finally get the outcome they want. This one just kept cycling with no resolution. It was so boring and I didn’t enjoy the flowery writing either. A definite DNF for me if I didn’t have to write a review in exchange for the free audiobook.

The only thing I liked about it was the lovely British accent of the narrator Sofia Oxenham.

Thank you, @macmillan.audio and @NetGalley for my free audiobook. #MacAudio2025 #macmillanaudio

wow. just wow. i’ve been following this book since may of 2024 when i saw a tiktok marketing it as if ‘exile’ by taylor swift was a book. i knew from the jump i would love this book. i was right. 



i was fortunate enough to get an eARC and an ALC of ‘Our Infinite Fates’ (thanks @wednesdaybooks and @macmillan.audio!) 



this book follows Evelyn and Arden across lifetimes. Evelyn remembers bits and pieces of 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.

the problem is that she’s quite fond of the life she’s in now, and her little sister needs her for a bone marrow transplant in order to stay alive. set in Wales, 2022, Evelyn, now Bran, must find the centuries-old devil who hunts her through each life―before they find her first… figure out why she’s being hunted and finally break their curse.. oh, and try not to fall in love with the very thing destined to kill her. 



the writing in this book was beautiful. it was romantic and lyrical and its not often that i find myself unable to put a book or an audio down. there were flashbacks to previous lives that not only provided insight and helped move the story along but also had me asking even more questions about the story of Evelyn and Arden. this story also manages a nod to societal issues and changes in history such as humans affinity for war & conflict, our relationship with the earth and its resources, the dealings of mental health, and the LGBTQIA+ community (some of the more beautiful and meaningful flashbacks involved mm and ff pairings!)



and the ending? the entire last 10% of this book had me on edge. literally screaming, crying, throwing up, anxiously tapping on my kindle, furiously adjusting audio speeds, all of the above. this books ending not only destroyed me but put me back together seemingly at the same time.



i could probably go on and on for hours about this book but please just take my word for it and go read it! 



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

wow this one was interesting and kept me invested! it reminded me of heartless hunter & the invisible life of addie larue. the two MC’s are drawn to each other in every life but one is being hunted while the other hunts them, ALSO one cannot survive without the other…

imagine if someone cursed you where your greatest love turns out to be the person who destroys you in every life ☹️

This book had it's hold on me from the second I read the comps. Addie La Rue meets This Is How You Lose the Time War- sign me up. Those are 2 of my favorite books ever. However, I was skeptical that any book cold really live up to that comparison. Talk about setting the bar high! But Laura Steven does just that, writing a beautifully romantic story about 2 cursed souls, bound to fall in love only to kill each other before their 18th birthday over and over and over again. Our Infinite Fates is one of the best YA books I have ever read!

Since before she can remember, Evelyn has met death at the hands of Arden (or sometimes vice versa) for hundreds of years. With each reincarnation, she is able to hold onto a little bit more of herself from past lives, but has now idea why she and Arden are connected of why he is compelled to hunt her down in each life. Told through her POV, the narrative moves from the present day arc to events in past lives seamlessly, slowly developing character depth and the bound between them. The prose throughout is poetic, and the dilemma excruciating. The hardest part for Evelyn is not knowing why this is their fate, and despite his love for her, Arden cannot (or will not) share the reason.

Sofia Oxenham gives a stellar performance in her delivery for the audiobook. With such emotional text it could be easy to over do it. But here, she finds the perfect amount of angst, longing, regret and care in her voice and especially in the dialogue between the two main characters. It was a wonderful experience to listen to the audio alongside reading from the book (my preferred way of reading) but you don't need the text in front of you to keep your attention and focus here- Sofia's delivery makes the listening experience immersive all on it's own.

I was glued to the story from the first few lines and did not put it done unless absolutely necessary from beginning to end. It is devastatingly brilliant in every way. As someone who has read a great deal of YA fantasy as an adult, Our Infinite Fates offers something truly original and special, setting the standard even higher for what I want from a five star read.

🌎 ARC REVIEW 🌎

OUR INFINITE FATES by Laura Steven
5/5 🌟
Pub date 🇺🇸: Mar 4th

Where do I even start with this one? I am so grateful to be able to read such a creative, well-written story. Discovering books and authors like these are what got me into this hobby, and continue to give me great joy. I'm looking forward to see what Laura puts out next.

The books follows a couple, reincarnated again and again through the centuries. They are fates to meet, fall in love and die each cycle. The catch is that he always murders her, and she doesn't know why.

Please read if you like the following:

✨️ A unique lense in which to view queer love
✨️ Historical backdrops to romantic tales
✨️ The love and suffering of living forever
✨️ Mind-blowing twists that make everything make sense

Thank you, Netgalley, Macmillan Audio, amd Wednesday books for the amazing review copy.

I'm going to start by saying I really enjoyed this. I loved the concept and Sofia Oxenham did a great job bringing the characters to life with her narration. That said, it wasn't quite what I was expecting based on the description of the book.

Big content warning, her little sister has cancer and her driving force of the book, something that was just completely glossed over in the description I was provided on NetGalley (it does look like on Goodreads and StoryGraph, they at least mention her sister needs bone marrow transplants so I'm hopeful that the back cover copy won't gloss over this). This wasn't a dealbreaker for me, but I think it is something people should be aware about going in.

The "hunting down a devil" plotline was completely non-existent for most of the book as well, instead it was focusing on Evelyn trying to convince Arden to let her live long enough to do the bone marrow transplant.

The timeline hopping via flashbacks was interesting and I enjoyed seeing their love play out in different lives, but the transitions were a bit jarring and they started to feel a bit repetitive.

This should have been a five star read for me, but the execution fell short of my hopes. Thank you to NetGalley and Macmillan Young Listeners for the advanced copy!

This book quietly devastated me for the first 80%, but unfortunately fell a little flatter around the end when the twist came.

I was very engrossed in Evelyn & Arden’s story throughout their many lives. Laura Steven’s writing is so immediate and painted such a vivid portrait of the many disparate cultures they lived (and died) in. The romance was tragic, and I felt as angry and hopeless as Evelyn did during the big reveal in their Welsh life!

But the spell ended a bit when we reached the underworld portion. I found that section to be a large departure from the more magical realist tone of the rest of the book, in a way that didn’t really resonate.

I also felt like there just wasn’t enough catharsis in the ending, although the epilogue did make me cry.

Would I recommend this book? Yes, but I wish it had been a true 5 star as I was sure it would be for the first 80%.

I haven’t posted this review online yet, but will do so before publication.

Thank you to NetGalley and MacMillan Audio for the ARC of Our Infinite Fates. This book was so, so good! It was such a beautiful story-full of love, yearning and so much tragedy and loss. It was so emotional, and I cried numerous times. I will be talking and thinking about this book for a long time. Highly recommend for any romantics out there.

This book is straight magic ✨✨

A beautifully written tale of hardships and love prevailing. My heart. It’s not an easy read but I love the twists and turns and the character development. Wow. Her writing style is so immersive. I can’t help but want to keep reading, I read it in less than two days. Perfect for lovers of Addie Larue and also fantasy / magical realism. Highly recommend!

THE YEARNING!!! Poetic and hauntingly beautiful, Our Infinite Fates stirred something deep within my heart.

I want to crawl inside of this book and make a nest. The prose is breathtaking and soulful, and I could not put this down. It’s definitely a slow burn, and I relished in the sultry atmosphere.

I listened to the audiobook, which was phenomenal! Sofia Oxenham was a delight to the ears. But the words within this book deserve to be highlighted and poured over again and again. I will absolutely grab a physical copy to reread and annotate.

My rating: 5⭐️

Read if you enjoy:
✨ star-crossed lovers
✨ soul-stirring prose and poetry
✨ nonlinear, time-jumping across the world
✨ books like The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue and How to Lose The Time War

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

This story was gorgeous. Beautiful prose, amazing plot, incredibly rich atmosphere and the characters were just so lovable. I loved every single moment of it. This is one of the best standalones I’ve ever read! Highly recommend, 5 stars, and if you’re a fan of Addie LaRue or Divine Rivals. I think you’ll enjoy this one too a lot. I reading the ebook as I was listening to the audiobook, and honestly, I’d recommend either or. I was completely blown away from the story!

"Infinite Fates" by Laura Steven is a YA fantasy with similarities that reminded me of the contemporary fiction book, "One Day" by David Nicholls. The story follows Evelyn, aka Evie, a she works to save her sister from an illness that while curable, could kill her. However, she is with Arden, someone she loves deeply, but also with the understanding that he will kill her before she turns 18 though she doesn't understand why.

As the book follows Evie's efforts to save her sister, chapters periodically go back to previous periods and lives (and deaths) with Arden.

This book felt strictly YA, and while I typically enjoy YA I was not a big fan of this title. It felt arduous as Evie knows she has questions but refuses to ask them, rather just tries to move forward with the knowledge she has, though she has access to Arden and could ask at any time. It isn't until about 80% in that readers get to the big plot twist, and at that point it is underwhelming. The ending is HEA, and with a lot of action at that point, but by then it felt like just moving through the motions to complete the book. The book is single POV, if I remember correctly (it wasn't overall super memorable to me).

The narrator, however, was fantastic. Sofia Oxenham did a great job, I would absolutely listen to additional books she narrates.

I finished the ALC of Our Infinite Fates by Laura Steven and narrated by Sofia Oxenham. This story is compared to This Is How You Lose The Time War and The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue. I can see the comparisons - a deal made with the devil and two people in love, drawn to each other in every life regardless of their gender. They've loved each other in a thousand life times and killed each other in every one. I think the writing is beautiful and the narration by Sofia Oxenham is perfection. She kept me going in this story that gets bogged down in the middle with all the repetition. They always die before they turn 18, and Evelyn does not know why this is happening - she just knows that it will happen. I do think anchoring the story in the present timeline was well done and then flashing back to other lives, but it's difficult. because they die at 18 every time instead of the life playing out to see if this time they got it right or something. So, a little bogged down in the repetitive nature of the story and then the tidy ending. If this was a romance, I could understand, but this is a love story. Overall, I liked this story and I gave it 3.5 stars. The audiobook narration was absolutely stellar and I will listen to every book recorded by Sofia Oxenham - she gets 5 stars. Thank you to Net Galley and MacMillan Audio for my ALC.

Hello? I think I’ve just found newest Romantasy obsession!

This is the book that is bringing me out of the largest reading slump that I have ever been in and the book I will be recommending to quite literally every person who crosses my path. I have no words. This book is possibly the most beautiful Romantasy I have read in a while.

This is a YA Romantasy with no spice BUT…. THE YEARNING!!

The yearning omg I want to scream it’s so good. This author truly listened to us and gave us exactly what we have been asking for.

The plot was so interesting and unlike anything I have ever read before and the twist!! Wow! Completely unexpected!

The story follows Evelyn, an immortal soul who has lived countless lifetimes in different bodies, only to be killed each time by Arden, her soulmate, her home, her true love... and also her executioner. They are bound together by fate, cursed to find each other in every reincarnation, with one always taking the other's life before they turn 18.

OMG I am obsessed and this author will now be an auto buy author. Currently searching to see if they have any other books! Thank you for this special book!