Really enjoyed this and it was a unique and interesting concept. Evelyn and Arden’s love story was epic and had so many layers, I was dying to know how it all started and learn the mystery of their beginning

I don’t think I can properly express my love for this book. It was thrilling, it was romantic, it was mysterious. I loved the characters, I loved the plot and the ending was completely satisfying if a little sad.

For anyone wondering how a romance works when the love interest is trying to kill the main character… trust me, it works. Things aren’t as they seem and things get hinted at right from the start, until by the end you are rooting for this couple despite the odds.

This book has quite a few LGBTQ+ themes. Evelyn expresses herself as nonbinary or possibly some sort of genderqueer identity and multiple of their lives have them reincarnated into the same gender making the relationship queer. So while the majority of the novel is quite cishet, don’t fear, we are represented! Still I’m tagging this as LGBTQ+ themes rather than using my full LGBTQ+ tags because I think people looking for a queer novel would be disappointed if they picked this up expecting something else

Overall, this book was just perfect. It’s a novel that I think everyone should read.

I truly loved this book, it was so beautiful and unique! I binged the entire book in one sitting (which I never do) and couldn’t put it down!

This book is a masterpiece of poetry, love, grief and sacrifice. It’s so perfect that I’m afraid to talk about it.
So just a quote that lights my heart, one of the many that I will cherish forever :

even when we are but bones in the earth
my eternal heart will love you still,
for even when a star does perish
its light burns on for millennia

Thank you NetGalley for this gift. I can’t wait to share it with the world.

This book well and truly has my heart. Goodness gracious, the emotions! It’s not a very long book but big does it pack a punch. My first Laura Steven book and I can definitely say it won’t be my last! Fantastic stuff.

A love that spans centuries. A book about love that sometimes feels like a curse. We follow Evelyn and Arden through different centuries, lifes bodies. The only constant being the fact that they kill each other in every lifetime only to get reincarnated and start it all over in the next life. I really liked the idea of the book and also how the story was slowly built up. We begin with 'now' time and gradually learn more about how it all began. We get glimpses from different lives in different centuries and countries, which I found very interesting. And as we find out more about the backstory, so does our FMC. With help from the present day perspective, you can slowly piece the pieces of the puzzle together. Overall, I really enjoyed the story, especially the way the FMC was written and portrayed. I only wish the big 'reveal' at the end didn't come so suddenly this way I felt like the end of the book didn't really fit with the rest. Also, I would've liked to get more of a lovestory between the two protagonists.

An interesting premise, with a reveal I didn't see coming. However, the pacing left me somewhat indifferent, and Arden's righteous "I-know-what's-best-I-can't-hurt you-so-much" made me want to smack them.

The repeating rebirths of Evelyn and Arden, and the different lives they lived, started to get repetitive very quickly. There was also no sense of the intensity of their feelings for each othe. Sure, we were told again and again that this was ultimate love story, but why? Considering they were just 17 every time they died, what made them fall in love, to consider each other soulmates. to sacrifice everything for each other, even to kill each other to spare them what would eventually follow. This was the book's biggest plot hole.

Thank you to NetGalley and to the publisher Penguin for the digital ARC, it has not affected my honest review.

TW: death, murder, cancer, war, grief, violence, terminal illness, asylums

In every life Evelyn has died before her eighteenth birthday. She remembers them all, and knows that her killer is Arden- the one person she loves through time who will always end up murdering her, though she doesn’t entirely know why. Drawn to each other through each lifetime, Arden and Evelyn are doomed to be other’s destruction. In 2022, Wales, Evelyn needs to stay alive long enough to provide bone marrow to help her dying sister, Gracie. She refuses to die before this happens and sets out to discover Arden for herself, try not to fall in love with them again, and destroy them for good. With only weeks until her eighteenth birthday, and the knowledge that Arden must be nearby hunting her, Evelyn is determined to stay alive this time, no matter what.

‘Our Infinite Fates’ is my first Laura Steven book and I’m in awe at how beautifully written and achingly powerful it is. Pulled together and tearing each other apart in different eras and time periods, we follow Evelyn who is so brightly alive and Arden, who is struggling silently with their curse throughout every kind of love. They’re both trapped by their circumstances and Evelyn so badly wants to understand while Arden has gradually cut themselves off until they’re barely recognisable to Evelyn’s eyes. The language and world of this book is lyrical and aching, raw in parts where Evelyn imagines a future for herself she knows can’t happen and dreamlike when she remembers the past’s they’ve shared. One aspect of this book I really liked is that Arden is a poet and their writings have accidentally become a successful anonymous bestseller, these poems really hit me hard and helped the reader to appreciate and sympathise with Arden’s side of the story. There are some brilliant twists in this book, it never went where I was expecting and I really loved the romance for all it’s complexities. Such an incredible, once in a lifetime kind of book.

*Our Infinite Fates* is a beautifully crafted novel that blends romance, history, and the supernatural into an emotionally charged, lyrical narrative. With its immersive storytelling, poignant exploration of love and identity, and a structure that seamlessly weaves past and present, this book lingers in the heart long after the final page.

Overall rating:

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫 4.5/5

I really enjoyed this book from the get go, that opening scene had me absolutely hooked and immediately compelled to read on! Sometimes you just get so sucked in to a beautiful story that you don’t want it to end and our infinite fates was that for me.

It was beautifully tragic with a poetic and lyric prose that made me feel so warm and cozy inside and painted the scenes perfectly for me to get fully absorbed in to. It’s full of sweet and tender moments of Evelyn and Arden’s countless reincarnated lives, with gentle moments of humour and magical realism weaved throughout.

I loved the premise of this life being the one she wants to live for and it’s not even for her but her sister, she wants to stay for her! The whole book honestly felt like an ode to love and humanity and not just romantic love but all kinds. There was so much good representation of how love transcended time, race, gender and really embodies the starcrossed lovers vibe again and again.

If you’re a fan of books like: Addie Larue, Divine Rivals and Once upon a broken heart I think you’ll really love this too.

Evelyn has lived countless lives—and in every single one, she’s been murdered before her eighteenth birthday. But this time, she has something worth fighting for: her sister’s life depends on her survival. To break the cycle, she must uncover the truth about the enemy who hunts her through time, figure out why she’s their target, and resist the pull of a love that has followed her across lifetimes. 💫❤️

This book was truly one of a kind—from its intricate plot to its lyrical, breathtaking writing. My heart was wrenching from the very first chapters. I was initially worried that I’d prefer one timeline over another, but I found myself completely immersed in both Evelyn and Arden’s stories. Even though I don’t usually enjoy historical fiction, the way each lifetime was so distinct from the others made it impossible to put down.

The writing? Stunning. The emotions? Gut-wrenching. The poetry? Absolutely beautiful. I found myself annotating so many lines, completely swept away by the intensity of Evelyn’s pain—her attachment to her family, knowing she would eventually lose them, was devastating.

As for the ending... I had to keep putting the book down because I knew heartbreak was coming. The final plot twist, however, felt like a bit too much for me and we never truly got an answer as to why Evelyn had no memory of her past lives but overall, I loved this book and would absolutely recommend it, especially to those who enjoy both fantasy and literary fiction.

🌟 Thank you to NetGalley and Penguin Random House for the ARC! 🌟

I absolutely adored this story. Could not put it down and really liked the twist! Defenetly for fans of Addie LaRue.

I love Laura Steven's writing - always so innovative and interesting. She writes the sort of YA that really is for anyone - the teens are so lucky to have her to encourage a love of stories!

'I will find you in every lifetime' but as a book, with a fatal twist. Just brilliant.

Our Infinite Fates is everything you want in a YA. I loved the enemies to lovers style trope with a bit of a twist! My favourite part was the flashback scenes that took us to all different places around the world and to amazing times in history, all while building on the romance of the characters and giving us a glimpse into their backstory.

This was such a beautiful story of soulmates, love and loss. The story of Evelyn and Arden finding (okay, sure and murdering) one another through countless lifetimes is more than just a fantastical romance, it explores the depth of love in all its forms, and the way that love and life inevitably comes with loss and grief. The main characters not only lose each other, but their respective families, friendships, and parts of themselves each time they die and are reincarnated into a new life.

The reason for their fate truly surprised me, although I had come up with several theories, the truth was quote unique and interesting in it's execution!

I would highly recommend this book to anyone who enjoys a deeply emotional and reflective story.

I absolutely loved this book, it was such a beautifully vivid read that took me through an intense journey of fate and love.

"Love can make a villain of anyone"

Our Infinite fates has been one of my most anticipated reads of 2025, and ohhhh my heart, it did not disappoint!!

"Do you know how rare you are, in a world where the sky rains fire?"

From the minute I started reading I knew my heart was going to break many many times, how can it not when you know you will loose the characters over and over again, this book will stay with me for a very long time.

"What an almighty, devastating mess. A Greek tragedy with no end"

Laura Stevens writing is lyrically beautiful 😍 the words flow effortlessly across the pages giving us a poetic and immersive story that pulls on every heartstring, the love, longing and anguish radiates off every page and I couldn't get enough, this book will absolutely be on my top reads of the year list!

I loved this book so much, the storylines, the characters, the places ,everything!!, the attention to detail helped bring alive every life they lived, it is a truly beautiful story ❤️

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

Absolutely recommend 100%!!

Thank you to Netgalley, the author and the publisher for the advance copy to read.

I was really intrigued by the blurb and couldn't wait to read this. I really enjoyed reading Evelyn and Arden’s story, it held me captivated throughout. I did struggle with the leaps in timelines when reading and sometimes found it difficult to follow. That could be my ADHD brain rather than the writing.

All in all, it is a brilliantly written book that I would highly recommend.

I was intrigued from the start by this story and loved the concept and mystery of it all. Although the constant jumps back in time got a little too much for me at some point, as I felt there was too much scene setting cramped into relatively short chapters.
Overall I did really like the story and suspense of it all and even the end did not disappoint. I also loved the poetry from “Ten Hundred Years of You” that was weaved through the whole story.

Our Infinite Fates is one of my favourite reads of the year so far. Evelyn and Arden’s love story transcends both time and death, and this book is so heartbreaking and poignant in parts that if I wasn’t mostly reading it while doing night feeds I absolutely would have sobbed! As someone who lives in Wales I also loved that the present day was set in Abergavenny (where I got married!) and really enjoyed the flashbacks to Evelyn’s previous lives across history. Fans of books like The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue will love this,
and I think I’ve definitely found a new auto-buy author!