Our Infinite Fates was a charming and exciting read with an unexpected ending! I could not put the book down and loved my time with it!

I wanted to read this book mostly because it was compares to Addie LaRue and while this is at some point the exact opposite of Addie LaRue, the similarities are there, mostly because of our immortal main character.
This was very addictive and I did not expect that. Our infinite fates is very literary and easy to read simultaneously. The writing is beautiful, evocative, and philosophical. The yearning, the love and the tension were all dripping from the pages, and I loved it.
Evelyn is a lovely character, she isn't very complex, which I liked. She just wants to save her sister. Arden is far more complex, but not too much.
The multiple storylines were interesting and useful. I kept on reading tirelessly because I wanted to know what came next and WHY it was so important for Arden to kill Evelyn.
Obviously, Laura Steven is a skillful writer and I am very grateful for her existence!

I knew from the moment I laid eyes on this book that I would fall deeply, irrevocably in love with its story and characters, so after missing out multiple times on a physical arc, I was absolutely THRILLED to be able to pick up a digital one through Netgalley (Puffin, if you’re reading this and have any left over, I beg you get in touch!!).

Our Infinite Fates follows Arden and Evelyn through their entwined, and numerous, lives. In each life, they are soulmates - fated to fall in love with each other, and yet doomed to die by the other’s hand before age eighteen.

We follow Evelyn’s point of view throughout the book as she remembers fleeting memories from several of her lives and tries to understand why they both must die before they turn eighteen.

In her current life, Evelyn is a Welsh girl named Branwen, and the only stem cell match for her sister Gracie who has leukaemia. The bone marrow retrieval procedure is in a couple of weeks, however, so is her eighteenth birthday. Evelyn (as Branwen) resolves to find Arden in this life and stop him from killing her by any means necessary before she can save her sister. Easy, right? Problem is she’s sure she hasn’t yet encountered him in this lifetime, and he could be anyone her age, and appear at any moment.

I absolutely adored this book. I loved the characters and their development and enjoyed learning about their past lives together – how they found one another and how they came to die at the end of each one. Each past life presented a new world whether that was a new country, or timeline and I was in awe of Laura Steven’s ability to keep each life as detailed and vibrant as the last. I am by no means knowledgeable about any of the times or locations presented to be able to comment on accuracy, but Laura presented each with cultural references, languages and customs to a level that seemed so well researched and accurate enough to make me feel fully transported to each timeline with complete ease.

I enjoyed following each thread (pun totally intended) through the story to learn how a pair of souls so deeply in love with one another could bring themselves to have to murder the other in every life, and the ending was gratifying, if over far too quickly for my liking. There were numerous beautiful quotes that I could have highlighted but my favourite was of course the repeated “I love you, and I have loved you, and I will love you”. How could anything top that?! My heart bled as they died together in every life knowing just how deeply their souls yearned to stay with one another.

Our Infinite Fates is due to release in the UK on the 27th of February 2025 in the YA category, and honestly, I could not recommend it more. If you like fated mates, historical themes, yearning, queer elements (light spoiler – the pair are not always m/f), romance, magical concepts in real world settings, and absolutely deeply beautiful love stories, this one is for you.

There are also multiple gorgeous special editions lined up for Our Infinite Fates and you bet I've got some on preorder!

Thank you to Netgalley, Puffin and Laura Stevens for allowing me to read an early access copy of this book.

Thank you to NetGalley for providing me with an ARC of the eBook.

So, I loved the premise of this book and delving into many of their past lives. I think I just wanted more, maybe my expectations were off.

I did really enjoy the story and flew through the book in a couple of sittings! Will definitely need to have a read of another Laura Steven book!

Also, this book just kept reminding me of Every Day by David Levithan. Very different story but was lovely to be reminded of one the books that got me back into reading 10 years ago!

OMGGGG what a book. I absolutely adored this. This is a book that will stay with you after you finish it, and I will definitely be rereading once my preorder arrives! This book gave me the same feeling I had after I read The Time Travellers Wife for the first time - perfection.

It didn't take long at all to get into the swing of all the flashbacks and reincarnations, but I found myself drawn to the current timeline and was desperate to find out who was who and how it was all going to heppen.

And that ending! I did not see if coming and I am so pleased about it. It worked so well, and took me by surprise which I loved.

The love story that is told over centuries is enchanting and gorgeous. It will make you reflect on your own loves and what you would do for them. The intensity of this book will make your heart feel heavy in your chest as you wait for the outcome.

Beautiful book, I wish it was twice as long as it is!

Before we dive into the review, it’s no secret that I’m a huge fan of Laura Stevens. Having read most of her work, I’m consistently captivated by how each new book draws me in, blending her signature whimsical charm with a dark, compelling narrative style
From the very first page, Our Infinite Fates completely swept me away. As a big fan of Laura Stevens, I can honestly say this book blew me away—it absolutely lived up to everything I hoped for. It’s a thrilling, emotional, and immersive ride that I couldn’t put down.
What I love about Laura’s writing is her amazing ability to balance tender moments with high-stakes tension. The story feels both whimsical and dark, and I found myself gasping out loud at unexpected twists, unable to stop reading even when I knew I should be doing other things. She has a rare talent for keeping the tension high, pushing you to turn page after page.
The writing itself is just stunning. Each sentence flows so beautifully, creating a vivid and evocative narrative. I found myself pausing to savour lines that really spoke to me. There were so many quotes I wanted to highlight, I could’ve marked the whole book!
The story centres on Evelyn and Arden, two people who’ve met in every lifetime, only to tragically kill each other. The mystery of why this happens, combined with glimpses into their past lives, creates an emotional and satisfying journey. It’s a love story that’s so much more than that, exploring love, loss, time, and identity in a way that will stay with you long after you finish.
If you’re looking for a beautifully tragic, haunting read, I can’t recommend this enough.

Firstly wow, I have not stopped thinking about this book and its characters since I put it down.

Steven weaves a beautiful narrative with care and emotion where as a reader I cannot fail to feel things. It has a little of everything, fantasy, romance, history. I felt so many emotions in this book, anger, sadness, happiness and the ending was both gut wrenching and perfection.

We follow Evelyn and Arden through time as they continually meet, sometimes in love, sometimes not and the narrative is beautiful. The atmosphere and lyricism used by Steven is phenomenal. The way flashbacks are used really helps to see the depth of feeling that the two characters have for each other and takes away from the potential insta-love. These histories are both heartbreaking and beautiful and expertly weaved through the main plot so the pace never slows.

I haven't read any of Stevens other books but I feel I must now pick them up, she has become and auto-buy author from this one book.

This book was so unique and I loved every second of it. I think the execution between the timelines was amazing. It was heartbreaking, and yet hope fulfilled. I’m a sucker for a soulmate story and this was right up my street.

I honestly think this book was executed so well. I also loved the fact that because this was tied to the love of a soul, no matter their form, this also had a very interesting LGBTQ+ angle that worked seamlessly. It also was interesting from a diversity perspective, having the souls reborn at different historical points all over the world - a very interesting and immersive read.

Would definitely recommend!!

Thank you to Laura Steven, Penguin Random House and Net Galley for letting me have an Arc of this book

The ending was everything I needed! The plot twists genuinely surprised me. I loved all the characters. Laura Stevens is a must-read author for me now having had so many hits.

I loved exploring their previous lives. I love the poetic messages about love, souls & what it is to be human.

Would recommend for fans of Every Other Day, One Last Stop or The Invisible Life of Addie Larue.

This is one of the sweetest and most heart-wrenching YA romantasy I've read in a while. 4.5 ⭐️

This book was so beautifully written, and I really felt their love, fear, and heartbreak throughout all their years and lives together. The way their story and relationship slowly unfolded as the story went on gripped me and left me wanting more. I wanted to know more about their past, how they found each other and fell in love, and why they could never live past 18. Their fate seemed so cruel, and this is the biggest mystery throughout the book. Arden knows and remembers everything, but Evelyn never does, and we are given clues and snippets every time we are taken back to crucial moments throughout their past.
This isn't fast-paced, which I realise may be a problem for some people, but considering the journey we go on, I felt the pace was needed to understand them and their relationship better.

The reason I gave this a 4.5⭐️ is because I felt there was something missing from the ending. It was still a shock to find out what actually happened, and it ended beautifully, but I was expecting a longer and possibly more trecherous conclusion.

I would recommend this to people who love
- Fantasy
- Soulmates
- Star-Crossed Lovers
- Found Family
- LGBTQ+
- Alternating Timelines
- Single POV

A huge thank you to the author, Penguin Random House and Netgalley, for allowing me to read an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Our Infinite Fates pulls you in by the heart, it is angsty, heartbreaking and magnificently beautiful. The story keeps engaged, pulling you in over and over again just like our characters.

Their story, the emotions, everything in Our Infinite Fates stays with you and leaves you feeling like you need to get back into it once you finish it to relieve the story of Evelyn and Arden all over again once more.

As soon as I heard this book was inspired by Exile by Taylor Swift, I knew I would fall head over heels and boy, it did not disappoint.

This is my favourite type of story. Timeless, expansive and vast while also intimate, gentle and romantic. Evelyn and Arden’s love spans thousands of years, but so does their heartbreak.

Reading this book is travelling all corners of the globe, being swept through historical events, philosophising life and death and why our human hearts will always choose to keep loving, no matter the cost.

I devoured this book in one day but it will stay with me forever.

I can’t wait to read more from this author

Four and a half
Wow the premise of this might not be completely new but the reason for this couple's curse was a huge surprise. Evelyn remembers past lives although admittedly some details are hazy but she knows without a doubt that Arden will try to kill her before she turns eighteen. That's a huge problem because her sister needs stem cells from Evelyn and she's determined to help her little sister live ! So who is Arden in this life ? A newly arrived cute guy or someone she already knows ?
This was a story that held my interest and surprised me too. Evelyn is such a giving character and the Arden we meet here is pragmatic and determined to do what is right. This is a tale of love and as an unapologetic romantic I loved it. Forget gender and just get swept up in a story that will leave a smile on your face.
This voluntary take is of a copy I requested and my thoughts and comments are honest and I believe fair

I really loved the concept of this book, and it was so easy to read (I devoured it in a day!) with some twists that I honestly did not see coming. I think the characters were maybe lacking a bit of depth, and the author made some choices about certain aspects of the story that I questioned, but hey I'm not writing any books myself so I can't exactly criticise the direction they took their own story in 😂 This book definitely gave me Addie LaRue vibes but for perhaps a younger (YA) audience?

Great premise - not so well executed

The story follows two people who are destined to fall in love during every lifetime only to kill each other before they turn 18. Unfortunately, we never actually get to see them fall in love, we are just told they are... repeatedly. I feel as though the book lacked emotion, I never felt connected to the characters and never really learnt much about them. The best part about this book was a side character Gracie and her connection to Evelyn. That was the only time for me that portrayed real depth and emotion.

I struggled with the writing at times but the pacing was well done and I didn't find the book to drag and flew through it. The ending/ second half of the book was enjoyable and much better written than the first half. I thought the twist was well done at the end. It was an enjoyable quick read, I just think I went into it with expectations set too high!

I am also not certain this can be classed as an LGBT read (imo). Although the characters are reborn into same-sex couples on occasion, it lacked depth and only lasted 10 or so pages.

Thankyou to Netgalley and Penguin for an e-arc in exchange for an honest review.

Thank you NetGalley and the publisher for an e-ARC in exchange for my honest review.

Oh this book was beautifully written. I highlighted so many passages, it was really hard to narrow down just a few quotes I loved. While the ending truly took me by surprise, the real star of the show was lasting and eternal love. Love across time, across continents. Across boundaries of culture and societal norms. Jumping from the present day to multiple past iterations of their lives, the joy and pain of Evelyn and Arden was vivid and complex and wonderful. I highly recommend this book to anyone who loved The Invisible Life of Addie La Rue, or believes in soulmates.

I can't quite explain the depth of my love for this book. I put off reading it for a while because I knew that Laura would deliver a story that would sit with me for a while and even though I finished this a few weeks ago, I've not been able to put it into words.

Our Infinite Fates is so much more than just a love story - it's an exploration of the human experience. It delves so deeply into what it means to live and why, even through all the bad times, we choose to continue doing so day in and day out.

The story is so cleverly written, flashbacking to a previous life that becomes immediately relevant to what is happening in the present and I have to applaud Laura for the sheer amount of historical research she must've done to make this book so immersive. Her writing has always been so beautiful and with every reincarnation we saw, it very much felt as if we were there for every moment.

Evelyn and Arden were such fleshed out and complex characters and Laura did a fantastic job of making us feel invested in their story from the very beginning. Their love transcended every time period, every culture, every social norm, every societal expectation and in the end, it conquered the impossible too.

Laura Steven, you are an incredible writer. Thank you for blessing us with Our Infinite Fates.

Our Infinite Fates is a young adult romantasy about two teens who are infinitely fated to be together. In every life they are born into they find eachother but the twist is they are not allowed to live past 18 years. Cursed to kill eachother in every life we get to see each story, each identity and each heartbreak.

This book is utterly amazing, I was instantly pulled in by the separate timelines and eras we got to explore and witness. The descriptive writing really brought all the different settings and characters to life and I felt each tragedy, each laugh and all their unconditional love.

You need to read this book!

In this beautiful YA Evelyn and Arden are cursed soulmates. As soon as they’re close to turning 18 however they have to hunt and kill each other, until the next life. Evelyn can remember aspects from her past lives, but nothing about the reason behind the murders. Why can’t they grow older and be together, don’t they truly love each other?

It is well-written with multiple layers and timelines, unfolding the story and exploring their relationship across centuries. Flashbacks and poetry are dotted throughout the chapters which I really enjoyed.

Thank you NetGalley and Penguin for this advance copy.

First, I would to extend a huge thank you to NetGalley, St. Martins Press and @macmillan.audio for the advanced ebook and audio copy of this book, to author, Laura Steven for this incredible story and to Sofia Oxenham for the wonderful narration.

~ The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue meets This is How You Lose The Time War in this fantastical love story that defies death as two souls reincarnate through the centuries.

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

This book blew me away. It was so beautiful and poetic that I found myself mesmerized from the very first chapter. There was so much depth, not only with each character, but in the writing itself- I felt transported to each point in time, vividly seeing as if I were there alongside them, feeling each emotion and heartbreak every step of the way. I will say that for me, the twist felt slightly anticlimactic, but I found the story to be so enjoyable that this didn’t take away from my overall experience.

Now, I have read reviews stating that there are too many quotes and poetry throughout the story and while I can agree that there are many, I feel that they fit seamlessly, making this book the hauntingly beautiful tale that it is. This really came through in the audiobook and was done perfectly in my opinion. I also plan on getting the physical copy on release day!