Our Infinite Fates by Laura Steven has been sitting on my long, long list of books that I keep in a note on my phone. A few years ago I read V.E. Schwab’s The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, where a girl strikes a deal with the devil that she can live for eternity, but will never age and will be forgotten the moment anyone looks away from her. We follow her and the devil, who visits her each year, as the centuries pass, living through history, until one day someone remembers her and it’s all thrown into chaos. Our Infinite Fates is one of those books that I’d say, if you liked Addie LaRue, you’ll like this.
Our Infinite Fates
Evelyn and Arden have lived hundreds of lives across centuries, born and reincarnated time and again. In every life, before her 18th birthday Arden will find and kill Evelyn, unless she kills him first. While Evelyn has no memory of their origin story, Arden does and refuses to tell her. With every new life, the pain and loss becomes more unbearable to Evelyn. In their current life, Evelyn is desperate to live beyond 18, to save her young sister’s life. She is determined to discover the truth of why Arden has hunted her all these years.
A pacy read through time
I picked up Our Infinite Fates in a two book deal rushing between placements. I’d actually gone in with the intention of getting The Wedding People by Alison Espach, which happened to be out of stock. I was taken by this cover and remembered it had been sitting on my phone list! I’m glad I went for it. I devoured the first half of the book on a lazy Sunday afternoon, and then spent the rest of the week picking off a few chapters each night before bed.
In moments of tiredness, I did struggle to remember certain details from certain lifetimes. The timelines jump a lot through history, and Evelyn and Arden’s names are constantly changing, along with their genders. Sometimes there would be some significant moments but my brain was struggling to remember which lifetime they had occurred in. It does require concentration and best not to skim or skip!
Mature YA Fiction
Our Infinite Fates is classed as YA fiction, but in truth, it reads as more mature. In theory Evelyn and Arden are over a thousand years old, so it’s no surprise they feel older in character. I really didn’t register very often that they’re 17, even though their upcoming 18th birthdays are constantly mentioned. They just feel older. I think it can easily span a broad YA & Romantasy teen to adult readership.
