Laura Steven, Our Infinite Fates, Penguin UK, February 2025, 416 pp., RRP $24.99 (pbk), ISBN 9780241671108

In Our Infinite Fates, Laura Steven delivers a tale of star-crossed love, timeless tragedy, and a girl’s desperate fight to reclaim her future. Part dark fairytale, part emotional thriller, this YA fantasy romance explores reincarnation, trauma, and the enduring, devastating pull of love across centuries.

Evelyn is not your typical teenage girl. She remembers every life she’s ever lived—and every time she’s been murdered before her 18th birthday by the same person: Arden. Her soulmate. Her executioner. Their souls are forever bound, caught in a haunting loop of love and betrayal. But this lifetime is different. Evelyn is grounded in a life she doesn’t want to leave. A cozy Welsh farm, a warm and complex family, and her younger sister, who is battling leukemia and desperately needs Evelyn’s bone marrow for a life-saving transplant. Evelyn just needs to stay alive long enough to help her.

But Arden is out there, once again. Maybe he’s the mysterious blonde who just moved to town and asks her on a date. Maybe he’s her quiet, bookish coworker reading a strange new novel that eerily mirrors a past life in Siberia. As Evelyn races against time to uncover who Arden is this time, she also begins to unravel the dark mystery behind their curse. Why must Arden kill her in every life? Is this an ancient deal gone wrong, or something even more sinister?

Our Infinite Fates is full of suspense, heartbreak, and deeply philosophical questions about fate, identity, and free will. This novel is far from a light-hearted romance. Laura Steven tackles heavy topics including terminal illness, grief, trauma, abuse, and mortality.

Readers should be aware of content warnings, which include racism, sexual assault, suicide ideation and domestic violence, among others so best suited for the upper teen age range.

Reviewed by India Boon