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Our infinite fates

Evelyn and Arden are two star-crossed souls who have lived multiple lives. In each life, Arden hunts Evelyn and kills her before they reach their eighteenth birthday. Now, in the present, Evelyn has something to live for – her younger sister. Gracie is dying of leukemia, and Evelyn is a perfect match for transplant. She just has to live long enough to go through with the procedure which is two days after her eighteenth birthday. Her goal is to find Arden, convince him to not kill her, and maybe find a way to break their curse.

While Arden is hard to like in the beginning, the reader quickly falls in love with the softer sides of him that Evelyn sees. Evelyn’s love for him transfers to the reader. Their fate is so intertwined that if one dies, the other dies too. The different glimpses of their lives throughout the last thousand years build an interesting picture of loss and love. While Evelyn can only remember the last hundred years of her lives, Arden remembers them all, and he isn’t willing to share that knowledge with Evelyn. In the present, she is determined to learn the truth of their curse and share the burden with him.

Our Infinite Fates delivers superb characterisation that builds on an ingenious premise and spins it into a story that you will never forget. It was absolutely phenomenal, moving and bound to be the book on everyone’s mind.

Laura Steven. Our infinite fates. Penguin Books, 2025.