Evelyn and Arden are destined to be the end of each other in every life for an eternity, no matter what their names are. The only issue? Evelyn is particularly fond of the life she is living currently, and she has someone to save, too: Her sister, who is thoroughly sick, and the only one with the ability to cure her is Evelyn.
Laura Steven’s “Our Infinite Fates” was a beautiful book to read. It had the vibe of V. E. Schwab’s “The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue,” with a much lighter tone for most of the story.
I absolutely loved the way this story was written. The author uses individual chapters as a peek into the characters’ previous lives to explain why the characters do what they do, or why they are the way they are is an incredibly clever way of writing.
The use of past life as a way of backstory has to be one of my favorite parts of this book. Getting to see how the different cultures and time periods affected each of the main characters made the little details stand out even more.
That being said, there were some of these chapters that kind of felt out of place and incomplete with the story. It does make some sense for some of these chapters to be presented this way, as the story is told by Evelyn, who is an unreliable narrator.
I did enjoy most of the character interaction throughout this book, but there were some moments that made absolutely zero sense. There was a moment where a character was knocked out and kidnapped, but still willingly helped his kidnapper. Make that make sense.
“Our Infinite Fates” is meant to be a love story between two people who find each other in every life. The problem is, one of the most important aspects of a love story was missing: love. While there were little moments where you could kind of see the intent, you could not actually feel the love that was meant to be relayed in this book. Only a somewhat bittersweet trauma-bonded connection; and no, those are not the same things.
I had a great time reading this book. This has to be one of the more creative book topics I have read in a while. Sure, some of the moments can seem a bit cliche, but the way the author went about presenting it made it that much more of an interesting read. Even if some of the scenes in this book were a little muddled, they made so much more sense in the end. I give this book a 4/5.