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Our Infinite Fates by Laura Steven

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adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I would have liked a little more depth to the two main characters relationship. It often felt repetitive at times without much clarity on the direction the book was going. That is, until closer to the end when the climax was reached. I wish I had felt more emotion from the characters in the way of the writing instead of being told their emotions through the author themselves. 

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adventurous emotional mysterious reflective relaxing tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Wow what a book this was such an amazing read. This is how you do atmospheric fantasy. From the first page I was hooked and powered through. I love the romanticism of the story-telling, the writing was so beautiful and poetic some of the best writing I’ve read in awhile. I loved Evelyn as a character and I saw so much of myself in her. I took a little bit of time to warm up to Arden but he did grow on me. I love the historical aspect of the story and going through the past in their previous recantations. Seeing their love from different embodiments no matter the biological sex/gender identity expression or the setting and environment. I loved how it was a modern retelling that brought in aspects of Dante’s Inferno. This was a real enemies to lovers that was done beautifully. This story really took my breathe away. My only critics would be once the big plot twist was revealed I felt it did drag on a bit, I wish we got to see a bit more of some side characters towards the end.  I wish the ending had a little bit more uniqueness to it besides the love conquers all but you know it still got me a little emotional “classic” for a reason. But I cannot wait to read more from Laura Stevens I’m so excited for her adult debut I have a feeling she’s gonna become an auto buy author me. This is a book I will always think about, I highly recommend to atmospheric fantasy with historical/classic elements.

4.5 Stars ⭐️

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Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Je pense que c’est honnêtement un des meilleurs livres que j’ai jamais lu et une des plus belles histoires d’amour écrites.

J’ai à peine les mots pour décrire ce livre car tout était parfait du début à la fin, en 350 pages ce livre m’a complètement retourné.

Ce livre est concentré sur une timeline en particulier : 2022 en Écosse mais tout au long de l’histoire il y a des flashbacks de leurs vies antérieures, qui nous transportent à travers le temps et les époques. L’autrice a su me faire voyager dans une dizaine de pays, que ce soit en Sibérie, au Peru, en Chine, au Vietnam, aux États-Unis, en France mais aussi à travers toutes les époques et civilisations. Les protagonistes ont vécues milles vies, ils ont étés pauvres, riches, dans la famille royales, soldats, voleurs, pirates, expéditeurs et j’en passe. Les chapitres ont beaux êtres courts j’ai vraiment été transporté et j’ai l’impression d’avoir vécues ces choses avec eux.

Dans leurs différents vies ils ont étés hommes et femmes, parfois deux hommes, parfois deux femmes, parfois un homme et une femme, leur amour a travers n’importe quels genres. J’ai beaucoup aimé cette aspect là car ce sont bien plus que deux corps genrés : ce sont deux âmes qui se retrouvent à chaque fois.

La plume de l’autrice est magnifique, j’ai plusieurs fois été bouleversée par des citations car il y a des réflexions sur la vie, la mort, le deuil, l’amour, le bien, le mal et l’existence.

« life gives us grief like mounds of wet clay,
ripe and heavy beneath our reluctant hands,
and with it we can do one of three things.
we can carry it with us wherever we go,
stooped beneath its awful weight,
we can shove it back of a wardrobe,
buried beneath an old waxed coat,
or we can make something beautiful,
and let it live on beyond us »

Leur histoire amour est absolument magnifique, malgré tout les obstacles ils finissent toujours par se retrouver. J’ai à peine les mots pour décrire la beauté de leur amour, si beau et pur.


Je pense que la meilleure manière de décrire Evelyn c’est par cette citation :

« The Evelyn I know… they love over and and over and over again, even thought it can only ever end in tragedy. Even though they’ve lost everyone they’ve ever loved, and they miss them in the next life, and the next, and the next. Never have they developed hard edges, like I have. Never have they tried to protect themselves from that pain. They love softly, and fiercely, and openly, and it’s the bravest thing I know. The most human thing I know. »

Evelyn aime entièrement dans chacune de ses vies, même si elle sait que ses proches vont finir par mourir et qu’elle aussi va finir par mourir, elle n’a pas peur du deuil alors qu’Arden s’est construit une carapace au fil des siècles, pour se protéger contre toute cette souffrance, existence après existence et j’aime beaucoup ces deux aspects de ces personnages.

« My heart feels like an open wound. I don’t understand how everyone just… walks around with the knowledge that everyone they love will soon be dead. I look at my sister, my mum, and it’s all I can see. Inevitable loss »

Comment parler de la fin ? De ce plot twist qui m’a retourné le cerveau ? De cette décision impossible ? De la tristesse que j’ai ressentie même si elle est mêlé a beaucoup d’espoirs…

« Then again, I had always found a way to live with the grief of the loves I had lost - to carry them inside me like candles that never blew out, until the slow tide of time eventually extinguished the memories »

Tout dans ce livre était absolument incroyable, c’est le parfait cocktail : un one shot relativement court, des chapitres concis, une histoire d’amour belle et tragique, des personnages attachants et torturés, un univers qui nous fait voyager, des plot twists, une touche de fantasy et une fin qui accroche aux tripes.

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dark hopeful sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I'm going to chalk this one up to...I'm not the target audience for this one and leave it at that.

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emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Thank you to Penguin Random House and Laura Stevens for the proof of Our Infinite Fates.

I have enjoyed following Arden and Evelyn through their lives and their current life in Wales. It’s been a very interesting love story and I spent the whole time trying to figure out why they kept being reincarnated and brought back together.

There were tears, and I was swooning over the writing which is absolutely stunning. I have so many tabs and there’s passages highlighted and underlined. 

I have the final copy on order and I cannot wait to see the end copy as well. But I think anyone who loves an enduring love story will adore Evelyn and Arden.

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