We have a lot of eARC’s and we want to promote them a little bit more. So we decided to do some more Bookish Beginnings On Friday. Today I wanted to share the beginning of Our Infinite Fates by Laura Steven. This is one of my most recent eARC’s and I’m so excited to see how it starts. Let’s take a look!
The Invisible Life of Addie La Rue meets This is How You Lose The Time War in this fantastical love story that defies death as two souls reincarnate through the centuries.
They’ve loved each other in a thousand lifetimes. They’ve killed each other in every one.
Evelyn remembers all her past lives. She also remembers that in every single one, she’s been murdered before her eighteenth birthday by Arden, a supernatural being whose soul―and survival―is tethered to hers.
The problem is that she’s quite fond of the life she’s in now, and her little sister needs her for bone marrow transplants in order to stay alive. If Evelyn wants to save her sister, she’ll have to:
- Find the centuries-old devil who hunts her through each life―before they find her first.
- Figure out why she’s being hunted and finally break their curse.
- Try not to fall in love.
The ribbon binding their wrists together was red as a wound.
It was late Sólmánudur, and a fine day for a wedding. Scant clouds wisped across the pale sky. The sea lapped at the pebble beach, afternoon sun splicing its surface with fractal shards of gold. Rounded rocks rose through the shallow foam, sprayed with salt and the vague echo of siren song – if one believed in such things, which the bride did not.
But she believed in love, and in the man who stood before her.
I’m so excited to read this one! Laura Steven wrote one of my favorite contemporary stories of ever and I love the sound of this fantasy story. It’s being compared to The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, a book I adored. And I just love the two souls reincarnating and loving and killing each other in every lifetime. I can’t wait to find out what is going on, how it happened and what will happen next.
The writing style in this first bit is enjoyable for sure. I can’t say I’m immediately grabbed by these first sentences, but I do want to keep on reading so that’s a good thing for sure. This is definitely an eARC I plan on reading soon, I hope it will live up to my expectations but I do have good hopes. Have you read anything by Laura Steven? What did you think of it? Are you excited about this release? And what did you of the first sentences? Let me know in the comments down below!
