The billing as a mix of Addie LaRue and This is How You Lose a Time War is spot on. This book is a collection of a love stories gone wrong through the ages. Following Evelyn and Arden, the story traces their reincarnation over and over again as they repeatedly die just prior to their 18th birthday. Arden tracks Evelyn, while she has to determine which character in her life he is...the one who will kill her.

I loved the different short tales in this book and how the timelines all wove together. The primary thread is set in present day, with Evelyn as Bronwyn and Arden unknown to her. She knows her death is coming, but she needs to save her sister from dying before she herself is gone. It's a race against the clock as she tries to remember how this horrible curse even came to be.

Intermixed with the primary story are flashbacks to Evelyn's prior lives, traveling the world from Latin America to Siberia, Constantinople to the deserts of the Middle East. Each life gives a bit more insight to the relationship between Arden & Evelyn and why their lives are so intertwined.

I loved this book much more than I expected to. The writing is lovely and the weaving of the timelines is done so well. I loved the richness of the writing and how well each little vignette captures a life. I appreciated how creatively she changed their situations and how the reader really got transported along with the characters.

I was a bit disappointed in the explanation of the source of their curse. It is quite creative and well conceptualized, I think it just paced a little faster than I liked given the speed of the narrative prior to the denouement. Other than that, I enjoyed all the little snippets of history and how the story worked as a puzzle with each timeline slotting a few more pieces into place. This is definitely worth a reread.