This book is absolutely incredible. It kept me on my toes the entire way through, unsure what was going to happen with June.

Adrienne Young has a way of writing that completely immerses you in the story and makes you love and root for the characters as if you know them personally. Needless to say, tears were shed. Highly, highly recommend!

about a family of women who are all fated to lose their sanity, the concept for this story drew me in instantly. however, i wish the author let the idea simmer a bit longer in her mind because the actual execution fell flat for me. the concept was so complex, yet everything was revealed through dialogue which made it difficult to put the pieces together.

Oh, how I loved this book!! A perfectly atmospheric, magical read. Some of the timeline details confused me/left me feeling like there were potential plot holes, but overall the story was beautiful and well-paced.

Thank you netgalley for this eARC in exchange for my honest review.

Adrienne Young has such a way of creating an atmosphere; one you feel like you're living in while reading. I highly enjoyed this and was not disappointed.

4/5 ⭐

The book I needed right now. Falling in love with June, and the Farrow women, as she finds herself and learns where life is taking her, it’s magical. There is mystery in her story about life, death, and time travel. Where I thought the book might go it quickly morphed into a different direction. Sometimes the memories or the time line would cause me to backtrack to understand, but Young gently explains things as it unravels. There’s beauty in June’s story with one time being a simpler slower life and being able to spend time with family. I was not expecting this storyline, the wonderful characters or the time travel. Having read a few of her other books I had faith this would be great and I wasn’t wrong. Getting to read an early copy I chose to wrote my review voluntarily.

Read if you like:
✨ Magical Realism
🔎 Unraveling a Mystery
🥈 Second Chance Romances
☁️ Atmospheric Reads
⏳ Century’s Old Curses
👵🏼 Stories about Family

I was absolutely sucked into this one with the atmospheric writing that completely captivated me and had me so invested in June and her story and the unraveling of the mystery around the Farrow women who seem to detach from reality and lose their minds.

When the curse has impacted her grandmother, her mother, and now June, it’s time to start digging in and trying to unveil what is plaguing the Farrow women.

The way the mystery unfolds as June hunts for the truth was absolutely captivating and I didn’t want to stop listening as June is trying to navigate unknowns while seeking the truth and figuring out once she finds the truth, what decisions will she make for herself and the Farrow women in her family with the knowledge she unearths.

The ending truly was so satisfying as was the rest of the story of June and the other Farrow women and the second chance romance made me love this one even more, and I have to admit the ending made me shed a few tears when it all came together.

Truly a masterful magical realism story that I will likely revisit again even though rereading is rare for me.

Thank you so much to the publisher for my ARC!

One of my favorite things about Adrienne Young is her gift with words. Like her previous books, she beautifully describes the setting that makes the reader feel like they’ve been transported into the pages. This slow burn, mysterious story was filled with magic, romance and family. I was instantly drawn to the characters, appreciated the strong family ties and loved the components of mystery throughout. Without saying too much, this was a truly unique story that was so interesting and engaging. While I found the premise slightly confusing at times, everything comes together in the end.

This was my favorite fall book. Beutiful time traveling story between generations showing women as a strong and indepenedent in different social lifestyle. I loved time traveling twist and a mystery in it. Partners love and grandmother, mother and daughter love. Time cannot change the true love.

This is the story of the Farrow family. All the women go crazy as they age. Sometimes, they disappear altogether.
June Farrow has just lost her beloved grandmother. Her hallucinations are also getting worse. In the midst of this, she starts investigating the life of her mother, who left when she was a baby.
That investigation leads to murder mysteries, stuttering romamces, and many plot twists.

I loved the beginning of this book. June investigating her mother, her hallucinations, and all the plot twists that came with it were captivating. June is going thru a lot, and she is an endearing protagonist.

It was once we got those answers, and started wallowing in them, that this book went downhill.
The "romance" gets barely any development, going from avoiding each other to insta-love supernaturally fast.
The murder mystery part of the book starts out strong. However, the answers come strangely and cheaply, taking the power out of the options.
In the end, I found the conclusion to be a little incoherent, pulling out loopholes to try to weave together a solution.

A video review including this book will be on my Youtube channel in the coming weeks, @ChloeFrizzle.

Thanks to Netgalley and Delacorte Press for a copy of this book to review. All opinions are my own.

A truly inspirational tale of love that traverses generations and timelines.

Young's writing transports you seamlessly between two vastly different time periods in American history and the family of women who lived throughout them all.

3.75/5

Adrienne Young is a master of pulling you into beautifully written words and the worlds they bring to mine. The Unmaking of June Farrow is about small-town June Farrow and the fate that awaits her. After her grandmother’s recent passing June is suddenly tasked with finding the secrets of her family and how those secrets will change her future. June has been seeing things that are not there due to a family curse and after a close confidante and friend of her grandmothers tell her that the next time she sees a certain door that she should go through it. So, she does. What happens next June never expected and soon finds out there us much more to her family and her mother’s disappearance than she thought.

I loved getting to know June and the characters that came along for the ride of her unmaking. June is a woman in her thirties who was settled on the fact that she may never have a real love or a family and that she was ok with that… or so she thought. The world building was beautifully done and felt like I could truly see the landscape and town of Jasper.

If you’ve ever read anything by Young you know that her words are wonderfully written and have a poetic-ness to them that leaves you wanting more.

Thank you to Netgalley and Random House Ballantine for this ARC of The Unmaking of June Farrow by Adrienne Young.

Okay, I just finished this book and I need to read it again immediately.

Adrienne Young is incredible at creating atmosphere in her novels. I love how this one centered around a single town and its inhabitants. It’s incredible how much of a journey June can have without leaving a small physical radius.

I did finish the book with a good amount of questions that I wish were answered, but the plot was so intriguing. I liked how the secrets were unveiled throughout the novel. I also enjoyed the relationship between the Farrow women, and June’s relationship with Annie was beautifully written. I wasn’t so sure about Eamon and June until closer to the end, but the tension throughout their relationship makes sense.

Overall 4.5 /5 stars rounded up to 5!

This book caught me off guard. Missing family, ancient curses, and drama OH MY! The strong females felt natural and not overwhelmeing. There was a sort of open door scene, but it was focused on each other rather than descriptions. It was one of my favorites of the year

This review is based on an uncorrected e-galley of this novel.

In the small mountain town of Jasper, North Carolina, June Farrow is waiting for fate to find her. The Farrow women are known for their thriving flower farm—and the mysterious curse that has plagued their family line. The whole town remembers the madness that led to Susanna Farrow’s disappearance, leaving June to be raised by her grandmother and haunted by rumors.

It’s been a year since June started seeing and hearing things that weren’t there. Faint wind chimes, a voice calling her name, and a mysterious door appearing out of nowhere—the signs of what June always knew was coming. But June is determined to end the curse once and for all, even if she must sacrifice finding love and having a family of her own.

After her grandmother’s death, June discovers a series of cryptic clues regarding her mother’sdecades-old disappearance, except they only lead to more questions. But could the door she once assumed was a hallucination be the answer she’s been searching for? The next time it appears, June realizes she can touch it and walk past the threshold. And when she does, she embarks on a journey that will not only change both the past and the future, but also uncover the lingering mysteries of her small town and entangle her heart in an epic star-crossed love.

This was a very well-written and entertaining novel. It was twisty and kept me guessing until the end. The adventure June embarks on makes her question everything, even when she was born. This is a must read during spooky season!

Thanks to NetGalley, the publisher, and the author for an e-galley of this novel.

I loved this book. Part mystery part time traveling. Wonderfully told and great storyline(s).

June comes from a long line of Farrow women who never marry and have a history of mentalr unwellness.

June doesn’t want to end up like her Mother and other women relatives so she begins journaling her episodes. When her grandmother dies she leaves a cryptic letter. June is taken to a different time and is surprised by what has happened, is happening and the future.

Thank you Netgalley, the author and publisher for a copy of an ARC. All opinions are my own.

4.5 stars!

I did not love Young's prior foray into magical realism, Spells for Forgetting, as much as other readers, rating it 3-stars. So this was a bit of a reluctant read for me initially, but I was quickly pleasantly surprised. The character development and plot were much more captivating for me, and I was quickly drawn into this time-travel novel, staying up too late reading it!

This is a great book for fans of The Time Traveler's Wife. The story is flipped in that the protagonist, June Farrow, is the one doing the time traveling. This is a difficult review to write as I do not want to share even more spoilers, so I will just say that this was a great read, especially if you're seeking a bit of October magic! Other themes in the novel include second-chance romance, motherhood and family bonds, religiosity, mental illness, trusting oneself, and the choices that define us and our life's trajectory.

Much appreciation to NetGalley, the author, and Delacorte Press/Random House Publishing Group/Ballantine Books for an advanced reader copy of this book to review!

Just a great story about family and what one will do. Grabbed me from the beginning and did not disappoint. I went into this blind not evening knowing what it was about and I feel that was the best decision I could have made. Thank you Netgalley and Delacorte for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

This was a propulsive read. I enjoyed every moment of it.
I loved the time travel element. I loved the characters. I loved the pacing of the plot.
One definitely should be wary of religious fanaticism. At moments I was concerned this book would be anti Christian, however, it just read as a cautionary tale of where religion, without relationship can take us. A relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ is the best thing we can gain from this sinful world.
Wonderful, escapism reading. Possibly a fan favorite amongst the crowd of my generation. Thirty to forty something female is probably the target age.
One star removed for ahem....marital love expressed in a way that made me feel uncomfortable.

Thanks to NetGalley for a chance to preview this book!

“It came for my grandmother, as it came for my mother, and now it had come for me.”

“She was a prism that colored me and my world with a story. We were the limbs of a broken tree with poisoned roots.”

June Farrow risks everything to end her families centuries-old curse, solve the mystery of her mother’s disappearance, and finally find true love.

June has a mystery to solve in order to save herself, her family, and her heart. I absolutely LOVE #adrienneyoungs writing so I jumped at the chance to read her newest book! I can still vividly remember the plot of Spells For Forgetting and I devoured Fable. This one was right up there in terms of enjoyment! It is told in dual timelines but in the most unique of ways. I was quickly swept away into her world and on her journey of discovery of self, love, and family.

I highly recommend all of her writing, but especially at this time of year. The Unmaking Of June Farrow is available now so grab yourself a copy!

Thank you for the free #audiobook @PRHAudio #PRHAudioPartner and to Netgalley, Random House Publishing, and the author for the ARC.

Wow yall! What an amazing book. I have to admit that I started this towards the end of summer and then like ALLL of my library requests came in. I kept trying to push through but was getting distracted. I committed to finishing it and was able to do so in one sitting and was not disappointed that I stayed up late LOL!

June Farrow has known her whole life that she is living on borrowed time. All of the women in her family have gone mad. It starts with hearing things and having hallucinations which started for June about a year ago, but of course she has told no one because she doesn't want to face the facts. Because of this knowledge, June has never taken the leap of falling in love. She has closed herself off to people, so they don't get too close to her. When her grandmother passes away, June finds some clues about her mom who disappeared when she was little. The clues seem to be tied to these hallucinations she is experiencing. Something in her gut is telling her that all is not as it seems. One day she is driving down the road when she sees a hovering red door that is pulling her towards it. She makes the fateful decision to walk through it and EVERYTHING changes.

She ends up in 1951 where unbeknownst to her, she has lived a life with a man named Eamon and his little girl, Annie. She wants answers. How is this possible? How is she living a life in 2023 and in 1951? She gets some of them from her great grandmother who fills her on in their family history, but she can tell that things are being held back from her. June will have to make a choice when the red door comes calling again. Will she stay and try to reconnect with the man who seems to know everything about her? Or will she go back to what she knows? Why was she drawn to this time in the first place? Are there answers about her mother in this time? The longer she is in this time the more her memories of this place and this man and this life are starting to come back to her making her feel more and more confused and connected at the same time. She still has a decision to make when the door comes- what will she decide?

Adrienne Young did an incredible job describing the emotions involved in everything that happened in this book. How would you react walking into a world that you have no recollection of to a man who clearly has strong feelings for you and that you find yourself pulled to? To a little girl who resembles you but seems hesitant to get to know you? How Young describes the reaction and phases of June's emotions through this journey are spot on. I really liked the elements of romance, suspense and magic and how they all intertwined to create this wonderfully original story. I highly recommend picking up this book if you haven't already! I enjoyed Spells for Forgetting but this one took it up a notch. Well done!! I will be on the lookout for future books by this author.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for an advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review!