Thank you Random House - Ballentine for an early e-copy for review!

Adrienne Young creates some of the most compelling stories, and I am always fascinated by what she is going to come up with next. So, it’s not surprise that I adored The Unmaking of June Farrow, and this journey through the past and present we are taken on by June.

June Farrow is one of the Farrow women - a lineage which includes a thriving flower farm in Jasper, North Carolina, and a curse that leads every woman in the family to slowly mentally unravel. Through a strong determination to end the families curse, and to figure out what happened to her mother after finding a series of clues that made no sense, we are taken on a journey through time.

Honestly this book was beautiful in the writing, the atmosphere, and even the plot. The relationships between June and the women in her life is a thread that runs throughout the story, and the plot twist at the end having to do with this gave me literal chills and brought tears to my eyes. Additionally, the antique murder mystery related to the town preacher and the mysterious disappearance of her mother were two plot lines that I felt added to the story and kept us engaged as readers. Honestly, I can’t even say too much about what I loved about the story without giving away so much of the plot. So, just take my word that the lovely atmospheric writing and the intriguing story are enough to pick it up.

Overall, through tears and chills, wtf’s and omg’s, I thoroughly enjoyed The Unmaking of June Farrow and absolutely have to give the story 5 stars.

I had to let everything settle before I was able to review this amazing work of art. This is one of those novels that will stay with you forever. There are twists you don’t see coming, fantasy and twilight zone all mixed into one. There is family drama, love, questions on who are you and where are you. A deep, emotional and raw read.
You must read this to understand the feelings!

5 stars!!

Thank you NetGalley and Random House Publishing for the ARC.
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WOW. I loved SPELLS FOR FORGETTING but this one really knocked it out of the park even more. I LOVED this book. Absolutely fantastic. Atmospheric, beautiful writing, epic love story, and everything I look for in a magical realism novel. I ended up listening to the audio and it brought the book to life even more!

I am SO SAD that it's over.

Best book I have read this fall.

I love how Adrienne Young builds worlds and families in a way that keeps me fully invested. She writes stories that make you feel and see and hold the characters in your heart. June Farrow is no different.

The Farrows aren't like other families. June has known her whole life. When she starts having "episodes" she knows that her family curse has hit her and her time is short...until she gets a mysterious letter in the mail. The threads June starts to unravel as she ask questions and discovers secrets and history in her family are page turning and compelling and extremely hard to put down.

Without giving spoilers, I couldn't stop reading this. It's atmospheric and beautiful and written at a pace that would have made me stay up way past my bedtime if I hadn't gobbled it up too quickly. I loved it so much and can't wait to see where she goes next.

there aren’t enough beautiful words to describe this story. it’s heartbreaking & unique & full of romance & change & growth & choosing ourselves.

honestly, i’ll never be the same. one of my top reads ever!

Thank you Netgalley, Delacorte Press, and author Adrienne Young for granting me this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

✍🏼 My Thoughts
Author Adrienne Young has made me fall in love in magic realism since Spells For Forgetting…her new book, The Unmaking of June Farrow, has captivated my soul with its beautiful, atmospheric writing, that pulled me into loving each character. It felt like I was part of the story as it is being unraveled to discover truths and deeper secrets of the Farrow women. I love it when the books you’re reading take you on the main character’s journey, as if you’re witnessing it first-hand with them. I was annoyed with myself because every time that there were parts that tugs your heartstrings, I was always at a public place (e.g. at a car dealership, lol!) and I couldn’t cry! I wanted to cry and the farthest I’ve done was my eyes were already getting warm and a bit teary, then I realize I had to hold it in haha!

This is such an exquisite writing, and I am looking forward to more books from Adrienne Young! I am not a fantasy reader, so magic realism (a good one) is something that I am happy to have ventured into in the past year :)

The Unmaking of June Farrow releases on Oct 17th!

I went into this thinking one thing, but it was completely different from what I expected and I loved it. This is one of those books where it's best to go in blind. The way the mystery unravels is incredible and kept me guessing until the very last page. Young also has a talent for creating such vivid imagery. Overall this was a compelling read that kept me hooked from start to finish and I am envious of everyone else who gets to read it for the first time.

I DEVOURED this book. I legitimately couldn’t stop reading. The suspense, the thrill, the mystery was so entrancing that I needed to know how all of the pieces could possibly come together. June made some impossible sacrifices in her life, but her story’s ending was everything I could’ve wanted. The prose brought my senses to life—the honeysuckle, the river rushing, the mountains soaring in the background. So much beauty and life amidst a harrowing race against time. Sometimes, you just need a really fantastic standalone book in your life & this should be one of them!

Thank you so much to NetGalley for giving me an advanced readers copy of this book. It was a joy to experience!

The Farrow women are cursed. They see more than one time, bleeding into each other until they go mad. June thinks that is what is happening to her when her beloved Gran passes away, but the reality of her situation is even more complicated than she thought.

I loved this fantasy - June is a beautifully stubborn character and her family members are so interesting. Their situation is complicated and the solution is fraught, but the desperate desire to save their future is so clear in June's actions. This book is going to lead to great book club discussions.

Thank you to Random House and Netgalley for my eARC.

Go into this knowing there's some magical realism mixed with a mystery and family drama and you are good! I don't think you need or want to know a whole lot to get the most out of it.

This book was so beautifully done! A perfect seasonal book. The mystery was not the center point of the book but also gave the reader a sense of interest and urgency. The magical element was small, yet huge. The element itself was necessary for the format of this book and it was so well used. It wasn't over the top and could perhaps...just perhaps actually happen. The family aspect really kept this book connected in a very creative way. I'm still reeling how she handled those strands.

I read this in 24 hours and was completely immersed by this story. An easy book to recommend to everyone.

Thank you to NetGalley and Ballantine for the advance e-copy of this book.

Beautiful and heartbreaking. This one will stick with me for a while. Love being surprised by authors I've read in other genres.

June Farrow knows the Farrow women are different, but as she buries her grandmother the vision’s becomes worse. As her world splits in two she goes searching for answers about her mother who abandoned her as a baby and she ends up going through a door, and on the other side she’s in 1951 in a life she doesn’t remember. Now desperately searching for answers she continues to try to find a way home realizing she will have to make a decision when the door reappears to stay or go. I read this in one day. I couldn’t put it down. Amazingly written and exciting I loved every minute of it.

The Unmaking of June Farrow may be my favorite book of the year. We follow June in her life with her flower farm and her family.

In true Adrienne Young fashion, we’re taken on a roller coaster, and I didn’t want for it to ever stop. Her beautiful writing and unique ideas pull at heartstrings (and kept me up late reading). I’ve read a few of her books so far and will continue to pick them up. I’d recommend it and would buy it for myself and my friends. I can see myself rereading this book.

After loving Spells for Forgetting last year, I was incredibly excited to get the arc of The Unmaking of June Farrow. This book was everything I thought it would be and more!

This book started a little slow for me but once I the time travel started I became fully invested. I loved the aspects of time travel in the book although at some points I had to think really hard to figure out how it all worked. The twists kept coming and I wanted to keep reading to try to figure out what was going on.

I love the author’s writing so much. You really feel the place come to life and I love all of the characters. It was just so well done.

This book has all the fall vibes so go get it when it comes out October 17!

Thank you netgalley for the arc in exchange for my honest review.

The Farrow women have a history of sickness. Their minds slowly leave reality before they leave forever. June is determined to stop the cycle by never marrying or having children. In her 30s, when the sickness starts, it sets off a chain of events that June cannot explain. It’s a mystery and June must collect clues left for her to figure out what really happens to the Farrow women.

This book is written in the same beautiful prose that Adrienne Young always delivers. It’s set in a small farming town near Asheville, North Carolina. I always feel a special kinship with books set in NC, as that’s where I live. The Farrow women have passed down a renown flower farm through the generations, and honestly I could have used even more flower farm imagery than what was in the book.

The story is trippy. It’s hard to follow, but even the characters admit how much they struggle coming to grips with the explanations for what is happening. The explanation feels so simple and so complex at the same time, and even with two chapters left I couldn’t predict how the book would end.

This book almost felt like a sweet fairy tale for those with loved ones who suffer from dementia. It also reminded me of some of my favorite aspects of the Outlander story, which is one of my favorite series. I always look forward to Adrienne Young books and the beautiful way she sees the world.

Anything Adrienne writes is perfection!
I will always recommend what she writes without question, she takes you into worlds you never want to leave.
10/10 always.

I’m convinced that Adrienne Young could publish her grocery list and I would happily gobble it up. I love the worlds she builds and the connections between her characters. This book was one of my top reads of the year and I just could NOT put it down.

June lives a quiet life on her family's flower farm in North Carolina, that is until her Grandmother passes and leaves her a clue to unlock her whole past and discover her future alternate life. The Farrow women are cursed to go mad as they age, but June discovers that the madness is linked to their ability to travel through time to a parallel life. As June learns more about her mother and her past, she travels back in time to her alternate reality to uncover the mystery of her parent's death and embark on her own love story.

This book was so unexpected, I wasn't a fan of Spells for Forgetting but this book was way more interesting! It was a unique mix of romance and mystery that gave me Time Traveler's WIfe and Addie Larue vibes. One of my favorite reads of the year.

Wow! I haven’t been this sucked into a book in so long. The writing gave me the same feeling I had when reading Where the Crawdads Sing! The twists and turns and the atmospheric writing had me feeling so much! June's journey to find, not only herself, but clues to solve the curse had me on the edge of my seat. I loved this book so much! Adrienne Young continues to be a favorite author of mine!

This was my first Adrienne Young and I truly enjoyed it.

The unmaking of June Farrow was such an interesting read that I went into blind and think everyone should! The main plot withhold spoiling the best twists and turns is June Farrow is from a line of women who lose their sense of reality as they age. June doesn’t want to add to her family line and doom her children to that fate. On a journey to find out more about her mother, she uncovers how her family story is entwined with the towns biggest mystery. This is a story of love, sacrifice, insanity.

Because this is mostly a mystery book, I wanted a little more reveal or excitement in the beginning. The book didn’t grab hold of me until 30-40 percent. Once this book starts unraveling, it gets so good! I did get a good cry and Young definitely pulls on your heart strings. I loved the complex mystery in this book and finally understanding the deep layers of June Farrow’s story!