Another lightly fantastical, multigenerational mystery from Adrienne Young! And I'm hooked. I'm obsessed. What have you got coming next, Adrienne? I will read it.

The Unmaking of June Farrow follows June as she unravels the mystery of her own origin, which quickly becomes more complicated than she expected. Like Spells for Forgetting, while there is some magic involved, the characters and setting are very much grounded in the real world and are very relatable. This author is so good at making me feel the relationships between her characters - the devotion between June and her family shines clearly through just a few words. I couldn't help but fall in love with them too.

5 stars, everybody should read this book.

Thanks to Random House for sending me an early copy.

I was provided an ARC from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review and I want to send NETGALLEY flowers.

This book is what my soul has been craving. I loved every.single.thing about it from beginning to end.

The story, the characters, the weaving... YES YES and YES

June Farrow is a part of of a family of women who have a history of mental illness. She has blocked herself off from enjoying life because she knows that inevitably she will end up with the "sickness" that all of the women in her family eventually get.

Only events unfold and June realizes that it's not a mental illness that her family has been inflicted with... but something much more.

I HIGHLY recommend this to ANYONE and EVERYONE.

Ever since I first read Adrienne Young with her debut novel in 2018, I have loved her storytelling. While I have not read all of her books, with The Unmaking of June Farrow, she proves once again that she is a master with creating captivating and addicting stories along with lovable characters. Whether it is a young adult or, in this case, an adult novel, I highly recommend this author.
The Unmaking of June Farrow was an adventure and I did not want it to end. I can't wait to get a physical copy of this book in October 17, 2023!

Thank you so much to Netgalley and Random House Publishing Group - Ballantine for an ARC copy of The Unmaking of June Farrow.

The title- gorgeous.
The cover- gorgeous.
The story- you guessed it, gorgeous!!

I absolutely loved this and didn't want it to end! Usually, I try to include a critique in my review but I can't even really think of anything I would change. I think it is perfect that this book publishes in October because it has such a spooky, hauntingly beautiful vibe. Cannot recommend adding this to your fall TBR highly enough!!

After this one,Adrienne Young 'adult books are ow on my MUST buy list.

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. June has started seeing and hearing things that aren't there. After her grandmother's death, June discovers a series of cryptic clues about her mother's disappearance that lead to more questions and makes her wonder: is the red door she has assumed was a hallucination the answer she has been searching for?

Adrianne Young's writing just sucks you in,making you see and FEEL what she writes. I read this in one sitting simply because I couldn't put it down because I HAD to know what happened next. The mystery, the story, the ending...it all led to an amazing story that I couldn't stop thinking about even when i was done.
And if you go back and re read after the first time, you find all sorts of little Eater eggs.

There were a few plot holes in the story that i wanted to explore, but mostly? this was a five star read!

Thank you to Net Galley and for the ARC in exchange for my honest review. All thoughts are my own.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ there was just enough mystery and suspense to this one that I couldn’t put it down until I finished it. The Farrow women are cursed to slowly unravel and at first you’re not sure why, but slowly the pieces start coming together and falling perfectly into place. You get to see two versions of a life and how different each could be.

The FMC, June, suddenly finds herself in a situation she has no recollection of and has to face the consequences of her actions. She slowly starts to realize what’s happening and at the end she has a choice to make. I do feel like we didn’t really see enough of the main couple at the end, but I did enjoy how the story was wrapped up.

Thank you to NetGalley for the e-arc!

I didn’t know this would be a time travel story going into it, but I was pleasantly surprised by everything about this book! The entire plot was so tightly woven together and you’re expertly led to the conclusion without having everything be so obvious that it was unsatisfying, but the best thing was by far the characters. The thought that was put into how each character would be impacted by living, for however short a time, with one of their descendants decades before they were born was so well done that I had a bit of an existential crisis… And then finding out who Birdie was made me reread the first fifty-ish pages immediately after finishing the book ;-;

My broadcast review of this book will air on 88.7 FM (WPCD) at 1:45 PM (Central Time) on Wednesday July 19th.

A time travel book perfect for fans of Adrienne Young, and others reading her for the first time. Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher.

My first book by Adrienne Young was Spells for Forgetting and it was one that stuck with me long after the last page was read. When I was approved for an ARC of her newest book I was incredibly excited to see if Young was able to write another amazing book. After finishing the Unmaking of June Farrow I know for sure Young is one of my new must buy authors. This book does an amazing job of keeping you at the edge of your seat and engrossed in the book the whole time. June’s character is so perfect where she is human and flawed and has to make impossible decisions for her family. I love the world building In the book and the idea of different timelines.

I thank Netgalley and the publishers for allowing me to read this advanced copy. Adrienne Young is truly a gifted author and I can’t wait to see what she writes next.

If you are a fan of Adrienne Young, you will not be disappointed with her new book! I could not get enough!

”I’m not sick, honey. I’m just in two places at once.”

Adrienne Young crafts stories that swallow me whole, and this one was no different. The Unmaking of June Farrow follows June as she traverses time to stop the family curse that drives all Farrow women to madness.

It’s a story of… Time travel. Small town gossip and danger. A family curse. Strong female relationships. Slow burn, second chance romance with the perfect amount of spice.

Adrienne Young’s exploration into adult fiction, starting with Spells for Forgetting, is absolutely masterful. In every aspect, she nails the intimacy of relationships.

From motherhood…
“And I didn’t think there was any way to ever come back from that explosion of light that had birthed a universe inside of me when she said that word. Mama.”

To portraying the beauty of a “worn-in” type of love where you know each other like you know yourself…
“There was no fumbling. No awkward searching of hands. This wasn’t the breathless thrill of discovery. It didn’t have the mark of a first time. This was a homecoming.” 🔥

Everything about this book pulls you in and leaves you thinking about it after you’ve turned the last page 🖤

Holy shit.

HOLY SHIT YALL. I can’t even begin to articulate how unbelievable this book is. Spellbinding. Intensely consuming. It will wrap around your heart and keep hold of it until the very last pages. Adrienne’s ability to do clearly articulate the feelings and emotions of her characters, their surroundings, it’s honestly like watching it unfold in real time. I want to live here forever.

It’s been a long time (honestly, Spells for Forgetting) since I was so completely lost in time and place while reading - I did not move from start to finish. Adrienne has completely outdone herself - this may well be my favorite book of 2023.

<b>˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥3.5/5 stars

read if you like:
♡ second-chance romance (very unconventional)
♡ rich family history
♡ magical realism
♡ small town mysteries</b>

(disclaimer: i'm writing this with a fever so if it makes no sense i'll come back and make it make sense in like a week when i'm off my deathbed)

<b>➸</b> <b>adrienne young</b>’s first wander into the magical realism genre <b>spells for forgetting</b> made it abundantly clear that <b>young</b> had stumbled upon a genre which fit her writing like a well-tailored outfit. with the release of <b>the unmaking of june farrow</b>, it’s beyond a shadow of a doubt that this niche concoction of magical realism, mystery and moody small communities is precisely where she excels.

<b>➸</b> curling up with this novel splayed open in your lap you can feel each stalk of tobacco whisper against your skin, smell the farrow women’s biscuits pressed between the pages and see every beautiful, indelible image <b>young</b> conjures up with intensely musical prose as if each passage were an excerpt from a spell book. as an immersive experience, the languid grace and rich rural atmosphere of <b>the unmaking of june farrow</b> is in a league of its own; it’s a sleepy quiet magic with the exception of the tense murder mystery knifing through the windblown fields of jasper and the stifling shadow cast by june’s downward spiral into madness. my dreamy-eyed attention was utterly arrested.

<b>➸</b> as the ending loomed however, and stray threads were coaxed together in an attempt at neatly packaging and serving a conclusion - i felt myself being physically pulled away from the story. there was something so contrived in the final act, as if it were a puppet show i had lost myself in and now i could see the strings young was pulling and the magic had withered. perhaps some of this sense of contrivance could be attributed to the romance which never once felt very sincere to my mind - but there is more to it which i still can’t quite put my finger on…

<b>➸ conclusion: </b>
certain more fussy takes notwithstanding, <b>young</b> has once again cursed me to be forever enamoured of her jewel-toned words with her twisty, transportive tale, <b>the unmaking of june farrow</b>. perfect for those of us looking for a whisper of wind-borne magic from the comfort of our homes.

All the Farrow woman, and then there’s June. Taught by Gran to weave flower crowns, to read the coming seasons by the “intuition of the trees and predict the weather by the look of the moon”. Haunting and mysterious with generations of secrets, and visions. The wild scents of summer in the mountains, with scenes so perfectly detailed they bloom in your mind. Adrienne Young has crafted an extraordinary story in the Unmaking of June Farrow.

THIS BOOK IS A FREAKING MASTERPIECE. I am speechless.

I could not put this down. Great suspense, character development and growth, mystery, intrigue... etc.

I will recommend this book to everyone!!!!!

4.75⭐️ Where do I even start? This book was a beautiful story about grief, love, new beginnings, a mystery, and motherhood.

As a relatively new mother who has a weird relationship with death I found myself enraptured by this book. I was torn apart and rebuilt by Adrienne Young.

This story was stunningly beautiful and my only negative note is that it was a little hard to keep track of the dates in my head for a minute there but otherwise top notch

Wow this was another beautiful book by Adrienne Young. I loved the setting of this book and felt that I was there in the fields with June.
June fights to break the curse on the women of her family by going through the door and fighting her way back.
A really beautiful read!

Thanks NetGalley for this ARC.

June, June, June! What a very beautiful character that Young has crafted. I liked this story so much and I know it will stay with me for a long time. Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC. Five stars.

Thank you to both the publisher and NetGalley for granting me access to the book in exchange for an honest review!

After reading (and loving) Spells for Forgetting last fall, I was highly anticipating Adrienne's latest release. I knew it wouldn't disappoint, and I had high expectations, yet it still managed to surprise me and exceed my hopes for the novel.

Wow. This is a masterpiece that I thoroughly enjoyed! In this title, you can expect southern charm entwined with magic, mystery, intrigue, and suspense that left me sobbing by the end. What a lovely story, and one I will certainly revisit and read again upon its release!

You MUST add this to your TBR (if you haven't already). It will be on bookshelves near you this October!

*Review to be posted to my Instagram, @acaffeinated_bookworm, prior to its release*

I received a free copy of, The Unmaking of June Farrow, by Adrienne Young, from the publisher and Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. June Farrow comes from a family of cursed women, in Jasper, North Carolina. June is seeing things that are not there.I found this to be a weird but intriguing read, what is the truth and what is fiction?