This was good, but I am white woman and I feel this book was written for a white woman. I'm not sure my opinion would be the same otherwise, as I feel its not addressed that if our main character wasn't white, things would have been very different.
As ever. The cosy fall vibes are 100% there. There are so many genres touched upon which I enjoyed, and I loved the writing style. The Words do flow incredibly well, and it reads fast and beautifully.
I'm not sure the "sickness" is described in the best way - not distasteful but perhaps not dealt with as well as it could have been. I enjoyed the romance, it was cute, cosy and romantic, exactly what's needed.
I can imagine curling up with a cup of tea and a stormy day and losing myself in this book if you accept to suspend your disbelief and just get lost in the words

In Jasper, North Carolina, June Farrow has always wondered what had happened to her mother Susanna. June knows that she had the same illness that cursed all the Farrow women, herself included, but why did she abandon her when she was only a few months old? And where did she go?

June has always known her fate and, following her grandmother’s death, she can no longer pretend that she is not suffering the Farrow curse. The hallucinations and voices have become more frequent and there is a red door that keeps appearing. And passing through that door leads June not only to find out more about her mother, but also about the curse that makes the Farrow women different, and to have the chance to the love that she thought she’d never have. All her life June has been following the same path, convinced that the madness of her family was inevitable, but suddenly she has the chance to make a choice for the life she wants to live.

And, as June tries to figure out the truth about her birth, her mother, and her family, she also gets involved in the mysterious murder of the minister of Jasper in the 1950s which was never solved.

Beautifully written, riveting, and thrilling, I can’t stop thinking about The Unmaking of June Farrow and I don’t think I will do it anytime soon (not that I really want to). Adrienne Young created a magnificent and unforgettable story of magic, love, and family that kept me completely engrossed and I can’t wait to see what she is planning next!

The good: I liked Young's writing and I thought the plot was pretty interesting, and quite well paced too.

The less good: I don't have any particular reasons why, but I really struggled to get into and I found it pretty underwhelming. Obviously this book has great reviews and lots of people really love it, something about it just didn't quite work for me.

I finished The Unmaking of June Farrow this morning and oh my gosh... It was just perfect. Young has this beautifully magical way of writing stories that put you right into the pages. I honestly struggled coming back to reality from this and have not stopped thinking about it since!

This book is so painfully beautiful, I really cannot explain it well enough to do it justice. There’s just something about her books that make me unable to put the book down at all.

Absolutely spellbinding, stunning, perfection!
All the stars!!

June is the last in a line of Farrow Women, who reside in Jasper and have a mysterious past, and a history of madness.

June was determined the madness that goes down her family tree would end with her, and it seems she has got her wish choosing to remain along, with only her Gran and her Grans oldest friend Birdie for companionship, after the mysterious disappearance of her mother when she was a baby and no knowledge of her father.

However, when an old letter opens the door to some bigger questions, June may discover the madness in her family isn't as simple as all that... and a door may be the key to finding out exactly what has plagued the Farrow Women for generations.

Amazing story, heartfelt, atmospheric, and a wee murder mystery to up the ante as well. I have loved everything I have read of Adriennes to date and this is no exception

Thank you to NetGalley and Quercus books for the chance to read and review this book early, this is out today so available if you want to read this!

5 stars
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an e-ARC to review. All thoughts are my own.

With a deeply-seated family curse and several mysteries that span decades, The Unmaking of June Farrow is thought-provoking and intricately woven. Set in a small town that harbours more curiosities than you'd expect, and filled with a cast of characters you yearn to understand alongside the main protagonist, this book is captivatingly addictive.

I admit, I wasn't impressed by Young's first attempt with her adult mystery fantasy, Spells for Forgetting, and whilst the synopsis to this yet again pulled at my brain for attention, I came in with little expectations to enjoy this. However, I was so blown away by the world and characters created here. June, the protagonist, is a wonder to dive into. Caught between knowing all the women in her family go mad and trying to avoid it happening to her, whilst simultaneously getting caught up in the disturbing circumstances about her mother's disappearance as a child, June can't help but fixate on the visions she's tried so hard to avoid. And when she finally succumbs to the pull of the red door all Farrow women talk of, she finds herself caught up in another life where she has so much more to lose than in the present day and is right where she needs to be to gain her long-sought answers.

The fantasy and time-travelling aspect of this world, whilst well-explained and the foundation for June's discoveries in 1951, is only a stepping stone into something deeper. Caught between the consequences of the timeline, June finds herself as she works through strange visions-turned-memories, and feelings she never thought she could possess for other humans. Straying from her rigid determination to end her curse by keeping to herself and robbing her chances at love and life in the present time, June finds a version of herself that can thrive in the past. That can hurt, and be made whole too. I loved reading about the intricate nuances of her finding love and family and the suffering that comes from this too. Young balances emotions so beautifully in this novel that I often found myself just as shocked as June, or as hopeful and sad. I was hooked on June's character growth, especially with the romantic subplot with Eamon. It was heart-wrenchingly tragic at times, and yet I warmed to the idea of her staying in this timeline and hoped for it even as things turned problematic for her with the murder mystery surrounding Nathaniel Rutherford.

Speaking of the mystery elements, I wasn't able to guess some twists along the way, which kept me trying to figure next steps before they happened. I enjoyed this a great deal, and don't normally read mysteries, so it was fantastic to read a book like this that kept me on my toes. The supporting cast helped fuel the fire of this enigmatic world, and I loved how Margaret played such a role in June's life twice over. There are so many clever twists with all the characters that I admire how much effort this world would have taken to craft to read as superbly as it does.

The Unmaking of June Farrow makes me excited to see the growth of this author into more adult reads, and I will be recommending this book for a long time to come.

I truly struggled with coming back to reality after I finished reading this book. I'm pretty sure that I just stared at my kindle until I could register that it was over. This is very much a rambling review, so I am sorry. I am just amazed at this book.

I have loved Adrienne's work since Sky in the Deep. Her most recent adult debut, spells for forgetting, blew me away, and this book, damn, just wow. There are so many words that I should use, but wow. just wow.

Adrienne Young somehow blows me away with every new book. The Unmaking of June Farrow is so beautifully written, almost heartbreakingly so. Adrienne's imagination and her way with her words are something else. I really cannot explain it. There is something about her books that just keeps me reading, keeps me wanting more, and makes me not want to put the book down at all.

I am trying my hardest not to spoil too much about this book, as I think everyone should go into it blind, but the twists, THE TWISTS!!! I seriously thought I had this whole book sussed out at one point, and boy was I wrong. Adrienne certainly likes to keep everyone on their toes with this book.

The unmaking of June Farrow is such a unique read that I fell in love with very quickly From the time travel and the historical small town full of secrets and mystery to the romance and the many many sacrifices, I was so immersed in following June's story as well as the other characters that I was reading this until midnight; reality did not exist.

This is very much a story that will stick with me for a very, very long time. It's barely been 24 hours since I finished the book, and it's the only thing I have been able to think about, and I had plans to read other books today.

Just wow

Thank you so much to the publishers and Netgalley for allowing me to have this e-arc

Thank you Netgalley for an eARC. All thoughts are my own.

This book redeemed Young in my eyes. Whilst I enjoyed Spells For Forgetting, it left me a little flat with how it ended, but this book? I consumed it within one sitting.

I love how the magical realism and time-traveling aspects were woven within this story of the Farrow women.
Our story centers around June Farrow, who was abandoned by her mother as a baby, and raised by her grandmother, and how she deals with the grief of loss, and the known curse on her family.
All the farrow women are cursed with an unexplainable illness, but no matter what, it catches up with you.

June is dealing with the loss of her grandmother, and how to cope with the struggle of her episodes, and she finds herself going through a red door, and ends up in 1951, in a life she doesn't remember.

The mysteries woven throughout this story are beautiful, and keep you on your toes guessing what's going to come next. The journey June goes through, to find out what happened to her mother, and to herself is extraordinary. The lengths you go to for the ones you love, the family you have and make, and understanding your true self.

This book knocked it out of the park for me, and I cannot wait to get my hands on a physical copy.

This book… I have no idea how to review this. I went in it blind, not completely knowing what it is about and honestly I think you should to. Because… oh my this book blew me out of the water. I think it is by far one of the best books I read this year.
June Farrow, like all the women in her family, is cursed. All the woman eventually descends into madness and there is no escape. Suzanna, June’s mom’s is the perfect example of that madness. She left June as a baby and disappeared without ever being seen again. When June starts to see and hear things that aren’t there, she is more determined than ever to end the curse, by not having any children to pass it down to. When her Gran passes away , June’s hallucinations become more frequent. But what if these aren’t hallucinations?

I absolutely loved this book and was so pleasantly surprised this book was about time travel. I am a huge time travel reader / watcher. Totally addicted to anything that is slightly connected to time travel. So when it became clear that the Farrow family could indeed time travel, I was hooked! Especially because the time travel aspect was handle so well. Perfect world building, logical explanation, enough explanation for the reader to make it believable… and what a brilliant use of the different timeline to embed a mystery in the book.
This book is perfect for everybody who loves a small town vibe, second chance romance and some mystical parts in a story. I was enchanted by the story and a little disappointed… because you can only experience a story once for the first time. So on to the rest of Miss Young oeuvre!

Adrienne Young became one of my favourite writers and I trust that I will like anything she writes.

The Unmaking of June Farrow was beautifully written! Beautiful setting, great characters, eerie and mysterious feeling, twists. I always get an amazing feeling after reading her books, like I am happy and full. And I also love how I keep thinking about the story and vivid images stay with me.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing me with this book in exchange for my honest review.

A cozy small town mystery about family and love. The settings are the masterpiece of this book, they are so vivid and immersive. The words flow so well that you forget you are actually reading. As the story is woven together over time you can’t help but be drawn in and care about the characters. The romance element is lovely and understated. The balance of cozy and mystery created an addictive read. Overall I felt fully invested and was left satisfied at the end. A perfect autumn read. Thank you to NetGalley and Quercus Books for an E-ARC. This is a voluntary review of my own thoughts.

The twists in this story had me on edge and reading right to the end! I absolutely loved this. This was my first experience with this author and 100% I would read from them again.

Thank you for this Netgalley arc in exchange for my review!

Spells for forgetting was one of my stand out reads from last year, so I was genuinely excited to read this new stand alone novel by Adrienne Young and I am so so glad I did. It seriously feels like her writing goes from strength to strength. She has a way of taking a character and making us care so very powerfully about them.

June Farrow is watching her beloved Gran die. She's cared for June since she was abandoned by her own mother. A sad, strange legend in the little southern town where June lives. After the death of her Gran, June starts to discover secrets that just raise more questions about the curse of madness that afflicts all the Farrow women and one that June is determined to end.

This is such a powerful novel about family, love and secrets. Young creates a wonderful cast of characters who will do everything they can to keep the Farrow family secret and protect themselves from the threats created by their curse. I adored everything about this book- the characters, the unique twist on the time travelling plot, the eerie yet beautiful setting. This book was one of those close to perfection books that stay with you long after you've been crying over the final few lines.

Young is an author who doesn't disappoint. I tore through this book and I'm gutted it's ended.

Thank you so much to the publishers and netgalley for providing an arc in return for an honest review.

This storyline captivated me from the first chapter, this book was so intriguing it pulled me into it. I made some predictions as I was reading some were on the mark others way off and I loved that about the book. It wasn’t a stock standard story, it was amazing.

I loved the family concept in this book the generations of fallows and how they all tied together but I loved more the found family aspect of June and Eamon, finding the person she could share everything with.

I thought the time travelling concept was so well written and described it wasn’t predictable either. I loved how the past lives connected with the future and vice versa.

This book! I finished reading it today and now I have no idea what to do with myself or how anything else I pick up will even compare.

In The Unmaking of June Farrow we meet June, a woman raised by her grandmother after her own mother mysteriously abandonded her and vanished when she was a baby, or so we're lead to believe. When June starts seeing things, hallucinations and mysterious figures appearing, she puts it down to the Farrow curse, the same thing that happened to her mother, and grandmother. But things aren't as they seem and when June discovers a doorway, one she's noticed before, appear in the middle of nowhere, she decides to walk through it and discovers more about her family and past than she could ever imagine.

This is my favourite read this year, hands down, Adrienne Young's writing is beautiful and transports you to North Carolina and the flower farm, all of it felt so real and incredible. I loved Spells for Forgetting but this is a new favourite. Brilliant! I can't wait to see what comes next from Adrienne!

Thank you to Netgalley and Quercus Books for the chance to read The Unmaking of June Farrow.

The Unmaking of June Farrow is a beautiful story of love, family, loss and sacrifice.

The plot is so complex and well thought out, the twists and turns come so quickly and I was constantly wondering what was going to happen next. The setting is beautiful and the way the stories overlap and intertwine is incredible.

I think it's the kind of book you should read without knowing too much about it but it's a wonderful, heartbreaking story and I highly recommend reading it.

This is an incredibly creative and intricately woven story that had me totally hooked from the first sentence. We follow June as she tries to piece together the mystery of the unravelling that has affected all of the Farrow women, of which June is now the last. She watched her grandmother deteriorate, her mother disappeared and now June faces a similar future unless she can find out what’s happening and if there’s a way to stop it. At times this is an emotional story, and June is incredibly brave to follow the path that she does and embrace what is an incredibly confusing situation. She’s strong, and determined, and understandably lonely with her inevitable demise staring her in the face but she has a great support system in Jasper with her long time best friend Mason and her grandmother’s friend, Birdie. This book is amazing but it also made me very anxious as June is pulled in two different directions due to the turn the plot takes but I won’t say more as then we’re definitely entering spoiler territory and you’ll want to discover this one for yourself!

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HOW, how could Adrienne Young write a book like this & expect us to be able to review it without talking about *spoiler* and *spoiler*! It's impossible I tell you, so bare with me guys cause this is gonna be hard. June Farrow is determined to be the last Farrow woman, determined to be the last woman to have to deal with the madness that runs through her family. The madness that saw her mother leave her as a seven month old baby, and the madness that has just taken her grandmother. But when she comes home from the funeral she finds a letter and inside a picture, a picture she can't explain. As she delves into her family history, June starts unraveling the mystery that surrounds the Farrow women, and the more she looks into her past the more her mind starts to unravel. When a door appears, June knows she has to go through it, wherever it leads, but when she steps through she embarks on a journey that will not only change both the past and the future, but entangle her fate and her heart in a star-crossed love.

Ok so, characters, I can talk about those... some of them anyway. June especially was a character I had no issue empathizing with. Her decision to be the last Farrow woman, to tie herself off from any romantic relationships knowing her inevitable future was a hard one, and you can't help but sympathize with her decision. She does her best to keep people at arms length but between her Grandmother and Birdie, the women who raised her and Mason her best friend, she starts relying on people more heavily, especially when her Grandmother gets sick and June herself starts getting visions. But once she steps through that door everything she thought she knew changes, not just about her family, their history, but about herself and June has to decide which side of her she is willing to fight for. Shes headstrong and determined, but on the other side of the door she finds a June she hasn't met before, one she can't seem to fit into, and the journey, both emotional and physical that she goes on in this book is amazing.

June's really the only character I can go into detail about without getting into spoiler territory, but suffice to say that Young graces us with a cast of well built side characters who are all out to break your heart in some way. The emotional roller coaster that this book took me on was wild, and that was largely down to the characters.

Plot twists galore, there is one big one that I absolutely did not see coming at all & completely blind sided me whilst reading... in the best was possible, but I was also a little bit wary when it happened, wondering whether the rest of the story would keep my interest after what seemed to be the main plot point happening within the first quarter or so of the book... I needn't have worried. Young throws in twist after twist, some predictable, some not, but even the predictable ones still hit, there's one in particular that took my breath away and even though I knew where it was going, I still sobbed like a baby when it came to light. It's filled with emotions, some good and some bad, but it's one you can't help but get invested in.

It's a story about motherhood, about being women and the choices that come with it. And despite the overwhelming sadness that runs through this book, it's also a story about hope, even in the direst of times. The romance was something I especially loved and something that might not have worked, but Young works her magic and makes you absolutely fall in love with these two characters from their first meeting. Everything in this story is hard, the familial relationships, the decisions June and other characters have to make, and the romance is no different. It was a unique, almost second chance romance and I loved seeing the trust get built back up and these two characters fall back in love with one another.

And that's all I can really talk about without saying hey you wanna hear about *spoiler*, so I'm gonna stop here. If you're looking for a unique fantasy with characters that will burrow their way into your hear, a romance for the ages and a book that will have you a sobbing mess by the end, look no further. This is my first of Young's adult fantasies, but it will not be my last.

If you aren't afraid of any content warnings and are willing to go in fairly blind then I recommend doing so as this book is especially delightful when you experience it without any expectations. If you want to know more - which you probably do if you are reading reviews - then let's step through the red door.

June Farrow comes from a line of women who are cursed. A curse that leads to madness and when her grandmother dies her world begins to unravel just as those of the women before her. Then when she crosses the threshold of the mysterious red door everything begins to fall into place.

Adrienne Young weaves the magical elements throughout the real world North Carolina setting in a way that had me challenging my own skepticism as I related to June. The small town vibes with big emotional stakes are Young's forte and I felt completely swept away in this beautiful story, So much so that despite having the privilege of receiving a digital advanced reading copy I plan to purchase the special edition of this special book as I enjoyed it so much.

'We were cursed— the Farrow women.'

Wow, wow, wow x 100. I don't even know if I'm capable of actual speech right now!This book is actual genius so sorry if I ramble here (or am a bit incoherent) because I am just sat here in amazement!

We meet June, who lives in a small town in North Carolina on a flower farm, and she is starting to experience her families curse, what she believes is a mental health condition that has affected every woman in her family for generations. Then she sees the red door.

I'm not saying anymore about the plot but this is the story of June's life, there's family, an historic small town atmosphere, secrets, time travel, mystery, romance and sacrifices. Omg the sacrifices!

The story was so unique and the revelations will make your jaw actually drop! I feel like I actually say that quite a bit regarding books but this jaw dropper is a million times real!

If I know one thing, that is this book needs to be in everyone's hands and I know it will be on my mind for a long time!