Thank you NetGalley for the ARC of The Unmaking of June Farrow in exchange for an honest review.

I will read anything Adrienne Young writes - and this book is no less than absolutely amazing.

June Farrow is the current last descendant of the Farrow women, whom all have an interesting relationship with time. To the outside everyone believes they are mentally deteriorating, while to them they are simply living in two places at once. This book follows June as she discovers the life she lives now in 2023, the life she left in the 1950s and solves several family and town mysteries along the way.

I loved this book because it's set in my home state, North Carolina, and honestly anything written about NC is always on my TBR. I loved the plot, despite the time split, Adrienne Young makes everything so easy to follow. The romance is top-tier - I would absolutely love for a love like June and Eamon. Just incredible writing style, unique plot, and beautiful story of family and protection.

Young has mastered magical realism and crafts a beautiful, compelling love story. The atmospheric prose pulled me into the world of the Farrow women. I thoroughly enjoyed the travel time and the unique rules to crossing zones.

Thank you NetGalley and Random House Publishing for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

“And then I spoke my vows into the summer wind. That I’d love him forever. That I would always, always come back. That no matter what, I would find him.”


Like um ARE YOU KIDDING ME with that quote?! Unmaking of June Farrow was my first Adrienne Young book and boooooy did it live up to the hype 🙌🏻


This was such a beautiful story, one filled with the perfect mix of mystery, romance, magical realism and more and I truly could not put it down. I read it one sitting because I HAD to know what happened and I finished it just in awe of the truly remarkable tale that transpired. Don’t sleep on this book y’all.


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Thank you to NetGalley and Random House Publishing/Ballantine/Delacourte Press in sharing this beautiful book for my honest review.

Thank you Netgalley for the ARC. I read Adrienne Young's debut novel and loved it. And then she goes and writes this and it's even better. This book is perfection.

I wanted to like this work, but I just couldn't get into it. Like with nearly all of Adrienne Young's works, the idea was there but the execution fell flat. In my opinion, her work ends up feeling hurriedly written, and a little extra time really massaging out the story would go a long way!

I love Adrienne Young. She tops my autobuy author list.

The Unmaking of June Farrow was such a great read! The Farrow women are flower farmers and June knows that soon she will suffer the same fate as the Farrow women before her. Her mother left her when she was just a young girl. June is determined to figure out why her mother disappeared, but is she ready to learn what uncovering the truth will cost her?

This book is full of magical realism and time travel. It is a touch mysterious and at best atmospheric. I absolutely was transported each time with June on her journey. I felt the breeze blow. I could smell the flowers. Yes, it's so good and well worth the read!

Thank you Delacorte Press for the #gifted copy of the book. I can't wait to read the next book Young writes!

I would like to thank NetGalley and Delacorte Press for providing me with an advance copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. It’s available now in your local and online bookstores and libraries.

Since I mentioned the Goodreads Choice Awards in my last review, I thought it only fair that I let you know that this book was a finalist in the Best Fantasy category. It didn’t win, even though I voted for it. 😒 To be fair to the winner and other finalists in this category, I will admit that I haven’t read any of them. But June should have won! It just should have. 😉

Right off the bat, I’ll tell you that this book can be a little confusing. Don’t worry about it, though. Just go with it.

June’s mother abandoned her as a baby, leaving her to be raised by her grandmother. When her grandmother dies, June is left a series of clues which leads her to a mysterious door. If June goes through the door, she may find the answers to the curse that has followed the women in her family for centuries. The only thing she knows without question is that she is determined to make sure that she is the last of the Farrows. The curse will end with her.

Oh, how I loved this book, and I think all of you should read it right now.

Adrienne Young is an author I've followed since the beginning of her career. I love watching how her writing has evolved over time and this is, in my opinion, her best story yet. It is an emotionally charged novel that centers on powerful women with a mystery that culminates into a delicious plot twist at the end. June is incredibly relatable as a main character, and the reader will be deeply invested in her journey. This is a book for readers who loved Shea Ernshaw's A History of Wild Places and family-centered stories.

Adrienne Young has quckly become a favorite author of mine for quiet magical fantasy stories set in lush almost otherworldly settings with a strong local cast of characters and she's done it again with The Unmaking of June Farrow. This is a slow unfurling story that uncovers secrets of family legacy, unexpected reveals, and surprising twists.

A really entertaining read! It took me a while at the end to really piece together all the time-weaving that Young accomplished in this novel. I loved the characters and the whole premise of the book.

This book was phenomenal! I read it in September and I cannot stop thinking about June. I loved the magic and the whimsy of the book as well as the characters. The writing was very beautiful and easy to consume and get lost in. June's daughter was the cutest little girl and I love that June wanted to find a way to break the curse.

Adrienne Young is an author that I can always count on for a well developed story. This one took me longer to get into than some of her others but once I was hooked I had trouble putting it down. This is a very complicated story about June's life and the unexpected turns it takes after the death of her grandmother.

There were complex relationships, complicated time elements, and well written thoughts and feelings of the characters. I don't want to give too much away, but this one required a significant amount of thought and consideration to keep up with what was going on. But I felt like it was very well done. I was really sad when it was over. I felt like I wasn't ready to let go of these characters.

Thank you Netgalley for an e-arc in exchange for an honest review. I really enjoyed this book! It was an incredible mix of history and fantastical elements that made it so much fun. June was such a complex character and the battles she must face inside of her mind and in real life felt very realistic and I enjoyed it so much. The complex mystery in this story was so cool and had me guessing until the end of the story. I’m excited to read some of Adrienne’s other books!

Thank you to netgalley for the advanced copy of this book!

Where to even begin... I absolutely love how this book throws you into the mystery and doesn't hold back after that. I don't want to give away too much in my review, because I have quite a few friends who love Adrienne Young and now I understand why.

The book was incredibly atmospheric and I found myself immersed almost immediately. My only issue with it is that it felt like things were a little rushed, but timing is hard... when there's time travel. It was a big cast of characters, secrets, and historical things coming at you at once. I'm definitely going to sit down and reread this one again just to see if I missed things. But that in and of itself should tell you how much I enjoyed it, because I barely reread books.

Oh how I loved this book! You can feel the magic radiating from the pages as you follow June’s journey to discover the secret of the Farrow women and the choices she must make to save herself and her family.

I had no idea what this book was about all i knew was that i love Adrienne Young’s writing so much. I love how she takes a story and works in paranormal/ supernatural elements but in such a realistic way. This story was sweet and as a mother to a 3 year old daughter it really hit home for me.

This was perfectly paced for a stand-alone. It wasn’t too long or too short. I loved how the past and present were woven together. I LOVED this story. Thank you to the publisher and to NetGalley for the opportunity to read in exchange for a review!

Although her characters can be quite a bit unformed, Adrienne Young is a gifted storyteller. I really got wrapped up in this, a bewitching tale that would translate so well to screen.

This read was so good!! The Unmaking of June Farrow combines romance and a touch of magic, that had me hooked right away. This style of storytelling is slowly becoming one of my favorites. June Farrow lives in Jasper, North Carolina. Her family has actually lived on this land forever. The Farrow women have been able to have a successful flower farm for all the years. But Nunez is bored. She wants to know more about her mother, the land and a potential curse on the women in her family. Where does she start? Who does she ask? To make matters worse her mother disappeared without a trace and now June is hearing things and seeing things that aren’t real. Her world starts to spin out of control and when her grandmother dies, she starts to unravel the secrets that have been kept from her. She is convinced she doesn’t have much time because she begins to see a door, out of no where.. she must decide to go through it or to keep ignoring it. This good lead her to all the answers ? Are the Farrow women really cursed?
This was such a beautiful story. It was so well written. I loved the characters so much. There was so many layers to this story that it made it such a great read. This was a 4 1/2 star read for me. I keep recommending it to friends and family. What are your thoughts?

Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for providing me an e-copy of this book! This review was voluntary, and all opinions are my own.

4.5 stars, rounded up to 5 because I love Adrienne Young. Her recent adult releases have been truly outstanding.

June is such an interesting character and I was rooting for her the whole time. I love to see a book with a 34-year-old protagonist. It is compulsively readable and, like all of Young's work, it is beautifully written. That being said, June feels like really the only fully fleshed out character in the story. I wish we had seen more from Mason and Easton and Margaret, but I think that is just a product of this being a fairly short book.

Something that I particularly enjoyed about this book was that I felt like I was so along for the ride as June tried to figure out what was happening. I was 100% invested and consumed the book in just a few hours because it was so unputdownable.

Honestly, my biggest complaint about this book is that I wish it was longer, both so we could have seen a little more from the characters and so that I could have enjoyed reading it for longer. Additionally, I found some of the wibbly wobbly timey wimey stuff to be both a little difficult to follow and a little predictable, but I consider this to be a pretty minor problem since it really didn't affect how much I enjoyed reading the book.