This one was thought for me to rate.
I enjoyed the premise and the setting. It had great fall vibes with a bit of Magic and mystery. I thought the plot was really unique and intricately developed.
Unfortunately, I found it difficult to connect with the characters. I felt that they were all very surface level with little depth or development. I also thought that certain plot elements got really complicated and confusing. I found myself rereading and flipping back to chapters to try to wrap my head around what was happening.
I love this author and really appreciate that this book was something different. But the development of the characters and plot didn’t work for me.

This book was pure magic. I love Adrienne’s books so much simply because of the atmosphere and characters she develops through her writing skills. June Farrow is no exception. I really enjoyed how she went about this story. I loved June as a character as well as the side characters and their relationships with June. I highly recommend going into this one blind as there are happy plot surprises that I did not see coming.

Thank you to @netgalley and @adrienneyoungbooks for my ARC of The Unmaking of June Farrow.


This is a book where I truly agree with what everyone is saying...the less you know going in, the better it will be! This story about generational curses, second chances, and familial bonds is one that could easily be spoiled in very few words and you'd really be doing yourself, and the story, a disservice. So avoid spoilers at all costs!

I really enjoyed Spells for Forgetting but I LOVE The Unmaking of June Farrow. The setting, the plot, the characters, the mystery, all of it! I highly recommend it!

I am completely in love with this book! 110% in love! As in if I could give it more than 5 stars, I would - - I'd give it so many stars. And truly this book may not be everyone's cup of tea, but it was definitely mine.

The Farrow women have been plagued by a curse for years and June is determined to not just understand it but end it. But there are things she's unaware of. Things she's forgotten or never knew. Things that change her entire perspective on what she thought she knew.

The magical realism that touches this story is gentle and paints brushstrokes across it in a way that makes you think it's barely there. Yet, it is truly at the crux of the entire plot. It is the core of it all. It's magic and love and choices. Impossible choices.

I don't want to ruin this book for anyone so I'm going to stop now and just say READ IT. It's beautiful and poignant and a little bit heartbreaking. And it's really special.....

Thank you to NetGalley for this ARC. I voluntarily chose to read and review it and the opinions contained within are my own.

I had really enjoyed Young's very atmospheric, somewhat magical Spells For Forgetting last year so I went into this with very high hopes.
June Farrow definitely had all the components that made Spells for Forgetting work, small town mystery, some magic, family secrets and some romance. The audiobook (thank you @prhaudio) definitely enhanced the atmospheric writing. I was definitely pulled into the story and wanted to figure out the mystery. While I wasn't too keen on the romantic interest in the stroy, for me the biggest issue with this book was the magic itself. (Potential SPOILER) The curse in this novel has a lot to do with time travel and while some parts of it were explained, I was still left with a lot of questions on how everything worked, especially the locket. I also thought that there were a lot of missed opportunities on exploring themes like mental health issues, generational trauma.

Thank you so much to Random House Publishing Group - Ballantine, Delacorte Press for the ARC

I hate that I ended up taking so long to read this book because it ended up putting me through an emotional whirlwind from about 10% until the end.

I did have trouble getting into it, which might have been the reason. The first 10% or so felt a little info dumpy so I feel like it could have been shortened a bit to get to the actual juicy stuff, which was when June got that picture of her mom.

I'm a HUGE huge fan of time travel, and I actually did not expect this book to have time travel when I first picked it up which pleasantly surprised me.

I would say that this book is like Dark (Netflix show) meets The Way Back (Hallmark TV show). It's not as messed up or involved in sci-fi as Dark is but involves family in a more homey way like The Way Back, but with twists like in Dark.

Once June went through that red door I had so much trouble trying to put this book down. I am an empath so the emotions that radiated out of his book consumed me to the point I was SO stressed out while reading it. You know it's a good book when it makes you feel this.

Adrienne Young has a way of giving you JUST a sprinkle of information and mystery to keep you hungry for more. And you devour the whole damn book until the end just so you can get that satisfaction of the reveal at the end.

I did not expect the twists and turns in this series to go the way it did so every page was a new, gasp worthy plot twist. I will need to get my hands on a physical copy of this book as soon as possible to add to my collection since this is going to be a favorite for a long time to come.

Thank you to the publisher for granting me the ability to read this early! This book is out now so don't hesitate to shop for a copy at your favorite book retailer :)

This book is perfect for the fall and spooky season!

June is the last of the Farrow women, She is determined to keep it that way because the women in her family all succumb to a curse. It's not that they see things that aren't there, but more that the things in their minds seem to reach through them and into the real world. And June has just begun to have the same visions.

June's mother abandoned her when she was a little baby, never to be heard from again, but slowly new pieces of information come to light about her mother and the mystery of her disappearance. June's search for answers leads her to cross the threshold into her hallucinations, only to find out the truth of what her family can really do.

I really recommend this book to anyone who loves a chill in the air, a hot tea, or the crunch of leaves under their feet.

The Unmaking of June Farrow was much different than its predecessor, Spells for Forgetting (which was not a favorite of mine). The Unmaking of June Farrow felt more developed on the whole, even though I still take issue with some plot points that I felt could have been easily resolved or that simply didn't make sense. I enjoyed the overall "mystery" of June's family but couldn't see much personality from June herself or chemistry with her love interest(s). The plot was more interesting than I had expected and I look forward to seeing how the author grows in the genre of magical realism.

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!