This is definitely making it to the 2023 favorites list!

Synopsis: June Farrow has spent the past year experiencing some strange hallucinations. She knows the Farrow woman are different, but it is not until she goes through a door that has been appearing in her visions that she begins to understand the complexity of her family. Ending up in a different timeline, June is faced with some difficult decisions regarding love, family and has to figure out what to do moving forward.

Thoughts: This was a complex book filled with amazing characters, a atmospheric setting and a great blend of genres. The writing itself was unreal and will sweep you away!

Read if you like:
-Time travel
-Magic realism
-Family curses
-Small town mysterious
-Addie La Rue and The Dream Daughter

Thank you Random House for the ARC. Pub 10/17

I was thrilled that I got the opportunity to read a NetGalley digital ARC of The Unmasking of June Farrow by Adrienne Young. I couldn't remember the synopsis that I'd read months ago, but I also knew that I wouldn't be disappointed.

I LOVE this book. Go in blind and let the story unravel.

I want more! I need more!

This needs to be a movie or a show, I could visualize this so we’ll while I was reading it, I loved it so much. Will be adding this author to my auto reads list, I loved her other book Spells for Forgetting as well!

This started out as a slow burn. I was trying to figure out what was going on, but by the time we got to the meat of the story I was invested. I maybe would have liked a little more on Mason and Birdie so that the climax had a touch more emotional punch, but I loved the rest of it so much. Beautiful writing, great story with the loose ends all tied up. 5 stars!

Thank you NetGalley and the publishers for this advanced copy in exchange for an honest review

I loved this book just as much as I loved Spells for Forgetting. Love the mystery, magical realism, and romance - my three favorite genres.

Do I understand a single thing that happened? Not really. Did I enjoy it? Yes indeed. Really the only thing I can think of to describe this is "no thoughts, just vibes". This was twisty and confusing and oh so magical.

Adrienne Young masterfully creates a multiverse with different timelines and time travel and so many twisting story lines that you will want to keep reading just to find out what everything means. I could have finished this in one day if I didn't have to actually be an adult and go to work *sighs*.

I normally do not like ending a book still feeling confused, but I am actually quite satisfied with how this wrapped up. I'm glad June made the decisions she did *no spoilers* and I think it was the best outcome we could have gotten for this story. June is a much bigger person than I am, because if I had to face some of those decisions I would have simply curled up in the fetal position in a corner and cry.


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okay so the one thing I wish was done differently, is that I wish the book was longer in the end. Once June started figuring things out and remembering things, everything went by super quick and I didn't get a chance to sit and enjoy the nice romance moments. I want to see June live in her new old timeline and be a family with Eamon and Annie. Even just an epilogue with a scene of them living a mediocre suburban family life, cooking breakfast in the kitchen. There were so many things happening and so many things I was trying to figure out and June was trying to figure out, that we didn't get many nice moments of just peace and vibes.

This is now a Book of the Month choice! If you read and enjoyed Spells for Forgetting by our author I highly recommend getting this one. Spells was in my top 10 books read I 2022 and this has a very similar vibe. This was a 5 star for me.

A perfect cozy fall vibe here readers! We have it all in this book. A small town with a generational curse on the women of a family, a mysterious door that appears. Some mystery and romance to top it all off.

Our author really has a way with creating a setting you can really visualize and set yourself in. This book included a non-linear time line and I don’t think that is always smooth to conquer and it was very smooth and seamless in this story. I didn’t get lost or lose track of what was going on and that’s super important for me in a book like this. Our characters! I really enjoyed our protagonist, her feelings and back story were so well developed. It very easy for me to say I loved this one and recommended it.

Thank you to our author, Netgalley and Random House Publishing Group - Ballantine for providing me with an advanced eGalley copy of the book on NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. This will be available on October 17th, 2023. I hope if you choose to read it you enjoy it also.

Dang! Another banger from Adrienne Young. Seriously, she is one of my absolute favorite authors. No one can put me into a story as well as she can. I can’t say much about the plot of this one without spoiling everything, but I was enthralled and read through it so quickly that I wondered if I had missed some of it (I hadn't). Spells for Forgetting is still my absolute no. 1, but this was very, very good and well written. 4.5 stars!

This author has fast become "one to watch " for me. I loved her last novel and this one was even better. I related with this one and enjoyed the storyline more..I can't wait to see what she comes out with next.

Adrienne Young is an auto-buy author for me and this book did not disappoint.

The Unmaking of June Farrow has all the magic and mystery of Spells for Forgetting in an all new way. June is just trying to live her life and avoid her family's curse, the curse where she'll eventually start seeing things and the small town where she lives will think she's gone insane. However, June has a secret, she's been seeing things for a year already and is scared the curse has already been underway. When her grandmother passes and leaves her a picture of her missing mother dated years before her mother was born June will have to decide to embrace her family's curse and discover the truth or keep ignoring the doors that are open to her.

This story will have you quite literally walking into a different time period with the amazing writing and well detailed world. All of the characters come alive and the world is extremely easy to get lost in even for someone like myself who isn't usually a fan of historical fantasy/fiction.

Even though I guessed the twists and the mystery aspect of this book very early on I couldn't stop reading and pushing for June to piece it all together and decide which life she wants to live for herself. All of the side characters are well thought out and the romance is extremely sweet if not entirely a second chance romance it feels like one and will have you rooting for them throughout the story.

The Unmaking of June Farrow is one of my favorite books of the year and I recommend everyone give it a shot.

Adrienne Young can do no wrong! This book is EVERYTHING. Adrienne knows just how to write a book that makes you want to curl up with a cup of tea and a blanket to feel the small town vibes and fall in love with the characters she creates. Women who were cursed to lose their minds is such a compelling read with mind boggling twists. It was a guessing game from start to finish and I was not at all disappointed. I love that it was not predictable AT ALL. I’ll be recommending this book to everyone I know!

I received this ARC via NetGalley and Random House Publishing in exchange for an honest review.

This was a beautifully written story about the women in a family who are cursed to lose their minds…. Or are they?

At its heart, this book is about the love a mother has for her children and vice versa. It’s about the life we want and the choices we’re willing to make to have that life.

It is an amazing story that will stick with me forever. I highly recommend it.

I received an ARC from Netgalley. All opinions are my own.

Thank you to NetGalley and Random House Publishing Group - Ballantine, Delacorte Press for an eARC of The Unmaking of June Farrow.

Breathtakingly romantic and frantically suspenseful- The Unmaking of June Farrow has heart pounding romance and mystery wrapped up in a beautifully written package. I will never forget this book for as long as I live- it’s a book that sticks with you and imprints on your heart.

⭐️: 4.5/5

The Farrow women are known for their thriving flower farm and the mysterious curse of madness that has plagued their family line. June Farrow is determined to have the curse end with her, and she’s not surprised when she begins seeing and hearing things that aren’t there. After the death of her grandmother, she begins finding clues regarding the secrets of her family, setting her on a path that will change both the past and the future.

Just like Spells for Forgetting, The Unmaking of June Farrow has the absolute best small-town, magical, mysterious vibes. Right from the beginning, I was hooked by the mystery of the Farrow women, and I couldn’t stop reading to figure out how all the pieces fit together and how June’s story would end. It really is similar vibes to Spells for Forgetting, but while I was a little disappointed in the conclusion to that one, this one did not disappoint at all. It felt a little bit like a puzzle while reading, since the rules of the universe are a little complicated, and the way that the conclusion is explained can also be construed as complicated, the same way that many similarly-themed books are. There’s so many pieces to fit together that it keeps you guessing all the way through the book until the big conclusion. I read this one right when summer turned into fall, and it’s honestly the perfect fall read, and I can’t recommend it enough.

Thank you to @netgalley and @randomhouse Ballantine for this eARC in exchange for my honest review!!

Another amazing book by Adrienne Young. I loved her Spells for Forgetting and this one was on par. Part Murder mystery part family curse part time travel fantasy this book kept me hooked. Definitely read this when it releases!

Adrienne Young’s Spells for Forgetting was my favorite atmospheric read of 2022, and I’m happy to say she’s continued that tradition for 2023 with this one.
June Farrow’s family has a curse - the ability to time travel falls to every firstborn, which is always a daughter, and with it comes an eventual madness. June has decided the line will end with her. She was raised by her grandmother after her mother’s madness seemingly wins out, and she abandons June, never to be seen again.
But when a mysterious photo appears, and June finds herself seventy years in the past, she realizes the threads of time are far more tangled than she ever imagined. Everything she thought she knew comes into question, and with it, she has to make a very difficult decision, for both herself and her family.
Full of mystery and heart, The Unmaking of June Farrow is a beautifully written, lovely tale about strong women and the bonds that they make that time itself cannot sever.

The grip this book had on me, you guys. It kept me guessing, thinking, immersed in this layered world that June Farrow is a part of, in a way only Adrienne Young can. Incredible!

The complex characters, nuanced relationships, and beautiful setting are woven into a beautiful, heartbreaking novel that I will think about for awhile.

I really don’t want to spoil anything and would recommend going into it somewhat blind, as it added to the experience for me!

This started slowly at first for me, but when I realized what was really going on, I was invested. Out of control invested. This is my favorite book by Adrienne Young so far! This is brilliant, emotional, and overwhelmingly beautiful.

June is one of the Farrow women. Over time, the name Farrow has become synonymous with madness. June is 32, and just now starting to experience some strange hallucinations, but all is not as it seems.

This story, full of mind-boggling twists, really just took off and I had the best time reading this. It's the kind of book that makes me want to slowly absorb every word, every piece, of this story. I just really enjoyed this one.

Out October 17, 2023!

Thank you, Netgalley and Publisher, for this Arc!

Adrienne Young's voice is a staple in fantasy romance. Her thoughtful prose and careful worldbuilding make you believe the places she writes about are real and that's where the true magic lies. Her books always feel like a cozy blanket in autumn.

Thank you, Ballantine and NetGalley, for the advanced copy of The Unmaking of June Farrow.

If you read only one book this year, this is that book.

This was my first Adrienne Young novel, and I can tell you right now that it is definitely not my last! I'm not a big fantasy reader, but I am a sucker for a good magical realism novel. This is it! This is one of my top favorite books of the year. I did not want this novel to end. It made me want to cry, scream, laugh, love, all of the feels. This book was impossible to put down. I stayed engaged, and I didn't want it to end. This is one of those books that you go back to time and time again.

The Farrows are cursed, but June is determined to end the curse once and for all. The Farrows are known all throughout Jasper, North Carolina for their beautiful flower farm and maybe also because of the unusual circumstances of June's mother's disappearance causing June to be raised by her grandmother. After June's grandmother dies, June delves even deeper into finding out the cause of her illness and her mother's disappearance. Following the breadcrumbs will cause June to go on the journey of a lifetime (or two).

This book brought me to tears. A love story, a mystery, strong family bonds and time traveling all rolled into one! I was hooked from the start.