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!

How does Adrienne Young do this to me every time? … This book was beautifully written whilst simultaneously being so wildly unique. Another masterpiece of Young’s imagination and a product of her tireless effort to create stories that we can’t help falling head over heels for. I ACHED whilst reading. So profoundly heartbreaking, brilliant and mysterious that I was hooked from beginning to end.

This novel has a really nice pace to it, you are never left feeling bored or wanting (unless of course you count wanting answers because - you will be wanting answers). I also really enjoyed the multiple perspectives woven throughout the story whilst remaining a single perspective narrative (you’ll find out when reading but trust me, it’s worth it!)

I will definitely be purchasing all the special editions of this because it’s a book I’ll be returning to throughout my days reading. Fair warning, it’s not something you can read just once! And you will be left with a considerable book hangover afterwards.

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Thank you to Quercus and Netgalley for this amazing arc!

“Wow” was literally the only thing I could think when I finished this and had to drag myself back to the real world.

I loved Spells for Forgetting, but Adrienne absolutely took it up a notch with her second foray into adult fiction. It was atmospheric, mysterious, intriguing and unputdownable (that’s a word, right?). I read about 90% of it in one sitting and finished it at 1:15am after not being able to put it down, because I just *needed* to know what was going to happen. I went into it having only skim read the summary (but expecting I’d love it based on Adrienne’s other books), and I’m so glad I just dove straight in without knowing too much.

The Farrows are a matriarchal family, where daughters always have daughters, those daughters take the surname “Farrow” no matter the name of their fathers (if they even know their fathers), and they are doomed to eventually go mad at some point in their lives.

June is 34 years old when the book opens on her burying her Gran, leaving her as the last Farrow alive (her mother having abandoned her when she was 7 months old). Unbeknownst to those closest to her, she has been having hallucinations and hearing voices for the past year, and fears her time to go mad has come. When she shares this with family friend Birdie, Birdie sends her down a path she never expected as she explores the mystery of what happens to Farrow women.

Without spoiling anything, the twists in this book kept me guessing the whole way through and I got completely immersed in June’s journey, and completely invested in the various characters. I’m honestly still processing the story 12 hours later, but I would definitely say this is one of my top reads this year and I’ll be thinking about this story for a long time to come.

There’s a couple of vaguely spoiler-y comparisons below for those who haven’t read it yet!

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This gave me the same vibes as the Netflix shows Dark and 1899, which I absolutely adored (I’m still upset that 1899 was cancelled). The time travel was really well written and although it did make my head hurt at times, it did so in a good way and the various reveals were done so well.

Adrienne Young is the master of weaving deeply atmospheric books that are packed with emotion. The Unmaking of June Farrow is a wonderful fantasy book full of suspense, mystery and love. I've never been overly fond of time travel in books or movies, however, the author managed to win me over with the ambience and the incredibly descriptive and beautiful prose.

I absolutely loved June and thought she was a fantastic main character. She was so brilliantly crafted and I loved that the story was told in first-person since I felt it added to my empathy for her, which in turn made the book even more emotional. My romance loving heart was hoping there would be a bit more of a love story, however, this book was perfect regardless.

I absolutely fell in love with this beautifully intricate story and it's twists and turns. Fans of Adrienne Young's previous works will absolutely adore The Unmaking of June Farrow.

June Farrow is cursed.

All the Farrow women have had the same curse, sickness, fraying of time but June doesn’t understand it yet. Her grandmother has just passed away and her friends Mason and Birdie are trying to get her through the grief but June can’t think straight. Her hallucinations, or are they delusions, are becoming more frequent as she tries to make sense of them.

The Unmaking of June Farrow is a wonderful, twisted, emotionally charged tale of love, family and mystery. So well written by Adrienne Young, I was totally absorbed by June’s story and couldn’t put the book down until I’d finished.

This is the sort of book I will go back to again and notice different things each time.

Rating = 3.75.
I was lucky enough to get the opportunity to read this as an ARC. The unmaking of June Farrow is the first book I've read by Adrienne Young, and it was a lovely introduction. While reading, I got the same vibes as when I read Dolores Claiborne by Stephen King. It is a real character study of the main character June. She has expectations of her life as a Farrow woman, which has influenced the decisions she's made. Slowly, we are taken along with June as she tries to understand her mother's history and how their lives are more intertwined than she could ever believe.

Despite times of feeling lost and alone, this story does have hope as a thread throughout. I very much enjoyed the narrative style and language as it gave for strong imagery. I could clearly envisage the landscape and buildings, which are the foundation of June's life.

I also appreciated having a main character closer to my own age. With June being in her mid thirties, I had sympathy with her point of view and pressures that come from that stage of life.

This story is a slow pace, which adds to build suspense to the gradual revelations that underpin the Farrow family history.

Quite different to my usual read, I enjoyed this. Recommend.

I have enjoyed reading Adrienne Young’s books, and enjoyed too this her latest fictional story. A book that to me intentionally makes you feel uneasy from the beginning. June Farrow has an interesting future and past. Will she survive the twisted unravelling of her life? Read this haunting fairytale feel story and find out. Thank you to Quercus Books and NetGalley for the ARC. The views expressed are all mine, freely given.

Such a hauntingly beautiful and emotional story, I was hooked from the start and read the book in one sitting. The setting was described beautifully and in detail, i could clearly picture it. The twists and turns in this story were excellent and it had the perfect ending.

Simply fantastic, I can see this book breaking into all the best-selling lists. Being taught about in literature classes in the future when they study the age of bookstagram and booktok, when in the overflowing of stories some were bright stars. This one is definitely a bright star.

It is such a beautiful story. So full of feelings, I wasn't sure my heart was going to be able to cope with it. For a few hours while reading, I was sure it wouldn't. So much was the pain of not knowing and loneliness. But I made it, and it was so worth it. I cried a lot with this one, and my heart was overflowing with love. The ending was perfect. The mystery, the murder, the suspense, the “what the hell is happening” everything is balanced to perfection. 

It blew my mind in the way every well-written story about time travel does. It is a theme I am very picky about, and I obsess over unhealthily