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This book started out slow and the logical part of my brain found it confusing at times, but I ended up enjoying the story. It reminded me a little of “The Invisible Life of Addie Larue“, although I liked that one much better. This one had time travel, a bit of a murder mystery, romance and strong female characters. In addition the rural North Carolina setting was beautifully captured in two different timelines. 3.75/5 stars!

I had no idea what the premise of this book was going to be before I read it and it really worked for me. It‘s magical realism and I love the way the story unfolded.

I‘m glad I picked it up because I do enjoy this author.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ A fully immersive and emotional time travel story about love and family with a hint of murder mystery.

However the timelines felt a bit wonky and over my head at times lol.

Bk17 of my unending 2024 #BookMail is this small town magical romance. Jasper North Carolina, June Farrow is working in the family‘s flower farm & waiting for the curse to find her. The whole town knows of the madness that led to Susanna Farrows disappearance leading June to be raised by her grandmother. Determined to be the last of her name & never fall in love, fate has other ideas.After her grans death, a door may lead to the answers she needs.

I loved this book so much more than I thought I would. I hadn‘t read an Adrienne Young book before this one but I am going to read them asap. Going into this book I wasn‘t sure what to expect because I had seen where it was labeled as fantasy and I‘m fairly new to the genre. This book just had a way of sucking me in and not letting go. This is definitely one of my favorite books I‘ve read this year.

I‘m better get reading if I‘m ever going to get to this before it‘s due back!#TheUnmakingOfJuneFarrow#AdrienneYoung#SpellsForForgetting

This book is absolutely amazing Adrienne Young has done it again

Beautifully written and unputdownable.

#bookstorehaul

Family drama + time slip, wrapped around a past murder mystery.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (4.5/5)

I‘ve always been a fan of Adrienne Young‘s writing, and this novel doesn‘t disappoint. “The Unmaking of June Farrow” is one that definitely tugs on your heartstrings as it explores themes of family and love while an unsolved murder threatens to disrupt everything. The plot was clever, and the characters with their related arcs were well written.

This book started off slow, but it really picks up a quarter of the way through.
The way the time period jumps were written is very unique and well-done!
The mystery behind June's life makes this book hard to put down. I loved all the characters in this story. It wraps up perfectly!

Here we go!

I had two 5⭐️ books for September, but this was my first place. BTW, runner up was from the Lane Winslow series (A Deceptive Devotion).

I love Young‘s books for their magical atmospheres, their unique beauty in writing and the empathy I feel for the characters. She‘s an automatic buy for me.

#12BooksOf2023

My last book of 2023 was called The Last 😆. Starting June Farrow this morning. Happy New year all! Here‘s to a great reading year!🥳🎉 #lastfirst

I never posted November's adult Owlcrate. I like this edition the more I look at it. The red is very pretty. It was also one of my favorite books I read this year, though I read an ARC.

I found this a little slow to begin with. I liked the characters, though, and I thought the time travel segments were portrayed in an interesting way. I became more immersed in the story as I progressed through the book and ended up enjoying it. A good 3.5⭐️

Day 1 of my book advent!

#HumbleHarvest
#Stars ⭐️🌟✨💫

Another library book to read.

Not a fan of this one. I found it slow aside from ~50 promisingly exciting pages in the first half, after which things went back to a snail‘s pace. The “reveals” were entirely predictable and the fantastical elements were flimsy. The relationships weren‘t well drawn and the southern country theme was grating. Just not my cup of tea. #botm

⭐️⭐️⭐️💫

An atmospheric read for fall, I enjoyed this mind-bending and thought-provoking tale of the love and strength of multiple generations of Farrow women. I liked this book better than “Spells for Forgetting”, but I didn‘t have a strong emotional connection like it seems many other reviewers experienced. 🎧

Adrienne Young delivers once more! She pulls in all of her neat tonal tricks familiar to readers of “Spells for Forgetting” in this one, while offering up a fresh spin on time travel. My only gripe, which is admittedly minor, was that we are never actually told how Esther got those darn seeds.

Here are my #bookspin and #doublespin picks for November!

This had all the elements necessary for a great story—mysterious family curse/ailment/something, mystery, family secrets, epic love affair—and yet I found myself surprisingly unmoved. Just an okay read for me though my opinion seems to be an outlier.

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Book. Hangover. 😭😭😭. Omg this was amazing.

#botm

Time travel books are just so much fun for me, I think because there are no rules. Each author gets to define the restrictions, the how, the why of travel. This one has a red door that might be mistaken for an hallucination. The rules here were intricate and I had do some backtracking before it all made sense. But yea, I easily suspended my disbelief for this set of rules!

This story made me rethink the entire idea and happenings referred to as deja vu. I read this book with this anticipatory ache in my chest and, at one point, was too scared to read on in case it didn‘t go the way I needed it to go. It was my unmaking!

Beautiful. Absolutely beautiful. Adrienne has a way with words. So lyrical and makes you feel like you're actually there. I swear I could smell the honeysuckle. As always, it is a magical, time bending, beautiful story. Adrienne Young will always be a must-read for me 5/5

My October #botm picks! I was swayed by reviews to pick both.

The Unmaking of June Farrow by Adrienne Young is my #BOTM choice for October. Sounds good and I am looking forward to reading this book.

What did you choose?

My October #BOTM choices. Looking forward to trying something I normally wouldn‘t pick (the tagged book).

🤷🏻‍♀️ still trying to use up my credits before cancelling 👀🤣😂 good October picks I think

It‘s my birthday month! So I get a free credit!

I‘ve already bought a copy of the new Alix E. Harrow because I‘m going to her book event.

So here are my spooky picks for #botm October.

Starting The Unmaking of June Farrow.

Adrienne Young does atmospheric detail so well. With each of her magical realism books I‘ve had the pleasure of reading, she manages to transport me and really give me an almost surreal and tangible feeling of place. This one centers around June Farrow (34), who works at her family‘s flower farm in a small NC town nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains. The Farrow women have been cursed through the generations with madness before their deaths, 🔻

Ooh - #BOTM is giving better clues earlier on! This crossword clue for an October pick is a fun idea. I'm thinking this book could possibly be it, and seems like a solid fall selection. Here's the words I think for the puzzle:

1. Curse
2. Hallucination
3. Joke
4. Flower
5. Elapsed Time