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The Unmaking of June Farrow
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bookshelves: audiobook, audible, historical-fiction, magical-realism, time-travel, mystery, own, read-in-2024
Jan 20, 2024
bookshelves: audiobook, audible, historical-fiction, magical-realism, time-travel, mystery, own, read-in-2024
The Unmaking of June Farrow by Adrienne Young is a Historical Fantasy Fiction Story With a Mystery to Solve!
June Farrow is determined to stop the mysterious curse that has plagued the women in her family for generations. It happened to her mother, Susanne, whose madness led to her sudden disappearance years ago causing her baby daughter, June, to be raised by her grandmother.
June has vowed to never fall in love, to be the last one with the Farrow name, and to stop the curse forever. All who live in Jasper, N.C. know about the curse and continue to feed the rumors that what happened to June's mother will soon happen to June.
What no one knows is that June is already feeling the Farrow curse taking shape in her mind...
The Unmaking of June Farrow is the second book by this author I've read and enjoyed. As in Spells for Forgetting, Young's writing is beautiful and lyrical, her storytelling is creative and entertaining, the mystery at the core of the story is enthralling, and the magical realism is bountiful.
With that said, I'm torn about several things. (view spoiler)
I listened to the audiobook narrated by Brittany Pressley whose voicing and narration always result in an amazing listening experience.
The Unmaking of June Farrow is a creative and enjoyable story and I recommend it to those who enjoy Historical Fantasy Fiction with mystery mixed as I do. I'm already looking forward to this author's next book!
3.75⭐
June Farrow is determined to stop the mysterious curse that has plagued the women in her family for generations. It happened to her mother, Susanne, whose madness led to her sudden disappearance years ago causing her baby daughter, June, to be raised by her grandmother.
June has vowed to never fall in love, to be the last one with the Farrow name, and to stop the curse forever. All who live in Jasper, N.C. know about the curse and continue to feed the rumors that what happened to June's mother will soon happen to June.
What no one knows is that June is already feeling the Farrow curse taking shape in her mind...
The Unmaking of June Farrow is the second book by this author I've read and enjoyed. As in Spells for Forgetting, Young's writing is beautiful and lyrical, her storytelling is creative and entertaining, the mystery at the core of the story is enthralling, and the magical realism is bountiful.
With that said, I'm torn about several things. (view spoiler)
I listened to the audiobook narrated by Brittany Pressley whose voicing and narration always result in an amazing listening experience.
The Unmaking of June Farrow is a creative and enjoyable story and I recommend it to those who enjoy Historical Fantasy Fiction with mystery mixed as I do. I'm already looking forward to this author's next book!
3.75⭐
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Reading Progress
June 28, 2023
– Shelved
June 28, 2023
– Shelved as:
to-read
January 1, 2024
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Started Reading
January 1, 2024
– Shelved as:
audible
January 1, 2024
– Shelved as:
audiobook
January 1, 2024
– Shelved as:
historical-fiction
January 1, 2024
– Shelved as:
magical-realism
January 1, 2024
– Shelved as:
time-travel
January 1, 2024
– Shelved as:
mystery
January 1, 2024
– Shelved as:
own
January 3, 2024
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82.0%
January 4, 2024
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100.0%
"Young's writing is, once again, beautiful and lyrical and her storytelling is creative and entertaining. But, I'm a bit torn about the time-travel aspect of the story. Instead of falling into part of the story seamlessly, it distracted me. It was complicated enough it seemed necessary for it to be clarified several times within the story. Attempting to deiescypher It was too complicated"
January 4, 2024
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100.0%
"....and difficult to reason why it was necessary. I still enjoyed it but it will have an impact on my rating...
A full review and rating to come soon!"
A full review and rating to come soon!"
January 4, 2024
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Finished Reading
January 19, 2024
– Shelved as:
read-in-2024
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Jan 20, 2024 01:09PM
Great review, Terrie! Doesn’t sound like this is one for me.
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Thanks, Heather! It's just me as there are lots of 5⭐reviews for this one. I just couldn't get it any higher IMHO😊
Fair review, Terrie. I'm not sure if this is one for me but appreciate your thoughts.
This does sound like quite an entertaining combination. And Brittany Pressley does not disappoint. I am intrigued. Wonderful review, Terrie!
Glad you mostly enjoyed! Wonderful review! 💞
Jen CANADA wrote: "Fair review, Terrie. I'm not sure if this is one for me but appreciate your thoughts."Thanks, Jen!
Darla wrote: "This does sound like quite an entertaining combination. And Brittany Pressley does not disappoint. I am intrigued. Wonderful review, Terrie!"Thanks, Darla!💕It is entertaining and Brittany always satisfies.
Jayme wrote: "Glad you mostly enjoyed! Wonderful review! 💞"Thanks, Jayme!💖
Wonderful review, Terrie! I enjoy listening to Brittany Pressley as a narrator. Glad that there were so many things you enjoyed about this book.
Terrie~Nice to read your review. Glad you enjoyed it so much.
Marilyn (trying to catch up) wrote: "Wonderful review, Terrie! I enjoy listening to Brittany Pressley as a narrator. Glad that there were so many things you enjoyed about this book."Thank you, Marilyn! I did enjoy the read overall and Brittany Pressley never disappoints.
Kristine wrote: "Terrie~Nice to read your review. Glad you enjoyed it so much."Thanks, Kristine!
Fabulous review, Terrie! This sounds like such a wonderful and magical book. So happy you enjoyed reading this book!
Thank you, Nora! Well-written, loaded with Magical Realism, and very enjoyable. I hope you enjoy it, too.
Same, Terrie! I kept wanting to know how the curse started and who makes the rules and how did everyone know them?!? Hard to keep track. I had a hardcopy and kept rereading to see if I understood everything right. 🤨Great review!
Thank, Christina! I’m sorry to hear this one was a bit muddled for you, too. Too much minutia takes away the enjoyment, doesn’t it? It could have easily been a 5⭐️read…
Wonderful review, Terrie! I enjoyed this book so much more than I expected to even though there were some flaws with the pacing and timelines but the stories with June just captivated me!!📘😀💕
I would love for someone to explain to me how June will be able to watch her mother give birth to herself (June) if she can’t exist where she already is existing. So does the adult June need to die before she is born? That doesn’t make sense to me
Luvtoread wrote: "Wonderful review, Terrie! I enjoyed this book so much more than I expected to even though there were some flaws with the pacing and timelines but the stories with June just captivated me!!📘😀💕"Thanks so much, Luv! I'm so glad you enjoyed this author's second novel and June's story.❤️
Elizabeth wrote: "I would love for someone to explain to me how June will be able to watch her mother give birth to herself (June) if she can’t exist where she already is existing. So does the adult June need to die..."Hi Elizabeth! If you read my spoiler above, then you know I feel much the same way you do about the time travel aspect being too complicated. I'm sorry you have so many questions after reading it...
