A Million Junes

By: Emily Henry

Narrated by: Julia Whelan

"A beautiful, lyrical, and achingly brilliant story about love, grief, and family. Henry's writing will leave you breathless." —BuzzFeed


Romeo and Juliet meets One Hundred Years of Solitude in Emily Henry's brilliant follow-up to The Love That Split the World, about the daughter and son of two long-feuding families who fall in love while trying to uncover the truth about the strange magic and harrowing curse that has plagued their bloodlines for generations.

In their hometown of Five Fingers, Michigan, the O'Donnells and the Angerts have mythic legacies. But for all the tall tales they weave, both founding families are tight-lipped about what caused the century-old rift between them, except to say it began with a cherry tree.

Eighteen-year-old Jack “June” O’Donnell doesn't need a better reason than that. She's an O'Donnell to her core, just like her late father was, and O'Donnells stay away from Angerts. Period.

But when Saul Angert, the son of June's father's mortal enemy, returns to town after three mysterious years away, June can't seem to avoid him. Soon the unthinkable happens: She finds she doesn't exactly hate the gruff, sarcastic boy she was born to loathe.

Saul’s arrival sparks a chain reaction, and as the magic, ghosts, and coywolves of Five Fingers conspire to reveal the truth about the dark moment that started the feud, June must question everything she knows about her family and the father she adored. And she must decide whether it's finally time for her—and all of the O'Donnells before her—to let go.

Love it!

It’s a beautiful and thought provoking story about family. I couldn’t wait to listen to it all.

fantasy and family feuds meet reality

Loved being transported by the "thin place" with the characters as they delve into the reason behind a generational feud between their 2 families. Spooky, romantic, and endearing. Loved this read!

Grief

Emily Henry had a story structure that is evident of most of her writings. This one is no different in that sense. However the story line is way more fiction than her other stories — so just not really my type of story. HOWEVER, as someone who is grieving the loss of my father, this story was so relatable. I felt myself grieving with June and Saul and processing my father’s loss.

Stories are always better with this narrator

This is very different from other Emily Henry books. I am not sure if I loved it...but I was compelled enough to finish. I likely would've given up if it had been read by a different narrator.

Loved it!

This was definitely not the typical Emily Henry book but it was so, so good! I loved the characters and loved the story! I couldn’t stop listening! And when it ended I wanted more! It had mystery and love and so much more! A must read!