Undone

The Undone #4

by Peyton Corinne

From USA TODAY bestselling author Peyton Corinne comes a second-chance hockey romance between the team’s antihero and the new assistant coach’s daughter filled with Peyton’s trademark “deliciously angsty” (Publishers Weekly) storytelling.

Toren Kane has always been a magnet for trouble. Branded as dangerous and brutal, his reputation has followed him from the playground to the ice rink. After a scandal cost him his first-round NHL draft pick, Toren’s last shot at redemption lies with Waterfell University’s hockey team—who all despise him for what he did to their captain at the last Frozen Four competition. To make matters worse, Waterfell’s new assistant coach is Christophe LaBlanc, Toren’s former coach and the man who knows all his darkest secrets.

Lillian LaBlanc is out of chances, according to her father. After flunking out of an Ivy League, she’s struggling and her father’s strict rules are the only things keeping her afloat. Suffering beneath the weight of his suffocating control, Lily is desperate to keep her need to paint as hidden as her depression. But her fragile stability is threatened when she discovers that Toren Kane, her childhood best friend and first love, is also attending Waterfell—and is on her father’s team.

As Toren and Lily’s lives collide once more, old wounds and unresolved feelings resurface. Toren must confront his self-destructive tendencies and learn to let others in, while Lily faces the daunting task of breaking free from her father’s grip. Their connection could be the key to healing—or the spark that reignites the chaos they’ve both been trying to escape.

Genres: Romance, Sports Romance, Sports, Hockey, Contemporary Romance, Hockey Romance, Second Chance

Kindle Edition

Expected publication October 20, 2026

Reviews

[joni ౨ৎ - hiatus · Rating 5 out of 5]

𐙚⋆°｡⋆♡ ── infinity stars
this is the best book i've ever read in my life

lilytoren have my entire heart and i'm never moving on.

i have never cried this much while reading a book, couldn't go 10 pages without tearing up

her depression, their struggles with friendship and belonging, the pain, and them finding each other again - fated mates in every way.

✧˖°🏒 ⋆｡˚꩜ tropes & things to expect
⤷ childhood friends to lovers to enemies to lovers
⤷ he has tattoos for her
⤷ depression & self loathing
⤷ dual timeline
⤷ deaf rep
⤷ it's only been you
⤷ fated mates
⤷ freak for freak
⤷ he hates everyone but her (he's actually the sweetest dude to exist)

if you have not yet read this series - PLEASE do! the mental health representation is so authentic and healing. (please start with unsteady!!!)

thank you atria / s&s for approving an e-ARC via edelweisis


𐙚⋆°｡⋆♡ ── pre read

i can't believe i can say this... but i'm reading undone. the last book in the undone series and im saying goodbye to waterfell university after this.

lilytoren i'm coming!!! im already 20% done and the tears have started falling from page 2.

this is going to be my soul book.


↪ started apr 8
↪ finished apr 1




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THE COVER. no other words

the most gorgeous and painful cover to exist for the most beautiful broken people (big freaks !)


the most anticipated book of my life. no one talk to me lilytoren are coming home. IDC they're the most me couple to exist.


YOU GUYS UGH I LOVE EVERYTHING PEYTON !!!! my book I called it + the hottest couple to exist


she's 5'0 and he's 6'6

[aira]

we're getting Toren and second chance all in one book?!?! literally counting down the days because what 🤭🤭

[maria (will I fully comeback?)]

ITS THE BEST DAY OF MY LIFEEEE!!! GOT THE ARC😩😩 really tempted to not care about my finals and just read this right now

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I’m always going to be amazed with this cover🤩 it is STUNNINGGGGGGGGG!!!

Prepare to be sick of me, never going to shut up about this series. Like I don’t think I have ever felt this much love and excitement over a series😩

ANOTHER SECOND CHANCE FROM MY QUEEN PEYTON!!!!😭😭😭 and with depression rep😭 I don’t think I’m going to survive this one😭 2 books in 1 year!!😭😭 also Toren and Lily’s story is so interesting! like all their crumbs in unbound is giving me life😭

[veerali]

hi peyton,
kindly kiss the brick this time before throwing it at me. 🫶

sincerely,
vee x

[elise ⋆౨ৎ˚⟡ [semi ia | exams & mh]]

AHHHHHHHH IM SCREAMING!! my most anticipated release and i got the arc!!!!! i cannot wait to read this soon 🥹 i know lily and toren will be my roman empire 🤭💫💐 so so grateful !!

[manas (suffering)]

praying to everything that i get this arc

[cat]

・❥・⁀➷ pre-release

AHHHH THIS COVER?!?!

OCTOBER??? Be serious right now. 😭 I’ve been waiting for Toren’s story for what feels like an eternity.

First love??? Second chance??? IM SATTTT UGHHH
I’m waiting. STARVING. 😭😭😭 We are absolutely about to be unwell when this drops. I need a fast forward button immediately

[asra⭑.ᐟ (hiatus)]

goddamn that cover is hot.

[nadine 🧁]

the coverrrrrrrrr 😩🙇🏻‍♀️🙇🏻‍♀️🙇🏻‍♀️

[sam]

I actually can’t be normal about this because wdym october 2026??? 😩💘

[lucialeelibros · Rating 5 out of 5]

this was the most fucking -perfect- book i've read so far this 2026, i don't think ayone could beat it.

Review.

What happens to me with Peyton’s books doesn't happen with many authors, and when I say "something happens," I mean… it’s that they are the kind of books I take personally, as if they were written exclusively for me among the millions of people who read themand (spoiler alert), I’m not that person, lol. It means that, in one way or another, I feel like I live through her words. Possibly many others have told her this, but: thank you, Peyton. I don’t have the slightest clue where those emotions you have to write books so incredibly beautiful and painful at the same time come from, but thank you. Honestly, as someone who isn't artistic at all, you inspire something in me that I can’t quite explain.

Now, Undone is the final book of “The Undone Series,” one last time in Waterfell’s (and believe me, the heartache of knowing it’s the last one is felt from the very first pages). It’s one of those places you truly don’t want to leave, but a chapter has to close, and boy, does Undone give you that closure. If I had to describe Undone in one word, it would be “gut-wrenching.” This is because we see how two people, living under the same sky, breathing the same air, sharing the same spaces, and sharing the same heart, having so much of one another suffer and find happiness at the same time, together yet apart. I’m not sure if I’m expressing what I mean clearly, but wow.

The story has an ending that is tightly linked with Unbound (if you haven’t read it, I honestly highly recommend doing so since the stories connect to each other in a way which, by the way, is FANTASTIC how that’s achieved). Here we see how certain things happened from another point of view, which makes me feel even sadder. Do what I did: while I was seeing the connection, I went back to Unbound and read them in tandem; it was funny, painful, and heartbreaking. And yes, it’s true, it can be read as a standalone, but they tell so many things from the previous books that, if you notice… it was necessary. It becomes important to read the others to understand certain contexts.

Toren Kane is the main character of the book, a man we’ve known since Book 1. He is a character that, honestly, we all felt the same way about: what a horrible and despicable person. But somehow, we kept seeing that he was important to the plot. We saw how Rhys and Sadie had their moment with him, then Freddy and Ro, then Paloma and Bennet (which is where he had a more crucial turning point), only to reach the point of asking ourselves: what happened to him? What is his story, really? Is he the villain? And yes, girls, we always end up liking the "bad guy" who, in the end… wasn’t bad. Just a poor young man, scared and terrified of the world, because yes, the world had been excessively cruel (I’m not defending his actions, I just understand him so much). Toren is a difficult, complex character, someone who doesn't know how to express his emotions and deeply misunderstands those of others; therefore, he believes the world is wrong. Reading his POV is devastating, how someone as innocent as he was had to go through all that just because he was a boy who was different from the rest? How did he have to risk so much for the ONLY person, his best friend, and then have to move on without her? Toren lost everything, not once, but twice.

On the other hand, we have Lillian LaBlanc, or Lily. She is his best friend, childhood friend, and the love of his life. Yes, there is no other way to introduce Lily other than that. She is Toren’s ray of light, hope, and happiness, and vice-versa. Lily is that field of lilies you want to walk through on a Sunday morning holding Toren’s hand, because yes, he is that kind of man with her. Lily is a girl who suffers from depression; she is as complex and difficult as Toren, but at the same time, she is one of those people who, despite all that, has the chance to question herself. Lily is the daughter of the new hockey coach, and she arrives at the university after leaving Harvard, and destiny puts her right back in front of her old friend Toren. One of the things I empathized with most regarding Lily is the ability to make friends and meet new people. Did you know that after traumatic events, our brains don't function the way one would normally see others? We forget motor skills like… being friendly. She is a very lonely girl, and honestly, as you read her, you feel her loneliness to the max and that’s a sensation that stings, that hits you in the chest. The greatest happiness and the world that makes Lily happy is only one: painting, and Vincent van Gogh.

I think what destroyed me most about the book were the moments when they weren't together, the moments where they realized they are more independent, that they are capable of opening up to other people and letting them in. Lily found in Paloma what Toren found in Holden. Each one played an important role in what was: friendship, finding oneself, the power of expression, and independence.

I want to mention two incredible characters (spoiler-free).

- Coach Harris: we’ve known him since Book 1, and I never realized how lucky I am to have parents after everything he did for Toren, both him and his wife Sahara. Their moments left my heart in my hands.
- Holden: boy, I wish I could talk freely about you as you deserve but, wherever you are fictionally, thank you for existing, and for having a heart as beautiful as yours. Thank you for not giving up, for your silences, for your laughs, for absolutely everything. You are that friend we all need to have.

Undone did many more things to me; possibly by the publication date, I’ll have more to say, because yes, I have more things left to say, but they are spoilers that no one deserves to read. Thank you, Atria, for letting me read Peyton once more in an advanced way. Honestly, nothing would make me happier than having this book in my hands, but like everything else: it’s a dream that one day before I die, I will make come true.

Thank you.

[justine ⊹ ࣪ ˖]

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pre-read : edelweiss loves me today ଘ(੭*ˊᵕˋ)੭* ੈ♡‧₊˚

[cath · Rating 5 out of 5]

5/5 stars

God where do I even start? This book ends a series I hold dear to my heart and gives us the ending and closure we need. Corinne arguably writes her most raw and emotional book fit with two characters, undone by one another, hopelessly in love, but stuck in cycle of feeling so alone. Lily and Toren are a set of characters that you know at first glance they are just meant to be together, and after meeting Toren all the way back in book one (Unsteady), and meeting Lily in Unbound, I could not wait for their story to unravel.

Undone truly shows the absolute genius that is the mind of Peyton Corinne. Truly. This book is full of dual timelines from each book in the serious, and dual timelines that take place in the form of flashbacks; this can be hard, yet it was done so smoothly that it just made so much sense as the story unfolded. I truly adored their story, was brought to tears at times, and was put back together by the love that is Toren and Lily.

tropes:
- childhood friends to second chance lovers
- hockey romance
- artist x hockey player
- dual timeline
- deaf representation
- found family
- “it's only ever been you”
- basically fated mates
- freak 4 freak

Toren is a complex character, he struggles, is misunderstood, and made out to be a specific character from the perspective of everyone (even the readers!), and his point of view is so heartbreaking and loving that you can’t help but wish to jump into this book to just tell Toren it will be okay, to jump into the pages and give him a hug.

Lily is a character that is not only just as complex as Toren, but also a character that feels so much, that sometimes you can’t feel them at all. She is realistic, she is representation for people who are struggling, who—in her loneliness—makes you feel less alone. To her, painting is what reading is to me, and her story brought me comfort that I wish I could return (she certainly does not want anything painted by me).

Each time that I read a book of Peyton’s I think “there is no way I can hurt more, that I can be brought to tears again, that I could love a book more” and like clockwork, another book comes at me, ready to absolutely destroy me. I wouldn’t have it any other way, and right from the playlist at the beginning, the stunning cover, the story that is Toren Kane and Lily LaBlanc is truly perfect.

[casey]

only peyton could make me undone by a book that isn't even out yet I'M ALREADY UNWELLL 😭😭 (also her giving us not one but TWO second chance romances in one year?!? for THE men bennett reiner & toren kane?!? i have never felt more blessed and simultaneously so concerned for my well being in my life!!!!)

[lali ✰]

to be honest, i’ve been completely obsessed with this series, and the idea of waiting until october to get into the mind of Toren Kane sounds like a bittersweet tease, but also the most torturous thing i could ever endure... 😭

[phoebe · Rating 5 out of 5]

The one thing I love about Peyton Corinnes' writing is that you can tell how deeply she cares about these characters through her words. They continue to grow even past their respective books. She truly gets better and better with every single book. Toren Kane was a character we met in the first book that I was immediately drawn to. You could tell from then that there was more to the eye. A year before the series takes place, Toren causes a life-altering hit against Rhys, the protagonist in Unsteady, which is the first book. When he is kicked off of his team and moved to Waterfell, the team immediately takes a dislike to him because of the hit against Rhys, their captain. Toren proves himself again and again without attracting attention from his teammates, so no one really notices what a good and genuine person he is because of his psychopath enforcer reputation on the ice. He punched Sadies abusive coach, and Ro's abusive boyfriend was a friend to Paloma, and yet he still was treated horribly by the boys. Toren deserves the world. Then we have Lily, Paloma's roommate, whom we meet in Unbound. Lily and Toren have been best friends since they were about six, Toren the foster kid with a rough home life, and Lily the rich "weird girl" who, dare I say, has an even worse home life. Lily struggles with depression and over fixation with Vincent Van Gogh. Her father, who was also Torens' coach growing up, is very emotionally abusive towards both of them. Lily has no freedom where her dad is concerned; he wants to control every aspect of Lily's life. Something happened four years ago that caused a rift between their relationship, all leading back to Lily's asshole of a father. I hate him so much, I want to jump into the book and beat him up. With everything Lily's dad does to keep them away from each other, nothing can stand in the way of their true love. Undone was definitely a whole different vibe from the other books in the series. Toren is probably her darkest MMC. I mean, his dirty talk was almost a dark romance book boyfriend. I definitely need Peyton to write a dark romance. I loved Lily and Torens' relationship so much because you could feel the tension and the push and pull between them. I think their book was the perfect way to wrap up their story, and I'm so happy to see it end with Toren and his teammates finally letting him into the inner circle.

[Lucía]

We're finally getting Toren's book!!! This is definitely my favorite cover!! I can't stop staring at it

[ahmeeka]

hodder and stoughton I’m on my KNEES begging for an arc

[Kate]

give me Toren, or give me death.

[Catarina Vieira | umlivroduplicado]

this is my favorite cover EVER. And I am not even kidding when I tell you: I look at her every single day

[Bri R. · Rating 5 out of 5]

[ 5 ⭐️]

hey so peyton corinne, do i send my therapy bill directly to you or is there a PA i can email? 🙂

wow this broke me in such an unexpected way ?!? did not know if i would connect to the characters or not but wow. i absolutely LOVED toren & lily like omg they are so special. their love story was so real and spanned over yearsssss. i didn’t expect the childhood lovers vibe but i loved it. this was a single timeline but i think it really fit these characters!! i loved the exploration of their character development & the romance between the two!

i don’t think ive ever hated a character more than i have with lily’s dad. he truly is the scum of this earth and every single scene with him PISSED ME OFF!!! he’s the type of parent to say “i know what she needs and it’s me” but yet that’s the furthest thing from the truth. he’s also the type of parent to make all the decisions for his child without asking what they actually want. that ending had me smiling HARD, very well deserved 🙂‍↕️

i just can’t get over how deeply scarred both these characters were and how special they were to each other! reading torens backstory and his upbringing was so damn sad i truly felt like this motherly affection towards him. every single person in his life besides lily has let him down i felt so bad 😭😭

lily struggles with being deaf in one ear and we see those struggles continuously throughout the book. i actually loved how peyton wrote her character and how she represented being partially deaf! feeling like something is wrong with you because of something you can’t control is extremely hard to live with so i really felt for lily!

thank you to atria books & netgalley for allowing me to read this extraordinary book in exchange for my honest opinions!!

💌 pub day: 10/20/26

[Ashley · Rating 5 out of 5]

Peyton, this can't be it. You're telling me I have to say goodbye to my close personal friends? PEYTON, PLEASEEEEEE.

Between this and Noah Kahan's new album, I'm spent and wrung out and DESTROYED. This absolutely comes out on top as my favorite of the series. The angst was absolutely delicious, and Peyton already fills her stories to the brim with pain and suffering. She had me emotional and crying right from the prologue, didn't even give me a chance to prepare. Just threw me right into the fire. But you know what? I'm a sucker for pain.

This made my heart ache in both the worst and best ways. I think the reason why it hurt so much more for me in this one was the feeling of loneliness that fills the entire story. I felt it in Unbound, and felt it ten times more in Undone. Even Lily's struggles with depression hit me squarely on the chest. The chemistry, and the history, between Toren and Lily was so rich and SO good.

Ugh, I wish I could erase this book from my memory so I can read it for the first time again. Need it injected into my veins.

I will say that I'm positive there was supposed to be some throuple action here that didn't end up happening for whatever reasons, and I'm going to be honest I was a little disappointed it DIDN'T happen.

Thank you to Atria and netgalley for the arc!

[Pri]

May have ditched the series bc the first one was so mehhhh to me, but I might have to come back because Toren's character has always been so intriguing to me

[Sim]

I won't apologize for what I will become when I get to read Toren Kane's pov. Haven't felt this way about a man after a long time. KANE LANDS ON TOP!!!!😘😘

[Lucia]

i have been waiting for this book since i read unsteady and met toren for the first time. dare i say my most anticipated book... ever

anyways october can't come soon enough. literally starting a countdown on my phone

no seriously i need this like i need air

[Stéphanie Beaudoin · Rating 5 out of 5]

4.5 ⭐️

This book was all‑consuming. I couldn’t stop reading. I felt as obsessed as Lily.

Peyton Corinne writes character growth like very few authors can. I felt sick for most of this read. I wanted to crawl into the story and give everyone a big, big hug. Even just writing this review has me tearing up. I can’t fully express how strongly I feel about this entire series (and I kind of want to do a reread now that I’m done).

Lily was so sad, and Toren was so angry. I loved how they brought each other back to life at different points in their lives. As always, Corinne takes an annoying or difficult trope (in this case, miscommunication) and completely rebrands it in a way that actually makes sense. The whole situation with Lily’s dad shows just how deeply depression can seep into your life when you have no control over your own choices.

Now, let’s talk about Holden. This could have been a throuple, and I wouldn’t have minded. I understand why some people would have hated that, and why it wouldn’t have fit Tor’s protectiveness over Lily, but I loved every scene they shared together. Holden was the best of friends, and I’m genuinely sad we’re not getting a book for him. That said, in my head, he ends up with Toren and Lily. Don’t ask me why.

I’m sad this series is over, but I’ll read everything Peyton Corinne puts out into the world. Thank you to Atria and NetGalley for the ARC.

[Bellalucina · Rating 5 out of 5]

I’m not crying I swear

[Kaitlyn]

SCREAMING/ I have been intrigued by Toren since book one and I am HYPE. Fall 2026 is going to be banger after banger. I really thought this would be 2027 what a relief :' )

[Toriఌ]

Coming out October 27

This is the most perfect cover I’ve ever seen🥹

[Alicia Sweeney · Rating 4 out of 5]

Thank you so much Atria & NetGalley for this ARC!

As always Corinne writes beautifully heartbreaking and romantic stories and this was no different! I had really high hopes of Toren’s story from all his glimpses in the previous books and I felt a little disappointed with his character development in this, he lacked so much of the personality we previously saw (whole personality in Undone is Lily). I found Lily’s story compelling and her background interesting, I did appreciate her character development through this story. Wasn’t my fav of Corrine’s (thats def Unbound) but wasn’t my least fav and certainly was still a great read! It is bittersweet to see this universe/friend group’s stories end but I am excited to see what Corinne writes next! 3.5 stars