Undone: A Novel

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, Hockey, Sports, Contemporary Romance, Hockey Romance, Contemporary

496 pages, Paperback

Expected publication October 20, 2026

Reviews

[nadine · Rating 5 out of 5]

her favourite artist is Van Gogh and he has Van Gogh tattoo and her name is Lily and he also has tattoos of lilies all over his body 😩.

you all are NOT ready for this book. 😭😭😭 prepare yourselves for the emotional damage because this book is not for the weak. there are 68 chapters, and I cried through every single one of them.

Lily & Toren own my body, heart, and soul. 😭🥹💗

❝ when she could’ve walked away, she didn’t. She’s always stuck by me. Best friends. Lovers. It all sounds ridiculously too small compared to how I felt for her. How I still feel for her. I wear my obsession for Lily LaBlanc on my skin. Hers is painted onto these walls.❞

this book is everything to me. second chance romance will always be top tier, and i will inhale it EVERY. SINGLE. TIME.

Lily and Toren are truly soulmates in every universe. their love story completely consumed me. reading about everything they went through absolutely shattered my heart. i was emotionally wrecked, but seeing them finally get the love, friendship, and family they deserved made every tear worth it. 😭❤️ they deserve nothing but the absolute best.

i also have to say how much i love the Harrises family for standing by Toren, loving him unconditionally, and never giving up on him, no matter what. it was so beautiful to read. 🥹

Paloma & Lily are my angel babies. 🥹💗 their friendship means everything to me. the same goes for Holden and Toren i just want to be friends with all of them. 😭❤️‍🩹 and don't even get me started on Toren and Paloma they're absolutely friends, they just refuse to admit it. 🥹🤍

❝ There’s not a world that exists, in the multitudes out there, where Toren Kane and Lily LaBlanc aren’t tied together. True soulmates who would find each other, no matter what.❞

💌 • thank you to Edelweiss, Atria Books and Peyton Corinne for providing me with an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

i got the arc!!! 🥹🥹🥹 best birthday gift ever 😭💌

[kimberly ⋆౨ৎ˚⟡. · Rating 5 out of 5]

‎❝ there's not a world that exists, in the multitudes out there, where toren kane and lily lablanc aren't tied together. true soulmates who would find each other, no matter what. ❞

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎undone did exactly what i feared it would do: took toren kane, a man i have been lowkey thirsting over since the first book, gave him a bad reputation, a scandal, a derailed NHL dream, a motorcycle, tattoos, unresolved history with lily leblanc, then expected me to behave like a normal adult in society. be so for real right now.


₊˚꒰ ⟡ ˙ i. plot. ₊˚⊹ ꒱
‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ undone is toren kane's story, and when i tell you i have been waiting for this book like a raccoon outside a closed dumpster bin, i mean it. the little crumbs we got of them before already had me prowling through the woods and grunting like a caveman.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ toren kane has the kind of reputation that enters the room before he does, throws a chair, and then asks if anyone has a problem. after a scandal nukes his nhl prospects, his path to redemption runs through waterfell university's hockey team, which is hilarious because waterfell university is less of a college and more of a group therapy waiting room with jerseys.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ enter lillian "lily" lablanc, daughter of the team's assistant coach, toren's childhood best friend, because of course she is, and a girl who is very much not doing okay despite everyone expecting her to keep functioning like a normal little human being. this book has scandal debris, hockey redemption, childhood-friends tension, old hurt, forced proximity to feelings no one consented to processing, and two people who are absolutely not over each other despite acting like they have both moved on with dignity. they have not. nobody believed them. not me, not waterfell, not the ice, not toren's motorcycle, not a single molecule in the room.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ what worked so well for me is that the drama actually had roots. toren's reputation matters. lily's connection to the team and her struggles matters. their past matters. their present mess matters. this is not just some bad boy hockey player meets girl and becomes better because she has eyelashes. thank god. it is much more painful and therefore much more my problem.

₊˚꒰ ⟡ ˙ ii. toren motherfucking kane. ₊˚⊹ ꒱
‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ toren kane is, unforunately, will be the bane of my existence. i support fictional men's rights and fictional men's wrongs when they come with tattoos and a motorcycle.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ but toren is not just hot chaos in hockey gear. that would have been fun, sure, but it would not have earned the five stars. what made him hit so hard is that underneath the bad reputation and the scandal, there is so much hurt. toren carries himself like someone who decided a long time ago that if everyone was going to expect the worst from him, he might as well hand them a signed copy. he provokes. he pushes. he self-sabotages with olympic-level dedication. he acts like he does not care, but the man cares so violently that it practically leaks out of him.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ he is not careless because he feels nothing. he is careless because he feels too much and has apparently stored every emotion in the same drawer as his bad decisions. someone get him a therapist. and maybe a snack. and maybe confiscate the motorcycle keys during emotional storms.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ toren's arc worked because peyton did not sand him down into some basic, therapy-seeking romance hero who suddenly communicates like he majored in emotional literacy. he is still toren. still sharp. still intense. still a little bit of a walking public safety announcement. but he grows. he softens where it matters. he learns how to stop treating his own life like a demolition site. and i fear that got me.


₊˚꒰ ⟡ ˙ iii. lily lablanc. ₊˚⊹ ꒱
‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ lily lablanc, the woman that you are. i loved her. truly. because she could have easily been written as the Good Girl Assigned To Fix The Bad Boy, which is a trope i tolerate only when the bad boy is hot enough and the girl has a backbone made of steel. thankfully, lily is not standing around with a clipboard labeled "toren rehabilitation program." she has her own life, her own pressure, her own school struggles, her own history with toren, and her own reasons for being messy.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ she is not just the assistant coach's daughter. she is not just the childhood friend. she is not just the girl from his past who exists to make him feel guilty and then kiss him better. lily has weight. she has that very specific energy of a girl trying to keep her head above water while everyone else assumes she should already know how to swim.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ lily stays. she fights. she feels. she gets angry. she gets scared. she wants things she does not always know how to hold. she sees toren in a way other people do not, which is romantic, yes, but also deeply inconvenient. because knowing someone before they became their reputation is powerful. she remembers the boy beneath the scandal, beneath the armor, beneath the noise. and that makes every scene between them feel loaded.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ lily does not just want the version of toren everyone whispers about. she knows there is more. and because she knows there is more, she refuses to let him hide behind the easy excuse of being the problem. also, she matched his energy without being swallowed by it, which is extremely important.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ and on a more personal note, lily's depression hit a little too close to home for me. like, haha, very funny, i thought i was reading about a tattooed hockey menace and his childhood friend, not getting emotionally ambushed by a girl whose brain is also occasionally a haunted basement with bad lighting. the way she struggled to keep up, to function, to do the basic little human tasks everyone else makes look easy? yeah. unfortunately, i understood that a little too well.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ i related to that feeling of knowing you should be doing things, school, responsibilities, life, existing like a normal person with emails and clean laundry, but your brain is just sitting in the corner like a wet victorian orphan refusing to cooperate. lily's depression wasn't written like a cute sad-girl aesthetic. it felt heavy, frustrating, isolating, and painfully familiar, which made me care about her so much more.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ so yes, toren had me feral because tattoos and motorcycle, obviously, i am not pretending to be stronger than god made me. but lily had me emotional because i saw pieces of myself in her. the exhaustion, the guilt, the feeling of falling behind while everyone else seems to be walking on normal pavement and you're trudging through soup. peyton corinne did not need to come for my mental health and my fictional-man standards in the same book, but here we are.


₊˚꒰ ⟡ ˙ iv. romance. ₊˚⊹ ꒱
‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ the romance? vile. disgusting. exactly what i wanted. toren and lily have the kind of chemistry that makes every scene feel like it should come with a campus safety warning. and it is not just because they are attracted to each other, though obviously, yes, the tension was tensioning. it is because they have history. history changes everything.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ they were childhood friends and lovers, which means they knew each other before all the armor got this heavy. they knew the softer versions. the younger versions. the versions that had not yet been reshaped by scandal, pressure, hurt, and bad coping mechanisms. so when they reunite at waterfell, it is not two strangers falling in love. it is two people trying to figure out what to do with the fact that the past is still alive and breathing in the corner. and i ate that up.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ there is something so deliciously awful about unresolved feelings when both people are pretending they are not currently being haunted by the other person's existence. toren looks at lily like she is the scene of the crime and the only witness. lily looks at toren like she wants to save him, kiss him, and throw him into a lake in that exact order.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ he best part is that lily did not magically fix toren, nor did he magically fix her. love did not swoop in wearing a little cape and clean up their entire lives. they both had to choose differently. they both had to face old wounds. they both had to stop letting the past steer the car while pretending they were in control.


₊˚꒰ ⟡ ˙ v. waterfell university. ₊˚⊹ ꒱
‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ what made undone feel especially satisfying as a finale is that toren and lily both have this outsider energy within the broader found family. this is not just toren finding redemption or lily finding love. it is also about them finding where they belong. with each other, yes, but also inside this chaotic little waterfell family that has been emotionally body-slamming me for multiple books now.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ seeing the series come together through them felt right. painful, obviously. this is peyton corinne, not a spa brochure. but right.


₊˚꒰ ⟡ ˙ vi. conclusion. ₊˚⊹ ꒱
‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ this gave me exactly what i wanted from toren and lily. i wanted intensity. got it. i wanted old wounds. got stabbed with them. i wanted childhood-friends and past-lovers tension. delivered. and yes, i wanted tattooed biker hockey man content. i am not better than that. i have never claimed to be better than that. listen. i am only human. barely. you put a tattooed hockey player on a motorcycle. i'm so feral right now.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ but the real reason this hit five stars is that it felt emotionally complete. toren and lily's relationship had history, chemistry, pain, and payoff. i loved that their love was not easy. easy would have been wrong for them. toren and lily needed messy. they needed difficult. they needed honesty dragged out by the ankles. they needed to stand in the wreckage and decide whether they were brave enough to build something real out of it. and when they did? i was done. fully undone, actually. title accurate. five stars for truth in advertising.

— 5 stars. ⋆˚☆˖°.ᐟ


‎── ⟡ ˙ 🪻༘ ₊ main tropes. ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎
⟢ college sports romance
⟢ little weirdo girl x big freak boy lol
⟢ freak4freak
⟢ second chance
⟢ outcasted loners
⟢ found family
⟢ basically fated mates
⟢ it's only been you
⟢ his tattoos are a shrine to her
⟢ yearning and self-loathing
⟢ depression and deaf rep


⌗ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎started: jun. 3rd, 2026. ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎⌝
‎ ‎‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎⌞ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎finished: jun. 7th, 2026. ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ✦


₊˚⊹ ᰔ pre-review:
⤿ i'm crying. i'm gonna be so insufferable about this series. also, in the spirit of transparency, i may be slightly biased because toren kane is tattooed, rides a motorcycle, has emotional damage, AND IS SECRETLY A SOFTIE. but also maybe peyton corinne should stop manufacturing men specifically designed to ruin my frontal lobe. rtc!

₊˚⊹ ᰔ pre-read:
⤿ i got the arc for undone, so naturally i am clocking in, losing sleep, and reporting to waterfell university for one final emotional breakdown over toren kane. i fear this is the book that will make me fully feral, academically useless, and legally unfit for society. already predicting the 5 stars.


‎── ⟡ ˙ 🪻༘ ₊ review and ratings.
⊹ unsteady. ┆ 4 ⭑.ᐟ
⊹ unloved. ┆ 4.5 ⭑.ᐟ
⊹ unbound. ┆ 4.75 ⭑.ᐟ
⊹ undone. ┆ 5 ⭑.ᐟ

thank you atria books for the arc via edelweisiss! all opinions are my own.

[joni ౨ৎ (ia) · Rating 5 out of 5]

𐙚⋆°｡⋆♡ ── infinity stars

review is here!!!


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.

okay so starting this off by saying this is like the most vulnerable review ive ever written.

lilian lablanc is a very sensitive topic for me, i knew the moment i met her (while reading unbound) she was a very special person. depression representation in books is always something i am personally drawn to and am very emotionally attached, as someone who's struggling with it - it's really healing to see my struggles written on a page. toren obviously caught my attention from day one, when he was introduced in unsteady

second chance is my favourite trope of all time + angst and yearning and lots of pain just makes it even better, the best part of this trope is how raw and authentic it feels. two people who may have not been able to make the best choices or life didn't let them be happy at that certain point in time but are given a second chance.

i couldn't open undone without sobbing, every single page is written with such pain and love. reading lily's feels like opening a wound that hasn't healed, her struggles with being a 'weirdo' her entire life and struggling to connect with others and making friends. as someone who has always felt like an outcast and never really felt like they belonged anywhere and the topic friendship is something that keeps me up at night - thank you peyton for making me feel seen.

adding to the reason this story is very special, all i've ever wanted as a child was to be seen and understood - this story about two characters and all they've ever other is see and understand the other. people may not think of a toren like character when they think of their ideal man, but he truly sees every broken up part of her and all the things she hides from everyone else and loves her despite it.


✧˖°🏒 ⋆｡˚꩜ 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]

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😭

[cat (catching up slowly)]

・❥・⁀➷ 𝕡𝕣𝕖-𝕣𝕖𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕤𝕖

june 18th- 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

[veerali]

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

sincerely,
vee x

[carolina (semi ia) · Rating 5 out of 5]

I can’t decide if I want to live inside this series or inside Peyton’s mind (possibly both?). Undone made me appreciate the whole series so much more because of the way everything connects. There are so many invisible threads that tie the 4 books together, and the way it all comes together in the final book is brilliant. It’s fitting that art is such a big part of Undone, because, to me, it’s like Peyton has been painting a beautiful masterpiece since Unsteady and we get to see the final result in Undone. A true work of art.

Toren and Lily’s story annihilated me. At a certain point, I had a huge lump in my throat and my chest hurt because it was hard to breathe. Their story is so raw and I didn’t just read it, I lived it. I felt every word in my soul.

I will share a full review closer to the release date, but I’m going to leave a few (non spoilery) quotes down below. Thank you so much Atria and Netgalley for the e-arc 🫶🏻

The first time I held Toren Kane's hand, I thought I'd died. I was seven and it felt like my heart was exploding.

Talking about Lily used to feel like speaking through a mouthful of broken glass. Now... now it just feels wrong. Like my body rejects the thought of sharing even my memories of her.

Van Gogh is... special to me. It's personal, even if it's all l want to speak about most of the time. As a child, his art made everything loud in my brain go quiet. I couldn't get enough of it, couldn't see enough of it. It's just the same now.

Lily and I had found each other as children. She's just as odd and strange as she was that first day. We've fought before, but it's never been real or hurtful—always more to rile her up, to pull her from the numbness she so often sunk into, even unknowingly. But we've always had that innate trust in the existence of each other.

Can she see the threads of our history tangled up and wrapped tightly around us both? Can she see the one that feels like a leash perpetually pulled around my neck on a lead held by Lily fucking LaBlanc?

Toren Kane doesn't expect anything for himself because he's been so unbelievably disappointed by everyone around him his entire life. The dreamer he was as a kid is gone, buried so deep beneath walls of anger and fear. But I can still see it.

We lived in haunted houses, full up with ghosts that made us unwanted. Except to each other. The problem was where my ghosts wanted desperately to get rid of me, hers wanted to sink their claws deeper, to never let her go.

"You and me."The words melt me, my voice soft as I say, "Forever.”

I want this. Family. Friends. Lily and me, not alone and entirely reliant on just each other. I want a loud home, big family breakfasts. Maybe this is the beginning.

[elise ⋆౨ৎ˚⟡]

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 !!

[mags · Rating 5 out of 5]

5⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

"There's not a world that exists, in the multitudes out there, where Toren Kane and Lily LaBlanc aren't tied together. True soulmates who would find each other, no matter what" 🌌❤️‍🔥🎨🏒💜♾️

oh where do i even start. this book is EVERYTHING to me. this book may have been my favorite in the series, which is crazy bc I thought it'd be almost impossible to top unbound. i have been waiting for tor's story since book one and let you tell you it did not disappoint, it did break my heart 100 times over though 😭 seeing him finally get the love and family he deserves was so beautiful, it had me sobbing multiple times, and don't even get me started on tor & the harrises😭😭❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹

lily and tor are truly soulmates, in every single way possible. their love was so pure and consuming, i could read 1000 books about them. they were so deep and angsty but also SO fun and freaky, im obsessed

and lily & paloma my babies 😭 their friendship healed me, i love them SO dearly. same with tor and holden, the way holden kept showing up for tor no matter what🥹 & paloma & tor's "reluctant alliance" (aka they were friends who wouldn't admit it) two sides of the same coin they are

i am so sad to be saying goodbye to this series & these characters that i have grown to love so so much, but they will always have a special place in my heart ❤️‍🩹

thank you so so much netgalley for this arc!!

[naima ☠︎ꨄ︎]

im going feral for this book.

[manas (traveling)]

praying to everything that i get this arc

[Masha · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wow. Best book in the series.

Thank you Netgalley as well as the author for providing me with this ARC, in exchange for my honest review. This book was amazing, heck the whole series was jus wow!! and I thought I loved the last book the most but this one went even above and beyond that. I am literally so sad this series is over. After reading last book I was awaiting Lily and Toren's story so much and it definitely delivered. I wish Peyton had more books/series for me to read because her characters, her writing, all of it is chef's kiss. The way Lily always took care of Toren and vise versa. I just...I am not sure when I will get over this book but it will be a while.

[asra⭑.ᐟ (hiatus)]

goddamn that cover is hot.

[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.

[zee]

── .✦ pre-read
july 21st

After reading the beauty that was Bennett and Paloma, I am so excited for Lily and Toren. How much you bet his tattoo of lilies is in reference to her? I already love Toren from his snippets in the previous book.

Lily also is so cute in the previous book, I am so hyped to read about her!

[lili · Rating 5 out of 5]

these absolute babes!!! loved this book and it was my favourite trope ever!!!! so good

I loved lily and toren they truly were adorable, soulmates!!!! the childhood best friends trope has always been my favourite so it’s no surprise i loved this book as much as i did. I loved how everyone feared toren in a way but not lily, never lily. I loved how they both knew each other so deeply and how much they cared for the others well being.
This was a really good ending for the series and the found family aspect of it was one of my favourite thing.
I wish we had more palomalily scenes in this book because they have the sweetest friendship ever, so precious and pure. Also loved the palomabennett crumbs obviously 🤏🏻!!!!
can we also speak about this gorgeous cover! stunning

[abby :) · Rating 4 out of 5]

the day i thought would never come has finally arrived. atria accepted me!!! no but seriously, so many thank yous to atria and netgalley and peyton corinne!! being able to read this has been a joy i do not take for granted!!

from day one, from the very first mention of him in unsteady, i knew there was something about toren kane and that he would be love of my life. mysterious, brooding boys who stick up for the women around him... yeah thats my type. plus he's tall with an insane amount of tattoos, we're meant to be. peyton truly did a wonderful job with his character and i cannot believe i have to say goodbye to him, and the rest of my waterfell family. these characters each hold such a special place in my heart, so yes i am incredibly biased when it comes to reviewing this book.

we know that toren has a secret past of some sort and that a certain someone with red hair is at the center of it. getting to see their story unfold was so satisfying, finally understanding toren and getting to understating lily through these pages, i love them! so much of the story in these books is rooted in relationships, not the main romantic ones but the parental figures, the literal parents, the found family + friends. that is what makes these books wonderful and i WISH we saw more of that here. i don't wanna say too much now, because we still have a couple months until release day, but i will be back later to expand on my thoughts.

TRUST me tho, i will be rereading and purchasing a beautiful copy of this book for myself. the acknowledgments made me cry a bit too much so i'm out of coherent thoughts.. be back soon!!

*thank you to atria and netgalley for the copy!*

[andreea ᥫ᭡]

𐔌 . ⋮ pre-read ☕️.ᐟ ֹ ₊ ꒱

day 3 since finishing all three undone books and i’m still stuck there like nothing else exists. i’ve tried to move on, i really have 😞 it’s just not happening.

october could not come any slower or i could not be more impatient

[har]

if you hear me screaming its cause i got the arc?! MWAUH ILY ATRIAAAA

[Kate · Rating 4 out of 5]

Toren Kane deserves the world.

I knew I’d love this man from the moment we met him, but fucking hell. No, you don't understand. The man is quite literally Warren Peace. Yes, you read that right... WARREN PEACE. This reignited my childhood crush. I felt like I was reading the couple that should've been in Sky High. IYKYK... Layla + Warren supremacy 🏆

He is so protective. SO devoted. He has a literal shrine of tattoos for her. Nope, I can't cope.

I don't think I can formulate a substantial review so just take a look at some of my inner monologue while reading:

He is so gentle with her, oh my god.

Oh, they are both obsessed. Got it 🙂‍↕️

Sad emo boy who loves The Smiths? My literal teenage dream. 🎶 You make me feel like I'm living a teenage dream. 🎶

Slow dancing with bloody knuckles to Death Cab For Cutie at the prom. Literally knock me out.

CRACK. This book is crack.

I'm sorry... NINE inches???

LIAM!!! Never met a Liam I didn't love.

The breakfast scene… 🥹🫠💓

If you can’t tell this was beyond nostalgic for me. The Smiths, Death Cab, Boys Like Girls… your voice is the soundtrack of my summer… you’ll always be my THUNDER. Dude, I can’t. The playlist took me TF out.

HOWEVER. Why is this a four? Because even though I quite literally love the man, and HE is infinity stars, there were some issues I had:

1. Lily felt infantilized at times and I just don’t feel like we got nearly enough individual character growth for her. She was just sort of meh for me.

2. Lily’s dad felt like a plot device that never came full circle. I was left with a handful of unanswered questions that will quite literally never be answered since this is the last book. It made the actual plot feel like an afterthought.

These are just my gripes. I still had such a good time and it’s a toss up between this and Unbound, but definitely top of the series for me. These last two books were just on another level in comparison to the series as a whole.

[sam]

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

[cyd · Rating 3 out of 5]

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for an advanced readers copy in exchange for an honest review. This book had a lot of things I really liked and a lot of things i didn’t which is honestly how I feel about it this entire series. The book had a great premise as do all of the books in the series but they all lack execution. The story jumped from moment to moment getting rid of any tension that could possibly be built. The romance didn’t hit because we barely got to see any development. For two people who had known each other since childhood they had no spark in my opinion. Their backstory also just felt so cartoonishly evil that it was hard to take serious. It felt like every possible thing that could go wrong for them went wrong and it got to a point. Lily’s father felt like a supervillain and a lot of his plot line made no sense. It’s hard to review this without spoilers so I am going to get into minor spoiler territory here. The arranged marriage plot line made NO SENSE considering these are college students in a modern timeline. It wasn’t for monetary gain and the reasoning made no sense. Then the “marriage” between Toren and Lily also came out of nowhere and did not pack the buzz that it was going for. The scenes with Holden also went nowhere. I loved his character honestly and I was not at all opposed to him being involved but the scene with he had with Toren and Lily also went nowhere. Toren had more tension with him than he had with Lily so i don’t understand the point of adding that in. This book while being fun to read was honestly a huge disappointment for me. Fans of the series would still probably enjoy but for me personally I wouldn’t recommend.

[justine ⊹ ࣪ ˖ (slump era)]

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

[Brooke · Rating 2 out of 5]

Thank you to Simon & Schuster Canada for the arc 💗

Truly such a highly anticipated read for me after really falling for Lily/Toren in “Unbound”, but boy my expectations were too high and now I’m left with such disappointment.

I love Lily and Toren as characters. The build up we got of them prior had me feigning for more and to know the back story of these two. Once we got to their book though, it all went a bit out the window. I feel like Lily was very docile and manipulated by her father and used Toren as a bit of a crutch. She gave off the vibe that she was basically only alive because of him, which to me isn’t healthy at all. Toren was the sweetest, most misunderstood boy ever, and we got some development and quite a bit of his backstory, but I feel like I needed.. more?

I also feel like we focused a lot more on the sexual aspect and their emotional connection was just, like I said, a crutch for Lily? She was battling severe depression and it felt so real and raw, and then when they get together in the end, it’s vanished? and any time she’s anxious or sad, he finger or mouth fucks her and it magically is better? i doubt it! I wish we had dual timeline in this because it maybe would’ve built up their childhood connection more, and not just the little flashbacks. We also built up to this traumatic event they had as kids/teens and it felt so lack luster for what it was built up to be. All of their issues of why they weren’t together just resolved themselves and we spent all this time back and forth for them to just say fuck it anyways. We also could’ve cut the length imo because it was just the sane things happening over and over.

This book just felt so far off from “Unbound” and it pains me. I adore the found family in this series so much and the epilogue had me smiling so big. Also, Torens parents, the people that they are, are everything to me!!! & Holden, my love 💗

Whole heartedly so sad because this was truly a prediction for top of the year for me abd sadly it just missed the mark.

[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!!!!)

[Kara]

This is merely my thoughts after reading Unbound.
There is something going on with the main characters in this book and... someone else.
It's giving... the ending of Game On.
If that was your bag of tea, this will probably be your favorite book in the series.

[Erin (erinsreadingroom) · Rating 5 out of 5]

☆ 5 stars

“If I have to long for her the rest of my life, so be it. Because I know she'll long for me too.”

Undone is the fourth and final instalment in The Undone series by author Peyton Corrine. I’m not even going to try and deny the fact that I was full on snot sobbing when I reached the end of the acknowledgements at 3am because I refused to put my kindle down. My heart has felt battered and bruised across the entirety of all four books in the best possible way and I’m not exaggerating when I say there are no words that will ever feel strong enough to express my love for these characters. I feel like I have been reclaiming little pieces of myself scattered throughout that I never even realised were missing until they were once again mine to hold and protect. I couldn’t have envisioned a more perfect conclusion to the series that has consumed my every waking thought for the last three years for better and for worse. The comfort and solace that I have found within these characters and their stories is incomparable to the point that I fear it will never again be replicated. Every single book has been flawless in its ability to dredge up every variation of emotions possible to the forefront of my mind, heart and soul. Joy and sorrow. Elation and anger. Gratification and frustration. Love and heartbreak. Undone takes you on a complex emotional journey from beginning to end so I highly recommend having a pack on tissues on hand in preparation for this incredible story.

Toren Kane is a character whose story has been so deeply intertwined with every single character since the beginning of the first book and I cannot express how excited I have felt to finally understand it all through his own perspective. I knew I would love him very early on in the way that he’s so deeply misunderstood and isolated from the rest of the team. Getting to experience the day he accidentally hurt Rhys during a game throughout his own narrative left my already broken heart shredding into even smaller pieces. His agony and remorse at his mistake left me feeling like somebody had thrust a dagger into my chest and continued to twist the hilt for maximum pain. The way everybody around Toren assumes the worst in response to a reputation that he has fought hard to overcome was difficult to see and I cannot express my relief to see the allies he has found in both his coach and Holden whom never fault in having his back. His yearning for friendship whilst simultaneously being afraid to let himself be vulnerable made him feel even more relatable as a reader and I often found myself feeling twitchy in my eagerness to see this sweet man achieve happiness. Beneath the tough, unapproachable-looking exterior is a true romantic that is capable of so much softness and compassion. The relationship he builds with Coach Harris and his wife is everything I could’ve hoped to see and I loved how gentle in their approach they were with their love knowing he needed time and patience to process their genuine intent. Toren is a caretaker at his core that has deeply rooted protective instincts that we see rise to the surface time and again as he gives everything he has to everybody around himself without ever expecting anything back in return. I loved his progression as he slowly realised that he doesn’t deserve to be continuously punished for past mistakes and is deserving of forgiveness and redemption. There truly is so much more that I could say about my adoration for Toren’s character… but ultimately he’s a deeply complex and vulnerable man that is capable of so much love and light. He’s a complimentary contradiction within himself in his capacity for both strength and vulnerability. Toren’s journey is significant from the very beginning and I couldn’t be happier with the outcome of his story alongside the wonderful family that he gets to claim as his own in the end.

Lillian ‘Lily’ LaBlanc means the absolute world to me and all I could think about throughout the process of reading her story is how desperately I would’ve loved to have been her friend. Lily is so unlike any character that I’ve ever met and it was everything to see her learn how to find her authoritative voice in an environment that demanded she stay silent and obedient. The way she struggles as an outcast and being known as a ‘weirdo’ truly resonated with me in the way that she yearns for acceptance, connection and friendship whilst battling feelings of not being good enough. Lily’s kindness and authenticity shines through the pages and it was beautiful to see the friendship and loyalty that she builds with Paloma whom accepts her immediately despite their differences. Her loneliness broke my heart and I found it really interesting to try and understand the complex relationship that she shares with her father. The way that she yearns for his love and approval is something that I suspect many readers will connect with and it hurt my heart to see how little value she has in herself in response to his constant dismissal of her needs. It was everything to see Lily instead slowly find herself within a community of friends thanks to Holden, Paloma and the other hockey players that happily welcome her into their arms in acceptance of who she is. Her dialogue and actions left me laughing into my pillow as she finds her confidence and comfort to thrive as the feral little creature that we love to see her behave as. Lily’s experience with depression really hits close to home with me in its raw honesty as I was left choking back tears on numerous occasions in the way I have felt so seen and acknowledged through her character. Getting the opportunity to witness Lily achieve the life that she has always wanted feels like the ultimate privilege to experience as she learns how to value her own wants and needs. I will cherish this sweet angel for the rest of my life and I just know that I will be coming back to reread her story time and again in the future.

It’s amazing how much your reading tastes can evolve as the years pass because when I was younger second chance romance was something that didn’t work me for. Now? Give it to me immediately. I live for all of the angst and yearning that can come with a second chance romance which is exactly what my loves Lily and Toren excel at delivering. I love how differently the dual-pov timeline is explored throughout Undone in comparison to Unbound in the way that it seamlessly integrates into the present as memories rather than the ‘lived in’ reading experience. Even with this not being a world occupied with magic and the occult there’s no denying that Lily and Toren are a true fated pair. Inevitable. Soulmates in every definition that matters and I loved getting to see them fight for the future that they were heartlessly denied in the past. Their bond is so unique to them with the angst and yearning being written to absolute perfection in true Peyton Corrine fashion. The way Toren desperately tries to protect Lily in the best way he knows how whilst she remains determined to reclaim her independence without his help? Deliciously explored. What I think the most beautiful aspect to their relationship is it’s not about noting down a tally of giving and taking. There’s no competition or keeping score of the emotional and physical imbalance that can exist within a bond that runs as far back and as deep as theirs. It’s about being there for one another no matter what the circumstances are as there is truly no other person that they would rather go through life with. Don’t even get me started on the shrine that both Lily and Toren have created in their devotion for one another during their time apart. The fact that we get hints of Lily’s existence as early as book one has me screaming at my ignorance and I couldn’t be more giddy in the aftermath of their story after enduring the three year wait with as much patience as I could muster. I genuinely started sobbing the moment I hit the acknowledgments page in my forced realisation that the end has arrived and there’s nothing I can do about it. I will never again get to experience this series in its entirety for the very first time and I genuinely think I’m going to have to undergo a brief mourning period in the aftermath. Lily and Toren are my two beloved weirdos that deserve every moment of happiness that their future is indicative of, and I can’t even begin to imagine a better story to send off such a beloved series with.

The entirety of The Undone series is god-tier for a reason for me and I cannot express how desperately I need romance readers to jump onto the hype if they haven’t already. Sadie, Rhys, Freddy, Ro, Bennett, Paloma, Toren and Lily mean the absolute world to me and I truly feel so lucky to have gotten the privilege to know and love them since day one. Getting to see them come together into their own unconventional version of a found family has felt both healing and rewarding to experience in the way it all beautifully comes together in the end. The end of this series feels bittersweet in its finality whilst also exciting to know that we now get to experience something new from Peyton hopefully in the nearer future. Peyton Corrine is an auto-buy author of mine for a reason and I cannot wait to see what she has in store for us next. I just know it’ll centre around more sad and hot in a journey filled with angst and yearning… so whatever it is you can count me in. Forever.

𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐀𝐑𝐂 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞.

[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... 😭