Thank you so much to the publisher, Wednesday Books, for providing me with a copy of this to read and review.Īfter being swept off my feet with Fable, the first book in this duology, I was compelled to immediately move on to Namesake. I feel like with that understanding, she was able to become who she was truly meant to be. She discovered so much about herself that she didn't understand before. I enjoyed the complexity that Young brought to this one, which I felt was lacking a bit in the first novel. Overall, I am so satisfied with how this turned out. She became like the center of a whirlpool, sucking everyone in around her. She was used so often as a pawn in other people's games, but as she grew and discovered her own power, she became a force to be reckoned with. Although she was always a fighter, she was fairly helpless in the beginning in a lot of ways. I really enjoyed watching Fable's evolution as a character over the course of these two books. This story takes the plotting and scheming to a whole new level, as the different trading organizations in this world vie for power and position. In her struggle to return to the Marigold, and the handsome Captain she left behind, Fable ends up learning a lot more about her Mother, particularly her earlier life some of it surprising, to say the least. A close friend of her parents, who she thought was lost forever. On the rival trader's ship, she runs into an old acquaintance, Clove.

Just as Fable was beginning to find the place she felt she belonged, more challenges are thrown in her face thwarting her happy ever after. Additionally, she is being used as a pawn in a rival's scheme for power. Namesake is the second book to Adrienne Young's Fable series a YA-Seafaring Fantasy story.Īfter the cliffhanger ending of Fable, our protagonist finds herself once again, separated from the ones she loves. martins press/wednesday books for the ARC! <3 it has a perfect beginning with ‘fable’ and ‘namesake’ gives it a perfect ending.Īn eternal thanks to st. its very plot focused, but its so fast-paced that its easy to overlook everything else.īut i absolutely love how this story is resolved.

and i do kind of wish this second half was just combined with the first book - i think it would have balanced out nicely to just have been one longer story, as i noticed there isnt as much world-building or character development in this sequel. This sequel is just as daring, just as adventurous, and just as swashbuckling. Once again, AYs writing has transported me straight into my fantasy of living a stolen life on the open seas with the salty wind in my hair and a map in my hand, with a loyal crew by my side and the unknown on the horizon.

If you thought i was overreacting about how much i enjoyed 'fable,' you arent even ready for how i feel about this sequel.

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