Item: Fable
Rating: 5.00
Author: charlie

by Adrienne Young

Filled with all of the action, emotion, and lyrical writing that brought readers to Sky in the Deep, New York Times bestselling author Adrienne Young returns with Fable, the first book in this new captivating duology.

Welcome to a world made dangerous by the sea and by those who wish to profit from it. Where a young girl must find her place and her family while trying to survive in a world built for men.

As the daughter of the most powerful trader in the Narrows, the sea is the only home seventeen-year-old Fable has ever known. It’s been four years since the night she watched her mother drown during an unforgiving storm. The next day her father abandoned her on a legendary island filled with thieves and little food. To survive she must keep to herself, learn to trust no one and rely on the unique skills her mother taught her. The only thing that keeps her going is the goal of getting off the island, finding her father and demanding her rightful place beside him and his crew. To do so Fable enlists the help of a young trader named West to get her off the island and across the Narrows to her father.

But her father’s rivalries and the dangers of his trading enterprise have only multiplied since she last saw him and Fable soon finds that West isn't who he seems. Together, they will have to survive more than the treacherous storms that haunt the Narrows if they're going to stay alive.

Fable takes you on a spectacular journey filled with romance, intrigue and adventure.

That ending...no. Just no. I need book two now!

After the death of her mother, Fable is abandoned on a cut throat island by her father and has to fight to survive the next four years. Dreams of escaping and taking her rightful place by his side see her dredging for gems in the hope of scraping together enough coin to barter passage off that hellhole.

What ensues is an adventure across the sea, with a mysterious crew who are playing a very dangerous game. Secrets are unearthed, friendships are formed and a new life awaits if she has what it takes to make it.

I LOVED this book! I was slightly dubious because I wasn't into "The Girl the Sea Gave Back" but after watching "Pirates of the Caribbean" 11 times at the cinema when it came out, I was all for a swashbuckling YA fantasy and boy I was not disappointed! I thought the characters were great and I was totally immersed in their world and a life of surviving at sea. The insta-romance I so hated from "The Girl the Sea Gave Back" wasn't present here, instead relationships and trust are hard won in a world that will use any weakness against you. I can't wait to see what happens after that ending...bring on book two!!

Thank you Netgalley and St Martin's Press for providing me with an advanced digital copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Fable (Fable, #1)

by Adrienne Young

Reviewed by charlie on Aug 30, 2020

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