Fable (Fable, #1)

by Adrienne Young

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2.5 stars. I really think I was expecting more action, but I’m starting to learn otherwise (from reading her other works), that the author tends to focus more on battling our inner demons, and saves the outer “demon slashing” for a relatively few pages of the book. I personally, am intrigued enough to keep reading her work. But I’m not yet fully blown away.

I made the mistake of reading about 30% of the book, then forgetting about it for months. When I started it up again, I decided to start from the beginning, and maybe that’s why it was a struggle. The book was also just too slow for me. And I think I had higher expectations. The book picked up about halfway through, and I ended up really enjoying the last 1/3 of the book (the pace picks up here). I enjoyed the end so much that I’m eager to see how this concludes. But I can’t ignore how difficult it was to get through the first half of the book. It also took awhile for Fable (the MC) to grow on me, but by the end of the book I was wholeheartedly rooting for her. I liked being inside her head, because her finer qualities are very admirable. Truly. Besides her, I did like the crew of The Marigold, especially Willa. We learned so much from those two interacting. But for awhile the characters were just... there. Everything was very gradual with this book. I’ve read the author’s other books, and I think the plot for this book was best. And like her other books, the author did a great job of setting the tone/mood.
There is definitely a lot of mystery and lore waiting to be explored. I hope we will get satisfying answers in the finale!