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.
FABLE by ADRIENNE YOUNG
Series: Fable #1
Publication date: September 1, 2020
Published by: Wednesday Books
Genre: YA fantasy
SYNOPSIS
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.
A dark maritime fantasy...immersive...and rich in sensory details. For readers who can't get enough of strong female protagonists... - Kirkus
The salty sea and the promise of something hidden in its depths, had me reading this book at a furious pace. You don't simply read Fable, you are ensnared by it. This is Adrienne Young's best work of storytelling yet!" - Shea Ernshaw, New York Times bestselling author of The Wicked Deep
Gripping, immersive, and absolutely masterful, Fable reels you in with the promise of beauty, and holds you tight with Young's signature grit. I couldn't turn the pages quickly enough. - Adalyn Grace, New York Times bestselling author of All The Stars and Teeth
I could taste the salt in the air and feel the waves beneath the Marigold. In a brutal world Fable shines as tenacious yet vulnerable, unafraid to do what she must to survive. This story caught me by the throat and refused to let go! - Shelby Mahurin, New York Times bestselling author of Serpent & Dove
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
New York Times bestselling author of SKY IN THE DEEP, THE GIRL THE SEA GAVE BACK & the upcoming FABLE duology from Wednesday Books. Agent: Barbara Poelle, IGLA
Adrienne Young is a born and bred Texan turned California girl. She is a foodie with a deep love of history and travel and a shameless addiction to coffee. When she’s not writing, you can find her on her yoga mat, scouring antique fairs for old books, sipping wine over long dinners, or disappearing into her favorite art museums. She lives with her documentary filmmaker husband and their four little wildlings beneath the West Coast sun.
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Fable by Adrienne YoungMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
I'd almost forgotten how much I loved Adrienne Young's writing. Reading Fable had my old feelings rushing back with crystal clarity. She has a way of describing things with such precision and beauty that you feel as if you've physically stepped into another world for a few short hours. From my experience, the time spent with her characters is never quite enough. This heroine was a character unlike any other I've read in the fantasy genre which is always a head start towards a five star book for me. Originality pulls me in like nothing else, even if it's a fresh spin on something familiar.
As a fourteen-year-old girl, Fable was abandoned on an island of bloodthirsty thieves, and she managed to survive for four years through sheer force of will and a backbone of steel. She managed to feed herself, find shelter, and outsmart the thieves who would cut her throat for her valuables without blinking an eye. For the last four years, she's had one single goal: get off the island and find her father who left her without a backward glance. They have unfinished business, and she's determined to get answers to the questions haunting her for so long.
The man who’d taught me to tie knots
and read maps wasn’t the same man
who’d put the knife soaked with my blood
back into his belt and sailed away.
Fable was born with sea legs and saltwater running through her veins. Her father is one of the most successful traders with his own fleet of ships that he rules with an iron fist. Anyone who crosses him in business is either reckless, foolish, or both. Fable and her mother were his only weaknesses but the love he had for them was too great to turn his back on. Her mother came from the Unnamed Sea, and held special abilities as a gem sage that she'd begun to pass on before she died. This ability is a natural born gift to identify and sense the properties in gems. It's been vital in helping Fable as a free diving dredger, someone who dives and locates undersea valuables to sell for profit.
Eventually she finds an ally in West, another trader who visits the island and agrees to give her passage off the island. From first introduction, you can tell that West has a closet full of skeletons. He's shifty, unwelcoming, and suspicious of her. He agrees against his better judgement to help her, so you know that he isn't as hard as he would like her to believe. I immediately liked him, seeing through his facade to the softie at heart. He's the kind of guy that takes in strays and helps the underdog to his own detriment. His crew is only a handful of four people, who are even less welcoming than him. Fable doesn't let deter her in her quest to earn their trust and respect.
I really loved reading the time Fable spent on the Marigold with the crew. The author clearly did her research on the body of a ship, the detail that goes into sailing, and described the underwater dive scenes in crisp, vivid imagery that dazzles all of your senses. West, Paj, Auster, Willa, and Hamish all have an air of desperation as if they are on the edge of disaster. Fable isn't sure what they're hiding, but as long as she's on deck with them, their trouble becomes her trouble. She wants to earn their trust, and uncover their secrets, but can they be trusted to deliver her safely to the Narrows? As you're gradually fed information, you can't help but root for this group of misfits. They've formed their own family with an unbreakable bond-something that Fable has been missing and longs for with every shred of her being.
This crew had already been in troublewhen I stepped onto their ship,but I couldn’t help but wonderif I was going to be the stormthat finally sank them.
This book was exquisite. There was romance, fast paced action, suspense, treasure, and danger around every corner. There was quite literally never a dull moment, and that includes the breathtaking cliffhanger that left me hanging anxiously on the edge until I get my hands on the conclusion. The characters were multi-faceted, often with morally grey characteristics that made them irrefutably human and interesting to read about. When secrets are brought to light and hearts are laid bare, will Fable and West's surrender be their downfall as it once was for her father? I cannot wait to find out what adventures are in store for us next.
Namesake is the final installment in the Fable duology and is scheduled for publication in March of next year
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