Filled with action, emotion, and lyrical writing, New York Times bestselling author Adrienne Young returns with Namesake, the final book in the captivating Fable duology.
NAMESAKE by ADRIENNE YOUNG
Series: Fable #2
Publication date: March 16, 2021
Published by: Wednesday Books
Genre: YA fantasy
SYNOPSIS
Trader. Fighter. Survivor.
With the Marigold ship free of her father, Fable and its crew were set to start over. That freedom is short-lived when she becomes a pawn in a notorious thug’s scheme. In order to get to her intended destination she must help him to secure a partnership with Holland, a powerful gem trader who is more than she seems.
As Fable descends deeper into a world of betrayal and deception she learns that her mother was keeping secrets, and those secrets are now putting the people Fable cares about in danger. If Fable is going to save them then she must risk everything, including the boy she loves and the home she has finally found.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
New York Times and Indie bestselling author of SKY IN THE DEEP, THE GIRL THE SEA GAVE BACK, FABLE & NAMESAKE from Wednesday Books.
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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Namesake by Adrienne YoungMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Fable was one of my few five star reads last year, so to say that I was excited to read the conclusion to this duology is an understatement. Book one left off on quite an intense cliffhanger with lots of unanswered questions. I wanted to know more about Isolde, Fable's mother. I was itching for some more in depth history on Holland, the most feared female trader who controls the gem trade. Then there's Fable and her father Saint. Their relationship had been rocky, to say the least. Could they ever bridge the distance between them? There was something that touched me so deeply about the complex love that they shared, so I was rooting for their relationship to flourish here in the conclusion. Last (and also least), is the romance between West and Fable. All of these things were addressed, and to top everything off we get a savage, pirate adventure with lots of backstabbing and intrigue.
Onboard the Luna, Fable's ability to survive is once again being put to the test. She thought that she had it bad when she was left on Jeval by her father with nothing but her wits to keep her alive. Now she must outsmart her father's greatest enemy on his territory. Perhaps the worst part about the ordeal is the discovery that she may have been betrayed once again by one of the few people in the world she considered family. I love how Adrienne Young throws you right into the action from page one. One of my favorite things from the previous book was the heroine's ability to free dive as she dredged for gems. Very early on, we get to see her put her gem sage skills to work once again. Zola demands that she lead a team of dredgers to collect a massive haul. In exchange she will earn her freedom. In theory.
Fable is just one piece on a chess board being played in an ultimate game of winner takes all. There are hidden agendas and deceit being plotted left and right. I can honestly say that I was taken by surprise several times after thinking I had everybody's motivations pegged. It's so refreshing to read a book that isn't too heavy handed with foreshadowing. Predictable books can never rise above average, and thankfully that wasn't the case here. While I did pick out some pieces of the plot, the author did a great job leaving enough ambiguity to keep me questioning what would happen next.
I believed Holland would play a big role in this book, but I didn't realize how dangerous of an opponent she would end up being. She rivaled (if not exceeded) Saint's manipulations, but there was a coldness to her that you don't see in him. As tough as he is, you get peeks at his soft underbelly. He leads a vicious life, but when it comes to his wife and daughter, you discover where his heart lies. Fable is thrown into Holland's orbit totally unprepared for what was in store for her, but she faces this new challenge like she has all the others. With bold, unshakable courage. Though I do believe that all the courage in the world wouldn't have saved her unless she had such powerful people secretly in her corner playing the long game. Despite often feeling alone and abandoned, she's far from it. It just takes her a little while to figure that out.
Whether I liked it or not, there were pieces of methat had been carved by those years on Jeval.It had changed me. In a way, it had made me.
The romance between West and Fable left a little to be desired for me. It didn't bother me that much because with fantasy, that isn't my top priority. However, West often rubbed me the wrong way with his secrecy and controlling manner with everyone. He has a serious hero complex, which shouldn't be a bad thing, but in his case, tries to make monumental decisions for other people and solve things all on his own rather than communicating. There was a lack of respect shown towards his friends as well as Fable. It didn't anger me because his heart was in the right place, but at the same time it got a little tiresome because he wasn't treating those he loved as if they were capable of fighting their own battles. I also wasn't really feeling emotional about his relationship with Fable, and I think that could have improved had there been more honest conversations between them.
The best part of the duology was Fable and Saint. They're often morally gray which makes them all the more intriguing to read about. Once again, they made me a little teary-eyed and I'm not mad about it.
In my entire life, Saint had never told me that he loved me.He'd fed me, clothed me, and given me a home,but there were limits to how much of him belonged to me.Still, even in those years on Jeval, there was some cordthat tied me to my father.That made me feel like he was mine.
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