ARC Review: Fable by Adrienne Young
Plot: 5 stars
Characters: 5 stars
Writing Style: 4 stars
Cover: 5 stars
Representation: 4 stars
Enjoyment: 4 stars
Overall: 4.5 stars
Publish date: September 1, 2020. Find it on Goodreads and Amazon.
First things first: That is a *gorgeous* cover!
The book itself started out as a disappointment. I really enjoyed Sky in the Deep, and I was intrigued by the description. Also pirates. You really can't go wrong with pirates. For the first 30% of the book, however, Fable seems overly young and far too tough - enough that it wasn't very believable. I really considered DNFing.
However. I stuck it out and I'm so glad I did. I ended up giving this book 4.5 stars because, after that rocky start, I loved every minute of it.
There is more to the crew than at first it seems, more to Saint, more to Fable. The love story, when it came, was swoony. It was full of adventure and adrenaline and freedom. And risk and grudges and revenge.
I loved how Fable lived by her father's rules, and when she chose to break them. I loved her interactions with him, especially the last one. They have a complicated relationship and that really comes through. And I love how she felt her mother around her sometimes as if she wasn't truly gone.
I love her relationship to the crew of the Marigold too. They don't want her there at first, but they grow on each other and by the end seem to have adopted her into their little family. I definitely want to see more of their interactions in the next book.
And that ending! Needless to say, I'm eagerly anticipating the next book.
*Thanks to netgalley and the publisher for providing an e-arc to review (and to Wednesday Books for sending me an arc as well)
