Disclaimer: I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own.

This is my third read from Adrienne Young and just like the others, I found this to be an enjoyable read. While the writing and characters were enjoyable and the plot well written, it just didn't become one of my absolute favorites, though I enjoyed it.

Entertaining pirate quest story. Disappointed at the cliffhanger ending. Even books that are part of an ongoing story should have a decent ending.

honestly, i've been seeing so much hype for this book i thought it was gonna be amazing. but, this was honestly not good. it just fell kind of short for me, since we did have so much unneeded family drama and it was just boring. and i mean, this could have been good, but i kind of think i'm in a slump, which might have made me enjoy this less. but, i'd still probably read the sequel just to see if the romance goes anywhere.

Everything about this book is breathtaking. Just from seeing the cover you'd want to pick up this book. Based on the description I was really interested in reading. Pirates. Escaping an island. Showing the others that just because your a woman doesn't mean you can't manage. Fable was a strong character and teaches so much about having a strong character and bravery and not being afraid to prove yourself or going after what you want. The romance was a bonus. But I was really here for Fable herself.

I was given a free copy of the book in exchange for an honest review. Fable has grown up on the seas and watched her mother die four years ago. Immediately after, her dad dropped her off at some Islands and left her. She struggled to survive by diving for gems and dodge shady pirates. Finally, she gets West and his crew to take her to the Narrows in search of her father. Where she finds out that West isn't all that she thought and that her father is not happy to see her. Awesome first book in a duology. Exciting and riveting. Can't wait for the next one. #netgalley #fable #adrienneyoung

I LOVED THIS. And I’m so excited this a duology and not a stand-alone.

Fable follows a girl named Fable (obviously) after she’s abandoned by her father and has no family and no home. She has to fend for herself and eventually gets caught up in a bad situation and ends up fleeing for her life onto the ship of with a pirate crew.

This book is so wonderful. It explores friendships, and found families. It also does a really good job at showing how vulnerable those same friends and families can make us, and how scary it is to have that vulnerability and how scary it is knowing you could endanger them as well.

This book is a high seas adventure, with a little bit of magic, a *slice* of romance, and really awesome characters. It was so refreshing to see the main character be strong, but still scared and vulnerable and UNSURE. I loved that.

I would highly recommend for fans of Sky In The Deep or Dark Shores.

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Innovative and new, I was sucked into this book from the start. I’m definitely along for the voyage with this daring, easy to root for heroine.

One of my top reads of 2020 and my most memorable read of 2020!

Adrienne Young returns with a lyrical and epic adventure that readers have come to love her for! Fable is the newest of her books and the first in a duology, and one of my favourite books of the year. I sailed through it in one sitting.

Fable has lost both of her parents and is left to fend for herself among thieves. She finds her place on a ship as a drudger. The characters of the ship’s crew were all well written and lent great support to this story. There was romance that was slow to build and not overpowering. I am excited to see where the love story goes in the second book. The gem mage part of Fable was fascinating, and I feel this first book just scratched the surface of that storyline. This book was full of adventure and never slowed down.

Adrienne Young has such a gift for writing lyrical stories full of amazing characters, fascinating storylines, cool powers, and nonstop adventures. You do not want to miss Fable! I cannot wait for Namesake (book 2) to come out. I see myself rereading this several times in the future. Fable has reached the ranks as one of my favourite young adult books of all time.

While I did receive an electronic advanced reader copy, I did preorder the book and audiobook. The cover art and design on the hardback are gorgeous. The audiobook was extremely well narrated. I cannot wait for Namesake! Out of 5 stars, Fable was a 10 for me!

Thank you, Wednesday Books, and St. Martin’s Press for my advanced reader copy. I received it through NetGalley. All opinions are 100% my own.

Absolutely loved it! There’s no doubt that Adrienne Young is a gifted storyteller. One of the things I like best is the worlds she shares with readers and FABLE is no exception. Vivid descriptions, tension, mystery and a determined female character.

Arggggg. 🙄 A damn cliffhanger, it was just getting good and it's a cliffhanger hanger. I was already geared to read the next book, but now it's like I have to now because of this.
To me this was one of those books where I'm not really sure how to lean. I can't say it's bad but it's not all that great either. Not awesome enough to warrant a cliffhanger.
A lot of things didn't really make sense, like why did Saint leave Fable on a island where one person would kill another person just for a drop of water. His motives in the larger scheme of things just didn't make much sense.
But all in all, it a ok, middle of the road read. A decent thumbs up.

Fable is a fast paced and action packed novel set mostly at sea as the main character desperately tries to reunite with her father. I love a pirate themed novel, and Fable was no different, it had traitorous rogues, life-threatening storms and an adventure filled with intrigue and excitement! We meet our main character, Fable as she tries to gather the remaining coins she needs to leave the island she was abandoned on four years ago by her father. She’s a very typical main character who was left to fend for herself on an island of ruthless castaways, however I couldn’t help but root for her from the very first page. Fable runs into trouble almost instantly in her quest to gather more resources to sell, leading to a fast-paced chase through the island to supposed freedom. If novel includes thrilling action from the beginning, I am most definitely hooked!

The story of Fable is one of the best told fantasy stories I have read in a while, I was fully immersed in this tale from the very beginning. I was sailing the Narrows alongside Fable and the crew of the Marigold, I was dredging up pyre from the bottom of the sea bed and facing down enemies with an angry glare (I can’t fight)! Fable definitely succumbs to a few popular story tropes, but when you’ve read as many pirate themed novels as I have you can’t not expect the same tropes every now and again, so I was totally on board with them all.

However although there were some elements of the story that I predicted quite quickly, there were also parts that left me surprised. Just after halfway through reading Fable, the story took a turn I wasn’t expecting and I loved the fascinating turn of events. Sign me up as the next crewmate for the Marigold, as I am desperate for the sequel to this story! Fable and her crewmates have utterly bewitched me with their wit and camaraderie. If you’ve been considering adding Fable to your TBR or are looking for your next swashbuckling tale, then I highly recommend this fun and fantastic story.

I love everything about this book! It drew me in and hooked me from the very beginning! That ending! It was spectacular!

I loved every bit of this story. Fable is a strong, self reliant female lead who has been on a mission to make it off the island her father dropped her off at years ago. He thinks she wasn’t meant for this world and if she makes it off the island that would be proof that she is. This is a cold-hearted world. As a woman she is vulnerable but she is also underestimated. I realllllly don’t want to give specifics because I don’t want to ruin the story but just know that I cannot wait until the next book comes out. Read the book yall. Trust me.

AHHHH! FABLE! THE MARIGOLD! WEST😍
It was a true adventure, excitement and more. I loved Fable as the Mc and her strong character! The story itself was well executed, the world building is on point and Aomg i need the sequel right now!

This book has scratched every sea-faring adventure itch I have had lately. Maybe it’s the quarantine, but I’ve been craving adventure stories with ragtag found families like this for a while now. I feel like I really just scratched the surface of all the characters in this book, but it was written in such a way that I’m honestly ok with that. The pacing, story, and characters are all phenomenal, and this book really believes in show-don’t-tell, which I always appreciate as a reader. Also, WEST. Just give me more West and I will be a happy girl. Very excited to read the sequel.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the eARC in exchange for an honest review!

4.5/5, rounded up because I just really enjoyed it!

Seafaring adventures, themes of both grief and survival, complex family ties, and a world where anyone can betray you (and almost everyone eventually will): in <i>Fable</i>, Adrienne Young renders these elements with straightforward, visceral prose, and tosses in just a smidgen of magic for good measure. Though the story itself is solid, with a couple impressive twists along the way, what really holds it all together it is the fierce determination of the main character as she fights to survive in a world that seems determined to crush her at every turn. I was also a big fan of how much of the story incorporated freediving. It's such a fascinating sport/activity, and seeing a world where it is widely practiced as a full-blown trade skill was cool. The writing on the underwater scenes was lovely and atmospheric, combining the beauty of the sea with the omnipresent dangers its depths contain.

The only things I didn't completely love were:
(a) the sudden, strong romance near the end--not that I didn't see it coming, but there was so little romance throughout the whole book that it felt almost excessive, given the context
(b) the depth of the side characters--I want more about the crew members of the <i>Marigold</i>! Especially Auster, Paj, and Hamish; I feel like they were a little bare-bones despite being present for almost all of the book. Maybe we will get more of them in the sequel?

Still, overall, a great read, and one that it is very easy to sit down with and instantly lose track of time because you are just. so. engrossed. Dive into this one and prepare to be carried off on the currents of a compelling story.

A review on my blog and an Instagram post on this book will be posted later this week :)

Survival is paramount, and only the strong survive.

For Fable, a young woman stranded on the island of Jevali, her skills as a diver mean the difference between life and death. Dredging up precious gems from the tropical waters, she sells them to a trader named West, hoping to someday earn enough coin to get herself off this island and back to the scoundrel named Saint who marooned her. A scoundrel who happens to be her father.

When the predatory gang of divers on Jevali threaten Fable, West and his crew reluctantly agree to take Fable across the Narrows. As the prickly crew begins to embrace their newest crewmate, Fable begins to feel, for the first time in forever, that she has found a family. But when Fable finds Saint, the welcome she hoped for, is far from forthcoming. The only thing he offers her is a map to sunken treasure, and as it turns out, the key to her inheritance has been with her all along. Heartsick at yet another rejection by Saint, Fable sets out with West, to claim a treasure that can give new life to them both–but rival traders in the Narrows have other plans for the daughter of a sinner like Saint.

Immersive world-building continues to be a hallmark of Adrienne Young’s prose, and the gripping storyline makes this duology even more compelling than her last series.

Fable is about a girl abandoned by her (basically) mob boss father and needing to survive on a cutthroat island. When this happens she is just a child. But Fable has plans.

Great story, fantastic plot, excellent characters! This is a fun, exciting, well written novel that explores tried and true situations in new and interesting ways. Even though the title and cover a reminiscent of a fairy tale, this book is not so much Disney and a bit more The Princess Bride. I found so many of the plot choices and decisions made by the characters a refreshing change from the usual in novels today. I am very glad there is a sequel!

I am crushed. Such a whirlwind of emotions is still fighting within me. I still have goosebumps... I can't believe the book is over. I fell in love with the characters, with their stories, with their uniqueness. Fable is a fierce young woman that had to fight her way into life. The descriptions in this book are so well detailed, I could smell, see, live everything with her. It's an incredible read.

Many thanks to St. Martin's Press and Wednesday Books for the complimentary e-copy of this book through NetGalley. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.