With as many twists and turns as Tempest Snare, Namesake will keep you hooked from the first page. Adrienne Young has a wonderful talent of making pages fly by with very little effort. She is such a fantastic story teller, and the Fable duology is definitely her best work yet.

Namesake by Adrienne Young
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Thank you netgalley and wednesdaybooks for this digital arc to read! This book will be available 3/16/21.
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Fable was such a lovely book, that I was very excited to be able to read an advanced copy of Namesake! Namesake picks up right where Fable left off. This book is just as fun, sassy and full of feelings and the first one was.
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I don’t want to say too much but I think everyone that read and loved Fable will enjoy this book just as much, if not more. The characters grew on me even more in this part of the story. Fable continues to feel all the feelings. People continue to plot all the plots. And there are several surprises in store for Fable!
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I loved it ❤️❤️❤️ Put it on your lists now for March reads!
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4.5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫 and highly recommend both books.

Adrienne Young did it again! Namesake is the PERFECT conclusion to the story begun in Fable.

Namesake picks up right where Fable left off, and while there is not as much character or world building in this one, it works because the development was so strong in Fable. Namesake therefore gets to be just the continuation of the original story - with none of the slower story lines that were necessary in Fable to set up the background.

If you are looking for a love story with a strong female main character set in a world of pirates and shady business enterprises, look no further because you have found it! Fable proves that women can be just as cutthroat and scheming as any man. I just love this story. This is a series that I will definitely be adding to my bookcases and so should you.

Thank you to Wednesday Books and NetGalley for the opportunity to review the e-ARC of this one in exchange for my honest opinion.

I am so beyond excited that I got an early e-arc through netgalley because after that cliffhanger in Fable I needed the rest of the story ASAP! Namesake, like Fable before it, was a fast paced action packed adventure that I enjoyed from beginning to end. It picks up the story right where it left off with Fable and reaches a satisfying conclusion that I think ya fantasy readers everywhere will love it too. I highly recommend this fun read!

I was so excited to read this advanced copy from Netgalley. I loved the first book and Namesake surpassed my expectations! Lobed the romance.

Thank you to NetGalley and St Martin’s Press for the ARC of this book! All opinions are my own.

I feel like Namesake was the opposite of Fable in terms of writing style. While Fable was very much lyrical and a story about growth as a person, Namesake was much more action packed. While it was still lyrical, it was much more fast paced. Don’t get me wrong, I loved Fable, but Namesake easily topped it.

Continuing on Fable’s journey, Namesake takes you on a journey of power, deceit, growth, and lots of gemstones. As Fable learns that the sea is much harder and much more deceitful than she ever thought, you learn right along with her. Some of the twists at the end, I didn’t see coming.

I loved watching the relationship dynamics within this book. They were fantastic in Fable, but delving into the deeper truths and characteristics of these characters was incredibly enjoyable. Especially the development of her relationship with West and Saint.

If you liked Fable, I think you’ll love Namesake.

4.25/5

I moved immediately onto Namesake because of Fable’s evil cliffhanger - yes, evil! Be warned!

Thank you St Martin’s Press and Netgalley for my early e-copy. Sorry I couldn’t wait to read and review it.

Anyway, Namesake was everything that I hoped and needed it to be! Fable took me a little while to get into but then I flew through it and Namesake picks itself straight up after Fable finishes (THANK CHRUNCHIE). If I had had to wait to know what happens I may have combusted and that wouldn’t be pretty I don't think!

I will try and keep this spoiler free but my fingers are literally dancing writing this - I can’t keep it in! I will most definitely include Fable spoilers though - this is your last warning.

After aligning herself with the crew of the Marigold in book one, we rejoin Fable after she sweetly went into the town to buy West his ring back but is captured while doing so. My heart broke to think about how West would feel waking up without Fable there but that’s why I loved this book so much! Namesake wraps us up once more in pirate-y adventure goodness, Adrienne Young has a magical way with words that really takes you into the world she has created and that makes my heart soar.

Fable grows even more in book two, into herself and into a leader, her story-arc has been one of my favourites in 2020 and this duology will be in my Top 10 for a while I imagine. Fable is strong-willed and clever, a fab role model and a deep character in general. Young builds the character up over the course of both books which is impressive considering most series’ take far longer to do the same thing. We learn more about Fable through her relationships and what she doesn’t say than what she does - while the relationship with her father wasn’t great, I really appreciated how it was written and unfolded. He abandoned her but she stood by him, a position I can relate to so it was great to see it written down and not used manipulatively. This was a huge part of Fable’s story and it showed us not only how ruthless she could be but also how compassionate and moral.

In terms of her other relationships - her connection with West was lovely. Nice and subtle, I didn’t feel like it was shoved down my throat and it didn’t seem forced. I did find that it was suggested a bit too often that we shouldn’t be trusting West but it didn’t affect my enjoyment and it didn’t overwhelm the narrative in my opinion. It was quite nice to have a YA Fantasy that focussed on the story rather than the love life (I think I may be over love-triangles haha). Fable’s connection with the rest of the crew was also refreshing - while they are all definitely side-characters, they all do bring something to the story and it works well to complement the main narrative.

Adrienne Young has done it again. Namesake continues right after the events of Fable. Adrienne plays with our hearts and take us on an even bigger emotional rollercoaster than book one.
I personally found the beginning a little slow, but it picked up and I read the last 70% of the book in one sitting, I could not put it down! I had a hard time guessing where the twist/story was going to go but loved how she did it! I know its a duo but I would love more even though it wraps up beautifully.

Huge thanks to NetGalley and Adrienne Young!

I really loved Fable and honestly think that it should have been a stand-alone. Namesake was very repetitive and anticlimactic. I keep waiting for the story to develop but it never really did. There were a few new revelations but overall I felt it was all stuff I already knew from reading the first book.

I did love where the characters ended up in the end but like I said I think this would have been better as a stand alone.

Another fantastically written adventure from Adrienne Young!

Fable is a resourceful, stubborn, extremely loyal girl. Even after her father abandoned her on the shores of a very unwelcoming island she still strives to protect him. And that protection could cost her everything, including the love of her life West.

The world Young has dreamed up is full of cutthroat sailors, scheming merchants and a band of fearless outcasts who sail the Marigold, their ship to safety and freedom. The first book in the series introduced us to the crew and I wish they had starred a little more in this sequel looking forward to reading more from this author.

Thank you Netgalley for the ARC, this is my honest review.

Now that I am done and digested, I give this a solid 4. I thought the beginning and ending were much stronger than the center part of the book. I personally found the main relationship to be the part that stopped this from being a five. It just didn't blend well with the rest of the story. The relationships between Fable and her Father/other characters in the story were much stronger. I would have also liked more of the secondary characters because they were so strong (like Koy). I also really loved the setting. The plot could use a little more flushing out, but I enjoyed the way everything worked itself out in the end. All in all, solid follow up to Fable. I enjoyed this second book more than I enjoyed her second book, A girl the sea gave back.

*** WARNING - THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR BOOK 1 ***

First of all I owe a huge thank you to the fellow booknerd who mentioned that this book was available on NetGalley. I’d just read, and loved, Fable so I immediately downloaded a copy of Namesake. I couldn’t wait to dive back into this amazing world created by Adrienne Young and see what would become of these wonderfully complex characters...

Namesake picks up where Fable ended, and I was instantly thrust back into the action and adventure. Fable finds herself in quite a predicament. Kidnapped and held against her will on Zola's ship, seperated from West and her crew and forced to help Zola on a job, she is surrounded by enemies, all with their own reasons for wanting her dead. All she wants is to survive this job and get back to The Marigold. But Zola's job is not what it first seems. In Bastian, the past is revealed and new foes are encountered and Fable is left questioning the motives and loyalty of those closest to her. She will need to tread carefully to ensure she can get back to the life that she's always wanted without losing everything.

As with book 1, I loved the writing style in Namesake. I felt fully emerged in this high seas adventure and did not want it to end. Having said that I was desperate to see how the story would play out. I wasn’t disappointed. Unlike book 1 where this new world needed to be built and explained, book 2 was free from that obligation. The world was created and the scene set in Fable, so in Namesake the focus is on plot. And what a plot it is! Full of twists and turns, I never quite knew what to expect next.

All of the main characters from book 1 make an appearance in book 2 and I definitely fell more in love with The Marigold and it’s crew (especially their rather dashing but morally grey helmsman!).

My only disappointment is that this is a duology. I’m really hoping (and praying) that we get some more books set in this world looking at some of the other characters (although I’d be equally excited to read more about Fable and West). I’d love to know the backstory of Willa, Koy, Paj and Auster (pretty please Adrienne 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻).

I genuinely cannot recommend this duology enough. I loved everything about it ❤️

* I was granted permission to read this book early through Netgalley, for my honest review.”

Man oh man do I love this little duology.. it really needs to be a series! I’m talking at least one more story with the certain main characters having a baby(Ha a girl can dream) and then some spin-offs; Isolde’s story, Saint’s story, Isolde and Saint’s story, and even West’s story. I mean I would devour them all. I wants.. no.. NEEDS them!! *Gimme Gimme Gimme*

Adrienne has a way of grasping a reader and pulling them in. She ends chapters with you like “well I can’t set this down now, I need to know what’s going to happen.” And she does that with this story, for both books. In Namesake we meet Fable again, but this time stolen by Zola and set to be the dredger of his ship. He has ties he’s like to cut and people he’s like to impress. But of course on the tails of her kidnapping is West. He’s pulling out every punch to get her back. And then we meet Fable’s grandmother and learn some interesting history of her mother’s past. We also get a lot of scheming and backstabbing and all together learning of people.

I have this a 4.5/5 stars just because there were parts I felt needed more attention or needed less. For example, a character gets a small redemption arc and I felt like it was just a weak slap for what he’s done in the past. Honestly I feel everyone got a weak slap for petty shite they’ve done. And I felt West was being a bit of a brat. Like come on!! Fable just to set out to right a lot of things and everyone knows nothing goes perfect in those situations, so I didn’t enjoy him being kind of a brat in some parts.

All I all, I really love Adrienne’s writing and really want more!

Oh how I LOVED this book! I mean, who doesn't love a good female pirate story? Poor Fable is trying so hard to free herself from her history, and everything seems against her. Fable and Namesake have definitely made me an Adrienne Young fan!

I had very high hopes going into this book. I loved that it picked up pretty much where we left off in Fable, but a lot of what I suspected in fable was actually true. That being said, I loved the character development and the relationship between fable and Saint and Fable and west. Definitely worth buying and reading and a solid 4/5 stars.

I struggled with this sequel. I’ve literally been reading it for 30 days now almost....a few pages here and there and then going a couple days without picking it up at all.

I just feel like it didn’t capture the magic of “Fable”- which I read in one day and absolutely loved, but was irritated with the cliffhanger ending so I was excited to get this ARC.

My biggest overall take here is that this really didn’t need to be a duology. As great as Fable was, it was repetitive and could have been shorter, and this book just seemed so unnecessary. She could have put both storylines into one novel called Fable and I would have enjoyed that a lot more.

I did like the resolutions and where the characters ended up...but the book just did not thrill me or live up to my expectations.

I received and eARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.

I was equally surprised and ecstatic to receive this eARC from NetGalley. I flew through Fable in a day and a half. I had high expectations going into this book and boy did Adrienne Young deliver!

Without being spoiler‐y, new relationships are formed, old ones are tested, enemies become friends, and there was so much plotting that I wasn't sure who to trust.

If you loved Fable, I hope you will love Namesake as much as I did! And I know it is a duology, but I hope we will get to read more about the crew of the Marigold in the future.

Adrienne Young is a great story teller and her books take you on wild adventures on land & sea. I loved Sky In The Deep and enjoyed The Girl The Sea Gave Back. Unfortunately, I was less interested in reading Fable and then Namesake; i thought I would be but I’m just not interested in the premise. I’d still recommend fans of YA fantasy check her out though!

The sequel to Fable, this book picks right off where book 1 ended and the stakes are higher than ever. I found the first book to be quite average. It didn't stand out with me, this one didn't either but I did enjoy it better than the first. We see more into character relationships and dynamics here (e.g. Fable and her father) which I appreciated. I loved the depth the characters are given and how some of them aren't really who they seem. There is also more clarity in terms of Fable's background and her mother's as well. I found the romance better here, too, but still not something I'd be crazy over; I like slow burns, it's just that in this case, I didn't see it until it was already there. The world building wasn't much different here than it was in book 1, I thought the focus was more on the sea, the gems, dredging, trading, rather the world (or islands) itself. In terms of plot, I found Namesake to be more fast-paced and the tension made me want to read faster, even if I did have a hunch on how things would play out. Overall, it was a good, intriguing read with a strong heroine.

I enjoyed Fable but probably wouldn't have read the sequel if I hadn't gotten a copy on Netgalley. But I'm actually really happy I read it. I think the story comes together a lot better in part 2. We learn so much more about characters we wanted to know more about. And the relationships are equally messy but more fulfilling. I thought it was a very pretty ending to the duology.