Verbal smackdowns, betrayal, and all that jazz wrapped up the story so well. As someone who thrives with what I like to call the “court drama” (whether it be traders, royals, +++) I really enjoyed the ending. There were no evil seadragons, no eye gouging, no battle to the deaths or anything like that. In some ways the end could be considered somewhat anticlimactic. So, when Fable’s priorities changed midway again, it didn’t bother me nearly as much. But in Namesake, I was reading for the characters because I had a whole first book to get invested in their stories. In Fable, when Fable’s priorities changed halfway through it annoyed me a bit because I was more reading for the plot than the characters.

A lot of the drama was on shore, so we didn’t get as much time with the crew of the Marigold, but there was still enough ship time to make it all feel pirate-y. So many strings were being pulled, full on scheme sandwiches were happening, and it was insane, fast-paced, and highly entertaining. Young took the words “scheming” and “backstabbing” and claimed them as her own in this book. Not sure why we’re surprised by this, but ok. We knew he was the shadow man for Saint, we knew he had bucketfuls of trauma, and we most certainly knew he was willing to play dirty. Like, ma’am, I could’ve told you that at the end of last book, where have you been? The man literally told you that he has killed 16 people and that he loved you in the same breath. She acts somewhat surprised that West’s hands are covered in blood and that he is willing to do anything for her. Though I do have a bit of a question for Fable.

I said it before and I’ll say it again, but it’s the type of romance where they’d give their soul and left arm for each other, and burn anything and everything that got in their way.

It’s really interesting to see the relationship from a different lens, especially when Fable gets snatched as well as the aftermath when they build up trust. I absolutely loved the relationship between Fable and West. If Fable is going to save them then she must risk everything, including the boy she loves and the home she has finally found.Alright. 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.Īs Fable descends deeper into a world of betrayal and deception, she learns that the secrets her mother took to her grave are now putting the people Fable cares about in danger. That freedom is short-lived when she becomes a pawn in a notorious thug’s scheme. With the Marigold ship free of her father, Fable and its crew were set to start over.

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