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Fable by Adrienne Young

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ashleypommer's review

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adventurous challenging mysterious medium-paced

Strong character development? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

littleredmacks's review against another edition

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adventurous medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No

2.5

The beauty of the covers of this duology is what drew me to it. However, the insides don’t quite match the beauty on the outside. I admit that I went into expecting beautiful writing and well developed characters that draw me in, but that wasn’t quite the case. I ended up bored and finished simply because I had already bought both rather than because I wanted to.

I really did enjoy the various nautical elements we got and thought they were mostly well done. However, everything just felt surface level and almost nonsensical at times. If the adventure and diving had taken center stage over the unbelievable romance, I think it would have been better.

That cover is still gorgeous though.

marissathatgirl's review against another edition

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adventurous hopeful mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

Since this was my first read in this type of book I have a 3.75 because it took me a minute to actually figure out what things were and meant In the book. But overall I did like the book and can’t wait to read the next one Namesake. Because can you say cliffhanger! 🥲

samphiresyl's review against another edition

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4.5

ILLEGAL CLIFFHANGER!!! HELL NO,,, but at least I was able to immediately retrieve the 2nd book from the library :) I LOVED the world of the Narrows. The pirate vibes, the diving, the trickery, the gems - it was all so cool to read about!! Fable and West BETTER work out bc that is one of my new otps!! SPOILERS BUT

THEIR UNDERWATER KISSS!??? OKAY ANNABETH AND PERCY!!???

The found family was so cute, and I hope that the 2nd book dives more deeply into their characters. Okay, but how did Zola know that about Fable?? let's be real, I bet

that Clove is a spy for Saint...

I will say that Fable was a little naive, especially concerning Saint, but daddy issues will definitely do that to you T.T I read this in the days leading up to my Oma's memorial, so it was really nice to have a story to get lost into.