Namesake by Adrienne Young
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Namesake is the conclusion to Adrienne Young’s, Fable duology; a Seafaring Fantasy story with action, adventure and heart.
After the cliffhanger ending of Fable, our protagonist finds herself once again, separated from the one’s she loves, as she is used as a pawn in a rival trader’s scheme for power.
Just as she was beginning to find the place she felt she belonged, more challenges are thrown in her face.
On her new ship, she runs into an old acquaintance. A close friend of her parents, who she thought was lost forever.
In her struggle to return to the Marigold, and the handsome Captain she left behind, Fable ends up learning a lot more about her Mother, particularly her earlier life; some of it surprising, to say the least.
This story takes the plotting and scheming to a whole new level, as the different trading organizations in this world vie for power and position.
I really enjoyed watching Fable’s evolution as a character over the course of these two books. Although she has always been a fighter, she was fairly helpless in the beginning in a lot of ways.
She was used so often as a pawn in other people’s games, but as she grew and discovered her own power, she became a force to be reckoned with. She became like the center of a whirlpool, sucking everyone in around her.
Overall, I am so satisfied with how this turned out. It was really a lot of fun. I enjoyed the complexity that Young brought to this one, which I felt was lacking a bit in the first novel.
In my opinion, Fable deserves the world! She discovered so much about herself, that she didn’t understand before. I feel like with that understanding, she was able to become who she was truly meant to be. My baby bird has left the nest.
Thank you so much to the publisher, Wednesday Books, for providing me with a copy of this to read and review.
I really enjoyed it!
