Fable (The World of the Narrows, 1)
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Welcome to a world made dangerous by the sea and by those who wish to profit from it. Where a young girl must find her place and her family while trying to survive in a world built for men.
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I would never forget the books I've read and enjoyed from Adrienne Young. Sky in the Deep. The Girl the Sea Gave Back. Naturally, Fable would be on my TBR list. It took long to get here, but I finally did it. It falls a little short of my expectations, but I still enjoyed it nevertheless.
Seventeen-year-old Fable was abandoned on an island after a storm killed her mother and wrecked her father's ship. It was tough surviving on her own there. No one knew she was the daughter of the most power trader in the Narrows, and Fable knew better than to let anyone know. But it was because of her father that she was able to pull through all the hardship the islanders threw at her. If she could get herself out of there on her own, she would be able to have a place among her father's crew - that was her father's promise, and she was going to make sure he upholds it. She eventually sought the help of a young trader, West, when she needed to escape death under the hands of a terrible thief. As they travelled through the sea together with the rest of his crew, secrets began to unfold one by one.
And I remember getting so caught by the secrets.
I adore the world that the author has built. The intricacies of relationships among the different characters was a web to behold. The dynamics blew my mind. The kind of life the traders lead are not for the soft-hearted. Rivalries are rampant, and getting under the bad books of a trader is not something anyone would wish on another. To read about how Fable and the others go about the different obstacles made me salute them. Though considered young in this line of work, they managed to hold their own.
As for the characters... something was lacking in them. Adrienne Young did spend enough time talking about the backstories of the different characters, but it was still tough trying to cut through the barriers set up by all of them. Not enough time was put into them for me to properly be introduced.
Seventeen-year-old Fable was abandoned on an island after a storm killed her mother and wrecked her father's ship. It was tough surviving on her own there. No one knew she was the daughter of the most power trader in the Narrows, and Fable knew better than to let anyone know. But it was because of her father that she was able to pull through all the hardship the islanders threw at her. If she could get herself out of there on her own, she would be able to have a place among her father's crew - that was her father's promise, and she was going to make sure he upholds it. She eventually sought the help of a young trader, West, when she needed to escape death under the hands of a terrible thief. As they travelled through the sea together with the rest of his crew, secrets began to unfold one by one.
And I remember getting so caught by the secrets.
I adore the world that the author has built. The intricacies of relationships among the different characters was a web to behold. The dynamics blew my mind. The kind of life the traders lead are not for the soft-hearted. Rivalries are rampant, and getting under the bad books of a trader is not something anyone would wish on another. To read about how Fable and the others go about the different obstacles made me salute them. Though considered young in this line of work, they managed to hold their own.
As for the characters... something was lacking in them. Adrienne Young did spend enough time talking about the backstories of the different characters, but it was still tough trying to cut through the barriers set up by all of them. Not enough time was put into them for me to properly be introduced.
It was alright! I enjoyed it but I didnât love it. I felt like there are a lot of rules that were never supposed to be broken but they were broken constantly. There is also a lot of smiling and kissing underwater which does sound uncomfortable, as somebody who grew up in Phoenix and got a lot of water in my mouth over the years for a variety of reasons.
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