Fable
Ratings62
Average rating3.9
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Ratings62
Average rating3.9
Fable takes you on a spectacular journey filled with romance, intrigue and adventure.
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.
As the daughter of the most powerful trader in the Narrows, the sea is the only home seventeen-year-old Fable has ever known. It’s been four years since the night she watched her mother drown during an unforgiving storm. The next day her father abandoned her on a legendary island filled with thieves and little food. To survive she must keep to herself, learn to trust no one and rely on the unique skills her mother taught her. The only thing that keeps her going is the goal of getting off the island, finding her father and demanding her rightful place beside him and his crew. To do so Fable enlists the help of a young trader named West to get her off the island and across the Narrows to her father.
But her father’s rivalries and the dangers of his trading enterprise have only multiplied since she last saw him and Fable soon finds that West isn’t who he seems. Together, they will have to survive more than the treacherous storms that haunt the Narrows if they’re going to stay alive.
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2 primary books3 released booksFable is a 3-book series with 2 primary works first released in 2010 with contributions by Adrienne Young and Peter David.
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I knew I would love Fable, yet I put off reading it for months – maybe out of fear it wouldn't live up to my expectations?
Well, that was a stupid thing to do because I absolutely loved Fable.
The short and sweet summary: Fable is trying to prove to her father that she's capable of living the trader life and the ship is where she's meant to be – she just has to get herself off an island and find her way to him.
Sea adventures, a touch of magic, found family, and romance-but-not-too-forced romance? Check. Well-written characters that develop throughout the story? Check. Frustrating cliffhanger that makes me a little glad I put off reading the book because I only had to wait a few weeks for the second book? Check!
Fable had everything I love in a book. It might be too slow-paced for some, but I thought the action to plot ratio was perfect. I'll absolutely be rereading in the future!
Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for providing this ARC in exchange for an honest review.
Audiobook Review: At first, I wasn't sure about the narrator, but I quickly grew to love
Emma Lysy's voice for this story. She did a fantastic job of bringing Fable to life and had great voices for all of the other characters. I had to laugh at the beginning of each chapter, though, because of the very forceful declaration of the chapter numbers – it always managed to startle me.
This wasn't a bad book, but not for me. I enjoyed some parts, but honestly I am not a big fan of sea adventure. Also, this should be just one book, not 2. The first one ends on a big big big clifhanger.
Thank you to NetGalley for a copy of the audiobook for this tale in exchange for an honest review. Fable as a story has a smooth-sailing (pardon the pun) adventure tale that takes most of the twists and turns you expect in a satisfying way. The story lacks worldbuilding that at times feels important to plot development and I found myself often wanting to know more about the world itself and what that would mean for the characters and their intentions.
In terms of the audiobook, the team behind fable have picked the best person for the job. The speaker tells the story with the amount of gusto and passion hoped for, and makes the story entertaining. The only flaw with the audio presentation is that the gaps between chapters is fractionally too long, and each chapter had me glancing down to make sure that it hadn't paused itself!
This is a cool at-sea story, a quick and exciting read with a cool main character and a very unique setting. There's adventure and lore and good writing all around.
