The Stats
📖 BOOK REVIEW⠀📚
BOOK: Namesake
AUTHOR: Adrienne Young @ adrienneyoungbooks
Publisher: Wednesday Books @g wednesdaybooks
Stars: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Published: March 16, 2021
The Review
✨ The Title/Cover Draw:
- Another gorgeous cover and I love how it fits with the first. I actually got approved for this one and then read the first in preparation.
💜 What I liked:
- We are continuing to follow the path of Fable in her search for happiness and her journey to knowing herself. Still a lot of action but not as much kept my attention in this one as the first one.
😱 What I didn’t like:
- Even though this book was thoroughly enjoyable, I felt like there was more filler than the first book. It wasn’t boring by any means, and the journey was still good. I just preferred the first book to this one. However, it is necessary to finish the duology if you have already read the first one
💁♀️ The Characters:
- Same as before. Fable, West, Willa, Auster, Paj, and Hamish are still on the Marigold with a quest. Returning from the first book is Koy (from Fable’s past as a dredger), Zola (the villain), and Saint who is Fable’s father. New character Holland comes in with a new twist in the plot.
🚦 The Ending:
- While the ending is sweet, I would have liked to see more about what the characters end up doing.
💭 Consider if you:
- Have read the first one and love tales of adventure.
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own. Received from Netgalley.
📘 Summary:
Trader. Fighter. Survivor.
With the Marigold ship free of her father, Fable and its crew were set to start over. That freedom is short-lived when she becomes a pawn in a notorious thug’s scheme. 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.
As Fable descends deeper into a world of betrayal and deception she learns that her mother was keeping secrets, and those secrets are now putting the people Fable cares about in danger. If Fable is going to save them then she must risk everything, including the boy she loves and the home she has finally found.
Filled with action, emotion, and lyrical writing, New York Timesbestselling author Adrienne Young returns with Namesake, the final book in the captivating Fable duology.