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A review by bringmybooks
Fable by Adrienne Young
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
tense
fast-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Thank you to NetGalley, Wednesday Books, & St. Martin's Press for the opportunity to read and review this book before it's publication date! This in no way affected my review, opinions are my own.
Well, Fable. You did it. You and your motley crew have officially made it into my top 5 books of the year. (aka I LOVED THIS BOOK)
This felt like a mashup of Six of Crows (Bardugo) meets Waterworld (the film) meets Pirates of the Caribbean (film) meets Illuminae (Kristoff/Kaufman) meets Scarlet (Gaughen). So basically Adrienne Young took all my favorite things and put them together with her own delicious spin on them. Yeah. I'm obsessed.
If there are qualms to be had about this story, characters, dialogue, or any other bit of it - I honestly don't know what they are and I don't care. I was completely immersed from the first line of the first page and this story didn't let go until the very end (which is actually kind of a lie because THAT CLIFFHANGER, THOUGH).
The world building took me a little bit of time to fully wrap my head around, but I honestly didn't mind because I found the characterization so strong - not to mention the atmospheric feel of the story. I know it sounds silly and maybe overblown to say I could feel the salt spray on my face but y'all. I did. Okay? I just did.
This is one of those unicorn books that I have already found myself recommending to anyone and everyone - my literary fiction loving friend LOVED this book just as much as me (we ordered t-shirts - it's real). I would probably describe it as a fantasy adventure thrilling romance with a strong found family feel...and I would definitely suggest you add this one to your TBR ASAP!
(Sequel comes out in March, and it's frickin fabulous as well, just in case you were interested.)
Well, Fable. You did it. You and your motley crew have officially made it into my top 5 books of the year. (aka I LOVED THIS BOOK)
This felt like a mashup of Six of Crows (Bardugo) meets Waterworld (the film) meets Pirates of the Caribbean (film) meets Illuminae (Kristoff/Kaufman) meets Scarlet (Gaughen). So basically Adrienne Young took all my favorite things and put them together with her own delicious spin on them. Yeah. I'm obsessed.
If there are qualms to be had about this story, characters, dialogue, or any other bit of it - I honestly don't know what they are and I don't care. I was completely immersed from the first line of the first page and this story didn't let go until the very end (which is actually kind of a lie because THAT CLIFFHANGER, THOUGH).
The world building took me a little bit of time to fully wrap my head around, but I honestly didn't mind because I found the characterization so strong - not to mention the atmospheric feel of the story. I know it sounds silly and maybe overblown to say I could feel the salt spray on my face but y'all. I did. Okay? I just did.
This is one of those unicorn books that I have already found myself recommending to anyone and everyone - my literary fiction loving friend LOVED this book just as much as me (we ordered t-shirts - it's real). I would probably describe it as a fantasy adventure thrilling romance with a strong found family feel...and I would definitely suggest you add this one to your TBR ASAP!
(Sequel comes out in March, and it's frickin fabulous as well, just in case you were interested.)