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A review by lilbanne
Fable by Adrienne Young
2.0
I hoped I would enjoy Fable because it is part of a series, The World of the Narrows, but this was not for me. I enjoy reading a good YA book, but this felt extra juvenile. You would think that a story about pirates pillaging lost treasure would be extra enthralling, but I continually fell asleep while reading. Usually, I can read a book like this in a day or two, but this took a week for me to slog through. I found it boring! I'm not an avid fantasy reader, but I thought I could suspend some belief in a theme dealing with pirates because it was a bit more believable.
Nothing happened for 75% of the book! I re-read several sections because I thought I missed something, but I didn't; nothing happened for most of the book. The writing felt like the author was setting this book up as part of the series, and this was the introduction. Unfortunately, it did not set me up to want to read anything else by the author.
The story is about Fable, a seventeen-year-old girl abandoned on an island by her pirate father, Saint, four years ago after a tragic incident that left Fable's mother dead. It makes perfect sense why Saint left her there; hello, keeping her safe so she doesn't die; he leads a pretty high-risk lifestyle! Come on, people, do some critical thinking here.
Fable finds herself bartering onto the Marigold, a ship operated by dreamy pirate hunk West and West's sister, Willa. From the get-go, West is Fable's love interest, but again, we don't get any romance until nearly the end of the book, and it does not feel very believable. It's as steamy and spicy as some cold oatmeal. Fable's goal is to find Saint so she can work with him; after all, it is her birthright! After Fable finds Saint, the rest feels anticlimactic. Fable decides she wants to join the Marigold and look for the lost treasure Saint bestows as her inheritance so the crew can buy their freedom from Saint.
This was just a boring meh from me.
Nothing happened for 75% of the book! I re-read several sections because I thought I missed something, but I didn't; nothing happened for most of the book. The writing felt like the author was setting this book up as part of the series, and this was the introduction. Unfortunately, it did not set me up to want to read anything else by the author.
The story is about Fable, a seventeen-year-old girl abandoned on an island by her pirate father, Saint, four years ago after a tragic incident that left Fable's mother dead. It makes perfect sense why Saint left her there; hello, keeping her safe so she doesn't die; he leads a pretty high-risk lifestyle! Come on, people, do some critical thinking here.
Fable finds herself bartering onto the Marigold, a ship operated by dreamy pirate hunk West and West's sister, Willa. From the get-go, West is Fable's love interest, but again, we don't get any romance until nearly the end of the book, and it does not feel very believable. It's as steamy and spicy as some cold oatmeal. Fable's goal is to find Saint so she can work with him; after all, it is her birthright! After Fable finds Saint, the rest feels anticlimactic. Fable decides she wants to join the Marigold and look for the lost treasure Saint bestows as her inheritance so the crew can buy their freedom from Saint.
This was just a boring meh from me.