Thank you NetGalley for the e-ARC copy of Namesake. After I finished Fable, I immediately started reading Namesake. It picks up pretty much right where Fable left off and doesn't spend too much time on catch-up, which I enjoyed. I don't think I've read a book about pirates since I was a child and I was immersed in the story right from the first page. Adrienne Young did a fantastic job with world-building in both books in the Fable series, and I would easily read more books set in The Narrows and The Unnamed Sea. As far as character development goes, I would have liked to see a bit more depth and development, but as it is a novel written for younger audiences, I wasn't surprised that it lacked a little bit there. Overall, Namesake was a solid 4-star read for me, and I have already been recommending this series to others to pick up.

I REALLY LIKE THIS. I think that Namesake may be better than its predecessor, Fable, and I really enjoyed Fable as well!

Fable goes through a whole bunch of stuff. There's some twists and turns and lots that I didn't see coming. Fun new characters are introduced. Ships are really important and so is the ocean. There were a handful of understated, emotional scenes but I may have liked to see a few more to amp up the *drama*.

If you liked Fable, you'll be happy with the direction that Young takes in Namesake.

First off I did like the world building and getting to more about Fable and her mother, but for the rest of the book not so much. If there wasn't a romance between Fable and West I think this book be a lot better. West just became irksome to the whole plot and I felt like he weighed down everybody. I also hoping we'd get to learn more about the Marigold's crew, but alas no. But a good thing is this is a duology and end it like one and there was no loose ends.

This was such a wonderful conclusion to the Fable duology!!! I was so nervous to see what happened after that cliffhanger of Fable. I loved being back at sea with West and the fierce Fable!!! I absolutely adore them so flippin' much. I can't get enough of West and his big protective heart.

I will say this was a little slower than Fable and it took me a little bit to get into at first. I enjoyed that it wasn't crazy stessful but maybe would have preferred a few more intense moments. Plus I wish we could have gotten more West and Fable adorable moments. Although, I CHERISHED the ones we got!!! 😍😍 *Clutches heart and swoons*

I enjoyed this story so much and the writing is so beautiful! It made me feel like I was a dredger hunting for gems! The precious family/friends moments were so sweet too!!! The love story is one that just grabs your heart and has you rooting for them big time! Absolutely recommend this duology if you love sea adventures with a great crew of friends and wonderful slowburn romance!! All the characters are fantastic!

<b> "We were salt and sand and sea and storm. We were made in the Narrows." </b>

Traitor. Fighter. Survivor. Namesake is packed with action, betrayal, deception, secrets, and risk. Fable has finally found home with the boy she loves. But it's short-lived. Will Fable be able to regain her freedom again? Or will she be trapped in a powerful gem traders scheme? Saint & Fable's relationship tugged on my mama heartstrings. Like tears silently sliding down my cheeks. Never being so terrified of anything in my life. Truth. Feel like I've barely slept since the night you were born. Truth. Their relationship was probably my favorite part of the entire book. I adore West and Fable! With about 20% left, I was nervous HOW it was all going to play out. The ending events were intense! The epilogue was SUPER *sighs dreamily*. I did feel the distance between the OTP and I want more sweet and swoony, West and Fable scenes! Namesake is a story of restitution. A story of family and friends. Adrienne Young's duology is perfect for lovers of the sea.

🎶 song: Sea of Lovers by Christina Perri 🎶

Thank you Wednesday Books for an advanced copy! 🤟🏼

After reading Fable, I rushed to see if this was available - and luckily, I was approved for it.

This series holds such a special place in my heart. I love the characters and world - there's no where like it. I am a big Adrienne Young fan, so this was a welcome treat.

Thank you Wednesday Books and Netgalley for the gifted ARC.

Namesake was such a highly anticipated read for me and I was a bit worried it wouldn’t live up to my expectations. I shouldn’t have been concerned though. It picks up right where Fable leaves off and the adventure really never stops. There are so many twists and turns, so every time I thought I had it nailed down, something would throw me off!!

Namesake has the same beautiful and descriptive writing as Fable. It makes you feel like you are aboard The Marigold or wandering through the port cities. I loved how this book plays around with the family we are born into vs. the families we choose for ourselves.

I'm sad this duology has come to an end, but I look forward to many rereads in the future and whatever comes next from Adrienne Young.

Namesake is the second in a duology (first is fable)
Didn't like it as much as the first book but overall a perfect companion story that wraps up great.

Duologies are rare in YA, more authors opting to go for at least a trilogy. However, Fable and Namesake worked well as a duology, and to stretch it out to three books would not have worked.

Everything that the author painstakingly set up in Fable finally comes to fruition in Namesake. Lots more tension involving many more characters was definitely present here. It almost felt like a chess game at times. The emotions were riding high as well-- the desperation and fear you feel from West is palpable, and you can't help but root for a happy ending for both him and Fable.

The biggest strength of the story I would say is the setting. The Narrows and its people come alive in these two books, and like visiting a place in real life, reading all about this one changes you. The side characters are also very well done: you learn more about each one as you go and they matter just as much to you as the MCs.

Adrienne Young's writing style has an understated elegance about it, definitely something I enjoy, and I'm sure others will, too.

Thanks to Wednesday Books and Netgalley for providing a free e-arc to review.

I didn't like this instalment as much as the first one. I expected further character development, and if anything, the characters regressed. I didn't find them likeable or believable. Disappointing.

Have you ever finished a novel and thought, "I want to do that!" That is how I felt finished up this novel. This was an amazing capstone to the duology.

Fable returns with quite the adventure. She learns much about her present and her past, and how they merge together more than she realizes.

I really enjoyed this one. Thank you @wednesdaybooks and @netgalley for the advanced copy of this novel. I will be purchasing a copy for sure.

I absolutely adored Fable. Between the real actual pirates that do crime and badass survivor Fable, it hit all the marks for me.

So I was really excited to read the sequel. I can confirm that the series is a duology, Namesake ties up all the loose ends and wraps the story up nicely.

But I didn't enjoy the story nearly as much. I kind of struggled to finish it just to know the ending. There were so many coincidence, our merry band of misfits backstories are all a bit too convenient to make the plot continue. It felt forced. And I lost love for West and was kind of enthralled with Koy instead, who comes back into the story.

All in all it just felt rushed, like it could have been good but the author didn't have enough time to hash the story out.

This book was absolutely phenomenal! It was a perfect finale to the duology and the characters were amazing! I really enjoy Adrienne Young's writing and have yet to be disappointed in her books. Highly recommend, such an atmospheric book!

*ARC provided by Netgalley for honest review*
I really enjoyed Fable so I was excited to get to this sequel but I was a little disappointed..
I really enjoyed learning more about Fable’s mother, the world really expands compared to Book 1 and we get more adventures. But I was mad we didn’t get more of the Marigold’s crew they were just there but not really developed. Also some plots were just resolved by miracle by the end without real reasons.. I just wanted more !
Also the dynamic between Fable and West felt off to me, comparing him to a father or him being extra possessive was too much.
I also would have enjoyed knowing what Fable’s story will become after all of that.
This was still a good YA fantasy book , I really liked Fable as a character and loved the setting of the story. It was fast paced and an enjoyable story so I would recommend giving this duology a shot !

3.75 ⭐️

Fable’s life is in danger. With secrets of the past being revealed, she’ll do all she can, even if it means giving up everything she only just gained, to keep those she loves safe.

I really loved Fable. That book gave us so many wonderful things: with it’s beautiful and atmospheric world building, the difficult relationships between Fable & Saint and West & Willa, and the exciting life of sea traders, dredgers and gem sages. Namesake picks up right where Fable left off, and is very plot driven. This isn’t a terrible thing, but to me the two books would have flowed better as one. I feel splitting it into 2 stories hinders the book’s strengths.

I really enjoyed Saint’s character arc throughout this book. I wish the other characters -especially, West-would have had the same great character development (which seemed to fall by the wayside along with the world building).

Don’t take my negative comments to mean I didn’t enjoy Namesake. I thought it was great. I love the found family theme that is woven throughout, and feel this exciting and adventurous tale wrapped up nicely.

*Thank you to NetGalley and Wednesday Books for providing me with an ARC in exchange for a voluntary and honest review.

Namesake picked up right where Fable left off. Fable wakes up on the Luna after having been captured by Zola and her old friend Clove.She learned that she is being taken to the Unnamed Sea to buy back Zolas freedom to trade there. But of course nothing goes to plan and Fable is set on a course to dredge for a mysterious, and never before seen gem to save her father.

I liked this book just as much as the first book, it’s exciting, emotional and suspenseful. Both books together are a great story. I liked that in Namesake we got to learn more about Fables past, we meet her Grandmother who isn’t as grandmotherly as she would have hoped. We learned more about who her mother was and why her mother chose to leave her well off life for a life with Saint.

What I liked the most was the relationship with her father. That even though she thought that Saint was cruel, and that he left her on the island to fend for herself. Fable still loved him, she still wanted to do everything that she could to protect him, and to keep him alive and that Saint would do the same for her. His reveal that he’s always cared about her at the end was very heartfelt and touching.

Of course there is Fables relationship with the crew and West. I love the crew of the Marigold and their love for each other. Each one of them is willing to sacrifice their dreams to help the others. Even when they don’t want to. Fable and West are two sides of the same coin and that they figure out how to love each other and work together is something I really enjoyed.

My only complaint about this book was that a lot needed to happen to finish the story so I thought that it jumped around a lot and at times was hard to know where they were and how they got there. I felt as though there were parts that were missing. All in all I loved this book and Fable and I hope that Adrinnee Young writes more books on the sea in the future because she has a knack for telling these types of stories.

One thing I'd like to add, is about the covers of these books. I tend to be a "Judge a book by it's cover" person. These covers are absolutely beautiful. If I had never heard of the author before and had seen these on the books store shelves I would have picked them up. Two of the most beautiful covers I've ever come across. I probably would have bought Fable and Namesake even if I didn't enjoy the book just to have both covers together.

This is an excellent companion to Fable. The story continues where Fable left off.

And I just now figured out what this title refers to. Wow. How smart am I? Not that I was really thinking about it before.

Without giving away any spoilers to this or Fable, let me just say that this is a fun adventure story with bit of danger and some love scenarios. It would have been hard to meet the level of awesomeness that is Fable, but this definitely stands up as a great follow-up.

I really loved Fable. Did that message come through clearly?

This is a great follow up to the first in this series, Fable. I really enjoyed getting to know the main character, Fable. She is tough, smart and comes through when all the odds are against her.

“ I knew the song of the gem like I knew the rhythm of my own heartbeat.”

This book was everything I hoped it would be and more. I can’t think of one thing I didn’t enjoy. The conflict was fabulous and we got more romance in it. We even had a little surprise in there as well as a resolution with her father. This is a must read duology!!

If you enjoyed Fable (#1 in this series) then you will absolutely LOVE Namesake. Adrienne Young is able to transport you into the lives of the characters, making you feel as if you are on the journey alongside them. I am already counting the days until #3 is released.