

Nothing special about the language used in the book (nothing felt particularly quotable or memorable)įable was such a unique book! It’s the start of a duology, which is a structure that I’m still getting used to in YA novels.Fable takes you on a spectacular journey filled with romance, intrigue, and adventure. Where a young girl must find her place and her family while trying to survive in a world built for men.

Welcome to a world made dangerous by the sea and by those who wish to profit from it. Together, they will have to survive more than the treacherous storms that haunt the Narrows if they’re going to stay alive. 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.īut 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.

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 survive she must keep to herself, learn to trust no one, and rely on the unique skills her mother taught her. The next day her father abandoned her on a legendary island filled with thieves and little food. It’s been four years since the night she watched her mother drown during an unforgiving storm. Synopsis: For seventeen-year-old Fable, the daughter of the most powerful trader in the Narrows, the sea is the only home she has ever known.
