Originally published: 2020
Page count: 353
Dates read: 4/25/22-5/2/22
2022 book goal progress: 12 out of 21
Back to the Classics category: x
Mindful Readers' Family Bookclub
genre/theme: April - Fantasy
Read my other book reviews for my 2022 goals HERE.
Description on back of book:
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. It's been four years since the night her mother drowned during an unforgiving storm. The next day her father abandoned her on a legendary island filled with thieves and little food. To survive she must keep to herself, learn to trust no one, and rely on the unique skills her mother taught her. 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 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.
First sentence:
"That bastard was leaving me again."
Favorite quote:
"It was a love that broke us all."
CAWPILE Rating: Overall - 7.6/10 - ⭐⭐⭐⭐/5
Characters - 8
Atmosphere - 8
Writing Style - 7
Plot - 8
Intrigue - 7
Logic - 7
Enjoyment - 8
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Review:
Read my other book reviews for my 2022 goals HERE.
Description on back of book:
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. It's been four years since the night her mother drowned during an unforgiving storm. The next day her father abandoned her on a legendary island filled with thieves and little food. To survive she must keep to herself, learn to trust no one, and rely on the unique skills her mother taught her. 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 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.
First sentence:
"That bastard was leaving me again."
Favorite quote:
"It was a love that broke us all."
CAWPILE Rating: Overall - 7.6/10 - ⭐⭐⭐⭐/5
Characters - 8
Atmosphere - 8
Writing Style - 7
Plot - 8
Intrigue - 7
Logic - 7
Enjoyment - 8
What is a CAWPILE Rating?
Review:
This is a good story. It has a slow beginning and much of it was predictable but I enjoyed the world and characters. I wish it told more about gem magic. I would suggest it but, as a heads up, it leaves off at a cliffhanger to get you to read the second book.
Now I'm off to read another book... but since a review should be more about the author of the book than about the writer of the blog, I will let Andrienne Young have the last words:
"Nothing is free.
He wasn't just talking about food or passage or the clothes on your back. He was talking about respect. Safety. Protection. They were things no one owed you.
And one way or another, you always paid."
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