West, Fable’s romantic interest, is in some ways just a cipher for Fable’s father, a window through which Fable can look to understand how her mother Isolde could have ever loved Saint.

The book ends with Saint claiming Fable in front of the whole trade council. (Spoiler alert!) The book begins with Saint refusing to let Fable ever tell anyone about their relationship. This book is not so much a romance as it is the story of a girl and her father. In the end, she discovers that she is both her mother’s and her father’s daughter, with the powers of both to forge her own destiny. When the most powerful merchant in the Unnamed Sea offers Fable a position at her side, Fable must decide whether to cut line with her past or make peace with its imperfections. Can she count on Saint even a little bit, or is he the reason for the mess she’s in? Can she still trust West when such darkness lies inside him? Through it all, she must confront the reality that West is as bound up in her father’s schemes and deceptions as she is. Will West and his crew come for her? Does West actually care? Ghosts from Fable’s past continue to emerge as secrets are revealed about both her parentage and her powers. In Namesake, the second book of the duology, a kidnapped Fable is carried across the Unnamed Sea.

Heartsick at yet another rejection by Saint, Fable sets out with West, to claim a treasure that can give new life to them both–but rival traders in the Narrows have other plans for the daughter of a sinner like Saint. The only thing he offers her is a map to sunken treasure, and as it turns out, the key to her inheritance has been with her all along. But when Fable finds Saint, the welcome she hoped for, is far from forthcoming. As the prickly crew begins to embrace their newest crewmate, Fable begins to feel, for the first time in forever, that she has found a family.

When the predatory gang of divers on Jevali threaten Fable, West and his crew reluctantly agree to take Fable across the Narrows.

A scoundrel who happens to be her father. Dredging up precious gems from the tropical waters, she sells them to a trader named West, hoping to someday earn enough coin to get herself off this island and back to the scoundrel named Saint who marooned her. Survival is paramount, and only the strong survive.įor Fable, a young woman stranded on the island of Jevali, her skills as a diver mean the difference between life and death.

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