Namesake

I loved it just as much. It's a bit different in pacing than fable and definitely feels not the same than fable, now that we don't have to do the worldbuilding. In mine opinion it wraps up well the duology.

I enjoyed the first book as it was an interesting adventure. Sadly I found the second one quite exhausting. This felt more like a rushed strategic game with one problem coming after another and confusing solutions planned way ahead. The characters didn't feel that much fun or likeable anymore as Fable taking command in strategy and planning but for me it didn't quite seem to fit her, West was only bulldozing his decisions just to in his opinion (!) save Fable again and again, and the rest of the crew being rightfully frustrated but going along with it anyways. Meh

Of course is this only my personal opinion on the book and just because i give this rating to the book doesn’t mean, that everyone will have that opinion. I received an ARC of this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review, I was excited to read the next book in the Fable Duology because I liked the setting and the characters in book one. I wasn’t sure what the plot would be in Namesake because I thought that it could have been a standalone, wasn’t there the cliffhanger at the end of Fable. I don’t know what happened to Namesake. The writing style was good to read but I just had the feeling that there were things cut out in the editing process and I discussed the book with some other people and I think we found some plotholes. I still liked Fable and the crew but I started to dislike West because his character totally changed in my opinion and to be honest: I found him quite manipulative and I could not feel the chemistry between him and our heroine. The plot was okay but everything felt too rushed. I thought a lot about how I should rate this story because I was torn between 2,5 and 3 stars. Lastly, I went with 3 stars with one eye closed because I enjoyed the setting and the characters (besides West) a lot but I could not see past the plotholes and the rushed plot to give more than 3 stars. Conclusion Sadly not as good as Fable I give 3 from 5 Stars