saintisolde truly are my favorite people, and this book just confirmed it further, in addition to making me weep an unreasonable amount of times. and that is essentially what saint was: a look past the amalgamation of saint's ambition and isolde's spirit, to what made them who they are, where they are. i loved saint so very much in fable i remember reading namesake and highlighting every single line he had, and while isolde and his story was already predefined, i wanted it written out, just them, so badly. I have zero coherent thoughts, i just love everything about this - from the writing to the plot, to the characters (i always knew saint was insane but i’m very happy this book confirmed he’s certified <3 my favorite man i think?). i’m actually heartbroken that it’s done and over, because i know i’ll never look forward to anything quite so much as i did here. and then this book was announced, and i think a part of me just broke, but i still didn’t fully believe it was real - until just now, 2 minutes ago - until now that i’ve finished it, and it’s so perfect, so much better that i could’ve ever imagined wanting it to be. This book felt like a fever dream where i wanted it bad enough so i hallucinated it into existence? i remember reading fable for the first time, and wanting more, more, more about saint and isolde but i always assumed it was doomed to be one of those things you need, you wish for, but never get. If he’s going to survive her retribution, he will have to decide which he wants more, the love of the girl who could change their shifting world, or the sacred beliefs that earned him the name that he’s known for―Saint.Īuthor Adrienne Young returns to the world of The Narrows with Saint, a prequel to Fable and Namesake. He is dangerously close to repeating his mistakes and he’s seen first hand how vicious the jealous sea can be. The greater the pull he feels toward her, the farther he drifts from the things he’s spent the last three years working for. But when a young dredger from the Unnamed Sea with more than one secret crosses his path, Elias’ faith will be tested like never before. Now, he’s mere days away from getting everything his father ever dreamed for him: a ship of his own, a crew, and a license that names him as one of the first Narrows-born traders.

As stories of the fisherman’s son who has managed to escape the most deadly of storms spreads from port to port, his devotion to the myths and creeds has given him the reputation of the luckiest bastard to sail the Narrows. Nine years after his lack of superstition got his father killed, he’s grown into a young man of piety, with a deep reverence for the hallowed sea and her fickle favor. As a boy, Elias learned the hard way what happens when you don’t heed the old tales.

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