Quick Stats
Age Rating: 13/4+
Overall: 4 stars
Characters: 4/5
Plot: 4/5
Setting: 4/5
Writing: 4/5

A special thanks to Wednesday Books for providing me with an ARC of this book! All thoughts and opinions reflected in this review are my own.

I have yet to meet an Adrienne Young book that I didn’t like. I read Sky and the Deep way back when it first debuted, and when I read the blurb of this most release from Adrienne Young, I knew I had to get my hands on an ARC—and I managed to do so! When I learned that this book takes place in the same world as Fable, and featured characters first introduced in that duology, I decided to read Fable first, just in case. Sometimes, in these sorts of “spin off” books, it will say it’s a standalone and can be read in whatever order, but it contains spoilers for the books that were written first and/or is a bit hard to follow the world building without the prior knowledge obtained from the other books.
This was not the case with The Last Legacy.
The Last Legacy takes place sometime between about 6 months to 2 years (give or take) after Namesake, and there is some crossover between minor characters from Fable who become main characters in this book, and some events from Namesake are referred to in this book, but it is done so in such a vague way that it doesn’t spoil anything. This book really can be read before or after the Fable duology, which is something I really appreciate in these types of novels.
All of that said, I enjoyed this book just as much as I did Fable. I did find the romance lacking. I expected there to be more of it. It plays a big part as a driving force in the later parts of the plot and even gets a significant focus in the blurb, but there are very few romantic scenes in the book. What is there is well written and there’s good chemistry, there just isn’t enough scenes to build the romance into anything deserving of the role it is expected to play. The blurb made it sound like a fantasy romance, it isn’t. It’s a fantasy that has a dash of romance.
I adored the characters and the dynamics of the Roths. I wish there had been more resolution in regards to the family aspect of the book, as well as Brynn’s desire to know more about her parents that is expressed and then never really assuaged or addressed. However I do understand why the book ended the way it did—I even like it—yet there is part of me that wishes it were different.
If you are looking for a fun, morally gray fantasy with gangs and treachery and a little bit of romance The Last Legacy is definitely for you.