Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands by Heather Fawcett
Genre : Historical Fantasy
Series : Emily Wilde #2
Publisher : Del Rey
When mysterious faeries from other realms appear at her university, curmudgeonly professor Emily Wilde must uncover their secrets before it’s too late in this heartwarming, enchanting second installment of the Emily Wilde series.
Emily Wilde is a genius scholar of faerie folklore—she just wrote the world’s first comprehensive of encylopaedia of faeries. She’s learned many of the secrets of the Hidden Folk on her adventures . . . and also from her fellow scholar and former rival, Wendell Bambleby.
Because Bambleby is more than infuriatingly charming. He’s an exiled faerie king on the run from his murderous mother, and in search of a door back to his realm. So despite Emily’s feelings for Bambleby, she’s not ready to accept his proposal of marriage. Loving one of the Fair Folk comes with secrets and danger.
And she also has a new project to focus a map of the realms of faerie. While she is preparing her research, Bambleby lands her in trouble yet again, when assassins sent by Bambleby’s mother invade Cambridge. Now Bambleby and Emily are on another adventure, this time to the picturesque Austrian Alps, where Emily believes they may find the door to Bambley’s realm, and the key to freeing him from his family’s dark plans.
But with new relationships for the prickly Emily to navigate and dangerous Folk lurking in every forest and hollow, Emily must unravel the mysterious workings of faerie doors, and of her own heart.
I read book one in July and jumped into the ARC of the next one
immediately because I just wanted more of Emily and Wendell! And I'm
glad I got that and many other things too in this one!
Emily and Wendell embark on a new adventure while trying to find the
door back to Wendell's kingdom and Emily works on her new project - a
map of the different faerie realms. They're joined by some old and new
faces - which includes Emily's niece, Ariadne and their Department Head,
Dr. Rose 😆 The stakes are higher with more danger involved when
Wendell's stepmother sends assassins after him.
This one had all of the things that made me love book one - cozy vibes
with darker elements, capricious fae, a very clever heroine who works
hard and very interesting supporting characters! There's a bit more
romance in this one but I'd say that the mystery is the major plot - as
Emily and her group work to find the nexus that might connect
overlapping realms and solve the disappearance of another dryadologist
while they're at it! The author's writing was amazing as always and I
loved watching these different characters interact with each other. I
feel like Emily and Wendell get each other in a way that perhaps others
might not understand, but it makes their relationship more special. And
while Emily is very particular about many things, it was nice seeing her
*try* to be patient with her niece and grow closer later!😂 Rose ended
up surprising me in many ways too! I loved how Emily handled things in
the end and this was an amazing ride! Can't wait to see what Emily and
Wendell might do next in the upcoming books!😆
You can also find this review on my bookstagram here
*I was provided with an ARC via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review*
You can also find my reviews of the previous books in the series here
Heather Fawcett is the Sunday Times and internationally bestselling
Canadian author of books for adults, kids, and teens, including Emily
Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries, Even the Darkest Stars, Ember and the
Ice Dragons, The Grace of Wild Things, and more. Her books have been
translated into more than a dozen languages and somehow all include
dragons in one form or another. She has a Master’s degree in English
Literature and a Bachelor’s in Archaeology. She lives on Vancouver
Island.
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