the writing style of this book was extraordinary. i could feel myself in the midst of it all. i might have enjoyed this more than the first book. the characters are lovable. i found myself very much invested in the book.

This book made me absolutely SQUEAL with delight!

I adored the first book in the Emily Wilde series, so if you liked that then you are more than likely going to love this one as well.

Emily and Wendell and Shadow are just as charming and lovely as they were in the first book, and we now have new characters to love and cherish (as well as a character favorite or two from the predecessor).

The slow burn and banter in this book are wonderful (there was many a moment when Bambleby was talking that I had to pause my audiobook to smile gleefully and kick my feet a little bit - he is THAT charming). The adventure is fun, the cozy fantasy aspect is top notch, and there is enough drama/risk to keep things interesting without having to worry about the safety of our main cast.

I honestly find I have less to say about books that I adore versus books that I LOATHE, so take this tiny review as my final word: I love this series and will continue to read anything that Heather Fawcett puts out. If you love Howl's Moving Castle, this is basically that but with faeries instead of magical wizards.

I am not usually a "cozy" type of reader but I have loved both of the books in this series so much! Emily is my absolute favorite and I am obsessed with her band of merry creatures (especially Poe.)

Fawcett does an amazing job of drawing the reader into Emily's world and it is not somewhere that I will forget easily! The vivid imagery and incredible character interactions make for such a fun read.

Check this out if you love fantasy, cozy mysteries, magical creatures, and light romance!

**Thank you to NetGalley, PRH Audio, and Ballantine Books for the eARC and audiobook of this unique title!**

In Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands we get another whimsical adventure that combines the world of fae and our own. While full of whimsy and magic, there are equal parts of the dark and sometimes gruesome characteristic's of the fae. We follow a group of scholars (one of which a Faerie in disguise) on a quest to find a door to his home while also trying to solve disappearances of past scholars in the area.
Magical mishaps, silly banter, action and even some terrifying characters, made this book hold my interest throughout.

Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC!

I was admittedly mildly miffed at the end of the first book when I realized it wasn't a standalone, but now I'm actually really happy it wasn't! I thoroughly enjoyed this sequel! Mostly because it was much more personal--it was still written as journal entries, but much less academic. I loved Ariadne and Professor Rose as new side characters, and Wendall and Emily were just too precious.

Does it make sense? No. But was it cozy and easy and fun? Absolutely.

A cozy fairy world! Who needs anything more. I absolutely was intrigued from the beginning and this was so fun! Highly recommend.

Oh, not loving this one made me so sad. I loved the energy of Wendell and Emily annoying and then falling for each other in book 1, but in this one he was out of it or sleeping for so much of the story that I felt like all the good stuff was missing. Bring on the sweetness and spice! Overall, it felt very meh.

Emily must try to find wendells door so he can make.it back home.
They also must protect him from his stepmother who is more scared of Emily then Wendell
Along the way they help villagers try to find 2 lost people.

I was excited to dive back into Emily's world and see what she would be up to next. I did find it tough to stay engaged during some parts, but overall this was a great sequel!

I absolutely loved everything about this book!! The new additions to the group, Ariadne and Rose, were something I didn’t see coming but it really helped the story move along and it added to the interest of the plot. Wendell is absolutely perfect and i loved how he was not one of those alpha male types that wanted to be in control of everything but instead had faith in Emily to know what she was doing and how to protect herself. The banter between these two was so good, I was giggling the entire time they would argue about something. Although the beginning of the book was a bit rough because there seemed to be a lot of info dumping although its the second book, it made the story and plot just that more enjoyable. This was one of my most anticipated reads of 2024 and it lived up to all the expectations I had for it.

This second installment of Emily Wilde was just as cozy, magical, and intriguing as the first! With a new setting, a new goal, and new characters it kept things fresh yet familiar.

I loved Emily's niece and, although it took some time for him to grow on me, I also grew to appreciate Rose. Both characters added to the story and to Emily's character growth. I was also thrilled to see a but if Poe the Brownie again and I wish he was real and could be my friend.

I was really enthralled with Emily's journey into the land of the fae, but I wish we'd had more of that. I understand why it was written the way it was, though. Hopefully in the next book we'll get more visits!

Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands by Heather Fawcett is the follow-up novel to Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries. Written in the same diary format, Otherlands also maintains the same delightful combination of adventure, whimsy, and romance. Just like book one, this was a five-star read for me. I can’t wait to see how Emily Wilde’s next story unfolds

The Emily Wilde series is a whimsical, flirty piñata that rains twigs and leaves and magic on your head when you crack it open—that is to say, totally bewitching and entrancing?! Not only is the journal entry style of the writing clever, but her characters are literally 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵, yet flawed in an amusingly human way.

I feel like I've stumbled upon something written for 𝘮𝘦. Emily is educated, well-spoken, headstrong—but not obnoxiously so, and her suspiciously faerie colleague Wendell is everything dreamy about guys who exist in the minds of talented writers. Absent is the macho, all-knowing powerful alpha-stereotype dude; instead, a clever male character of wit was adoringly created, unique in the genre of fantasy, contemporarily speaking.

With a perfect balance between plot and character motiviation, better pacinf than the first book, in my opinion, and an interesting, fresh take on fae, I don't know how anyone wouldn't be enchanted by this series.

I was so excited to get an ARC of this book! I truly enjoyed book 1 and could not wait to get my hands on this. Emily and Wendell are so cute and I love their dynamic. I also love how this book was a little darker than book 1. So good!

DNF after half of the first chapter

Full disclosure I didn't read the first but this writing style is not for me. You can write a historical fiction book without being boring and flowery.

I didn’t think it was possible for me to enjoy Emily Wilde’s journey as deeply in the second book, but I was blown away upon entering this story. This book gave more of everything I enjoyed about the first book – more adventures, more Fae, more confusing oddities, more magic, and more love.

I’m such a fan of a journalistic writing style and this series takes it to an amazing new level as we follow Emily, Wendell and Shadow and several new characters on a journey to another village facing down varying Fae folk with guest appearances from our favorite – Poe.

I love this story and series so much and I can’t wait for it to continue!

Also, Wendell’s little quote below just took my whole soul away:
“In order to be surprised, I could not have known already that you are capable of anything.”

Thank you so much to NetGalley and Del Rey for the E-ARC of this book!

I found the first book in this series delightful and cozy. It was one of the best examples of this new low-stakes cozy fantasy genre that has hit the market. But this sequel didn't live up to the original Yes, Emily and Wendell are off on an adventure. Yes, one of them is in danger and they need to deal with the fae to solve the problem. But because it was so similar to the first book it felt formulaic and stale. It was cozy. It was well-written. There was nothing fundamentally wrong with it. I just think the sequel needed to bring a bit more punch to keep me interested.

I love a cranky protagonist and Emily is no different. This has become one of my favorite series. While I don't know if they count as cozies, Fawcett's world is like coming home., shaggy dog at your feet and handsome fae man making you tea.

I loved this so-much, I was desperate to read this and now desperately wanting more. Yet again Heather stole my heart with this book, I can’t say much without spoilers but if you loved the first you need to read this

So freaking good.

One thing that I loved about the first book was the research notes, and guess what? They are still there and still hilarious. Neither the first book nor the second book lost the sense of adventure or wonder with the inclusion of these footnotes. Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands is high on the list of books that I will enjoy for years and years to come.

Heather Fawcett, please keep going!