Such an anticipated sequel and this one did not disappoint. I love this world that Fawcett has created and was so happy to be able to jump back in. I actually liked this even better than the first

Delightful, cozy fantasy brimming with traditional fae lore and hijinks. If you'd rather stay in and read about your niche interest than socialize in any capacity, Emily Wilde will be the heroine of your heart.

Loved this second installment just as much as the first. I was delighted that it picked up right where the last left off, including where Emily and Bambleby left of in their relationship arc. I also loved the newly introduced characters, and the continued expansion of the faerie lore and world.

This book is perfect for anyone looking for a cozy, entertaining, and low-stakes fantasy.

Another delightful cozy fantasy, but this time with a slightly dark undertone. Furthering the story of Emily and Wendell, Map of the Otherlands expands upon the faerie-filled world of the first story and brings in several new characters that you can't help but adore. This story is definitely a bit darker than the first entry, with brief glimpses of the dark underbelly of a world filled with faeries. I would highly recommend this to anyone who enjoyed the first story or anyone looking for a cozy read to fall into during the fall/winter months. Filled with loveable, and complex characters, Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands is a fantastic addition to the fantasy genre. And it has footnotes, and what is better than a fantasy novel with footnotes? Thank you to Netgalley and Random House for providing me with a ARC in exchange for my honest review.

I loved this book just as much as the first. The continuation of Emily and Wendell's story really didn't disappoint. These characters are so charming and delightful. They are so well developed, and I really liked the new side characters that were added in this one. Emily is such a bad ass, and I love her.

The storytelling is charming and quirky and fun while also keeping you on the edge of your seat. I often find that books that are written in an older writing style can be dry, but Fawcett has really found the perfect middle ground of antiquated writing and exciting storytelling. The setting and worldbuilding are phenomenal. Love, Love, Love!

Emily Wilde and Wendell Bambleby are back! One of my favourite reads earlier this year was 'Emily Wilde's Encyclopedia of Faeries' so I was thrilled to return to Faerie I didn't want to leave.

This time, Emily's 19-year-old dryadology niece Ariadne and fusty head of department Farris Rose are along for the ride as they search the Austrian Alps for the nexus to allow exiled faerie king Wendell to return to his realm after his stepmother sent assassins for him.

I loved dry wit and banter between grouchy, introverted Emily and charming, extroverted Wendell. Does Emily finally have an answer for Wendell? Emily doens't always get it right, but she apologises when she's wrong and and she's gotten better with other people thanks to Wendell's influence.

Another magical, whimsical adventure. Bring on book #3 I'm so invested I want to know what happens next!

Thanks to Random House Publishing Group - Ballantine, Del Rey and NetGalley for the ARC.

Ugh, I just can’t get enough of Emily and Wendell! I absolutely love them, the world, and the writing style Heather Fawcett uses.

I love how quirky Emily is, and it is so fun that the book is written as her journal.
I am so happy that some characters from the first book appeared in this one, and I really liked the new characters that were introduced.

The ending… 🤯 I can not wait for the next book.

I adored this book. Emily and Wendell's story is a fresh take on a human and faerie romantic fantasy, and it's a joy to read from beginning to end.

Emily and Wendell end up on another adventure together when strange powers descend upon Cambridge, making Wendell's quest to find a door to his homeland more urgent than ever. Accompanied by a rival professor and Emily's niece, they head to the Alps in search of the nexus where a previous faerie researcher is thought to have disappeared many years earlier.

Heather Fawcett has a thorough understanding of Emily's voice and perspective that come through in her writing. Emily is consistent in her dedication to academia and research, and while she does grow as her assumptions and fears are challenged throughout the novel, she remains true to her most essential self.

The energy, friendship, and banter between Emily and Wendell remains one of my favorite parts of this series.

If you enjoy light academia or a grumpy x sunshine, rivals to lovers romance, you will love Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands.

Emily Wildes's Map of the Otherlands is an excellent follow-up to the first book! I was so happy to be back with Emily and Wendell. This is a great series and I can't wait to read more from Heather Fawcett!

Emily and Bambleby return with their unconventional romantic adventures in "Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands." This standout sequel had everything I love in a solid fantasy story: dark academia vibes, Fae lore, gorgeous descriptions of the settings, workplace rivals, and the superb enemies to friends to lovers trope! Emily and Bambleby's witty banter is the heart of this series and their slow burn romance certainly has me intrigued. For those of us who ship Cardan and Jude (one of the best Fae and human romances) and have already read "The Cruel Prince" series too many times, Emily and Bambleby's adventures are just as exciting.

Emily Wilde’s back, this time mapping out the lands of Faire in this cozy fantasy novel.

Cambridge, 1910: Emily Wilde is a Professor of Dryadology, studying and teaching others about Faeries - or Folk as she calls them. She’s recently been granted tenure after publishing her Encyclopedia of Faeries (which figured prominently in book one of this series, “Emily Wilde’s Encyclopedia of Faeries”). She’s recently started creating a map of the lands of Faerie in part to help her fellow professor, friend and romantic interest Wendell Bambleby. Wendell is a Faerie King, exiled about ten years ago from his kingdom by his step-mother and has been looking for a back door to his realm ever since.

Emily, who knows how Faeries act better than she knows people, has come up with a theory about where to start looking for this door. Their plans get pushed forward when assassins, sent by Wendell’s loving step-mother, show up trying to kill him. Two additional people quickly sign up to join the excursion: Emily’s niece and assistant Ariadne and department head Dr. Farris Rose, both of whom have just found out that Wendell is Folk, leading to some additional tensions. Rose doesn’t trust Folk, and thus keep giving Emily warnings about Wendell. Meanwhile, Emily is trying to connect with her niece, but given she relates better to Faeries than mortals, she’s having a difficult time. Add in subplots featuring a mysterious ribbon covered person and a professor who’s been missing half a century - what could possibly go wrong?

I really enjoyed this book. I liked how it’s structured as journal entries Emily makes with a few additions by Wendell as was the case with the first book. There’s lot of fun bits - one of the subplots is from a footnote in the first book, there’s the good natured teasing that goes on between Emily and Wendell about his marriage proposals, and the fact that Wendell has spent ten years looking for something Emily figures out in less than six months! I love how Emily states early that she’s made a vow to rescue Wendell this time (after he had to rescue her from a Faire king in the previous book) only to have him frequently bring it up teasing her. I adore Shadow, Emily’s dog who’s a grim (which I think is sort of like a hell hound?) but behaves better than my mortal pups. I also appreciate that even though it's set in 1910 (and thus no modern technology to deal with), society's attitude is more modern; no one questions Emily being a female tenured professor, for example.

I did have a few (minor) complaints. I felt like reading the first book was a big help in understanding some of what was going on in this book. I had actually started this one, got maybe 15% of the way into it, and gave up to read the first one before coming back to this one. If I continued reading, I think there would have been enough backstory to understand it, but I'm impatient. And it wasn't that much of a chore - “Emily Wilde’s Encyclopedia of Faeries" was delightful too. My other compliant is that the book blurb describes Emily as “curmudgeonly” as she has a hard time reading and getting along with people. I feel like it’s more she’s an introvert or has a mild case of Asperger’s syndrome - it’s not that she doesn’t want to get to know her niece, for example, it’s that when she says something, it sounds like criticizing Ariadne. She knows exactly how to work with Folk because she’s studied it - she just needs a book on humans to master interacting with them.

Highly recommended! I look forward to part three!

I received a copy of this from NetGalley.com that I voluntarily chose to review.

Series Info/Source: This is the second book in the Emily Wilde series. I got a copy of this to review on ebook through NetGalley.

Thoughts: I really enjoyed this continuation of the Emily Wilde series. This installment has Emily working on a new project, a map of the fairy realms. Unfortunately, Bambleby's mother sends assassins to kill him right into Cambridge! So, Bambleby, Emily and team are off to the Austrian Alps to find a door to Bambleby's realm and pull the danger away from Cambridge.

I enjoyed this quite a bit. The story involves some wonderful new types of fae that we haven't meet before. There is also a lot of adventuring through mountains infested with a maze of fairy doors to various parts of fairy. The characters end up not only searching for the Nexus door back to Bambleby's home but also searching for a scholar who has been missing for nearly a hundred years.

I love that Emily is showing some character growth here. She is learning to accept some help and to also accept that she might also actually like some people. The drama between her and Bambleby continues; as Bambleby waits for her answer to his question about marriage. The addition of an apprentice for Emily and of a stodgy old Cambridge scholar, Rose, to the party adds a lot of fun to the story.

This story continues to have the cozy, warm feeling of the first one. Bambleby naturally turns any area he is in into a warm inviting space. I also enjoyed the mysteries around the fae realm that are explored here and the plot-line around Bambleby's mother. I am curious to see the direction things head in as we go into the third book.

My Summary (5/5): Overall I really enjoyed this. I love the characters and the different fae we meet. I also enjoyed the adventuring aspects of this and learning more about Bambleby's home realm. I would definitely recommend this series as a whole if you enjoy cozy fantasies that focus on fae mythology.

A fun return to the world of Emily Wilde. I loved the Austrian setting in this book. I was happy to visit some of my favorite characters and meet new ones in this story.

"Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands" was an enjoyable sequel. Emily and Wendell and Shadow head to the Austrian Alps to search for the nexus that Emily believes famed scholar Danielle de Grey discovered before mysteriously disappearing. A nexus, if it exists, is a "door" that connects more than two places -- a way for fairies to travel between kingdoms. This would be particularly useful, as Wendell needs to return to his faerie kingdom before his stepmother succeeds in her efforts to have him killed. Joining the expedition are Emily's niece and research assistant, Ariadne, and Dr. Farris Rose, head of the Dryadology department, who has spent years studying the Folk of the Alps. Emily and Wendell have a contentious professional relationship with Dr. Rose, which will add drama to a trip which will already face multiple obstacles, including Wendell's magic being somewhat unpredictable due to being poisoned. Ariadne and Dr. Rose are good additions to the story, and I certainly hope to see more of Ariadne in future books.

One of my favorite parts of the first book was the footnotes that Emily includes in her journals, referencing folk tales, scholarly theories, and other arcana. The second book does not contain as much of this type of information, but there is enough to be satisfied with. Poe, one of the enjoyable characters from the first book, makes an appearance and significant contribution to this story. I also enjoyed some of the new types of faerie folk that are introduced in this book.

I thoroughly enjoyed this second installment in the Emily Wilde's series. Loved the location of this story in the Austrian Alps, as well as the continued deepening of Wendell and Emily's relationship. Such an incredibly well written book, overflowing with details of the Faerie World (and ours) that it almost made me believe that the Fae are real. Cannot wait for the next installment in this series.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC of this title.
I didn't think at first I was going to like this one quite as much as Encyclopaedia, and I am kind of wondering what is going on now with the ending, but I ended up having a pretty good time with this title anyway. A couple of fun new characters and more love interest made it interesting.

I received an ARC of this book free from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

I went into reading Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands with a mix of excitement and trepidation: excitement, because I absolutely loved Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries, and trepidation, because I adored Encyclopaedia of Faeries so very much that I was afraid the follow-up might inevitably be a letdown.

Well, I needn't have worried -- somehow, Heather Fawcett has done it again.

Map of the Otherlands is just as charming, magical, and thoughtful as its predecessor; if anything, it may even be <i>better</i> thanks to having had time to settle into the richness of its characters and relationships. Emily, the endearingly pragmatic professor, continues to rank amongst my favorite book protagonists of all time for her unique blend of dry academic wit and earnest sense of delight at the fae she studies. Her relationship with Wendell is built up further in this book into something hopeful and solid, and I especially appreciated the introduction of Ariadne, Emily's brilliantly capable and bright-eyed, bushy-tailed apprentice niece.

The plot follows fairly similar overarching beats as Encyclopaedia (Emily, Wendell and companions travel to remote, charming village to study fae things for reasons) but it manages to still feel fresh thanks to the introduction of fascinating new fae and a deepening of the central plot and mystery.

A perfectly charming winter read for anyone looking for cozy with a side of darkness and wild magic. I look forward to Fawcett's next entry in the series!

Here she is!! My most anticipated read of 2024, and I am so happy that I got to read it early! Emily Wilde's Encyclopedia of Faeries was so up my alley that this book could have been concocted in a lab just to make me happy. I LOVE cozy fantasy, dark academia, myth/folklore, travel, nature, and fantasy books about academic research (now that I am finished with my PhD and can appreciate from afar). Even the covers make me incredibly happy (mushrooms!! foxes!! flowers!!) When I saw this one was set in Austria, I was so looking forward to continuing the story in a new setting!

And I LOVED IT! Truly this book did such a good job continuing the literal and metaphorical magic that the first book had. I liked the addition of the two new characters on the research trip so it wasn't a complete replay of the first story in a different setting. I felt like the stakes continued from the first book, in terms of Wendell's stepmother and his claim to a faerie court. I'm a little worried about how the story will continue (and if it will continue) but I'm going to keep my fingers crossed for more of the same vein!

Overall, if you read the first book you have to read this one! If you haven't read the first one, you need to read that and then read this one immediately. If you can't already tell, 5/5 stars from me! Thank you to Random House Publishing Group and NetGalley for the electronic advanced reader's copy of this book, my thoughts are my own!

The title of this novel implies that it will involve Emily’s research into mapping the realms of Faerie. However, Emily doesn’t have the time to work on her newest project. Instead, she finds herself helping Wendell flee assassins and other fae out to get him, such as murderous fauns, vindictive dwarf foxes, and his stepmother. Helpful Poe (from the first novel in this series) is there to support Emily in her endeavors as she is determined to help Wendell reclaim his throne. And through it all, we see Emily and Wendell’s relationship grow and change. A note at the end of Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands reads, “The story of Emily Wilde and Wendell Bumbleby will continue in Book 2.” [Should read Book 3.] I’m looking forward to their further adventures!

I have been trying to finish this book for so long and I’m nearly there but… I just can’t honestly recommend it. It’s so slow and the characters just haven’t done it for me. With so many other fantastic fantasy books out there I’ve just had so much trouble with this one. I know a lot of people have read this and enjoyed it but it’s just not for me. Thank you NetGalley for the advance digital copy.

Thank you so much to NetGalley, Del Rey, and Heather Fawcett for providing this magical book for my honest review. I am in love with this world and this series! I can’t wait to read more! If you loved the first book in this series then you will adore this one as well. I actually loved this book even more than the first one. It’s delightful, cozy, magical, and whimsical! I love everything about it! The way the book ended leads me to believe this is not the last book in this series and I couldn’t be more excited! I hope we don’t have a long wait to dive back into this world. Thank you again for allowing me the honor of reviewing this beautiful masterpiece!