I loved this book even more than the first! This is such a fantastic series that manages to be original, fun, romantic, and clever all at once. Emily is an absolute delight and her adventures make for wonderful reading. Heather Fawcett has built an incredible university setting as well as a thoughtful and detailed fairy world. I loved everything about this book!

Emily Wilde is back and better than ever! This book was magnificent!

It had our favorite characters and a few new additions which I fell in love with! I enjoyed this book so much because the adventure was even more exciting, as if that could be possible! I love this book so much because it was so much easier to get into, for me book 1 was amazing, but this book was incredible, and I will never tire of saying that! Heather's amazing writing is still present and she has such a way with words, that made me not want to put this book down. The plot of this book was so easy to follow, and I loved that we were able to explore so many new plot lines that kept the story alive.

Heather is absolutely amazing at world building, may I add, she does an incredible job at explaining everything in the setting, the world building and details that make you feel like you can vividly visualize the environment! I love the Emily Wilde universe and I cannot wait for this book to publish so I can reread it!

I have found a new favorite series and I cannot wait to read more of Heather's books!

Thank you to Heather Fawcett, Del Ray publishing and NetGalley for this eARC!

The Emily Wilde books are my favorite recent reads. They're so disarmingly charming, but with razor sharp teeth beneath the wit and adventure and slow burn romance. Just like fairy tales should be.

Enchanting! A continuation of the integration of the fae and mortals through Emily and Wendall's adventures together. I love the independence of Emily and belief in herself to be able to do anything. I also enjoy the descriptions of our characters, and settings so descriptive I feel as if I'm standing on the precipice with them. This series is an automatic buy for me. I'm invested in the future of all Emily Wilde's teachings!

emily wilde's encyclopedia of faeries is one of my top reads of 2023 so far, and map of the otherlands did not disappoint! emily, wendell, and shadow are all back in their lovable quirkiness, with the new additions of emily's niece ariadne and dryadology department head dr. farris rose. although the plot mainly revolves around another field expedition, this time to the austrian alps, we get more of a glimpse into the dryadology academic ecosystem that was only hinted at in the first book, which i really enjoyed.
the biggest thing i can say about this book is that it has everything that made the first book unique and incredible, but progressed in a way that is so satisfyingly natural that it feels like catching up with an old friend.

Full of mystery, detail, and adventure! This is such a cozy and fun read. Written from the point of view of a scholarly journal, you feel like you’re there in the countryside with the characters the whole time.

Off on yet another quest to solve a mysterious case of faerie, Emily Wilde is the same wonderfully quirky dryadologist we grew to love from the first book. Only this time she’s brought along her coworker, Dr. Wendell Bambleby, who just so happens to have assassins sent by his mother to destroy him.

“For how long will we be permitted to shelter here, after what we have done? What I have done. I have done this.”

Emily is used to making mistakes, especially when they include social gatherings. However, when one problem turns into another, she has to find a way to navigate her fiasco of an adventure while doing her best to keep everyone alive in the process.

New characters, a fresh romance, and a trip to the faerie world just adds wonder to this already fascinating world. The first half is pretty slow, but the second half is nothing less than thrilling! Everything escalates to an edge of your seat conclusion and that ending left me with such a sweet and lovely feeling that I wanted to dive right in again.

Thank you to NetGalley, Del Ray, and Penguin Random House for this book in exchange for my honest review.

We are back with my straight laced and extremely serious and studious Emily Wilde and her professorial counterpart, the much more lax Wendell Bambleby. And I love them. We're on another adventure where Emily journals it all in her very academic way, complete with footnotes, and things take a turn you weren't expecting, as it is wont to do with the Fae. Shadow continues to be my very favorite being in the books and nothing bad should ever happen to him or I shall riot.

So happy I got to read this early courtesy of Random House, Ballantine, and NetGalley. But at the same time devastated that I have to wait probably at least another year for the third one. BECAUSE I NEED TO SEE HOW IT ALL ENDS.

Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands comes out January 16, 2024.

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“I wanted Faerie, its every secret and its every door.”

These books are so lovely — they feel like a blanket and a cup of tea on a snowy day where the rest of the world falls away.

In this installation of the Emily Wilde Literary Universe, Emily, Wendell, and Shadow find themselves on a quest to heal Wendell from a mysterious poisoning that can only be the work of the stepmother who stole his throne by searching for a nexus — a hub of doors into Fairie. This go round, they’re joined by Emily’s niece/assistant, Ariadne, and Professor Rose, a curmudgeon who thinks that Emily places too much faith in the fickle-natured faeries, Wendell included.

Emily has yet to respond to Wendell’s proposal from book one, but the two remain partners in the truest sense of word. Wendell is so down bad for Emily and Emily loves him so deeply without realizing it, and their whole dynamic is just so tender. Heather Fawcett weaves love and devotion into their most mundane interactions so seamlessly that it’s impossible to not fall under their spell.

Perfect for fans of cozy fantasy, tender romance, and whimsy with a spot of bloodlust.

thank you to the publisher and net galley for this arc.

This book is a wonderful companion to the first book in the series. It gives a lovely continuation while still providing the atmospheric vibe that was so well done. I did enjoy this book more than the first novel because it is quicker paced and doesn't require the same amount of world building. A fun winter/fall, cozy read!

Once upon a time, I made a wish to receive an ARC of Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands, and that wish came true.

I'm so glad I got to reenter the world of Emily and Wendell, following along as they chase another adventure. Contrary to the first installment, which takes a while to get going, Map of the Otherlands drops you right into the excitement. Almost from the very start, Emily and Wendell have to fend off antagonists, and Emily's cleverness and knowledge often take center stage. I love the way that she excels in her field and how she works hard to protect those around her (even if she fancies herself a curmudgeon)

I also loved the addition of two other central characters who were a bit rough around the edges but still lovable (and can't the same be said for Emily herself?)

I'm hoping for a third installment because I just can't get enough of this world and this pair.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for this free copy in exchange for an honest review.

While I didn’t enjoy this one as much as the first book, I find Heather Fawcett to be extremely talented at writing a third act. The middle really dragged for me, but it was so redeemed in the end — a similar experience I had in Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries.

I enjoyed the mystery that Emily sets out to solve, and I appreciated the different fae she encountered. We also got to meet some new characters to build out the EW world. Emily continues to be a great character to showcase introversion and social anxiety, and I’m eager to see what’s in store for her in the finale to this trilogy.

Thank you NetGalley and the publisher for the advance reader copy!

This book had everything I loved about the first book. A no-nonsense FMC and a silly, sun shining faerie prince MMC. Rich faerie folklore and an atmospheric setting. Witty writing and a balance of lighthearted and dark. I could go on but I’d just be repeating everything I said in my review for the first book.

Which is kind of the problem, unfortunately. In my review for the first book I expressed my concerns that this story could have been wrapped up in one book—did there need to be a sequel? The conclusion I’ve come to is no, not really. Again, this book had everything I loved about the first book—so many good things!!!—but it didn’t give me anything MORE, which is what any good sequel should do, right? There were two main things lacking closure for me in the first book—Emily’s character arc (can she learn to open up and express her emotions in a healthy manner?), and the romance arc and we didn’t get closure for EITHER of them in this book. That really frustrated me—why have a sequel if it’s not going to give you closure? Or if it’s not going to further the plot in some way?

The plot in this book felt a little bit lacking in comparison to the first one. There were some twists in the first book that fully got me and I did not see coming at all. It wasn’t that this book had predictable twists—it had no twists. Like, the climax never climaxed in the way that a climax really should. It never got to the point where I was like, ooh, I don’t know if they’re gonna make it out of this one, which is what every climax should do, right? I finished the book feeling rather frustrated. They accomplished what they set out to do, but only kind of? And it took them an entire book to only do part of it, but it never even got very difficult, or not nearly as difficult as the first book got.

This book was a GOOD BOOK. But I don’t think it necessarily needed to exist. I’m going to stand by my first assessment—maybe everything could have been wrapped up in the first book. I’m not saying that I didn’t want this series to continue. Of course I did, I loved the first book so much! I always want more from books I love! But I wanted it to continue in a way that significantly added to the story, the characters—in a way that felt necessary.

Conclusion: read this book if you want more of the same loveliness from the first one, but not exactly anything new.

This book was a delightful sequel to the first Emily Wilde book. It maintained much of the whimsy of the first, while introducing us to new characters and settings, and had a good mix of cozy academia and action.

She's a Cambridge scholar. He's just an exiled faerie king.

Emily and Wendall are back in the thick of fae shenanigans. Emily is working hard on compiling a map of the faerie realms. Wendall is working hard to avoid work. Oh, and convince Emily to marry him. Yet Emily is unsure if she wants to marry a King of Faerie, especially when his stepmother sends assassins to Cambridge. These deadly visitors aren't the only ones disordering Emily's life; a man covered in ribbons keeps popping up and giving Emily bizarre instructions. Fearful for Wendall's life, Emily takes matters into her own hands and sets off on another quest: find a door to Wendall's realm and stop his stepmother. Her niece, a grumpy scholar, and Shadow, her loyal dog, insist on coming along and causing mayhem. Emily and Wendall must save Faerie before it's too late.

I never would have thought I'd describe a book with assassins as cozy, yet here I am. The second installment in Emily Wilde is just as comforting and ludicrous as its predecessor. Fawcett has built a world I desperately want to visit; the cross between the wild fae and academics is a match made in heaven.

Emily and Wendall continue to be stellar protagonists. I will admit that Wendall grew on me. I wasn't sure of him in Encyclopedia, but he shone here. His and Emily's interactions were grumpy x sunshine at its finest. Emily's constant exasperation with Wendall's flirting was so cute, made even sweeter by the marriage proposal. The romance was well-balanced with the plot. I was worried it would be heavy-handed and detract from Emily's character. Yet the two carried on much like they did in the first book, constantly squabbling, but Emily wasn't as immune to Wendall's charms as she pretended.

Fortunately, this book avoids second-book syndrome. The plot was unique, and our characters were unchanged. Emily's a grump, Wendall's a flirt, and Shadow is the goodest boy.

If you love books that feel like a warm blanket and a mug of tea, please pick this one up! It has a little bit of everything for everyone.

Thank you to NetGalley and Random House Publishing Group/Del Rey for the advance copy in exchange for an honest review! All thoughts and opinions expressed are my own.

While I'm not typically a reader of Fantasy the Emily Wilde books have completed entranced me. I think because its more of a "cozy" fantasy. I love the characters, Emily and Wendell Bambleby (oh Wendell!), and the faeries and other magical folk, the storyline and world building. In the hunt for a Professor who disappeared from the Austrian Alps 50 years, Emily and Bambleby, along with her niece, get into more trouble.

This is such a fun series and I think I liked this book better than the first. Filled with interesting magical creatures, a “realistic” faerie realm and likable characters, this series is a great fantasy romp. I received a digital copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley.

My favorite young, scholarly, curmudgeon Emily is back! She loves her dog Shadow more than any human (or faerie). She is my nerdy science sister and I just enjoy her witty narration. This is another fun, light-hearted adventure and I’m here for it! I hope this series continues.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for an advanced release copy in exchange for an honest review.

Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands by Heather Fawcett is a captivating and delightful book, interwoven with elements of danger and intrigue. However, my sole grievance lies in its conclusion.

I didn't think I could love Emily's journey much more than I already did, and this follow-up novel absolutely proved me wrong. I loved to see the growth in Emily and Wendell's relationship, how she interacts with her niece and colleagues, and the many journeys the characters took throughout this book! Heather Fawcett is a new favorite author, with her magical writing and engaging characters. I cannot wait to read more in this series!

I was so delighted to get to read this book early, and my only regret is that now I'll have to wait even longer to get my hands on book 3. I was so happy to spend more time with Emily and Wendell, and I enjoyed the new characters as well. This book has the same mix of village charm and horror-tinged adventure that the first book had, and I loved it.