Emily Wilde is a genius. With fairies. Her life is work and she is pretty much focused on only that.

Wendell and Emily are still hunting for the door to his kingdom.
And this handsome, charming fairy prince is still asking for her hand in marriage.

Emily is focused on her map of otherworlds and thinks they can combine the two and find not only the other door, but his as well.

All while his stepmother sends assassins to kill him once and for all.

With another professor, Emily’s niece, and of course, Grim, they set off on the adventure none of them will forget.

I liked this one even better than the last and that is saying something.

NetGalley/ RHPG January 16, 2024

This book has been one of my most highly anticipated releases since I finished book one and I ended up loving it so much! It had everything I loved about book one with so much more. We follow Emily and Wendell on a new expedition to Austria to search for new faerie lands. I loved how many new faerie creatures that we learned about because this location is very different from book one. I was so happy to see Poe make a return and have an important place in the story because I loved him so much. Emily also makes friends with another faerie creature which is so fun! I also want to talk about the small bits of romance we got from Emily and Wendell. They are so sweet together! There is also a lot of mystery in this book and everything came together so nicely. The ending of this book was so interesting and exciting and it has me itching for the next book! Writing this review in the summer of 2023 knowing that the next book probably won't be here until 2025 is hard to think about. I just love being in this world with these characters because I love them so much!
Thanks to NetGalley and the publishers for the ARC in exchange for a review!

This series has been amazing I loved this book just as much as I loved the first book definitely recommend

I found this sequel to be just as enchanting and endearing as it's predecessor! Such a sweet and playful little series, full of fun and mystic. The writing style is so at ease, yet immersive that it transports you straight into the story without any clunky side-effects.

I’m smitten. Once again. Book 2 in the Emily Wilde series is once again the cozy academia I needed. The footnotes delight me, her fairy lore and “research” makes so much sense I have to keep reminding myself it’s fiction, the romance is still swoony but not overwhelming, Wendell calls to mind all my favorite fantasy men like Howl and Jupiter North, and Emily is the genius thinker who is able to outsmart fae magic. I love all of it. I also love that this book is its own story like the first one. I hope these books just keep coming. GO PREORDER THIS. Now my conundrum is this…do I say this is my favorite read of 2024 because that’s when it will be published? Or is it going to head to head with Wncyclopedia of Faieries for this year? Or do I just combine them together in the category?

Everything I read by Heather Fawcett is amazing, and Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands is no exception.

From page one, I quickly fell back into the intriguing journal entries of Emily Wilde. We pick up where we left off in the first book in the Emily Wilde's series - with Emily Wilde and Wendell trying to find the portal to Wendell's kingdom. The writing is a mixture of an academic tone and storytelling that serves as a portal into how Emily views the world. Through Heather Fawcett's impressive writing abilities, I felt instantly connected to Emily. She is endearing in the most awkward and lovable way.

Emily wasn't the only endearing character in this second installment of the Emily Wilde series. If you have read the first novel, you would know that Wendell, the fairy prince/professor/potential fiance to Emily is literally impossible to not love. Emily and Wendell's relationship is ADORABLE. Heather Fawcett does an amazing job at progressing their relationship in a way that makes sense for both of them and feels healthy and good and also perfect. And the faeries. Somehow, Heather Fawcett makes the faeries in Emily Wilde's world both creepy but also loving. How am I feeling mushy-gushy feelings for a fox faerie with the face of a baby and razor-sharp teeth? I don't know, but I'm here for it. We also get appearances from one of my favorite faeries from the last book, which I absolutely loved. And, of course, Shadow, the demonic fairy hound, is perfect in every way and makes me want to get my own huge dog that can tear my enemies to pieces. Love, love, love.

Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands was everything that I wanted from a second installment in the Emily Wilde series and more. I am beyond impressed and so excited to get my hands on book three. I cannot recommend this book more. 5/5 stars.

Thank you Heather Fawcett and NetGalley for providing me with an ARC in exchange for an honest review!

Thank you so much @netgalley for sending me an ARC in exchange for an honest review.
This is an amazing sequel! Emily and Wendell are back and better than ever!
I loved the plot! It's very interesting and intense and it also allowed the characters to have a lot of growth.
Emily and Wendell's relationship is so cute. They're one of my favourite couples, I'm glad things turned ut alright for them, but I also wouldn't mind if they're story continues further!
Ariadne and Rose are such nice additions! Seeing Emily warm up to her niece was so sweet, slowly she's starting to build connections! Initially I disliked Rose, but as time went on I became find of him.
Poe is such a sweetheat, I love him. He's always there to help his family, and I'm super glad he showed up in this book too!
Snowbell is also pretty cute, he helped Emily, despite having been at odds with her when they met.
I also loved the letter with Lilja and Margaret, as well as the details of their wedding!
Taran and Callum are very interesting and mysterious characters. I hope we see more of them in the future. They helped Emily, but they clearly have their own agenda going on.
I really loved this sequel and I really hope there's more planned for these characters!

TW:death, murder, kidnapping, being lost, implied sexual content, drinking, poisoning, illness, violence.

Thank you Netgalley for allowing me to read this Arc. Just like the first book, I really enjoyed this! I loved the banter, the adventure. It was great. I love Emily’s character, she’s such a headstrong FMC. Overall really enjoyed this story!

Emily and Wendell are back on another fantastical journey! Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands follows our favorite mismatched professors as they explore mystical realms on their quest to solve the most secretive mysteries of the Faerie kind. Similar to the first book in the series, this sequel is written in journal-entry style and has so much adventure, intriguing characters, and an indulgently whimsical worldview.

Author Heather Fawcett does a masterful job of creating fairy-tale worlds full of quirky and unexpected creatures that keeps your mind busy and your heart pounding. Her world is truly Alice in Wonderland-esq and makes you feel like you are enchanted right alongside Emily while traveling through magical realms.

I think one of the best elements is the relationship development between Emily and Wendell. Their lopsided romance is full of disarming banter and heart-warming moments. Wendell is such a peculiar yet charming character, that makes you exasperated and blushing all at once. I can’t wait to see more character development in and out of this relationship as the series continues.

Overall, this book was such a fun read! It was cozy, yet full of misadventure and hijinks with memorable creatures and character that gives the story so much charm. I highly recommend this book to established fantasy readers who value attention-to-style in their world building. This is the perfect autumn/comfort read for when the mystical mood strikes!

A special thanks to NetGalley and Del Rey for this eARC in an exchange for my honest review!

Started my Emily Wilde journey with Heather Fawcett's first book. If you're into it, read that one first. Characters could use some more development, but I'm digging Emily's scientific charm.

Romance felt iffy, but the plot in this sequel rocked! New characters like Rose and Ariadne added spice without overwhelming. The writing style is elegant yet approachable.

This sequel outshines the first, and now I'm genuinely curious about Emily's next adventure. Give it a shot if you love fantasy!

I cannot express how excited I was to get to read an early copy of this book! I'd barely finished the first, and already was lucky enough to jump back into the scholarly, clever mind of Emily Wilde. The intersecting lands of Cambridge and faerie did not disappoint.

Right off, before Emily could fully prepare and get funding for her next journey, an attempt to create a map of the Otherlands, Wendell is attacked. He manages to hold off the attackers, but soon it becomes clear that he was not left wholly unscathed. Professor Rose Farris was on hand to see the attack, and despite his distrust of Wendell, he inserts himself into their group. A position Emily can't fully reject, due to his ability to raise funding for their trip. This time to Austria, to the village and last known siting of Danielle de Grey, and her possible discovery of a nexus of faerie doors.

From there, we have no shortage of adventuring into faerie, and run-ins with the folk. While the location of Wendell's door remains firmly out of reach, despite meetings with and clues from Eichhorn, de Grey's lover who found himself lost in faerie himself after searching for her. Emily has no choice but to throw caution to the wind when Wendell is weakened further by an unknown poison, one that she fears will take him very soon.

We get to see old friends, with reappearances from little Poe, who is helpful as ever. The ever stalwart Shadow. And a new mischievous acquaintance Emily names Snowbell, who first tries to murder them, as only the folk can.

It was hard not to keep posting (or texting) teaser quotes from this, just as hard as it will be to keep from talking about it in depth while others wait the publication date. No doubt though, I'll be happily re-reading and discussing this with them as they do, brand new copies in our hands!

Questions I need [a:Heather Fawcett|8202155] to answer:
1. How is <i>Emily Wilde</i> so adorable?
2. When is book 3 coming?
3. Can I have it sooner? Like, now?
4. How many more books will we get to hang out with Emily and Wendell and Poe (and Snowbell)?
5. How do I get to be <i>fjolskylda</i>? Because I’m gonna need some of Poe’s magic bread.

And like, sure, sure, the adventure our little merry band of faerie scholars go on to the Austrian Alps as they search for the door to Wendell’s kingdom is a delight (though I missed the Ljoslanders something fierce and the St. Lieslans didn’t quite have the same <i>je ne sais quoi<i>), the world of Faeries Fawcett has created is fascinating, I’m pulling for Wendell to confront his stepmother, we all know we’re here for the banter between Emily – serious, focused, brilliant Emily – and Wendell, our beloved neat freak, foppish, exiled Courtly Folk king.

I need Emily Wilde book three STAT.

But I’m just saying, I’d read, like, a lot of pages of the two of them just existing together. Wendell whining about exertion or a speck of dust, Emily rolling her eyes at Wendell’s sloth and insistence on sneakily tailoring all her clothes.

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⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️💫 4.5 stars rounded up
🐕‍🦺 🐈 Shadow continues to be the best, but I’m ready to love on Orga the not-quite cat.
👸🏼I am looking forward to more of the evil (?) stepmother queen. Likewise Razkarden the gargoyle guardian.
🍞 Seriously Poe. Let me come live in your tree and eat that bread.
🏔️ Considering all the trooping she does across mountains, Emily must be in amazing shape.

<i>Thanks to NetGalley and Random House Publishing Group - Ballantine for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.</i>

This book is a charming followup to the first one. It was great seeing Emily in Cambridge, even if only for a few introductory chapters- she is a professor of dryadology, after all. Her and Wendell's relationship grows and is more prominent in this book than the first. I loved the balance of being able to feel Emily roll her eyes at Wendell while still being smitten by him.

There are, of course, new characters and a new setting; Ariadne, Emily's niece, and Dr. Farris Rose, Emily's colleague, make their way to St. Liesel, Austria with Emily and Wendell. Because these new characters are so integral to the story, I feel like I didn't get to learn as much about the town of St. Liesel, nor its inhabitants, as much as we did Hrafnsvik in "Encyclopaedia of Faeries." I kept wishing for more details, more depth, outside of this four-character bubble; for example: the family hosting them in St. Liesel has many daughters who all blurred together for me and I didn't really care enough to sort them out, I just kept reading. I feel like this story could take place in another setting since I didn't have as much of a connection to the town they journeyed as much as the first book.

Overall, I liked the first book better than this one, but "Map of the Otherlands" is still quite an enchanting read. I will happily recommend this series to patrons and read any sequels. Thank you to NetGalley and to Del Rey for the advanced copy.

This definitely kept up with the writing of the first book. The characters kept their personality and the story did not falter like some sequels. It got me out of a hard reading slump, and I enjoyed it very much. VERY excited to get the physical book, and read the 3rd Book when it comes out.

Building upon the groundwork laid in the first book, Heather Fawcett continues Emily's journal into Faerie with even more magic. While the novel's slower pace is similar to the first, I enjoyed the coziness of the new settings and the interactions between characters both old and new! The relationship between Emily and Wendell continues to build as more of the past is uncovered. The folklore is lush. The academic intrigue is filled with danger, hilarity, and heartfelt moments. Reading the novel felt like watching a Studio Ghibli movie in all the best ways. Five stars.

Thank you to Random House Publishing Group and NetGalley for providing an eARc. Review is posted now to GoodReads.

This sequel to Emily Wilde's Encyclopedia of Faeries is even more appealing, perhaps because the reader knows more about Emily and her quirks and knowledge (and relationships). Emily is now a professor of Fae and although she is proud of that she still gets push back from her colleagues who don't believe that a woman should be in that position. Her colleague Wendell Bambleby is still important to her, not only because he loves her (Emily is not quite sure about love in general), but also because he is a faerie king who is exiled in the world because his stepmother has taken over his kingdom. When she sends assassins after him, Emily and Wendell head to the Austrian mountains because Emily believes she can find the door back to his realm.
Of course, when you mix with faeries you quickly find out that humankind's belief in good faeries is probably mistaken because so many times humans do not come out well from such encounters. Nevertheless, Emily perseveres, dragging Wendell and various others along with her. This was an excellent follow-up to the first book and a very enjoyable read.

Thank you to NetGalley and Random House Publishing for the incredible opportunity to read this ARC. 🩷

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️+ across the board

This will not be as cohesive of a review as I would normally do, because I’m so incredibly in love with this series that it would be impossible boil it down to a few bullet points and a conclusion. I constantly slowed my reading down because I did not want this book to end! I’m certain I went through every single emotion while reading both in the series. (The screaming snails had me equally snort laughing, disgusted and terrified).

Not only are all of the characters so deeply rich in complexity, especially the Fae characters, but their relationships with each other are fascinating and well written. The descriptive writing was perfectly executed, not too little and not too much. I highlighted SO MANY THINGS 😂. Also, can there be an Emily Wilde cookbook? Don’t read this book without a snack nearby, trust me. Poe’s Fancy Tree Bakery INC.

Every time I picked up this book, I became to deeply engrossed in the world that Fawcett had created. At one point I even asked my husband if there’s any chance he may have a Faerie Realm to rule 😂 one can only hope, eh? Terrors and all. Maybe even a nicely embroidered cloak? King Wendell Forever 🧚🏻‍♀️ ✨!

I truly hope Heather Fawcett continues this series, I will absolutely purchase every single one (and already heading to the bookstore to get physical copies of the first two!). I treasure her writing and this genre!

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

I enjoyed this book. This book is the sequel to an Emily Wilde’s encyclopedia a faerie and if you like that book I think you will like this one. This book has the same academic tone and slower pacing as book one. However, this book has a little more focus on the romance and relationship between Wendell and Emily. This book was not exactly what I was expecting since I was expecting more traveling, and more of Emily notating directions on where things are. Instead, this book focused more on finding the nexus, and using it for a singular purpose before returning back to where they came from. Emily doesn’t seem to be as focused on writing her book as she was in the previous book. These books are character reads for me, and I can see them becoming comfort reads in the future because they are so cozy and I don’t feel rushed to read them from beginning to end in one sitting. These books make me want to sit down with a cup of tea in front of a warm fire reading one of these books.

Thank you NetGalley and Random House for the opportunity to read an advanced eARC!

Even better than the first!!
Emily and Wendell’s travels will sweep you away! The mysteries and twists were well thought out and caught me by surprise. I loved the character growth and interactions. It flowed naturally and I truly cared about each character.
The academic aspect of this novel isn’t as strong as the first, but I throughly enjoyed the plot and mystery taking center stage instead.
I’ll be eagerly awaiting another installment of this series!

Words cannot express how ECSTATIC I was to receive an ARC of this book! Emily & Wendell have been on my mind & in my heart since I finished reading their last adventure. This book may be even better than the first, I have been recommending it to anyone who will listen to me.

Our beloved characters’ journey picks up shortly after the first book left off, and fairy shenanigans promptly ensue. What draws you into this world is that, though the stakes may be high and the antagonists fierce, the narrators make this book feel like a cup of tea & a chat with an old friend. Wendell’s clock is ticking to get back to his stolen realm, and Emily has taken it upon herself to be his knight in shining armor.
Just like the first book, Map of the Otherlands is filled with a plethora of lovely, multifaceted characters that leave you curious & wanting more. The magic is beautiful & the Fae are tricky. Emily is clever, if prickly, and Wendell is as lovable as ever. This story was so beautifully woven, I’m ALMOST kicking myself for reading an ARC… as that means it will be AGES before a sequel is released. I need more! Maybe I’ll just reread the series in the meantime.