I liked this maybe slightly less than the earlier two installments, but I still really really liked this. I would read anything Heather Fawcett wrote and especially anything about Emily and Wendell!

I have loved the entire Emily Wilde trilogy!! It has been so much seeing what Emily and Wendell get up to and the found family along the way. Such a charming series with an end worthy of the first book. This book was more action packed than the other two, but still had moments of coziness between Emily and Wendell that I loved. Thank you so much for the arc!

Emily Wilde’s Compendium of Lost Tales
By Heather Fawcett

Still loving this series, but I feel like anything could be a spoiler at this point!

I’m especially really enjoying how the faeries are portrayed and how faerie tales are woven into everything.

Vague enough? 😂 go read it when it comes out!

Thanks to @netgalley for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Heather Fawcett just gave me a heart attack. Breathe....ok, ok I think I'm okay.

This was definitely an adventure into Faerie in every way. You gotta stay on your toes around chaotic uber crazy fair folk. This third installment of my fave cozy romantasy has a twisty plot that just kept going. Em & Wendell finally return to his homeland to claim the throne with a little help from their friends, but no one said it would be easy. A crazy ex-queen in hiding, plotting courtiers, a plaque on the land, and so SO much research to do! Emily really has her hands full and then some.

I love Em & Wendell's relationship so much. Even Wendell's chronic co-dependence is endearing now instead of annoying. Fans of the series will enjoy this one as much or maybe more than the previous installments. It's got some big hyperventilating, "OMG WHAT?" moments and all your favorite characters are back to help our heroes get their HEA.

Wishlist -- I need Emily and Wendell to become parents in the next book and for this series NEVER to end! Love the story, love all the characters, love love love everything about this world Fawcett has created. Grab a cup of tea/coffee, a cozy perch and READ THIS SERIES NOW.

4.5 stars

I was thrilled to get this early copy, and it was a delight to read. It did take a little longer to get to the nitty gritty of the conflict, as Emily took some time adjusting to the idea of becoming a faerie queen in a rather frightening kingdom. Emily's journal entries were grumpily humorous as always, and Wendell's cozy-but-sometimes-really-scary magic made even the slower parts fun to read. I wouldn't call this type of fantasy low-stakes, but I appreciate that Fawcett doesn't drag out the angst when things get angsty. The tension is always just right for my tolerance level. And Wendell's last wedding gift to Emily was just wonderful. I dare you not to get choked up.

Heather Fawcett continues to enchant in the world of Emily Wilde! It's like spending time with friends you haven't seen in a while.

I absolutely loved this book! I read it in one setting because it was so good and I could not get enough of the characters. I really loved the characters the author created and there journey that they took. The story was fast paced but detailed where I felt immersed but not bored. I will be recommending this book to all of my family and friends.

I was so happy to return to Emily and Wendell's story! Emily and Wendell are arriving to save his kingdom, and Emily is chasing old stories, looking for patterns and clues to guide their steps.

As with the two preceding books, this one is full of imagination, fantastic characters, and a bit of old fashioned scholarly lore. Emily's heady research and perfectly balanced by Wendell's charming Caprice, and I just couldn't love the two of them more!

I am so thankful to have received and arc via Netgalley. All enthusiastic opinions are my own!

I thoroughly and wholeheartedly enjoyed this next adventure into the Emily Wilde universe. This book absolutely delivered on the promises of the previous two novels. It was truly a delight to watch Emily navigate the new world that is Wendell’s kingdom.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an arc of this novel. My opinions are entirely my own.

If Heather Fawcett decides to make this a 100 book series I will diligently follow her. Wendell and Emily are everything to me. I loved every aspect of this book and I am so fond of these characters and these stories. This did wrap up very nicely but I love to see more from this series.

The Emily Wilde series never fails to feel like a homecoming. Even in this action-packed entry, there is something so heartwarming and welcoming in Emily’s voice.

That said, I think this book strayed a little too far from the nature of the first two. I miss the strong academic flair of the others (where the footnotes felt necessary to books 1 & 2, here it felt like we were keeping form for the sake of it) and the slightly tetchier Emily who is not ready to admit she’s in love. The plot was fun and enjoyable but could have used room to breathe.

While I don’t think this was the strongest of the series, I still highly recommend it and can’t wait to see where we end up next.

3 books in, and I have come to trust Heather Fawcett to deliver cozy, heartwarming, and yet somewhat unnerving fantasy. This was the ending that Emily and Co. deserved, and I am simultaneously heartbroken to leave this world, and in awe of how beautifully this was done. I love mischievous fae, and Fawcett has continuously delivered academic hijinks amidst building stakes. I hope she continues to write, and I have no doubt I will read and thoroughly enjoy whatever she does next.

Loved being back in this world with Emily and Wendell. This conclusion wrapped up the trilogy neatly and left things open enough to revisit should the author wish to (I’d be happy to go back to Faerie with them!)

A satisfying denouement to Emily and Wendell’s tale.

The voice of this installment felt somewhat less vibrant to me (rushed, perhaps?) than the previous two, but it wasn’t enough of a difference to distract me from the exciting throes of the narrative—I couldn’t put the book down! Emily continues to be the heroine you can’t help but root for; Wendell an absolute charmer; and Shadow and Orga remain perfect companions.

Thanks to Random House Publishing Group for the ARC via netgalley.

I can't believe that this is the end! It was a wonderful conclusion to a fantastic series, but I will always ache for more of this world and these characters. There are still clever anecdotes, beautiful layers, and wonderful imagery. I don't know how to convey the depth my adoration! If I could make everyone read this series, I surely would.

While I feel like the plot could've been a bit better, I had a blast reading this book. There were plenty of intriguing descriptions of faerie stuff and adorable scenes with romantic interests and pets. The central concept of the fae re-enacting folklore and being guided by past tales was a somewhat unusual idea that worked especially well for this story.

My only complaint would be that a lot of plot placed Emily outside of the action. She sits on the sidelines while other people do interesting things, so instead of actually seeing things unfold, the reader is often only told about them by Emily after the fact.

However, while that issue was enough to push my rating from a 5 to a 4, it didn't get in the way of me enjoying this book at all.

I loved this entire series by Heather Fawcett. Her take on faerie and the power of stories over the fae was interesting and watching the characters develop over 3 books was fun. I look forward to more books by her!

If EMILY WILDE'S COMPENDIUM OF LOST TALES has one fan, it's me. If it has no fans .... I'm dead.
As always Heather Fawcett ignites something so dangerously endearing in me. While reading this, I felt the desperate urge to start knitting a scarf and reading scientific journals on mushroom foraging. Heather Fawcett has a way of making the most mundane things charming, and for that, I can never thank her enough. I LOVE this whole series. Book #3 is another 5 star from Fawcett in the books.

thank you to netgalley and the publisher for this e-arc! 4.5/5 stars rounded down, emily + wendell 4ever!!!

I'm lowkey in denial this is the last book - reading this was kind of bittersweet in that sense, because I would LOVE to see more of emily and wendell but I felt like the way heather fawcett wrapped this book and series up was satisfying and well done. I loved seeing emily and wendell again, and I think it's so funny how far they've come (specifically emily) in terms of their romantic relationship. there's a lot of payoff from the first book when we're waiting to see if she'll even admit to having feelings for wendell, so to see her so worried over him and determined to save him feels like vindication.

one thing I appreciated is that even if there were things that I as a reader didn't like about the plot of the way the characters acted, I still understood why things happened the way they did, or why characters reacted a certain way. we know who emily is from the very beginning of the series, and even though she's constantly expressing concern and some fear over being in faerie, you know it's because she's a very logical person, and I liked seeing how some aspects of her have evolved but the core of her character and personality remains the same throughout all three books. wendell is, as always, a silly goose, but it was interesting to see him so willing to [redacted] himself for his home. some of his most interesting scenes were when wendell was acting not like the airheaded character we know him as, but to see his mood swings and the violence he's so willing to carry out, and I think those moment really reinforce that he's not human.

the plot was interesting as always - you really get to see emily shine when it matters most, and there's a truly emotional moment that happens that feels more meaningful because of their relationship now. I do think I still prefer the second one, but given time, this might get five stars from me. overall, a wonderful, wonderful end to this series and though I'm perfectly content with the way things have ended, I would in fact give heather fawcett a million dollars to keep writing in this universe

I continue to be utterly entranced by this series. I can't help but recommend it to anyone and everyone who will let me talk for more than 20 seconds. It blends cozy fantasy with just enough plot to keep you hooked. I'm still chasing the warmth that this series leaves me with. If I could erase these characters from my mind and fall in love all over again, I would without hesitation.