Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands
2024 • 352 pages • 12h 5m
Ratings8
Average rating4.3
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Ratings8
Average rating4.3
When mysterious faeries from other realms appear at her university, curmudgeonly professor Emily Wilde must uncover their secrets before it’s too late.
Emily Wilde is a genius scholar of faerie folklore—she just wrote the world’s first comprehensive of encylopaedia of faeries. She’s learned many of the secrets of the Hidden Folk on her adventures . . . and also from her fellow scholar and former rival, Wendell Bambleby.
Because Bambleby is more than infuriatingly charming. He’s an exiled faerie king on the run from his murderous mother, and in search of a door back to his realm. So despite Emily’s feelings for Bambleby, she’s not ready to accept his proposal of marriage: Loving one of the Fair Folk comes with secrets and danger. And she also has a new project to focus on: a map of the realms of faerie.
While she is preparing her research, Bambleby lands her in trouble yet again, when assassins sent by Bambleby’s mother invade Cambridge. Now Bambleby and Emily are on another adventure, this time to the picturesque Austrian Alps, where Emily believes they may find the door to Bambley’s realm, and the key to freeing him from his family’s dark plans. But with new relationships for the prickly Emily to navigate and dangerous Folk lurking in every forest and hollow, Emily must unravel the mysterious workings of faerie doors, and of her own heart.
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2 primary booksEmily Wilde is a 2-book series with 2 primary works first released in 2023 with contributions by Heather Fawcett.
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Emily and Wendell as well as a few new companions flee a faerie attack and head out to the Alps where it's easy to become trapped in the borderlands and maze of doors.
This book was hard to put down. It maintains the cozy atmosphere and fun banner from book 1 while adding in a new understanding of Faerie and the creatures that live there. This is a must read if you enjoyed book 1
ARC received via Netgalley Merged review:Emily and Wendell as well as a few new companions flee a faerie attack and head out to the Alps where it's easy to become trapped in the borderlands and maze of doors. This book was hard to put down. It maintains the cozy atmosphere and fun banner from book 1 while adding in a new understanding of Faerie and the creatures that live there. This is a must read if you enjoyed book 1ARC received via Netgalley
I thoroughly enjoyed book 2. More so because I re read the first book just days before it, so the story was fresh in my mind.
I think interfered this book over the first. I loved the plotting and the pacing, I enjoyed the new characters and cameos by some old faces. This book was so delightfully cozy.
I received a complimentary copy of this book. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own. (via Netgalley)
I think I enjoyed this one more than the first. Seemed more personal and full of adventures vs just straight academic notes. Looking forward to the next one!
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I received a complimentary copy of this book. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own. (via Netgalley)
I think I enjoyed this one more than the first. Seemed more personal and full of adventures vs just straight academic notes. Looking forward to the next one!
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Just as cozy and adventurous as the first one! Was hoping for a bit more Wendell, but there were still a lot of cute and funny moments between him and Emily. I love how spoiled he is and insists on making himself as comfortable as possible, while Emily tries so hard to resist and tease him until she begrudgingly admits his cleaning and decorating is actually making their accommodation much more cozy. I thought Ariadne was a fun side character, I did not particularly care for Rose, but he served his purpose well.
Happy to see Poe again, being all helpful and cute He gave her his key!. I thought the foxlike(?) faerie was also kinda cute (when not being a vicious, human-eating being), being so excited to be on a quest. The ending did feel a bit quick, I would have liked a bit more aftermath I think, but it's not a huge problem, I mostly just can't get enough of these vibes and characters!
Looking forward to the next book! Very excited about seeing Wendell in his homeland and more of Orga the "cat"
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