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Review of Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands
Since I loved Emily Wilde’s Encyclopedia of Faeries, I had to read the story of Emily Wilde’s cartographic adventures. This book is the story of scholar Emily Wilde and her irrepressible urge to get into trouble research all things faery. She wants to be regarded as the foremost authority on the subject, and though she has had a fine education, including some illuminative field trips, she also happens to be very close to a real faery. Wendell Bambleby is a refugee from his Otherland world and wants nothing more than Emily and to return home.
The adorable Poe from book 1, shows up and while his baked goods always make me hungry, Poe is also great for filling in some knowledge where Emily has gaps. Emily’s niece, Ariadne, is sweet, energetic and will have a career in dryadology sure to rival Emily’s. The Dryadology department chair, Rose, is prickly, full of himself and distrusting of any ideas that come from Wendell.
The cartographic expedition to a possible portal to the Otherlands is a wild ride with lots of fun, friendship and adventure. There, Emily has no regard for the locals’ warnings. Which means she is always storming off into danger. I found this endearing, and every time she ignored advice I knew she was about to get into trouble. Every. Time.
Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands is full faeries, professors, assassins, a dog and even a cat. Curiosity, genius, stubbornness, and charm meet up to form characters that are endearing, captivating and quite memorable. This series is absolutely charming!
Through Netgalley, the publisher provided a copy of this book. My review is my honest opinion.
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About Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands by Heather Fawcett
When mysterious faeries from other realms appear at her university, curmudgeonly professor Emily Wilde must uncover their secrets before it’s too late in this heartwarming, enchanting second installment of the Emily Wilde series.
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 Loving one of the Fair Folk comes with secrets and danger.
And she also has a new project to focus 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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