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sarahsbooklife's review
adventurous
dark
funny
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Death of parent and Death
Minor: Misogyny, Alcohol, and Gore
blewballoon's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
I gave Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries 5 stars, and I think I liked this sequel even more. I don't know if it's due to a change in the way Emily the character sees people or if it's due to having met some of these people before, but the characters felt more detailed. I felt much more attached and fond of Wendell in this book and I really enjoyed the understated comfort of Emily's romance with him vs feeling like it was a weaker aspect of the previous book. This story also seemed more adventurous and fast paced, which I enjoyed despite not having any issue with the slower pace of the previous story. I am curious to see where the series goes from here. I recommend the audiobooks for this series, they suit the tone so well.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Body horror, Violence, and Blood
Minor: Death, Murder, Alcohol, Gore, and Sexual content
zgreyz's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.5
these books are so much fun. the characters are funny and quirky. so much magical chaos and adventure. looking forward to the 3rd book!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Blood and Death
kylieqrada's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
A reasonably good time, but didn’t live up to the hype of the first one. I will for sure continue in the series though, because this set us up for some fun stuff in the future!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, and Violence
Moderate: Death
Minor: Sexual content, Alcohol, and Body horror
emiliemhr's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
inspiring
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Death
Minor: Alcohol
indigo_fox's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
It was wonderful being reunited with the characters I fell in love with during the first book. Wendell and Emily still have that same wonderful energy that made their banter so much fun to read. I love them even more now, which I didn't think possible. I even met some new characters that have grown on me.
The writing was just as magical as the previous book. It really feels like I'm in Emily's world. It was enjoyable to spend more time exploring Faerie and getting to learn about even more of the Folk who inhabit the world.
The story itself was very fun, it kept me on my toes with wondering what was going to happen next. There were a few mysteries that got unraveled and some left to explore in the next book. I'm very excited to see where the next journey takes us!
I dreaded having to put the book down, I just wanted to spend the whole day reading it! I'm definitely going to do another read through before the third book comes out!
The writing was just as magical as the previous book. It really feels like I'm in Emily's world. It was enjoyable to spend more time exploring Faerie and getting to learn about even more of the Folk who inhabit the world.
The story itself was very fun, it kept me on my toes with wondering what was going to happen next. There were a few mysteries that got unraveled and some left to explore in the next book. I'm very excited to see where the next journey takes us!
I dreaded having to put the book down, I just wanted to spend the whole day reading it! I'm definitely going to do another read through before the third book comes out!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Blood
Moderate: Body horror
Minor: Death
kendal_reads's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Death
Minor: Sexual content and Body horror
bloomingrose92's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
reflective
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
I loved this book, though it fell several inches short of the first in the series (mostly for the small amount of true surprises, which makes sense, for surprises cannot be neverending). Much of the books seemed to rely on the pattern set by the first, with differentiation set by making a few key element the opposite. Where the villagers were cautious of the folk in the first book, in this they are protective. Where Wendall os helpful, this one he predisposed. Even De Grey and Eichorn's relationship seemed to be a gender swap of Wendall and Emily. I did like, however, that solution to save Wendall was in his cat, and that due to his ensorcellment, he could not say it directly, but just bind time together to remind Emily of how much he brags about his cat. That being said, the world building is amazing. Every time I read on of these books, I'm amazed at how real the world and characters seem. It is like stepping into painting and being able to feel the dirt underneath your toes. And thank Fawcett for not setting us into a cliffhanger. I've found that I believe her books to be in a perfect place for a cliffhanger with only 50 pages to go, just for Emily to find a way to solve all their problems by the end. Given the place of this book as the second of three, it was the perfect place to drop readers off the long side of cliff, but pleasantly wrapped everything up quite nicely. I sincerely thought Emily was going to be trapped in Fairie until book 3, where Wendall must save her, and I was happily surprised. And she killed off his stepmother too. How wonderful cordial. And I did rather like the idea of common fae being more helpful than they first appear sprouting at the end of this book. It had been building for a while, and I'm glad to see a pay-off for it (hopefully we will also see a reconstruction of fae terminology by Emily. So grateful for this series, and now will be mourning the loss of it until next year by nursing some of my tried and true classics, all while bemoaning that nothing is as good as Emily, our Autistic Queen.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, and Death
heini's review against another edition
adventurous
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
4.0
Content Warnings
Minor: Suicide, Blood, Death, and Injury/Injury detail
ladypalutena's review against another edition
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
It's been a hot minute since I read the first book in the Emily Wilde series, but this one is just as good as the first. I may have to get the paperback versions when the trilogy is complete (foolish of me to think it was just going to be a duology).
Wendall, of course, is my favorite, closely followed by Shadow. Emily herself is a hit or miss - she's so wrapped up in herself that she refuses to see logic the majority of the time (at least, what logic there can be when you're dealing with the fae), and gets herself and her companions into a whole bunch of messes that are unnecessary, to say the least.
She spends the majority of the book dancing around Wendall's marriage proposal, and the rest of the book ignoring the common sense that everyone else seems to have aside from her.
There are a few things that seemed to come out of nowhere -like de Grey being the one that's been banging on their cabin door in the nights, which seemed odd to me? How did Emily guess that it was her? But overall, the story was good, and I'm interested in seeing what happens when Emily and Wendall continue their journey back into Wendall's kingdom.
Wendall, truly, is the only one with any sense here.
Wendall, of course, is my favorite, closely followed by Shadow. Emily herself is a hit or miss - she's so wrapped up in herself that she refuses to see logic the majority of the time (at least, what logic there can be when you're dealing with the fae), and gets herself and her companions into a whole bunch of messes that are unnecessary, to say the least.
She spends the majority of the book dancing around Wendall's marriage proposal, and the rest of the book ignoring the common sense that everyone else seems to have aside from her.
There are a few things that seemed to come out of nowhere -
Wendall, truly, is the only one with any sense here.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death and Blood