A review by jess_bythebook
Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands by Heather Fawcett

adventurous challenging emotional funny lighthearted mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

Full of mystery, detail, and adventure! This is such a cozy and fun read. Written from the point of view of a scholarly journal, you feel like you’re there in the countryside with the characters the whole time. 

Off on yet another quest to solve a mysterious case of faerie, Emily Wilde is the same wonderfully quirky dryadologist we grew to love from the first book. Only this time she’s brought along her coworker, Dr. Wendell Bambleby, who just so happens to have assassins sent by his mother to destroy him. 

“For how long will we be permitted to shelter here, after what we have done? What I have done. I have done this.”

Emily is used to making mistakes, especially when they include social gatherings. However, when one problem turns into another, she has to find a way to navigate her fiasco of an adventure while doing her best to keep everyone alive in the process. 

New characters, a fresh romance, and a trip to the faerie world just adds wonder to this already fascinating world. The first half is pretty slow, but the second half is nothing less than thrilling! Everything escalates to an edge of your seat conclusion and that ending left me with such a sweet and lovely feeling that I wanted to dive right in again. 

Thank you to NetGalley, Del Ray, and Penguin Random House for this book in exchange for my honest review.