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A review by ergative
Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands by Heather Fawcett
3.75
Solid fun, as the previous one was. Wendell's pepetual grumping about being poisoned on his birthday was cute, and I liked the side story about the lost researchers from half a century before. Fawcett is definitely building herself some material for a prequel with them there.
I also enjoyed the growing respect between Emily and Rose, although I feel like it was underdeveloped. Rose's position as a character and member of the expedition didn't seem quite right. He didn't have quite enough to do, didn't have quite enough to offer. It would have been more satisfying if he had some area of expertise sufficiently different from Emily's that he could make a more distinctive contribution. As it was, they were rivals in very similar areas, and so it didn't seem like Rose could do much of anything that Emily couldn't do on her own.
I did rather expect the persistent unanswered proposal from Wendell would turn out to be more important than it did, though. I thought that when he becomes formally engaged something about his status as the true king of his realm would shift in a way that is important for his conflict with his stepmother.
Still, it was an enjoyable tale, that I was eager to pick up and slow to put down I'll read the next book in this series with pleasure.
I also enjoyed the growing respect between Emily and Rose, although I feel like it was underdeveloped. Rose's position as a character and member of the expedition didn't seem quite right. He didn't have quite enough to do, didn't have quite enough to offer. It would have been more satisfying if he had some area of expertise sufficiently different from Emily's that he could make a more distinctive contribution. As it was, they were rivals in very similar areas, and so it didn't seem like Rose could do much of anything that Emily couldn't do on her own.
I did rather expect the persistent unanswered proposal from Wendell would turn out to be more important than it did, though. I thought that when he becomes formally engaged something about his status as the true king of his realm would shift in a way that is important for his conflict with his stepmother.
Still, it was an enjoyable tale, that I was eager to pick up and slow to put down I'll read the next book in this series with pleasure.