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A review by roget
Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands by Heather Fawcett
adventurous
funny
hopeful
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
5.0
Note: Spoilers for book one ahead!
In this novel, Emily Wilde (a notable expert in the field of Dryadology) and Wendell (her academic-rival-turned-faerie-king-paramour) attempt to locate a door back into Wendell's realm--Silva Lupi. Emily's studied the writings of a long-lost, notorious scholar and theorizes there may be a faerie "nexus" in the location this scholar went missing fifty years before. The task is simple--find the nexus, get Wendell a secondary way home, and write a brilliant map of the Otherlands while she's at it. The task seems simple, but there are well-intentioned yet troublesome nieces, stodgy department heads, complicated romantic feelings, and powerful Silva Lupian assassins standing in their way.
A spectacular follow-up to book one, Fawcett writes faeries with a ferocity and texture not unlike Holly Black, but with a story that pierces right to the heart of hygge. Exceptional, warm, cozy, and genuine, it’s well worth the read.
Book two took the characters I loved and made me love them even more. It dug deeper into dryadology’s academic nooks and crannies and provided numerous forays into the absurd. The plot was solid and entertaining, and built wonderfully on the ground covered in EWEoF.
This is a love letter to folklore and fantasy. It will easily be in my top ten reads of the year. I cannot recommend this enough.
In this novel, Emily Wilde (a notable expert in the field of Dryadology) and Wendell (her academic-rival-turned-faerie-king-paramour) attempt to locate a door back into Wendell's realm--Silva Lupi. Emily's studied the writings of a long-lost, notorious scholar and theorizes there may be a faerie "nexus" in the location this scholar went missing fifty years before. The task is simple--find the nexus, get Wendell a secondary way home, and write a brilliant map of the Otherlands while she's at it. The task seems simple, but there are well-intentioned yet troublesome nieces, stodgy department heads, complicated romantic feelings, and powerful Silva Lupian assassins standing in their way.
A spectacular follow-up to book one, Fawcett writes faeries with a ferocity and texture not unlike Holly Black, but with a story that pierces right to the heart of hygge. Exceptional, warm, cozy, and genuine, it’s well worth the read.
Book two took the characters I loved and made me love them even more. It dug deeper into dryadology’s academic nooks and crannies and provided numerous forays into the absurd. The plot was solid and entertaining, and built wonderfully on the ground covered in EWEoF.
This is a love letter to folklore and fantasy. It will easily be in my top ten reads of the year. I cannot recommend this enough.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Chronic illness and Violence
Chronic illness is due to poisoning and is resolved before the end of the book .